Dick's Picks Volume 20

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Dick's Picks Volume 20 is the 20th installment of the popular Grateful Dead archival series. It documents the majority of the concerts on September 25, 1976 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland and September 28, 1976 at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.

It is mastered in HDCD from the original recordings by Dan Healy. The recordings are from a period when the band was transitioning out of their long touring hiatus, trying out new songs on the road, and welcoming back second drummer, Mickey Hart. The last-ever performance of "Cosmic Charlie" is on this installment. Though not represented on this release, "Bertha" was also performed on the 28th, and "It's All Over Now" on the 25th. The show from the night before the latter concert was released on Dave's Picks Volume 4.

Track listing

September 25, 1976 – Capital Center, Landover, Maryland

Disc 1

1. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 5:27
2. "New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 4:49
3. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:11
4. "Cassidy" (Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 4:43
5. "Brown-Eyed Woman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:56
6. "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 2:49
7. "Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:41
8. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
9. "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:26
10. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01
11. "Lazy Lightning" -> (Weir, Barlow) – 2:53
12. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:37

Notes

Disc 2

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28
2. "Dancing in the Streets" -> (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 12:43
3. "Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39
4. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:07
5. "St. Stephen" -> (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 4:12
6. "Not Fade Away" -> (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 9:57
7. "Drums" -> (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:34
8. "Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 2:05
9. "St. Stephen" -> (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 2:03
10. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:40

Notes

September 28, 1976 – Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, New York

Disc 3

1. "Cold Rain and Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:36
2. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:55
3. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:33
4. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:37
5. "New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 6:06
6. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:25
7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack) – 6:40
8. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:44
9. "Let It Grow" -> (Weir, Barlow) – 11:41
10. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:14

Disc 4

1. "Playing in the Band" -> (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:36
2. "The Wheel" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:07
3. "Samson and Delilah" -> (trad., arr. Weir) – 8:01
4. "Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 5:40
5. "Comes a Time" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
6. "Drums" -> (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:58
7. "Eyes of the World" -> (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39
8. "Orange Tango Jam" -> (Grateful Dead) – 4:46
9. "Dancing in the Streets" -> (Gaye, I.J. Hunter, Stevenson) – 9:15
10. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:06
11. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 4:33

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Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – piano, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums

Production

• Live Recording by Dan Healy
• Tape Archivists: Dick Latvala, David Lemieux
• CD Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Archival Research: Eileen Law/Grateful Dead Archives
• Photography: Ed Perlstein, Copyright 2001 ; Music Images
• Cover Art and Design: Tina Carpenter
• Cover Photos: David DeNoma
• Special Thanks: Bob Minkin