Dick's Picks Volume 25

Dick's Picks Volume 25
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	July 20, 2002
Recorded	May 10 and May 11, 1978
Genre	Rock
Label	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Postcards of the Hanging (2002) Dick's Picks Volume 25 (2002) Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Dick's Picks Volume 25 is a four-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It is the twenty-fifth installment of the Dick's Picks live archival series. It was recorded on May 10, 1978 at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and on May 11, 1978 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[4] It was released on July 20, 2002.

Dick's Picks Volume 25 includes a rare cover version of Warren Zevon's song "Werewolves of London".

Caveat emptor

Each volume of Dick's Picks has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for Volume 25 reads:

"Dick's Picks 25 was mastered from the original analog 2-track tapes, recorded live at 7.5 ips and 15 ips, and may exhibit some minor effects of the ravages of time. However, the music contained on these four discs is quite remarkable, and by far makes up for any slight anomalies in the recording. Enjoy."

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Jack Straw" (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 6:51
2. "They Love Each Other" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 7:45
3. "Cassidy" (John Barlow, Weir) – 5:22
4. "Ramble on Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:00
5. "Me & My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:00 >
6. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:56
7. "Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:52
8. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:40 >
9. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:05
10. "Bertha" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:07 >
11. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Artie Resnick) – 6:20

Disc two

1. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:04 >
2. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 12:18 >
3. "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 18:00 >
4. "The Other One" (Kreutzman, Weir) – 16:31 >
5. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:14 >
6. "Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 9:33

Disc three

1. "Cold Rain & Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:03
2. "Beat It On Down The Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:31
3. "Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 8:36
4. "Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:13
5. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:48
6. "New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 5:47
7. "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:47
8. "Lazy Lightnin'" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:21 >
9. "Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:31
10. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:41 >
11. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hunter, Hart) – 8:35

Disc four

1. "Dancing in the Streets" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William Stevenson) – 15:12 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 19:53 >
3. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 10:21 >
4. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:56 >
5. "Around & Around" (Chuck Berry) – 9:15
6. "Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon) – 8:30
7. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:15

Recording Dates

• May 10, 1978 - Discs 1 & 2
• May 11, 1978 - Discs 3 & 4

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Recording – Owsley Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson
• Mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Tape archivists – Dick Latvala, David Lemieux
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Photography – Jim Anderson
• Package design & photography – Robert Minkin

Notes

1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Dick's Picks Volume 25 at Allmusic
2. ^ Metzger, John. Dick's Picks Volume 25, The Music Box, December 2002
3. ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide, Rolling Stone
4. ^ Dick's Picks Volume 25 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography