Dave's Picks Volume 52

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Dave's Picks Volume 52
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedOctober 25, 2024
RecordedSeptember 11, 1983
Venue The Downs at Santa Fe
Genre Rock
Length200:45
Label Rhino
Producer Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Duke '78
(2024)		Dave's Picks Volume 52
(2024)		 Dave's Picks Volume 53
(2025)

Dave's Picks Volume 52 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on September 11, 1983, at The Downs at Santa Fe, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was produced as a limited edition of 25,000 copies and was released on October 25, 2024. It also includes three songs recorded the previous night at the same venue. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "Most fans reported a glorious rainbow appearing behind the stage during the second set. Meteorological highlights aside, the music is lively and energetic with as-yet-unrecorded '80s staples like "Hell in a Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" peppering the generous set list." [1]

In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "Anyone who thought this archival series – or Dead Vault exhumations in general – were slipping into the doldrums in 2024 will be convinced otherwise by the time an approximately half-hour unfolds to conclude the third CD. Taken from the previous night at The Downs at Santa Fe, the Grateful Dead musicianship becomes increasingly informed with ingenuity and intensity." [2]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Alabama Getaway" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:22
  2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 4:34
  3. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:43
  4. "Hell in a Bucket" – (Weir, John Perry Barlow, Brent Mydland) – 5:48
  5. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:48
  6. "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips) – 3:03
  7. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:41
  8. "Althea" – (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:18
  9. "C.C. Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:08
  10. "Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37

Disc 2

Second set:
  1. "Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:50
  2. "Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 7:25
  3. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:42
  4. "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 14:56
  5. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:52
  6. "Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 8:08
  7. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:06

Disc 3

Second set, continued:
  1. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:42
  2. "Wang Dang Doodle" > (Willie Dixon) – 10:51
  3. "Morning Dew" > (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:09
  4. "Around and Around" > (Chuck Berry) – 3:42
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 11:02
Encore:
  2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:21
Bonus tracks – September 10, 1983:
  2. "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 7:23
  3. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:12
  4. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:26

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 52
Chart (2024)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 36
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 7

References

  1. 1 2 Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Collette, Doug (December 4, 2024). "Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Volume 52 – The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 9/11/83". Glide Magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Vigezzi, Jacopo (October 16, 2024). "Grateful Dead to Release "Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)"". Progressive Rock Journal. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Dave's Picks Volume 52". dead.net. November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Grateful Dead Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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