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Dave's Picks Volume 21

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Dave's Picks Volume 21
Two skeletons, a man and a woman, lying together in the grass and flowers, with the Boston skyline in the background
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2017
RecordedApril 2, 1973
VenueBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
GenreRock
Length217:06
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 20
(2016)
Dave's Picks Volume 21
(2017)
July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada
(2017)

Dave's Picks Volume 21 is a three-CD live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on April 2, 1973, at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was produced as a limited edition of 16,500 copies, and was released on February 1, 2017.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

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On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "The last show of their winter/spring tour, Vol. 21 finds the Dead stretching out over two very long sets which, in spite of their length, do not contain either of their major gig-stretchers of the era. In place of "Dark Star" or "The Other One", fans were treated to a whopping 34-song marathon... Several nice long jams can be found, particularly in the second set, making for a diverse and engaging listen."[4]

Track listing

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Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:38
  2. "Deal" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:43
  3. "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:42
  4. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
  5. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:37 [a]
  6. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:25
  7. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:51
  8. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49
  9. "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:19
  10. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:37
  11. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:13
  12. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:45
  13. "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn) – 3:13
  14. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:46

Disc 2

  1. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:06
  2. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 17:31
Second set:
  1. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39
  2. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:23
  3. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
  4. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:25
  5. "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:07
  6. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:29
  7. "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
  8. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 4:42

Disc 3

  1. "Here Comes Sunshine" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:20
  2. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 11:08
  3. "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 6:07
  4. "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" > (Weir) – 3:12
  5. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:58
  6. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12
  7. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:59
  8. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:26
Encore:
  1. "Johnny B. Goode" > (Berry) – 3:38
  2. "And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 2:12

Notes

  1. ^ "Tico-Tico" tuning before "Beat It On Down the Line"

Personnel

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Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording: Rex Jackson
  • Art direction, design: Steve Vance
  • Cover art: Dave Van Patten
  • Photos: Patty Norman, Rich "The Fish" Weiner
  • Liner Notes: David Lemieux
  • Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
  • Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos
  • Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 26

References

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  1. ^ Bernstein, Scott (November 17, 2016). "Grateful Dead Pull from 1973 for Dave's Picks Volume 21". JamBase. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Melamed, Dave (November 18, 2016). "Grateful Dead's Boston College 4/2/73 Show to Be Featured on Dave's Picks Vol. 21". Live for Live Music. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Dave's Picks Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 4/2/73". dead.net. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 4/2/73". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Billboard 200 – Top 200 Albums (February 18, 2017)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2017.