All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions

Disc 1
1	Deal 3:14
2	Bird Song 4:26
3	Sugaree 5:54
4	Loser 4:10
5	Late for Supper 1:37
6	Spidergawd 3:25
7	Eep Hour 5:08
8	To Lay Me Down 6:18
9	An Odd Little Place 1:38
10	The Wheel 4:12
11	Sugaree previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 7:13
12	Loser previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 4:06
13	Late for Supper/Spidergawd/Eep Hour previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 10:21
14	The Wheel previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take No. 1 4:04
15	The Wheel previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take No. 2 2:53
16	Study for "Eep Hour" previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:30
17	Dealin' from the Bottom previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Studio Jam 1:25
18	Study for "The Wheel" previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:22
Disc 2
1	Let It Rock 3:14
2	When the Hunter Gets Captured by the Game 2:49
3	That's What Love Will Make You Do 3:49
4	Russian Lullaby 3:07
5	Turn on the Bright Lights 5:37
6	He Ain't Give You None 3:26
7	What Goes Around 3:09
8	Let's Spend the Night Together 3:41
9	Mississippi Moon 3:09
10	Midnight Town 3:22
11	That's a Touch I Like previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 3:40
12	(I'm A) Road Runner previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 4:10
13	It's Too Late previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 4:27
14	I'll Forget You previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 3:21
15	Tragedy previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 3:52
16	Think previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 4:12
17	I Know It's a Sin previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 2:41
18	Lonesome Town previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 6:19
19	Cardiac Arrest previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Studio Jam 1:39
20	Back Home in Indiana previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 7:08
Disc 3
1	Might as Well 3:54
2	Mission in the Rain 5:04
3	They Love Each Other 4:37
4	I'll Take a Melody 9:28
5	It Must Have Been the Roses 5:29
6	Tore Up Over You 4:30
7	Catfish John 7:00
8	Comes a Time 6:29
9	Mystery Train previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Studio Jam 5:12
10	All by Myself previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Studio Jam 4:10
11	Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:12
12	You Win Again previously unreleased / Bonus Track 2:25
13	Orpheus previously unreleased / Bonus Track 16:44
Disc 4
1	Rubin and Cherise / Jerry Garcia Band 5:17
2	Love in the Afternoon / Jerry Garcia Band 4:09
3	Palm Sunday / Jerry Garcia Band 2:21
4	Cats Under the Stars / Jerry Garcia Band 5:31
5	Rhapsody in Red / Jerry Garcia Band 5:11
6	Rain / Jerry Garcia Band 5:53
7	Down Home / Jerry Garcia Band 1:46
8	Gomorrah / Jerry Garcia Band 5:26
9	Magnificent Sanctuary Band / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:50
10	I'll Be With Thee / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track 6:01
11	The Way to Do the Things You Do / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:01
12	Mighty High / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:04
13	Don't Let Go / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track 15:59
14	Down Home / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Rehearsal Version 1:49
15	Palm Sunday / Jerry Garcia Band previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Take 2:24
Disc 5
1	Run for the Roses 3:41
2	I Saw Her Standing There 2:59
3	Without Love 4:26
4	Midnight Getaway 7:55
5	Leave the Little Girl Alone 3:35
6	Valerie 5:26
7	Knockin' on Heaven's Door 7:40
8	Fennario previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:26
9	Alabama Getaway previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:23
10	Tangled Up in Blue previously unreleased / Bonus Track 6:20
11	Simple Twist of Fate previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:27
12	Dear Prudence previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:55
13	Valerie previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Alternate Mix 5:22
Disc 6
1	Deal previously unreleased / Alternate Mix 3:23
2	Let's Spend the Night Together previously unreleased / Alternate Mix 3:17
3	Mississippi Moon previously unreleased / Alternate Mix 2:46
4	Lonesome Town previously unreleased / Acoustic Version 4:57
5	Catfish Town previously unreleased / Alternate Mix 6:18
6	I'll Take a Melody previously unreleased / Alternate Mix 8:15
7	My Sisters and Brothers previously unreleased 7:08
8	Hully Gully/Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu previously unreleased / Studio Jam 6:52
9	Streamlined Cannonball previously unreleased / Studio Jam 7:31
10	Iko Iko previously unreleased / Studio Jam 4:17
11	Hey Bo Diddley/Hide Away previously unreleased / Studio Jam 8:26
12	Accidently Like a Martyr 5:03

