Dick's Picks Volume 1

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Dick's Picks Volume 1
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	December, 1993
Recorded	December 19, 1973
Genre	Rock, psychedelic rock, jam
Length	125:03
Label	Grateful Dead GDCD4018
Producer	Kidd Candelario
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Grateful Dead chronology
Two from the Vault (1992) Dick's Picks Volume 1 (1993) Grayfolded (1994)

Dick's Picks Volume 1 is the first live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on December 19, 1973 at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida, and contains a rare "Nobody's Fault But Mine".

As the first of the Dick's Picks, the album was considered by Deadheads to be a significant breakthrough. All previous live Dead albums had been based on multi-track recordings, which can be remixed extensively before being commercially released. Dick's Picks are created using stereo (two-track) concert recordings. This makes possible the release of many more Dead shows that exist in the band's extensive tape vault. (The series was named for Grateful Dead tape archivist Dick Latvala.)

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Here Comes Sunshine" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 14:44
2. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:22
3. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:31
4. "Weather Report Suite"
   • "Prelude" (Bob Weir) – 1:11
   • "Part 1" (Eric Andersen, Weir) – 5:19
   • "Part 2: Let It Grow" (John Barlow, Weir) – 9:24
5. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 4:05
6. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 21:11

[edit] Disc two

1. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:49
2. "Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:18
3. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:53
4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:10
5. "The Other One" (Bill Kreutzmann, Weir) – 1:57
6. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 6:12
7. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:43
8. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:37

[edit] Concert set list

The complete concert set list for the 12/19/73 show at Curtis Hixon Hall is:^[1]

1: "Promised Land", "Sugaree", "Mexicali Blues", "Dire Wolf", "Black-Throated Wind", "Candyman", "Jack Straw", "Big Railroad Blues"*, "Big River"*, "Here Comes Sunshine"*, "El Paso", "Ramble On Rose", "Playing in the Band"*

2: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"*, "Me and Bobby McGee", "Row Jimmy", "Weather Report Suite Prelude"* > "Weather Report Suite Part 1"* > "Let It Grow"*, "He's Gone"* > "Truckin'"* > "Nobody's Fault But Mine"* > "The Other One"* > "Jam"* > "Stella Blue"* > "Around & Around"*

E: "Casey Jones"

[edit] Setlist-to-Disc Comparison

* appears on Dick's Picks Volume 1

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia — lead guitar, vocals
• Keith Godchaux — keyboards
• Bill Kreutzmann — drums
• Phil Lesh — bass, vocals
• Bob Weir — rhythm guitar, vocals

In the CD liner notes, Donna Jean Godchaux is listed in the band lineup and credited as "giving birth".

[edit] Production

• Kidd Candelario — producer, recording
• Dick Latvala — tape archivist
• Bruce Polonsky — photography
• Gekko Graphics — design
• special thanks to Nagra 2791 and Jeff Briss

[edit] Caveat Emptor

Each volume of Dick's Picks has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The label for volume 1 reads:

"The recording herein has been lovingly remastered directly from the original two-track master tape and is therefore not immune to the various glitches, splices, reel changes and other aural gremlins contained on said original. Dick's Picks differs from our From The Vault series in that we simply did not have access to complete shows (nor the modern mixing capabilities afforded by multitrack tapes). But we think the historical value and musical quality of these tapes more than compensates for any technical anomalies... In other words, what you hear is what you get. And what you get ain't bad!"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official site of the Grateful Dead