Dave's Picks Volume 35

Dave's Picks Volume 35
A skeleton wearing boxing gloves, sitting on the Philadelphia Civic Center
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedJuly 31, 2020
RecordedApril 20, 1984
VenuePhiladelphia Civic Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreRock
Length230:30
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Workingman's Dead: The Angel's Share
(2020) 		Dave's Picks Volume 35
(2020) 		American Beauty: The Angel's Share
(2020)

Dave's Picks Volume 35 is a 3-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 20, 1984. It also includes bonus tracks comprising most of the second set of the concert recorded at the same venue on the previous night. It was released on July 31, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies.[1][2][3]

Volume 35 was the first Grateful Dead archival album from 1984 (with the exception of the concert included in the 30 Trips Around the Sun box set).

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote, "Grateful Dead archivist Dave Lemieux unearths yet another gem for Dave's Picks, Vol. 35... While it's a smidge brief for a typical Dead show, adventurous versions of "Feel Like a Stranger", "Let It Grow", and "Scarlet Begonias" all exceed the ten-minute mark, making it feel quite epic."[4]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 10:02
  2. "Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:56
  3. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:55
  4. "Cumberland Blues" (Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter) – 6:26
  5. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 10:04
  6. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29
  7. "My Brother Esau" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:00
  8. "It Must Have Been the Roses" > (Hunter) – 5:52
  9. "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 15:24

Disc 2

Second set:
  1. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:50
  2. "Fire on the Mountain" > (Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 14:56
  3. "Samson and Delilah" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:12
  4. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 11:03
  5. "Space", part 1 (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 3:32
Bonus tracks – April 19, 1984:
  2. "The Wheel" > (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 7:17
  3. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:26
  4. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:56

Disc 3

Second set continued:
  1. "Space", part 2 > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 7:15
  2. "I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:30
  3. "Morning Dew" > (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:32
  4. "Around and Around" > (Chuck Berry) – 3:41
  5. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:43
Encore:
  2. "Keep Your Day Job" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38
Bonus tracks – April 19, 1984:
  2. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:31
  3. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:10
  4. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 14:22
  5. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:38

Note: The set list for the April 19, 1984 concert at the Philadelphia Civic Center was:[5]

First set: "Bertha" · "Greatest Story Ever Told" · "Loser" · "C.C. Rider" · "Bird Song" · "Hell in a Bucket" · "Big Railroad Blues" · "The Music Never Stopped" · "Don't Ease Me In"
Second set: "China Cat Sunflower"[A] · "I Know You Rider"[A] · "Estimated Prophet"[A] · "Terrapin Station"[A] · "Drums" · "Space" · "The Wheel"[A] · "Wharf Rat"[A] · "Sugar Magnolia"[A]
Encore: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
[A] Included in Dave's Picks Volume 35

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Associate Producers: Ivette Ramos & Doran Tyson
  • Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording: Dan Healy
  • Art direction, design: Steve Vance
  • Cover art: Dave Kloc
  • Photos: James R. Anderson
  • Liner notes essay: David Lemieux

Charts

Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 35
Chart (2020) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 30

References

  1. ^ Todd, Nate (July 12, 2020). "Grateful Dead Selects 1984 Concert For 'Dave's Picks Volume 35'". JamBase. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Kawas, Kel (July 18, 2020). "Grateful Dead Announces Dave's Picks Vol. 35 from Philadelphia Civic Center, April 1984". Live for Live Music. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dave's Picks 35 to Feature the Grateful Dead's 4/20/84 Stop in Philadelphia". Jambands.com. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks Vol. 35: Philadelphia Civic Center 4/20/84". AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 60. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.
  6. ^ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.