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''Dave's Picks Volume 2'' is a three-CD live album by the band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on July 31, 1974, at Dillon Stadium in Hartford, Connecticut. It was released on May 1, 2012. The album contains the complete July 31, 1974 concert, except for " Seastones". This musical piece was written by Ned Lagin. It was performed by Lagin and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh between the second and third sets of the concert. "Seastones" is a loosely structured composition, partially improvised in performance, that is an early example of
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, with many of the sounds generated using synthesizers and computers. Part of the June 28, 1974 performance of "Seastones" was included in '' Dick's Picks Volume 12''. ''Dave's Picks Volume 2'' was the second in the ''Dave's Picks'' series of Grateful Dead archival releases, the successor to the ''Road Trips'' series. It was a limited edition of 12,000 copies, all but 2,500 of which were pre-sold with the 2012 ''Dave's Picks'' subscription series. A bonus disc was included with shipments of the album to 2012 ''Dave's Picks'' subscribers. This disc contains tracks recorded on July 29, 1974 at the Capital Centre in
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. ''Dave's Picks Volume 2'' was released as a seven-disc vinyl LP on February 2, 2024, in a limited edition of 5,000 copies.


Track listing

;Disc 1 :''First set:'' #" Scarlet Begonias" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 8:21 #" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:14 #"Brown Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:49 #"Beat It On Down the Line" (
Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta. He was sent by his mother to live with ...
) – 3:38 #"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:24 #" Mexicali Blues" ( Bob Weir,
John Perry Barlow John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for th ...
) – 3:45 #"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:51 #"
Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...
" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:12 #"
China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album ''Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by J ...
" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:03 #"
I Know You Rider "I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Deceitful Brownskin Blues", which was released as ...
" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:56 #"
Around and Around "Around and Around" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name "Around & Around" as the B-side to the single " Johnny B. Goode". Cover versions The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stone ...
" (
Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
) – 5:03 ;Disc 2 :''Second set'' #"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:38 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 5:13 #"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 18:30 #"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:47 #"
Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...
" (Berry) – 3:29 #"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:19 #"Weather Report Suite" – 17:08 ::*"Prelude" (Weir) ::*"Part 1" (Weir,
Eric Andersen Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, ...
) ::*"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) :''Third set:'' #
  • "
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    Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and succ ...
    ) – 4:54 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:27 #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 5:56 ;Disc 3 #"To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:09 #"
    Truckin' "Truckin" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.''Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip'' . Jake Wo ...
    " > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 17:53 #"Mind Left Body Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 7:24 #"Spanish Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 5:40 #"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:31 #"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01 #" One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:43 :''Encore:'' #
  • "
    Uncle John's Band "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album '' Workingman's Dead''. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, "U ...
    " (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:26 ;Dave's Picks 2012 Bonus Disc :''July 29, 1974, Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland:'' #"
    Sugaree "Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album '' Garcia'', which was released in January 1972. As with the songs on the re ...
    " (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:03 #"Weather Report Suite" – 19:31 ::*"Prelude" (Weir) ::*"Part 1" (Weir, Andersen) ::*"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) #
  • "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:24 #"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:16 #"
    Nobody's Fault but Mine "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" or "Nobody's Fault but Mine" is a song first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It is a solo performance with Johnson singing and playing slide guitar. The song has been interpreted an ...
    " > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:02 #"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:55 #"Spanish Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 4:44 #"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:23 Note: The set list for the July 29, 1974 Capital Centre concert was: :''First set:'' "Promised Land" · "Sugaree" · "Black-Throated Wind" · "It Must Have Been the Roses" · "Cumberland Blues" · "Scarlet Begonias" · "Jack Straw" · "Deal" · "El Paso" · "To Lay Me Down" · "Weather Report Suite Prelude" · "Weather Report Suite Part 1" · "Let It Grow" :''Second set:'' "Seastones" · "He's Gone" · "Truckin'" · "Nobody's Fault but Mine" · "The Other One" · "Spanish Jam" · "Wharf Rat" · "Around and Around" · "
    Peggy-O The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie (Roud # 545) is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a girl. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its ...
    " · "U.S. Blues" · " Sugar Magnolia" :''Encore:'': "
    Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois C ...
    " : Included in Dave's Picks 2012 Bonus Disc


    Personnel

    ;Grateful Dead * Jerry Garcia –
    lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...
    ,
    vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
    *
    Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer who was a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979. Biography Donna Jean Thatcher was born in Florence, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a sessi ...
    – vocals *
    Keith Godchaux Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Biography Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California ...
    – keyboards *
    Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...
    – drums * Phil Lesh –
    electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...
    , vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording: Kidd Candelario *Archival research: Nicholas Meriwether *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson *Cover art: Scott McDougall *Photos: James R. Anderson, John Cantamessa, Mike Thut *Art direction and design: Steve Vance *Liner notes essay "Wave That Fla-ag..." written by Blair Jackson


    References

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