Dave's Picks Volume 32

Dave's Picks Volume 32
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	November 1, 2019
Recorded	March 24, 1973
Venue	The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Rock
Length	228:26
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Saint of Circumstance (2019) Dave's Picks Volume 32 (2019) Ready or Not (2019)

Dave's Picks Volume 32 is a 3-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on March 24, 1973. It was released on November 1, 2019 in a limited edition of 20,000 copies.^[1][2][3]

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "Later [in 1973, the Grateful Dead] would launch their own record label with the release of their sixth studio album, Wake of the Flood, and... [they] were still honing a number of that album's cuts here, including the luminous "Here Comes Sunshine" and the lovely "Stella Blue". An air of poignant uplift surrounds parts this Philadelphia show – included here in its entirety – which took place just a couple of weeks after the death of founding member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan."^[4]

In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "No inclusions are more striking, however, than the segues of "He’s Gone" > "Truckin'" > "Jam" > "Dark Star" > "Sing Me Back Home".... Concluding the string with the doleful likes of Merle Haggard's song is an ideal set-up for the celebratory air the band conjures up immediately after: "Sugar Magnolia" is a deservedly exhilarating transition at this, one of the group’s favorite venues."^[5]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 6:23
2. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:40
3. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:45
4. "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins) – 3:24
5. "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 6:26
6. "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 5:34
7. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
8. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:16
9. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00
10. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:58
11. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12
12. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:58
13. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:19
14. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:19

Disc 2

1. "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:14
2. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 5:45
3. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:03
4. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 19:23

Second set:

5. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:22
6. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:05
7. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:51
8. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:41
9. "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:44
10. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:12

Disc 3

1. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:52
2. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:04
3. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 22:30
4. "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 4:10
5. "Sing Me Back Home" > (Merle Haggard) – 10:03
6. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:43

Encore:

7. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 3:55

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Associate Producers: Ivette Ramos & Doran Tyson
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Rex Jackson, Kidd Candelario
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: Tyler Crook
• Photos: E.E. Stern

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	22
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[7]	1

References

1. Bernstein, Scott (October 22, 2019). "Grateful Dead Shares Daves Picks Volume 32 Preview & Seaside Chat". JamBase. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
2. "Dave's Picks Vol. 32 to Feature March 1973 Grateful Dead Philadelphia Show". jambands.com. October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
3. "Now Available for Pre-Order: Dave's Picks Volume 32". Grateful Web. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
4. Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 32: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
5. Collette, Doug (December 11, 2019). "Grateful Dead Dave's Picks Volume 32: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 3/24/73". Glide Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
6. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
7. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2019.