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Grateful Dead - On The Road Again

Community-ranked versions of On The Road Again. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played40

First Played2/25/66

Last Played10/12/84

Typical Length3:38

Longest5:20 (7/27/82)

#1 Consensus PickOct. 9, 1982

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#1 Oct. 9, 1982 · Frost Amphitheatre - Palo Alto, CA SBD

Length: 3:48 · #1 of 1982 · Archive: 4.59/5 (77 reviews, 210,719 dl)

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#2 Oct. 12, 1984 · Augusta Civic Center - Augusta, ME SBD

Length: 3:13 · Archive: 4.60/5 (159 reviews, 339,371 dl)

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#3 Aug. 10, 1982 · Fieldhouse, U. Of Iowa - Iowa City, IA SBD

Length: 2:55 · #2 of 1982 · Archive: 4.81/5 (107 reviews, 332,325 dl)

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#4 Apr. 19, 1982 · Baltimore Civic Center - Baltimore, MD SBD

Length: 4:22 · #3 of 1982 · Archive: 4.53/5 (51 reviews, 176,695 dl)

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#5 Oct. 26, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:14 · #1 of 1980 · Archive: 4.56/5 (35 reviews, 187,331 dl)

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#6 Feb. 25, 1966 · Ivar Theater - Los Angeles, CA SBD

#1 of 1966 · Archive: 4.85/5 (69 reviews, 143,888 dl)

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#7 Sept. 26, 1981 · War Memorial Auditorium - Buffalo, NY SBD

Length: 3:19 · #1 of 1981 · Archive: 4.70/5 (67 reviews, 147,436 dl)

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#8 Aug. 7, 1982 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI SBD

Length: 2:55 · Archive: 4.61/5 (62 reviews, 163,356 dl)

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#9 Oct. 16, 1981 · Club Melk Weg - Amsterdam, Netherlands SBD

Length: 3:41 · #2 of 1981 · Archive: 4.39/5 (51 reviews, 127,232 dl)

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#10 Oct. 10, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:26 · #2 of 1980 · Archive: 4.48/5 (45 reviews, 166,501 dl)

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#11 Dec. 6, 1980 · Mill Valley Recreation Center - Mill Valley, CA

Length: 3:02 · #3 of 1980 · Archive: 4.62/5 (56 reviews, 561,781 dl)

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#12 Oct. 30, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:05 · Archive: 4.55/5 (23 reviews, 93,720 dl)

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#13 Nov. 26, 1980 · The Sportatorium - Pembroke Pines, FL SBD

Length: 4:10 · Archive: 4.48/5 (21 reviews, 155,140 dl)

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#14 July 27, 1982 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO SBD

Length: 5:20 · Archive: 4.30/5 (40 reviews, 116,932 dl)

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#15 Feb. 17, 1982 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 4:58 · Archive: 4.19/5 (40 reviews, 129,843 dl)

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#16 Dec. 31, 1980 · Oakland Auditorium Arena - Oakland, CA SBD

Archive: 4.38/5 (30 reviews, 159,649 dl)

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#17 Oct. 19, 1980 · Saenger Performing Arts Center - New Orleans, LA

Length: 4:27 · Archive: 4.42/5 (27 reviews, 76,232 dl)

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#18 Oct. 3, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:39 · Archive: 4.62/5 (19 reviews, 107,522 dl)

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#19 Oct. 2, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:11 · Archive: 4.49/5 (27 reviews, 124,279 dl)

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#20 Sept. 29, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 4:56 · Archive: 4.44/5 (22 reviews, 85,916 dl)

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#21 Mar. 12, 1966 · Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA SBD

Archive: 4.27/5 (44 reviews, 132,077 dl)

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#22 Sept. 26, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:13 · Archive: 4.42/5 (21 reviews, 104,427 dl)

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#23 Dec. 1, 1966 · The Matrix - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 2:28 · Archive: 4.24/5 (62 reviews, 212,473 dl)

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#24 Oct. 27, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY

Length: 2:57 · Archive: 4.50/5 (21 reviews, 93,534 dl)

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#25 Oct. 23, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY

Length: 3:09 · Archive: 4.25/5 (24 reviews, 125,470 dl)

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#26 Sept. 30, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.38/5 (18 reviews, 88,972 dl)

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#27 Oct. 13, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:04 · Archive: 4.68/5 (19 reviews, 60,970 dl)

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#28 Oct. 4, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 2:27 · Archive: 4.49/5 (24 reviews, 91,486 dl)

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#29 Oct. 29, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:24 · Archive: 4.04/5 (20 reviews, 91,054 dl)

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#30 Oct. 9, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:15 · Archive: 4.65/5 (14 reviews, 57,562 dl)

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#31 Oct. 6, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 2:58 · Archive: 4.42/5 (13 reviews, 92,223 dl)

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#32 Dec. 28, 1982 · Oakland Auditorium Arena - Oakland, CA SBD

Length: 3:46 · Archive: 4.20/5 (35 reviews, 56,816 dl)

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#33 Sept. 27, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 4:15 · Archive: 3.57/5 (8 reviews, 75,949 dl)

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#34 Oct. 22, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Length: 3:19 · Archive: 3.92/5 (13 reviews, 77,140 dl)

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#35 Dec. 30, 1981 · Oakland Auditorium Arena - Oakland, CA SBD

Length: 3:56 · #3 of 1981 · Archive: 4.02/5 (15 reviews, 50,541 dl)

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#36 Oct. 18, 1980 · Saenger Performing Arts Center - New Orleans, LA SBD

Length: 3:39 · Archive: 3.77/5 (16 reviews, 63,097 dl)

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#37 Apr. 19, 1983 · Alfond Arena, U. of Maine - Orono, ME SBD

Length: 4:24 · Archive: 3.25/5 (21 reviews, 67,740 dl)

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#38 Aug. 14, 1981 · Seattle Center Coliseum - Seattle, WA

Length: 3:38 · Archive: 4.04/5 (16 reviews, 56,131 dl)

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#39 May 7, 1981 · NBC Studios - New York, NY

Length: 3:20 · Archive: 5.00/5 (1 reviews, 4,126 dl)

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#40 May 22, 1981 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA

Length: 3:02 · Archive: 4.07/5 (15 reviews, 55,751 dl)

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Best Version of On The Road Again for Every Year (1966–1984)

Year	Played	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1966	3×	Feb. 25, 1966 SBD	Ivar Theater - Los Angeles, CA	-	81	Archive.org ↗
1980	22×	Oct. 26, 1980 SBD	Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY	4:14	82	Archive.org ↗
1981	6×	Sept. 26, 1981 SBD	War Memorial Auditorium - Buffalo, NY	3:19	80	Archive.org ↗
1982	7×	Oct. 9, 1982 SBD	Frost Amphitheatre - Palo Alto, CA	3:48	86	Archive.org ↗
1983	1×	Apr. 19, 1983 SBD	Alfond Arena, U. of Maine - Orono, ME	4:24	32	Archive.org ↗
1984	1×	Oct. 12, 1984 SBD	Augusta Civic Center - Augusta, ME	3:13	85	Archive.org ↗