Enjoying the Ride
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| name = Enjoying the Ride
| type = live
| artist = Grateful Dead
| cover = Enjoying-the-Ride.jpg
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| released = May 30, 2025
| recorded = 1969–1994
| genre = Rock
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| label = Rhino
| producer = Grateful Dead
| prev_title = Dave's Picks Volume 54
| prev_year = 2025
| next_title = The Music Never Stopped
| next_year = 2025
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| type = live
| prev_title = Friend of the Devils: April 1978
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Enjoying the Ride is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set of 60 CDs and commemorating the band's 60th anniversary, it contains complete and partial recordings of concerts performed from 1969 to 1994. Housed in a faux wood box, it also includes a cassette tape, a numbered sticker, a paperback book, a poster, a map, several bumper stickers, a keychain, a fridge magnet, several reproductions of backstage passes, tickets, and a note for tapers, as well as an essay from the Owsley Stanley Foundation. It was released on May 30, 2025, in a limited edition of 6,000 copies.
An album of selections from the box set on three CDs or six LPs, titled The Music Never Stopped, was also released on May 30, 2025.
Concerts
Enjoying the Ride contains recordings from 21 concert venues, comprising:
- 17 complete concerts – four of them with bonus tracks from different concerts at the same venues
- 3 recordings each compiled from two or three concerts from the same run of shows
- 1 bonus cassette of a partial concert
The recordings are:
- Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California – April 5, 1969 (on cassette)
- Fillmore West, San Francisco, California – June 5 / 7 / 8, 1969
- Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York – February 24, 1971
- Fillmore East, New York, New York – April 25 / 27, 1971
- Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts – September 15 / 16, 1972
- Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York – March 16, 1973
- Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California – March 20, 1977
- The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 13, 1978
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado – August 12, 1979
- Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin – August 23, 1980
- Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut – March 14, 1981
- Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia – May 1, 1981
- Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto, California – August 20, 1983
- Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California – July 13, 1984
- Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California – November 21, 1985
- Madison Square Garden, New York, New York – September 16, 1987
- Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana – July 15, 1989
- Oakland Arena, Oakland, California – December 27, 1989
- Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California – May 12, 1991
- Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland – March 17, 1993
- Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts – October 3, 1994
Enjoying the Ride includes bonus tracks from these concerts:
- Capitol Theatre – February 20, 1971
- Alpine Valley Music Theatre – July 11, 1981
- Capital Centre – September 15, 1982
- Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 22, 1985
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Personnel
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Mickey Hart – drums (1967 – 1971; 1974 – 1995)
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals (1965 – 1972)
- Tom Constanten – keyboards (1968 – 1970)
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards (1971 – 1979)
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals (1972 – 1979)
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (1979 – 1990)
- Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1990 – 1995)
