Dave's Picks Volume 34

Dave's Picks Volume 34 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on June 23, 1974, at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami, Florida. It also includes a fourth, bonus disc recorded at the same venue the previous night. It was released on May 1, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies.[1][2][3][4]

Dave's Picks Volume 34
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedMay 1, 2020
RecordedJune 23, 1974
VenueJai-Alai Fronton
Miami, Florida
GenreRock
Length180:09
(Bonus disc 78:42)
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
June 1976
(2020)		 Dave's Picks Volume 34
(2020)		 Dave's Picks Volume 35
(2020)
Alternative cover
Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc

The album features the first live performance of "Seastones", an experimental electronic music composition by Ned Lagin and Phil Lesh. It also includes the Dead's only performance of the Chuck Berry song "Let It Rock".[5]

Critical Reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote, "Although beset with technical issues and difficult to tour with, their gargantuan sound system on this tour [the Wall of Sound] brought a clarity that was unparalleled at the time. Captured from Kidd Candelario's tapes, this complete concert set from June 23, 1974 features highlights of the era..."[6]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Ramble On Rose" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:30
  2. "Black-Throated Wind" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 9:20
  3. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:49 [lower-alpha 1]
  4. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:45
  5. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:03
  6. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:53
  7. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:39
  8. "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 6:49
  9. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:40
  10. "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02

Disc 2

  1. "Weather Report Suite" (16:31)
    • "Prelude" (Weir)
    • "Part I" (Weir, Eric Andersen)
    • "Part II (Let It Grow)" (Weir, Hunter)
  2. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43
Second set:
  1. "Seastones" (Ned Lagin, Lesh) – 9:45
  2. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:04
  3. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14
  4. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:19
  5. "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hutner) – 9:22

Disc 3

  1. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 6:06
  2. "Dark Star Jam" (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 17:37
  3. "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:22
  4. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:50
  5. "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53
  6. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 6:00
Encore:
  1. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48

Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc

Jai-Alai Fronton, June 22, 1974 – selections:
  1. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 28:56
  2. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54
  3. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:41
  4. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:11
  5. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:10
  6. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:48

Notes

  1. "Tico-Tico" tuning before "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Additional musicians

  • Ned Lagin – keyboards on "Seastones" and during the second set

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording: Kidd Candelario
  • Art direction, design: Steve Vance
  • Cover art: Dave Kloc
  • Photos: Forensicdoceleven
  • Liner notes essay: David Lemieux

Charts
Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 34
Chart (2020) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

References
  1. Bernstein, Scott (January 2, 2020). "Grateful Dead Dave's Picks Volume 34 Features June 1974 Show". JamBase. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. Shackleford, Tom (April 22, 2020). "Grateful Dead Announces Dave's Picks Vol. 34 From Miami's Jai Aliai Fronton, June 1974". Live for Live Music. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. "Dave's Picks Volume to feature Grateful Dead at Miami's Jai-Alai Fronton". Grateful Web. December 30, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. "Dave's Picks Volume 34: Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74". dead.net. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, New Hampshire: DeadBase. p. 33. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 34: Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  8. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.