Dave's Picks Volume 47

Dave's Picks Volume 47
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	July 28, 2023
Recorded	December 9, 1979
Venue	Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis
Genre	Rock
Length	219:24
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead David Lemieux
Grateful Dead chronology
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Dave's Picks Volume 47 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on December 9, 1979, at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. It was released on July 28, 2023, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.^[1][2][3]

The concert was recorded early in the tenure of Brent Mydland as the Grateful Dead's keyboard player. It includes several songs from the album Go to Heaven, which was released about four months after the St. Louis show.

Dave's Picks Volume 47 also includes bonus tracks comprising the last part of the second set and the encore from the band's December 4, 1979 concert at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Several other songs from the second set of that performance were included as bonus tracks on Dave's Picks Volume 31.

Critical reception

AllMusic said, "Dave's Picks, Vol. 47 finds the Grateful Dead closing out their epic late-'70s period and cementing the Brent Mydland era that would define much of their early-'80s sound. Having replaced outgoing pair Keith and Donna Godchaux in early 1979, Mydland quickly made his mark in the band not only as their keyboardist and backup singer but also as a songwriter with a funky soft-rock touch and smoky high-tenor voice.... It's yet another win from this seemingly bottomless series of excellent Dead bootlegs-made-official."^[4]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Alabama Getaway" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:04
2. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 4:36
3. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:55
4. "Cassidy" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 5:32
5. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:33
6. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:00
7. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01
8. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:34
9. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:53
10. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50

Disc 2

Second set:

1. "Shakedown Street" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:22
2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:05
3. "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54
4. "Easy to Love You" (Brent Mydland, Barlow) – 4:05
5. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:41
6. "Lost Sailor" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:47
7. "Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 5:33
8. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 7:51
9. "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 5:30

Disc 3

Second set, continued:

1. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 7:42
2. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:43
3. "I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 4:19
4. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:08
5. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 8:28

Encore:

6. "Don’t Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:47

Bonus tracks – December 4, 1979 – Uptown Theatre, Chicago:

7. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 7:42
8. "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 9:57
9. "Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:01
10. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:07
11. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Mickey Hart – drums

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
• Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Dan Healy
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: John Vogl
• Liner notes essay: David Lemieux

Charts

Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 47

Chart (2023)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	27
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[6]	3

References

1. Todd, Nate (July 18, 2023). "Grateful Dead Selects Otherworldly 1979 Concert For 'Dave's Picks Volume 47'". JamBase. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
2. "'Dave's Picks Volume 47' Unveils Lost Grateful Dead Brent Mydland-Era Concert Gem". jambands.com. July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
3. "Grateful Dead's St. Louis Spectacle: Jamming with Dave's Picks 47". Grateful Web. July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
4. Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 47: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 12/9/79". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
5. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
6. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2023.