Dick's Picks Volume 7

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Dick's Picks Volume 7
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Volume 7.jpg
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released March 4, 1997
Recorded September 9–11, 1974
Genre Rock, jam
Length 212:57
Label Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Selections from the Arista Years
(1997)
Dick's Picks Volume 7
(1997)
Fallout from the Phil Zone
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
The Music Box 5/5 stars [2]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars [3]

Dick's Picks Volume 7 is the seventh live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between September 9 and 11, 1974 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It was released in March 1997.

Track listing[edit]

Disc one[edit]

  1. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:29
  2. "Mexicali Blues" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:36
  3. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:21
  4. "Black-Throated Wind" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:20
  5. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:48
  6. "Beat It on Down the Line" (Fuller) – 3:30
  7. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:59
  8. "Playing in the Band" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 23:30

Disc two[edit]

  1. "Weather Report Suite" (Anderson, Barlow, Weir) – 18:18
  2. "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32
  3. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:19
  4. "Brown-Eyed Woman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
  5. "Big River" (Cash) – 5:14
  6. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 10:31
  7. "Wood Green Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 5:56
  8. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:13

Disc three[edit]

  1. "Me & My Uncle" (Phillips) – 3:30
  2. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 16:27
  3. "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 24:08
  4. "Spam Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 7:13
  5. "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 13:15
  6. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:41

Personnel[edit]

Grateful Dead

  • Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
  • Keith Godchaux – keyboards

Production

  • Dick Latvala – tape archivist
  • Gecko Graphics – design
  • Bill Candelario – recording
  • Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
  • John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
  • Alfred Meeson – architectural rendering

Recording dates[edit]

  • September 9 – Disc 1, tracks 1–3, Disc 2, tracks, 6–8
  • September 10 – Disc 1, tracks 4–5, Disc 2, tracks 1–2 & 5, Disc 3
  • September 11 – Disc 1, tracks 6–8, Disc 2, tracks 3–4

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Dick's Picks Volume 7 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Metzger, John (June 1997). Dick's Picks Volume 7, The Music Box
  3. ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide, Rolling Stone