Dave's Picks Volume 40

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Dave's Picks Volume 40
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedOctober 29, 2021
RecordedJuly 18–19, 1990
Venue Deer Creek Music Center
Genre Rock
Length309:26
Label Rhino
Producer Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
(2021)		Dave's Picks Volume 40
(2021)		 Dave's Picks Volume 41
(2022)

Dave's Picks Volume 40 is a four-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on July 18 and 19, 1990, at Deer Creek Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana. It was released on October 29, 2021, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Dave's Picks Volume 40 contains all of the songs from both concerts except for the July 19 encore, "U.S. Blues", which was omitted due to lack of space. That song was included as a bonus track on Dave's Picks Volume 41 .

The 1990 summer concert tour comprised the last Grateful Dead shows to feature keyboardist and vocalist Brent Mydland, who died of a drug overdose on July 26 of that year. [1] [5]

Recording and mastering

The album was released in HDCD format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, and is fully compatible with regular CD players.

Critical reception

On AllMusic Timothy Monger wrote, "Playing with an acute sense of focus and precision, the Dead charge energetically through usual suspects like the opening combo of "Help on the Way", "Slipknot!", and "Franklin's Tower". There's even more to like about night two, which features an expansive Bob-on-Bob (that's Weir covering Dylan) rendition of "Desolation Row" and a nuanced "Victim or the Crime" into "Foolish Heart"." [6]

Track listing

Disc 1

July 18, 1990 – first set:
  1. "Help on the Way" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:39
  2. "Slipknot!" (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 4:16
  3. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:34
  4. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:36
  5. "Easy to Love You" (Brent Mydland, John Perry Barlow) – 5:44
  6. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:38
  7. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan) – 5:37
  8. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:50
  9. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:00
  10. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:21
July 18, 1990 – second set:
  2. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
  3. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:01

Disc 2

  1. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:26
  2. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:27
  3. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:33
  4. "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann) – 6:10
  5. "Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:22
  6. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 12:17
  7. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 12:41
July 18, 1990 – encore:
  2. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:22

Disc 3

July 19, 1990 – first set:
  1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:42
  2. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:47
  3. "Desolation Row" (Dylan) – 12:17
  4. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:54
  5. "Picasso Moon" (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove) – 8:10
  6. "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:22
  7. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 5:05
July 19, 1990 – second set:
  2. "Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 8:19
  3. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:15

Disc 4

  1. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:42
  2. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29
  3. "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:15
  4. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:17
  5. "Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 12:44
  6. "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan) – 7:58
  7. "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:06
  8. "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 12:53

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 40
Chart (2021)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 13
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 Bernstein, Scott (October 15, 2021). "Grateful Dead 'Dave's Picks Volume 40' Features Deer Creek 1990 Concerts". JamBase. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dave's Picks Vol. 40: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90". Dead.net. October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ Carter, Andrew (June 10, 2019). "Grateful Dead Retrospective: Peaking at Deer Creek, 1989-1991". Live for Live Music. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 80. ISBN   1-877657-22-0.
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  7. ↑ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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