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FFishstick wrote:

BostonFins wrote:Here's where you can find "Scarlet Begonias".

Grateful Dead Recordings
Date Album
Studio 1974 From The Mars Hotel
23 Mar 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 24
28 Jun 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 12
5 Aug 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 31
6 Aug 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 31
9 Sep 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 7
Oct 1974 Grateful Dead Movie (DVD and CD)
16 Oct 1974 From The Mars Hotel (note a)
25 Sep 1976 Dick's Picks Vol 20
9 Oct 1976 Dick's Picks Vol 33
21 May 1977 Dick's Picks Vol 29
31 Dec 1977 New Year's Eve At The Winterland
5 Feb 1978 Dick's Picks Vol 18
11 May 1978 Dick's Picks Vol 25
31 Dec 1978 The Closing Of The Winterland (DVD & CD)
1 Nov 1979 Dick's Picks Vol 13
14 Oct 1983 Dick's Picks Vol 6
24 Jul 1987 View From The Vault IV (DVD & CD soundtrack)
22 Mar 1990 So Many Roads (1965-1995)

"The Dead" Concert Recordings
21 Jun 2003 The Meadows, Hartford CT
29 Jun 2003 Vernon Downs Raceway, Vernon, NY
6 Jul 2003 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
31 Jul 2003 Hi Fi Buys Aphitheater, Atlanta, GA
8 Aug 2003 Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, NY
19 Sep 2003 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA
30 Dec 2003 Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA
16 Jun 2004 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
29 Jun 2004 USANA Amphitheater, West Valley City, UT
30 Jul 2004 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
10 Aug 2004 PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
17 Aug 2004 Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh, NC

Dead-related Recordings
Date Album Recorded By
10 Jul 1980 Heart Of Gold Band Keith & Donna Godchaux (note b)
1991 Box Of Rain Robert Hunter

Ratdog Live CD Series
20 Oct 2003 Michael's Eighth Avenue, Baltimore, MD
8 Nov 2003 Promowest Pavilion, Columbus, OH
18 Nov 2003 Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
21 Nov 2003 New Daisy Theater, Memphis, TN
25 Feb 2004 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
6 Mar 2004 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
31 Mar 2004 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
6 Feb 2005 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
1 Apr 2005 Vic Theater, Chicago, IL

Tribute Albums
Date Album Recorded By
1997 Pickin' On The Grateful Dead David West et al
1998 Blue Light Rain Jazz Is Dead
1999 Swingin' To The Grateful Dead Steve Marsh et al
2002 Elecronic Tribute To The Grateful Dead Various (Jun Jun Clinic)
2002 Buckdancer's Choice Wake The Dead

Covers By Other Artists
Date Album Recorded By
1992 40oz To Freedom Sublime
1995 Step On It Best Of The Ska Parade Radio Show
2000 Over The Edge Professor Louie and The Crowmatix
2004 Licence To Chill Jimmy Buffett
Notes
(a) issued as a bonus track on the version in the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990)
(b) also on the compilation "Double Dose"

I am not worthy, Boston Fins, you are a true Dead Head, or a person with way too much time on your hands. You brought back many memories of Dead shows. I still miss the days of needing a password to get down on the floor with the "Faithful", brownies is the parking lot, mail order tickets to sidetrack the scalpers, the twirlers that are still dancing in my head making me dizzy, although I do not miss the naked people, or the naked drum circles, some things just freak me out. Naked, unbathed hippies, freaked me out. Or maybe it was the brownies.... I saw a mere 55 shows, whimpy by Dead standards, but I actually made several of the recorded shows on your list. You did a great job of covering all the published recordings of Scarlet Begonias less the "Files form the Vault" DVDs. There must be an additional 1000 or so bootleg recordings from various shows as well.

For those interested, the Dead were one of the first bands that made an honest attempt to eliminate scalpers. Their mail order ticket system insured that tickets stayed in the hands of the fans. The "faithful" did their part by never charging more than face+fees, and they never bought tickets from scalpers, even chasing scalpers away from the parking lot and surrounding areas. Scalpers knew they were not welcomed and for the most part, stayed away. On several occassions "I need a miracle.." and a Dead Head gave me free a free ticket.

Man do we miss Jerry. Jerry by the way was a big Parrothead, and could often be spotted in the first few rows at a JB show. One of my best JB show memories was at Shoreline, 3rd row with Jerry sitting two rows in front of me. Thanks Bostonfins, you made my day.

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:I was always a Dead fan, but Begonias is the only JB cover that I skip, just can't listen to it. I mean, would I want to hear the Dead play Margaritaville? I don't think so.

buffettbride wrote:

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:I was always a Dead fan, but Begonias is the only JB cover that I skip, just can't listen to it. I mean, would I want to hear the Dead play Margaritaville? I don't think so.

Wow! I think just the opposite. I think Jimmy did a fantastic job with it.

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:

buffettbride wrote:

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:I was always a Dead fan, but Begonias is the only JB cover that I skip, just can't listen to it. I mean, would I want to hear the Dead play Margaritaville? I don't think so.

Wow! I think just the opposite. I think Jimmy did a fantastic job with it.

I agree he did a great job with it but i just don't like it. Don't know why, it's just not a Buffettesque song.

buffettbride wrote:

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:

buffettbride wrote:

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:I was always a Dead fan, but Begonias is the only JB cover that I skip, just can't listen to it. I mean, would I want to hear the Dead play Margaritaville? I don't think so.

Wow! I think just the opposite. I think Jimmy did a fantastic job with it.

I agree he did a great job with it but i just don't like it. Don't know why, it's just not a Buffettesque song.

That's OK. I still love ya!

springparrot wrote:I have to agree with Steve on this one.

sonofabeach wrote:After finally hearing the Dead's original and Sublime's cover I think JB's is the best and much more energetic. Even kinda tropical feeling with the conga breakdown. To each his own though. I like how he can "Buffettize" a song, sometimes a song you would not expect and in most cases make it better than the original which is tough to do.