Grateful Dead – Dicks Picks Vol. 12 – Box Set LP

Description

When we were offered the most welcome opportunity of choosing another virgin (as in never released on vinyl before) volume from the Dicks Picks catalog, we did our Dead diligence, combing through the many chat rooms online to see which one the fans really wanted to see come out on LP. It will come as no surprise that opinions were varied and vehementbut a consensus emerged that Dicks Picks Vol. 12Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74 was the one. Which is interesting, because that Pick is a little different, combining the second sets of two different nights instead of offering a single show. But its the exception that proves the rulethe playing is so extraordinary, and the repertoire so unusual, that one can understand why Dick Latvala played more curator than archivist here. Side A picks up the second set from Providence three songs in, featuring a short jam that leads into what many have labeled the most extraordinary live version of China Cat Sunflower ever recorded, complete with a sublime transition (Mud Love Buddy Jam a.k.a. Mind Left Body Jam) into I Know You Rider. The revelatory moments continue throughout the Providence set, highlighted by a dazzling, 15-minute Spanish Jam. But the second set of the Boston showwhich appears here complete, after a superb encore performance of Eyes of the World from Providenceis the one that has passed into legend among Dead fans (a performance of Phil Lesh and Ned Lagins electronic music piece Seastones provides an appropriately adventurous interlude). The set boasts one of the most renowned live jams of the bands career, a flawless, 14-minute Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Pt. 1/Pt. 2-Let It Grow leading into a 27-minute Jam that is simply one of the most far-ranging, telepathic improvisations ever played by, well, anybody. That this set also includes a separation of the Sunshine Daydream section from Sugar Magnolia for only the second time ever is just gravy.Tracks
– Disc 1 –
1 Jam
2 China Cat Sunflower
3 Mud Love Buddy Jam A.K.A. Mind Left Body Jam
4 I Know You Rider
– Disc 2 –
1 Beer Barrel Polka
2 Truckin’
3 Other One Jam
– Disc 3 –
1 Spanish Jam
– Disc 4 –
1 . Wharf Rat
2 Sugar Magnolia
– Disc 5 –
1 Eyes of the World
2 Seastones
– Disc 6 –
1 Sugar Magnolia
2 Scarlet Begonias
3 Big River
– Disc 7 –
1 To Lay Me Down
2 Me and My Uncle
3 Row Jimmy
– Disc 8 –
1 Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Pt. 1/Pt. 2-Let It Grow
– Disc 9 –
1 Jam
– Disc 10 –
1 Jam (Cont.)
2 U.S. Blues
– Disc 11 –
1 Promised Land
2 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad
3 Sunshine Daydream
4 Ship of Fools

• Artist:Grateful Dead
• Title: Dicks Picks Vol. 12Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74
• Genre: Rock
• Label: Real Gone Music