Dick's Picks Volume 1
1993 live album by Grateful Dead
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Dick's Picks Volume 1 is the first album in the Dick's Picks series of live releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on December 19, 1973, at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida, and contains a rare recording of the band playing the blues standard "Nobody's Fault but Mine".[5]
| Dick's Picks Volume 1 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | October 31, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | December 19, 1973 | |||
| Genres | Rock, psychedelic rock, jam | |||
| Length | 125:03 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead GDCD4018 | |||
| Producer | Kidd Candelario | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2][3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[4] |
Dick's Picks were created using stereo (two-track) concert recordings. This made 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.
Track listing
- Disc one
- "Here Comes Sunshine" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 14:13
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:23
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
- "Weather Report Suite" (Bob Weir, Eric Andersen, John Perry Barlow) - 15:56
- "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 4:06
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 21:11
- Disc two
- "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:48 →
- "Truckin'" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:18 →
- "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Joseph "Blind Willie" Johnson) – 5:53 →
- "Jam" (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 8:11 →
- "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 1:57 →
- "Jam" (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 6:12 →
- "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
- "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:37
Personnel
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"; she had temporarily stopped touring with the band as she was about to have her first son, Zion.
Production
- Kidd Candelario — producer, recording
- Dick Latvala — tape archivist
- Bruce Polonsky — photography
- Gekko Graphics — design