''Dave's Picks Volume 7'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert from April 24, 1978, at the Horton Field House,

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, in

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. It was produced as a limited edition of 13,000 numbered copies, and was released on August 1, 2013.

Critical reception

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, Fred Thomas said, "Ending the first leg of their 1978 spring tour, the Grateful Dead pulled into the relatively tiny town of Normal, Illinois in late April of 1978 to deliver one of their legendarily epic concert experiences. ''Dave's Picks'', the archive series that picks up where the seemingly inexhaustible ''Dick's Picks'' left off, captures the performance in total of over two hours of recordings."

Track listing

;Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"

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 ...

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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 ...

) – 5:14 #"Ramble On Rose" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 8:07 #" Me and My Uncle" > ( John Phillips) – 3:10 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 6:21 #" Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:33 #"

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" ( Bob Weir,

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) – 5:38 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57 #"Passenger" ( Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:45 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:07 #"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51 ;Disc 2 :''Second set:'' #" Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:55 #" Fire on the Mountain" > ( Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 11:08 #"

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written ...

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, Arthur Resnick) – 7:06 ;Disc 3 #"Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:51 #"Rhythm Devils" > (Hart,

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 ...

) – 13:53 #"Space" > (Garcia,

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 ...

, Lesh, Weir) – 6:41 #" Not Fade Away" > ( Buddy Holly,

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. Biography Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...

) – 11:19 #"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:47 #"

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 ...

" (Berry) – 9:11 :''Encore:'' #

Werewolves of London "Werewolves of London" is a rock song performed by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. It was composed by Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel and was included on ''Excitable Boy'' (1978), Zevon's third solo album. The track featured ...

" (LeRoy Marinell,

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) – 7:46

Personnel

;Grateful Dead * Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, lead guitar, singing, vocals *Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals *

– keyboard instrument, keyboards * Mickey Hart – Drum kit, drums and percussion instrument, percussion *

– drums and percussion * Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux (archivist), David Lemieux *CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Cover art: Timothy Truman *Recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson

References

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