Additional musicians
- Ned Lagin - Wurlitzer electric piano (September 16, 1972 concert) – "Dark Star", "Brokedown Palace"
- Clarence Clemons – saxophone (December 27, 1989 concert) – "Iko Iko", "Playing in the Band", "The Wheel", "I Need a Miracle"
- Bruce Hornsby – keyboards (May 12, 1991 concert) – full show
Production
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Recording:
- Owsley Stanley (Fillmore West, Boston Music Hall)
- Betty Cantor-Jackson (Capitol Theatre, Fillmore East, Winterland Arena, The Spectrum, Red Rocks Amphitheatre)
- Kidd Candelario (Nassau Coliseum)
- Dan Healy (Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Hartford Civic Center, Hampton Coliseum, Frost Amphitheater, Greek Theatre, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Madison Square Garden, Deer Creek Music Center, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Capital Centre)
- John Cutler (Oakland Arena, Boston Garden)
- Mastering: David Glasser, Jeffrey Norman
- Liner notes: Jesse Jarnow, David Lemieux, Owsley Stanley Foundation
Track listing
= Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA =
Cassette
:Avalon Ballroom – April 5, 1969 – selections:
:Side 1
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" >
- "Mountains of the Moon" >
- "Dark Star" >
- "St. Stephen"
:Side 2
- "Turn On Your Lovelight"
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "Doin' That Rag"
= Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA =
Disc 1
:Fillmore West – June 5, 1969 – selections:
- "Morning Dew"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Doin' That Rag" >
- "He Was a Friend of Mine"
- "Hard to Handle"
- "Cosmic Charlie"
- "Cryptical Envelopment" >
- "Drums" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
Disc 2
- "China Cat Sunflower"
- "Sitting On Top of the World"
- "Dark Star"
:Fillmore West – June 7, 1969 – selections:
- "Dire Wolf"
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues"
- "Mountains of the Moon"
- "Dark Star"
Disc 3
:Fillmore West – June 8, 1969 – selections:
- "Dancing in the Street"
- "He Was a Friend of Mine"
- "China Cat Sunflower"
- "New Potato Caboose"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Cryptical Envelopment"
- "Drums"
- "The Other One"
- "Cosmic Charlie"
= Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY =
Disc 4
:Capitol Theatre – February 24, 1971 – first set:
- "Casey Jones"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Cumberland Blues"
- "Next Time You See Me"
- "Bird Song"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- "Bertha"
- "Hard to Handle"
- "Loser"
- "Playing in the Band"
- "Good Lovin'"
Disc 5
:Capitol Theatre – February 24, 1971 – second set:
- "Sugar Magnolia"
- "I'm a King Bee"
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "Johnny B. Goode"
- "Deal"
- "New Minglewood Blues"
- "Truckin'" >
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" >
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Turn On Your Love Light"
Disc 6
:Capitol Theatre – February 20, 1971 – bonus tracks:
- "Hard to Handle"
- "Cryptical Envelopment" >
- "Drums" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Wharf Rat"
- "Ripple"
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" >
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Turn On Your Love Light"
= Fillmore East, New York, NY =
Disc 7
:Fillmore East – April 25, 1971 – selections:
- "Truckin'"
- "Loser"
- "Hard to Handle"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- "Cold Rain and Snow"
- "Ain't It Crazy"
- "Playing in the Band"
- "Friend of the Devil"
- "Casey Jones"
- "Morning Dew"
- "Bertha"
Disc 8
- "Good Lovin'"
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" >
- "Not Fade Away"
- "Uncle John's Band"
:Fillmore East – April 27, 1971 – selections:
- "Truckin'"
- "Mama Tried"
- "Bertha"
- "Next Time You See Me"
- "Cumberland Blues"
Disc 9
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- "Loser"
- "Hard to Handle"
- "China Cat Sunflower"
- "I Know You Rider"
- "Casey Jones"
- "Sugar Magnolia"
