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''Dick's Picks Volume 20'' is the 20th installment of the popular
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archival series. It documents the majority of the concerts on September 25, 1976 at the
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in Landover, Maryland and September 28, 1976 at the
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in
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. It is mastered in HDCD from the original recordings by Dan Healy. The recordings are from a period when the band was transitioning out of their long touring hiatus, trying out new songs on the road, and welcoming back second drummer, Mickey Hart. The last performance of "Cosmic Charlie" is on this installment. Though not represented on this release, "Bertha" was also performed on the 28th, and " It's All Over Now" on the 25th. The show from the night before the latter concert was released on ''
Dave's Picks Volume 4 ''Dave's Picks Volume 4'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on September 24, 1976, at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was released on November 1, 20 ...
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Enclosure

The release includes two sheets of paper stapled together in the middle, yielding an eight-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back features a circular outline of a stealie skull in red over a color photograph of a path in the woods extending into the distance. The first two pages feature a
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consisting of a ticket stub for the September 28th show and a fan letter from "A Dead Head" along with three black-and-white photographs of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh with Donna Jean Godchaux, and Bob Weir. The fan letter states that its author has "always felt it to be unfair to force Dead Heads to turn to illegitimate & poor quality bootlegs" and suggests the band "put out a line of recordings of your concerts." Behind these items is a background photo of the orange leaves of a maple tree in autumn. The middle two pages feature a photomontage of three color photographs of Keith Godchaux, Bill Kruetzmann with Mickey Hart, and the entire band on stage with a grey-ish background containing a blurry wing. The last two pages list the contents of and credits for the release, against a background containing a dark blue photograph of a crescent moon at the bottom of the second page.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 20, 1976, 2001.


Track listing


September 25, 1976 – Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland

Disc 1 #"Bertha" (
Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...
, Robert Hunter) – 5:27 #"New Minglewood Blues" ( Noah Lewis) – 4:49 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:11 #"Cassidy" (
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 ...
, John Barlow) – 4:43 #"Brown-Eyed Woman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:56 #"Mama Tried" ( Merle Haggard) – 2:49 #" Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:41 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18 #"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:26 #" Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01 #"Lazy Lightning" -> (Weir, Barlow) – 2:53 #"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:37 Notes Disc 2 #"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28 #" Dancing in the Street" -> (
Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...
,
Ivy Jo Hunter George Ivy Hunter (August 28, 1940 – October 6, 2022), known as Ivy Jo Hunter, was an American R&B songwriter, record producer and singer, most associated with his work for Motown in the 1960s. Life and career Raised in Detroit, Michigan ...
, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 12:43 #"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39 #"
Scarlet Begonias "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The live debut of "Scarlet Begonias" came on March 23, 1974 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The song begins in ...
" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:07 #"
St. Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
" -> (Garcia,
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 ...
, Hunter) – 4:12 #" Not Fade Away" -> ( Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 9:57 #"Drums" -> (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:34 #"Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 2:05 #"St. Stephen" -> (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 2:03 #"
Sugar Magnolia "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'", "Casey Jones", "Uncle John's Band", "Touch of Grey", and fellow sugar-a ...
" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:40 Notes


September 28, 1976 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, New York

Disc 3 #"Cold Rain and Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:36 #" Big River" (
Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
) – 5:55 #"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:33 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:37 #"New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 6:06 #"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:25 #"It's All Over Now" ( Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack) – 6:40 #"
Friend of the Devil "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album '' American Beauty''. The song is lar ...
" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:44 #"Let It Grow" -> (Weir, Barlow) – 11:41 #"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:14 Disc 4 #"
Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...
" -> (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 10:40 #"The Wheel" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:07 #" Samson and Delilah" -> (trad., arr. Weir) – 8:01 #"Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 5:40 #"Comes a Time" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 #"Drums" -> (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:58 #"Eyes of the World" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39 #"Orange Tango Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 4:46 #"Dancing in the Street" -> (Gaye, I.J. Hunter, Stevenson) – 9:15 #"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:06 #"
Johnny B. Goode "Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. Released as a single, it peaked at number two on ''Billboard'' magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre-Hot 100 chart. "Johnny B. Goode" is con ...
" ( Chuck Berry) – 4:33 Notes


Personnel


Grateful Dead

*Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals *Phil Lesh – electric bass * Bob Weir –
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 * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchauxpiano, vocals *Mickey Hart –
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


Production

*Dan Healy – live recording * Dick Latvala – tape archivist *David Lemieux – tape archivist *Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering *Eileen Law/Grateful Dead Archives – archival research *Ed Perlstein – photography *Tina Carpenter – cover art and design *David DeNoma – cover photos *Bob Minkin – special thanks


References

{{Authority control 20 2001 live albums Grateful Dead Records live albums