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]
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Released | May 1, 2020 | |||
Recorded | June 23, 1974 | |||
Venue | Jai-Alai Fronton Miami, Florida | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 180:09 (Bonus disc 78:42) | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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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:
- "Ramble On Rose" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:30
- "Black-Throated Wind" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 9:20
- "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:49 [lower-alpha 1]
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:45
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:03
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:53
- "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:39
- "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 6:49
- "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:40
- "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02
Disc 2
- "Weather Report Suite" (16:31)
- "Prelude" (Weir)
- "Part I" (Weir, Eric Andersen)
- "Part II (Let It Grow)" (Weir, Hunter)
- "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43
- Second set:
- "Seastones" (Ned Lagin, Lesh) – 9:45
- "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:04
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:19
- "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:22
Disc 3
- "Around and Around" (Berry) – 6:06
- "Dark Star Jam" (Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 17:37
- "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:22
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:50
- "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53
- "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 6:00
- Encore:
- "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48
Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc
- Jai-Alai Fronton, June 22, 1974 – selections:
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 28:56
- "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:41
- "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:11
- "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:10
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:48
Notes
- "Tico-Tico" tuning before "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"
Personnel
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
- Ned Lagin – keyboards on "Seastones" and during the second set
Production
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Associate Producers: Ivette Ramos & Doran Tyson
- Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
- Recording: Kidd Candelario
- Art direction, design: Steve Vance
- Cover art: Dave Kloc
- Photos: Forensicdoceleven
- Liner notes essay: David Lemieux
Charts
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[7] | 22 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
References
- Bernstein, Scott (January 2, 2020). "Grateful Dead Dave's Picks Volume 34 Features June 1974 Show". JamBase. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- 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.
- "Dave's Picks Volume to feature Grateful Dead at Miami's Jai-Alai Fronton". Grateful Web. December 30, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- "Dave's Picks Volume 34: Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74". dead.net. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- 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.
- Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 34: Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2020.