Barnes & Noble

Although he certainly had room to explore within the loose confines of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia used his solo career to venture into other streams, some of which ran parallel to the Dead's output and some of which eventually flowed into his main band's sonic ocean. This six-disc box compiles all of Garcia's solo albums, appending dozens of extra cuts that'll alternately tweak and tear at the masterful guitarist's fans. Garcia, released in 1972, is augmented by eight bonus tracks, including a steel guitar–laced version of "The Wheel" and a sharper, more acidic take on "Sugaree." The remastered take of the covers-heavy Compliments, which came out two years later, likewise adds a slew of extra tracks, highlighted by a swinging version of the jazz standard "Back Home in Indiana" -- featuring fretwork that's unusually deft, even by Garcia's standards -- and a sweet, nostalgic interpretation of "Lonesome Town," which was initially popularized by Ricky Nelson. Garcia's 1976 album Reflections affirmed his flair for far-flung covers, and the newly uncovered additions -- including a spry rendition of Elizabeth Cotten's "It Ain't No Lie" and a hot-sauced take on Hank Williams's "You Win Again" -- keep the streak intact. Diehard Deadheads will be most drawn to the lovingly annotated set's sixth disc, entirely made up of -- as its title indicates -- Outtakes, Jams and Alternates. Some -- like an acoustic take on "Lonesome Town" and a stripped-bare version of "Deal"-- offer new perspectives on often-heard tunes. Others, such as a performance of Allen Toussaint's "I'll Take a Melody" -- which interpolates bits of "Hully Gully" and "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" -- shine a light on Garcia's always-restless musical spirit. Perhaps most intriguing is the disc's closing track, a profoundly poignant version of Warren Zevon's "Accidentally like a Martyr," on which Garcia eschews guitar entirely in favor of a seat behind the piano. Nearly a decade after his death, Jerry Garcia can still surprise -- and still bring smiles to the faces of fans. David Sprague

All Music Guide

Even among Deadheads, there's always been a sense that Jerry Garcia's studio albums have been somewhat ignored. Part of this ties back to the often repeated urban legend that the Grateful Dead were never as good in the studio as they were live -- an argument that has some truth but tends to downplay the merits of the studio albums, which had their own distinct attributes. This also applies to Garcia's studio records, but as a whole they're more problematic than the Dead's catalog. Every one of them is more tied to the production of the time, sounding like artifacts from their year of release, and apart from 1978's Cats Under the Stars -- his only collection of all-original material (counting a track by Donna Jean Godchaux) and rightly regarded by Garcia and fans as his best album -- it's hard to escape the sense that the guitarist treated the Jerry Garcia Band as a way to relax and unwind from the confines of the Grateful Dead, particularly since it turned into a touring outfit after 1982's half-hearted Run for the Roses.

For all these reasons, listening to the entirety of Rhino's exhaustive six-disc box set All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions can be a little exhausting. While there are undoubtedly highlights, each record apart from Cats is uneven, and the addition of wealth of previously unreleased material -- his five albums nearly double their running time with bonus tracks, and there's a whole disc of "Outtakes, Jams and Alternates" -- only highlights the flaws or attributes of an individual album, since the unheard material essentially offers more of the same of the proper album. That means the bonus cuts on Cats Under the Stars are uniformly good, the tracks on Compliments are pleasantly rambling and unfocused, Garcia is strong but heavy on alternate takes, Reflections undistinguished, and Run for the Roses bland; the bonus disc plays like these bonus tracks, with a few highlights, like a nice cover of Warren Zevon's "Accidentally Like a Martyr" standing out amid the alternate takes and winding jams. In other words, the previously unreleased material doesn't pack any revelations -- which is the opposite of the bonus material on the Dead's similar complete studio box set, The Golden Road. They simply confirm existing opinions on these albums, which remain an uneven, yet occasionally endearing, body of work. Of course, that means that All Good Things is for the diehards, the ones who enjoy hearing every scrap of tape that Garcia played, fully aware of the erratic nature of his solo career and willing to purchase an expensive box set with that in mind. They will certainly be pleased with this lovingly produced set, which boasts excellent HDCD remastering, individual digipaks, and a detailed 128-page book that contains an introduction by Robert Hunter, an overview of Garcia's solo career, and individual notes for each album. While it's unlikely that anybody outside of those dedicated fans will find this of interest -- Jerry's albums, when taken together, confirm both your best and worst feelings about his music -- the Dead have always been a band that treated their devoted very well, and this is a box targeted at those very fans. If you know what you're getting into, you will not be disappointed by the quality of All Good Things. Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rolling Stone

1/2 [Garcia] took the trinity of American roots music -- blues, country and jazz -- and melded it into a unique hybrid, a true American beauty that is his legacy. Vic Garbarini