Dick's Picks Volume 31

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Dick's Picks Volume 31
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	March, 2004
Recorded	August, 1974
Genre	Country rock, folk rock, jam
Label	Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
The Closing of Winterland (2003) Dick's Picks Volume 31 (2004) Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead (2004)

Dick's Picks Volume 31 is the thirty-first installment in the Grateful Dead's archival series. It was recorded on August 4 and 5, 1974 at the Civic Convention Hall Auditorium in Philadelphia and on August 6 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Disc three 1.4 Disc four 2 Recording dates 3 Personnel 3.1 Grateful Dead 3.2 Production

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Playing in the Band" (Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) – 25:50
2. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 12:01
3. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:27
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:47
5. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 5:34
6. "China Cat Sunflower" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:13
7. "I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:22
8. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:08

[edit] Disc two

1. "Ship of Fools" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:00
2. "Loose Lucy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:32
3. "Weather Report Suite"
   • "Prelude" (Weir) – 1:20
   • "Part I" (Eric Andersen, Weir) – 4:20
   • "Part II: Let It Grow" (John Barlow, Weir) – 9:16
4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:25
5. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:21
6. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:32
7. "Sugar Magnolia / Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 10:42
8. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:26

[edit] Disc three

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:30
2. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:53
3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:17
4. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:12
5. "Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:46
6. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:16
7. "Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:30
8. "Space" (Grateful Dead) – 10:25
9. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:36
10. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:58

[edit] Disc four

1. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 19:28
2. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 22:37
3. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:25
4. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 5:04
5. "Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:44

[edit] Recording dates

• August 4 – Disc 1 tracks 1 & 4, Disc 2
• August 5 – Disc 1 tracks 2 & 5-8, Disc 3
• August 6 – Disc 4
• Unknown – Disc 1 track 3

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
• Donna Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – piano
• Bill Kreutzman – drums

[edit] Production

• Recording – Bill Candelario
• CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Tape archivist – David Lemieux
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Photo – Robert W. Danielson Jr.
• Cover art & package design – Robert Minkin
• Deadhead newsletter artwork – W. Keats
• Booklet essay – Jay Saporita