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The Grateful Dead Movie: Available at: Amazon

Beyond Description: This monumental 12-disc assemblage presents the band's amazing, long strange trip from 1973 to 1989, encompassing the albums released on their own Grateful Dead Records label and later Arista.; Available at: Amazon

Closing of The Winterland: This nearly 7 hour DVD includes the Grateful Dead's entire performance of the epic New Years 1978 show at the Winterland Arena, plus extensive bonus material!; Available at: Amazon

Birth of the Dead: This two-disc collection assembles rare pre-Warner tracks recorded in 1965-66. Also included are "Fire in the City," an ultra-rare collaboration with Jon Hendricks as well as previously unreleased live tracks from various Bay Area venues. 'Birth of the Dead' was compiled by longtime Dead PR chief Dennis McNally & Lou Tambakos.; Available at: Amazon

Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of the Grateful Dead: "Skeletons" succintly proves the Dead's abilities as harmony singers ("Uncle John's Band" is tighter than anything CSNY did then), rustic new folk-rockers ("Sugar Magnolia," "Mexicali Blues" and "Friend of the Devil" feel like they were created in Death Valley in July) and live blues-boogie jammers (a strained Bob Weir vocal on "One More Saturday Night" and some Pigpen grease on Bobby Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light" represents what they did so well for so long).; Available at: Amazon

American Beauty: Expanded & remastered (HDCD) version of the band's 1970 classic featuring many of the Dead's best-known songs plus 6 bonus tracks 'Truckin' (single version) & 5 live tracks 'Friend of the Devil', 'Candyman', 'Till The Morning Comes', 'Attics of My Life' & 'Truckin'.; Available at: Amazon

History of the Grateful Dead 1: Remastered Recording; Available at: Amazon

Skull & Roses: The Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED! Plus Extra Bonus tracks!; Available at: Amazon

Europe '72 (Re-issued): This sprawling three-records-on-two-CDs set offers a healthy cross-section of material and finds the band honing even further its blend of musical languages. There are country-inflected boogies, blues rave-ups, passionate ballads, and, of course, the extended, adventurous jams that made them famous. Many of the Dead's best-loved tunes made their initial vinyl appearances here, including "He's Gone," "Jack Straw," "Brown-Eyed Women," "Ramble on Rose," and "Tennessee Jed"--most of which reveal a heavy country influence, especially in Robert Hunter's lyrics. In addition to introducing these new songs, Europe '72 also showcases brilliantly fine-tuned versions of "Truckin'" (complete with a lengthy "Epilogue") and "China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider," which became the first of the band's many magical song combinations.; Available at: Amazon

The End Of The Road: The Final Tour VHS Video: The End Of The Road began filming just 3 months before Jerry Garcia's death in 1995 on what would be the final tour with the Grateful Dead. That summer the road came to an end back where it all began-in San Francisco, where thousands gathered one last time for eulogies from friends, family, and bandmembers at the Memorial Gathering for Jerry Garcia. This documentary of the band's wandering followers features a soundtrack by Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia.; Available at: Homegrown

Live From Bonnaroo 2003: In what will surely become a yearly tradition, more live nuggets from the Bonnaroo Music Festival! The 2003 set includes tracks from Medeski Martin and Wood, The Flaming Lips, The Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Bela Fleck, The Roots, Galactic, Widespread Panic, Keller Williams, and many more!; Available at: Homegrown

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