- "Deal"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Bird Song"
- "Playing in the Band"
- "Dire Wolf"
= Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA =
Disc 10
:Boston Music Hall – September 15, 1972 – selections:
- "Promised Land"
- "Sugaree"
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "I Know Your Rider"
- "Black Throated Wind"
- "Tennessee Jed"
- "El Paso"
- "Loser"
- "Jack Straw"
- "Friend of the Devil"
Disc 11
- "Playing in the Band"
- "Casey Jones"
- "He's Gone"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Bird Song"
- "Mexicali Blues"
- "Ramble On Rose"
Disc 12
- "Truckin'" >
- "Drums" >
- "The Other One: >
:Boston Music Hall – September 16, 1972 – selections:
- "Morning Dew" >
- "Dark Star" >
- "Brokedown Palace"
= Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY =
Disc 13
:Nassau Coliseum – March 16, 1973 – first set:
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "I Know Your Rider"
- "Jack Straw"
- "Wave That Flag"
- "Looks Like Rain"
- "Ramble On Rose"
- "Box of Rain"
- "Beat It On Down the Line"
- "They Love Each Other"
- "El Paso"
- "Row Jimmy"
- "Mexicali Blues"
Disc 14
- "Bird Song"
- "Playing in the Band"
:Nassau Coliseum – March 16, 1973 – second set:
- "Promised Land" >
- "Bertha" >
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "Loser"
- "Big River"
- "Don't Ease Me In"
- "Me and My Uncle"
Disc 15
- "Dark Star" >
- "Truckin'" >
- "Morning Dew"
- "Sugar Magnolia"
= Winterland, San Francisco, CA =
Disc 16
:Winterland Arena – March 20, 1977 – first set:
- "New Minglewood Blues"
- "Ramble On Rose"
- "El Paso"
- "Deal"
- "Cassidy"
- "Peggy-O"
- "Beat It On Down the Line"
- "Brown-Eyed Women"
- "Estimated Prophet"
- "Scarlet Begonias"
Disc 17
:Winterland Arena – March 20, 1977 – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah"
- "Row Jimmy"
- "Promised Land"
- "St. Stephen" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Stella Blue"
Disc 18
:Winterland Arena – March 20, 1977 – first encore:
- "U.S. Blues"
:Winterland Arena – March 20, 1977 – second encore:
- "Terrapin Station"
= Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA =
Disc 19
:The Spectrum – May 13, 1978 – first set:
- "Jack Straw"
- "Dire Wolf"
- "Beat It On Down the Line"
- "Peggy-O"
- "El Paso"
- "Row Jimmy"
- "New Minglewood Blues"
- "Candyman"
- "The Music Never Stopped"
Disc 20
:The Spectrum – May 13, 1978 – second set:
- "Bertha" >
- "Good Lovin'"
- "Terrapin Station" >
- "Playing in the Band" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 21
- "Truckin'" >
- "Black Peter" >
- "Sugar Magnolia"
:The Spectrum – May 13, 1978 – encore:
= Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO =
Disc 22
:Red Rocks Amphitheatre – August 12, 1979 – first set:
- "Promised Land"
- "They Love Each Other"
- "Mama Tried" >
- "Mexicali Blues"
- "Peggy-O"
- "Lazy Lightning" >
- "Supplication"
- "Brown-Eyed Women"
- "Looks Like Rain"
- "Althea" >
- "Passenger"
Disc 23
:Red Rocks Amphitheatre – August 12, 1979 – second set:
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "I Know Your Rider"
- "Lost Sailor"
- "Don't Ease Me In"
- "Estimated Prophet" >
- "Eyes of the World" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 24
- "Space" >
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Black Peter" >
- "Around and Around"
:Red Rocks Amphitheatre – August 12, 1979 – encore:
- "U.S. Blues"
= Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI =
Disc 25
:Alpine Valley Music Theatre – August 23, 1980 – first set:
- "Alabama Getaway" >
- "Promised Land"
- "Candyman"
- "Me and My Uncle" >
- "Big River"
- "Tennessee Jed"
- "Lazy Lightning" >
- "Supplication"
- "Althea"
- "The Music Never Stopped"
Disc 26
:Alpine Valley Music Theatre – August 23, 1980 – second set:
- "Don't Ease Me In"
- "Lost Sailor" >
- "Saint of Circumstance" >
- "He's Gone" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
- "Wharf Rat" >
- "Around and Around" >
- "Good Lovin'"
:Alpine Valley Music Theatre – August 23, 1980 – encore:
- "One More Saturday Night"
Disc 27
:Alpine Valley Music Theatre – July 11, 1981 – bonus tracks:
