Dick's Picks Volume 12

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Dick's Picks Volume 12
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 1998
RecordedJune 26 & 28, 1974
Genre Roots rock, jam band
Length204:51
Label Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 11
(1998)
Dick's Picks Volume 12
(1998)
Dick's Picks Volume 13
(1999)
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Dick's Picks Volume 12 is the 12th live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on June 26, 1974, at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island and on June 28 at the Boston Garden.

Contents

Enclosure

Included with the release is a single sheet folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back contains an oval-shaped photograph, tinted in purple and green, of the sound system. Credited to Mary Ann Mayer, surrounding the photo is a background of clouds that flows seamlessly into the clouds on the cover.

The two pages inside contain a series of black-and-white photographs of the band members on stage. Above this series of photos are lists of the contents of and credits for the release. [4]

Track listing

Disc one

June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center — second set:
  1. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:29 →
  2. "China Cat Sunflower" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 11:24 →
  3. "Mind Left Body Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 1:39 →
  4. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:12
  5. "Beer Barrel Polka" (Brown, Timm, Vejvoda, Zeman) – 1:08
  6. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 11:06 →
  7. "Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 3:06 →
  8. "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:13 →
  9. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:50 →
  10. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:52

Disc two

June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center - encore:
  1. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:41
June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — intermission:
  1. "Seastones" (Lesh, Ned Lagin) – 4:52
June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set:
  1. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:12 →
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:31
  3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:43
  4. "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
  5. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:17
  6. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:16

Disc three

June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set, continued:
  1. "Weather Report Suite" – 14:35 →
  2. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 27:54 →
  3. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:40
  4. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:01 →
  5. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:23 →
  6. "Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:45
June 28, 1974, Boston Garden – encore:
  1. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38

Personnel

Grateful Dead:

Additional musicians

Production:

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References

  1. Ruhlman, William. "Dick's Picks, Vol. 12: Providence Civic June 26, 1974/Boston Garden June 28, 1974". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. Metzger, John (February 1999). Dick's Picks Volume 12, The Music Box
  3. The Grateful Dead Album Guide Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine , Rolling Stone
  4. Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 12, 1974, 1998.