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''Dave's Picks Volume 1'' is a three-CD live album by the band the
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. It was recorded on May 25, 1977, at
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, and contains the complete concert from that date. It was released on February 1, 2012. The album is the first in the
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series of Grateful Dead archival releases, the successor to the ''Road Trips'' series. It is a limited edition of 12,000 individually numbered copies. The cover art, by Scott McDougall, depicts the hands of two skeletons in outer space, with clashing drumsticks that resemble lightsabers. This is a nod to the film ''
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'', which was released the same date that the concert was recorded. ''Dave's Picks Volume 1'' was released as a five-disc vinyl LP on May 1, 2022.


Critical reception

In All About Jazz, Doug Collette wrote, "Though its graphic design and packaging is markedly different than its immediate predecessor of Grateful Dead archive releases, the initial release in ''Dave's Picks'' follows proudly in the tradition of the recently concluded ''Road Trips'' (as well as the original series to which this one's title refers, ''Dick's Picks''). Overseen by David Lemieux, chief archivist and co-producer of the previous line, as well as the most recent one-off Grateful Dead titles such as '' Europe '72 Volume 2''... the legacy of this iconic band is in the most capable of hands.... The set list is a blueprint for the slow but sure expansion of the musicianship from tight ensemble work ("Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleoo"), slightly looser interplay ("They Love Each Other"), the initial group jams apart from solos ("Lazy Lightning" > "Supplication") and the segue that opens them up full-throttle toward "Drums" ("
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" > " Fire on the Mountain"). ''Dave's Picks Volume 1'' is an audacious but appropriate inauguration for this archive series. It sets the bar high, but that should only insure subsequent releases match the standards the Grateful Dead set for itself." In '' Relix'', Jeff Tamarkin said, "Most Deadheads, regardless of when they came on board, have a favorite era or specific year, and for many, 1977 is high on the list. Refreshed from a year-plus-long hiatus, and with drummer
Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
now back in the band after his own extended layoff, the Grateful Dead was tight and rejuvenated. This May show from Virginia is a slow-builder, picking up steam midway through the first set with Bob Weir's "
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" and Jerry Garcia's "Loser" and never looking back. The band interplay in the "Lazy Lightning" > "Supplication" jam that follows is where the album kicks into high gear, but it’s the second set that's the keeper... As quintessentially delicious as the playing is in Richmond, the true highlights are Garcia and Weir’s vocal performances; both were singing with a newly discovered care for nuance that served the music supremely well. Judging by this first release in David Lemieux’s new series, ''Dave's Picks'' will be a worthy successor to the vaunted ''Dick's Picks'' series."


Track listing

Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (
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) – 10:42 #" Jack Straw" (
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, Hunter) – 6:17 #"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:21 #"
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" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:39 #" Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:44 #"
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" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:27 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32 #"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:14 #"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:13 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10 #" Promised Land" ( Chuck Berry) – 4:32 Disc 2 :''Second set:'' #"
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" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:31 #" Fire on the Mountain" (
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, Hunter) – 11:52 #"Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:41 #"He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:52 #"Drums" (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 5:25 Disc 3 #"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 15:15 #"Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:10 #"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 3:38 #"The Wheel" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:24 #" Around and Around" (Berry) – 9:10 :''Encore:'' #
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    " (Berry) – 4:20


    Personnel

    Grateful Dead *
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    lead guitar, vocals * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchaux
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    *
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    drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
    * Bill Kreutzmann – drums *
    Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
    electric bass *
    Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...
    rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
    , vocals Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer Mark Pinkus *CD mastering by Jeffrey Norman *Recorded by
    Betty Cantor-Jackson Betty Cantor-Jackson (born 1948) is an American audio engineer and producer. She is best known for her work recording live concerts for the Grateful Dead from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, including the '' Cornell 5/8/77'' album. She is noted ...
    *Archival research by Nicholas Merriwether *Tape research by Michael Wesley Johnson *Cover art by Scott McDougall *Photos by James R. Anderson *Art direction and design by Steve Vance *Liner notes essay "Every Time That Wheel Turn 'Round" by Blair Jackson


    See also

    *'' Dave's Picks Volume 41'' - Recorded the following night on May 26, 1977


    References

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