- "Lost Sailor" >
- "Saint of Circumstance" >
- "Ship of Fools"
- "He's Gone" >
- "Truckin'" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
- "The Other One"
= Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT =
Disc 28
:Hartford Civic Center – March 14, 1981 – first set:
- "Feel Like a Stranger"
- "Sugaree"
- "Me and My Uncle"
- "Big River"
- "Peggy-O"
- "C.C. Rider"
- "Althea"
- "Passenger"
- "China Cat Sunflower" >
- "I Know You Rider"
Disc 29
:Hartford Civic Center – March 14, 1981 – second set:
- "Alabama Getaway" >
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "Ship of Fools"
- "Lost Sailor" >
- "Saint of Circumstance" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 30
- "Space" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Stella Blue" >
- "I Need a Miracle" >
- "Bertha" >
- "Good Lovin'"
:Hartford Civic Center – March 14, 1981 – encore:
- "One More Saturday Night"
= Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA =
Disc 31
:Hampton Coliseum – May 1, 1981 – first set:
- "Alabama Getaway" >
- "Promised Land"
- "Friend of the Devil"
- "Me and My Uncle" >
- "Big River"
- "Althea" >
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Tennessee Jed" >
- "Let It Grow" >
- "Deal"
Disc 32
:Hampton Coliseum – May 1, 1981 – second set:
- "Feel Like a Stranger"
- "Franklin's Tower" >
- "Lost Sailor" >
- "Saint of Circumstance" >
- "He's Gone" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 33
- "Space" >
- "The Wheel" >
- "Wharf Rat" >
- "Sugar Magnolia"
:Hampton Coliseum – May 1, 1981 – encore:
- "U.S. Blues"
= Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA =
Disc 34
:Frost Amphitheater – August 20, 1983 – first set:
- "Alabama Getaway" >
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "They Love Each Other"
- "New Minglewood Blues"
- "Bird Song"
- "Looks Like Rain"
- "Tennessee Jed"
- "My Brother Esau"
- "Deal"
Disc 35
:Frost Amphitheater – August 20, 1983 – second set:
- "Shakedown Street"
- "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"
- "Ship of Fools" >
- "Estimated Prophet" >
- "Eyes of the World" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 36
- "Space" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Black Peter"
- "Good Lovin'"
:Frost Amphitheater – August 20, 1983 – encore:
- "One More Saturday Night"
= Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA =
Disc 37
:Greek Theatre – July 13, 1984 – first set:
- "Bertha" >
- "Greatest Story Even Told"
- "Dire Wolf"
- "C.C. Rider"
- "Loser"
- "Cassidy"
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues"
- "Hell in a Bucket" >
- "Might as Well"
Disc 38
:Greek Theatre – July 13, 1984 – second set:
- "Scarlet Begonias" >
- "Touch of Grey" >
- "Fire on the Mountain" >
- "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
Disc 39
- "The Wheel" >
- "I Need a Miracle" >
- "Stella Blue" >
- "Sugar Magonlia"
:Greek Theatre – July 13, 1984 – encore:
- "Dark Star"
= Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA =
Disc 40
:Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 21, 1985 – first set:
- "Big Boy Pete"
- "Dire Wolf"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Brown-Eyed Women"
- "Me and My Uncle" >
- "Mexicali Blues"
- "Ramble On Rose"
- "Looks Like Rain" >
- "Might as Well"
:Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 21, 1985 – second set:
- "Shakedown Street" >
- "Crazy Fingers"
Disc 41
- "Playing in the Band" >
- "She Belongs to Me" >
- "Drums" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Wharf Rat" >
- "Playing in the Band" >
- "Gimme Some Lovin'" >
- "In the Midnight Hour"
:Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 21, 1985 – encore:
Disc 42
:Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center – November 22, 1985 – bonus tracks:
- "Touch of Grey"
- "Estimated Prophet" >
- "Eyes of the World" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
- "Morning Dew" >
- "Throwing Stones" >
- "Turn On Your Lovelight"
- "Brokedown Palace"
= Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY =
