GRATEFUL DEAD - DICKS PICKS VOL. 3310/9 & 10/10/76 OAKLAND Vinyl LP
GRATEFUL DEAD - DICKS PICKS VOL. 3310/9 & 10/10/76 OAKLAND Vinyl LP
Trying to decide which Grateful Dead concert to reissue on vinyl is kind of like ordering from the menu of a three-star restaurant: no matter what you pick, it's not just going to be good, it's also going to be unique and memorable. Faced with such an embarrassment of riches, and trying to remain true to Real Gone's vision of hitting a different year with each release, they decided to do what any sensible Dead Head would do: go BIG. Hence, this 8-LP release of Dick's Picks Vol. 33!
Fresh from a year-and-a-half touring hiatus, and back to full, two-drummer strength, the Dead opened for The Who as part of Bill Graham's historic Day on the Green concerts in 1976. This Pick captures both dates in their entirety, and features one of the most monumental medleys (and that's sayin' something!) in band history with a 60-minute, 10-song journey through "St. Stephen"/"Not Fade Away"/"St. Stephen"/"Help on the Way"/"Slipknot!"/"Drums"/"Samson and Delilah"/"Slipknot!"/"Franklin's Tower"/"One More Saturday Night" on the first day. Day two offers excellent takes on two solo Garcia favorites, "Might as Well" and "The Wheel," that were new to the concert repertoire and a particularly fine "Ramble on Rose" among other highlights.
Bill Graham had honored the Dead by selecting them to close the year's stellar series of Day on the Green concerts, and that - perhaps coupled with the presence of formidable co-headliners The Who - sparked some of the band's finest performances of the period.
Tracks:
Side A:
- Promised Land
- Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
- Cassidy
Side B:
- Tennessee Jed
- Looks Like Rain
Side C:
- They Love Each Other
- New Minglewood Blues
Side D:
- Scarlet Begonias
- Lazy Lightning
- Supplication
Side E:
- Sugaree
Side F:
- St. Stephen
- Not Fade Away
- St. Stephen
- Help On The Way
Side G:
- Slipknot!
- Drums
- Samson And Delilah
- Slipknot!
Side H:
- Franklin's Tower
- One More Saturday Night
- U.S. Blues
Side I:
- Might As Well
- Mama Tried
- Ramble On Rose
- Cassidy
Side J:
- Deal
- El Paso
- Loser
- Promised Land
Side K:
- Friend Of The Devil
- Dancing In The Streets
Side L:
- Wharf Rat
- Dancing In The Streets
Side M:
- Samson And Delilah
- Brown-Eyed Women
- Playing In The Band
Side N:
- Drums
- The Wheel
- Space
- The Other One
Side O:
- Stella Blue
- Playing In The Band
Side P:
- Sugar Magnolia
- Johnny B. Goode
Label: RGN