New Grateful Dead Live Album with Unreleased Tracks Coming in November

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Amanda C
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Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of Grateful Dead in concert in 2010. Photo by REX/Shutterstock (1250688f)

We will soon get to hear some previously unreleased music from Grateful Dead thanks to the upcoming live album Ready or Not. The LP, which was curated by the band archivist David Lemieux, will contain nine tracks and is scheduled for release on November 22nd.

According to Rolling Stone, the album is comprised of songs dating back to 1992 and 1993, which were performed during Grateful Dead’s live shows. The songs were originally meant to be part of the band’s upcoming album, which was never released due to frontman Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995.

Ready or Not will come in several different formats, including CD and digital release. It will also be available as a limited double vinyl LP with red and blue discs.

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A stirring conclusion to the Grateful Dead's three-decade career, music filled with adventure and possibility, big questions, big punchlines, and cosmic wisdom… We proudly present READY OR NOT, nine unreleased live versions of late-period Grateful Dead songs that debuted in 1992 and 1993, a reflection of what could have been the band's next official studio album. Due November 22nd, READY OR NOT will be available on CD, as a 180-gram 2LP set, limited to 10,000 copies, and digitally. An exclusive colored vinyl version of the 2LP set with one red LP and one blue LP, will be available on dead.net, limited to just 2,000 copies. Hi-res digital audio will also be available on dead.net. Link in bio to pre-order now!

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“Ready Or Not has been a long time coming,” said Lemieux in a statement. “It’s an album we’ve been working on for many, many years. This batch of ‘new’ Grateful Dead songs has never been compiled in one place and given its proper due as a huge part of the Dead’s late-era legacy.”

This won’t be the only Grateful Dead release this year, as four live albums with band’s music saw release earlier this year. Also, a compilation album titled  Sage & Spirit was presented back in April.

Ready or Not Tracklist

  1. “Liberty” – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (10/14/94)
  2. “Eternity” – The Pyramid, Memphis, TN (4/2/95)
  3. “Lazy River Road” – Dean Smith Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (3/25/93)
  4. “Samba In The Rain” – The Omni, Atlanta, GA (3/30/95)
  5. “So Many Roads” – Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA (6/23/92)
  6. “Way To Go Home” – Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (6/28/92)
  7. “Corrina” – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (10/14/94)
  8. “Easy Answers” – Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (9/13/93)
  9. “Days Between” – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA (12/11/94)