Disc 43
:Madison Square Garden – September 16, 1987 – first set:
- "Touch of Grey" >
- "Scarlet Begonias"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Dire Wolf"
- "My Brother Esau"
- "High Time"
- "Let It Grow"
- "Don't Ease Me In"
Disc 44
:Madison Square Garden – September 16, 1987 – second set:
- "Bertha" >
- "Greatest Story Ever Told" >
- "Devil with the Blue Dress" / "Good Golly Miss Molly" / "Devil with the Blue Dress" >
- "He's Gone" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
Disc 45
- "Truckin'" >
- "Wharf Rat" >
- "Throwing Stones" >
- "Not Fade Away"
:Madison Square Garden – September 16, 1987 – encore:
- "Black Muddy River"
= Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN =
Disc 46
:Deer Creek Music Center – July 15, 1989 – first set:
- "Bertha" >
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "Candyman"
- "Walkin' Blues"
- "Peggy-O"
- "Queen Jane Approximately"
- "We Can Run"
- "Bird Song"
Disc 47
:Deer Creek Music Center – July 15, 1989 – second set:
- "Foolish Heart" >
- "Victim or the Crime" >
- "Crazy Fingers" >
- "Truckin'" >
- "Smokestack Lightnin'" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 48
- "Space" >
- "China Doll" >
- "All Along the Watchtower" >
- "Stella Blue" >
- "Sugar Magnolia"
:Deer Creek Music Center – July 15, 1989 – encore:
- "Brokedown Palace"
= Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA =
Disc 49
:Oakland Arena – December 27, 1989 – first set:
- "Cold Rain and Snow"
- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
- "Never Trust a Woman"
- "Althea"
- "Me and My Uncle" >
- "Big River"
- "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
- "Bird Song" >
- "Promised Land"
Disc 50
:Oakland Arena – December 27, 1989 – second set:
- "Iko Iko"
- "Playing in the Band" >
- "Crazy Fingers" >
- "Uncle John's Band" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
Disc 51
- "The Wheel" >
- "I Need a Miracle" >
- "Morning Dew"
:Oakland Arena – December 27, 1989 – encore:
- "Johnny B. Goode" >
- "Black Muddy River"
= Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA =
Disc 52
:Shoreline Amphitheatre – May 12, 1991 – first set:
- "Picasso Moon"
- "Althea"
- "C.C. Rider" >
- "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"
- "El Paso"
- "High Time"
- "Black Throated Wind" >
- "Deal"
Disc 53
:Shoreline Amphitheatre – May 12, 1991 – second set:
- "Help on the Way" >
- "Slipknot" >
- "Franklin's Tower"
- "Looks Like Rain" >
- "Terrapin Station" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 54
- "Space" >
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" >
- "Throwing Stones" >
- "Turn On Your Lovelight"
:Shoreline Amphitheatre – May 12, 1991 – encore:
= Capital Centre, Landover MD =
Disc 55
:Capital Centre – March 17, 1993 – first set:
- "Shakedown Street"
- "Wang Dang Doodle"
- "Lazy River Road"
- "Desolation Row"
- "Ramble On Rose"
- "Eternity"
- "Liberty"
:Capital Centre – March 17, 1993 – second set:
- "Picasso Moon"
Disc 56
- "Crazy Fingers" >
- "Playing in the Band"
- "Dark Star" >
- "Drums" >
- "Space" >
- "The Other One" >
- "Days Between" >
- "Good Lovin'"
:Capital Centre – March 17, 1993 – encore:
Disc 57
:Capital Centre – September 15, 1982 – bonus tracks:
- "Shakedown Street" >
- "Lost Sailor" >
- "Saint of Circumstance" >
- "Drums" >
- "Jam" >
- "Not Fade Away" >
- "Stella Blue"
- "Around and Around" >
- "Good Lovin'"
- "Touch of Grey"
= Boston Garden, Boston, MA =
Disc 58
:Boston Garden – October 3, 1994 – first set:
- "Touch of Grey" >
- "Beat It On Down the Line"
- "Loose Lucy"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Childhood's End"
- "Dire Wolf"
- "Black Throated Wind"
- "Bird Song"
Disc 59
:Boston Garden – October 3, 1994 – second set:
- "Box of Rain"
- "Shakedown Street"
- "Cassidy" >
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" >
- "Drums" >
Disc 60
- "Space" >
- "The Wheel" >
- "All Along the Watchtower" >
- "Attics of My Life"
- "Around and Around"
:Boston Garden – October 3, 1994 – encore:
- "Brokedown Palace"
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