Dick's Picks Volume 31

Dick's Picks Volume 31
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	March, 2004
Recorded	August, 1974
Genre	Country rock, folk rock, jam
Label	Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
The Closing of Winterland (2003) Dick's Picks Volume 31 (2004) Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead (2004)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]

Dick's Picks Volume 31 is the thirty-first installment in the Grateful Dead's archival series. It was recorded on August 4 and 5 1974 at the Philadelphia Civic Center (Convention Hall) in Philadelphia and on August 6 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.^[3]

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Playing in the Band" (Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) – 25:50
2. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 12:01
3. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:27
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:47
5. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 5:34
6. "China Cat Sunflower" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:13
7. "I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:22
8. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:08

Disc two

1. "Ship of Fools" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:00
2. "Loose Lucy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:32
3. "Weather Report Suite"
   • "Prelude" (Weir) – 1:20
   • "Part I" (Eric Andersen, Weir) – 4:20
   • "Part II: Let It Grow" (John Barlow, Weir) – 9:16
4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:25
5. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:21
6. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:32
7. "Sugar Magnolia / Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 10:42
8. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:26

Disc three

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:30
2. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:53
3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:17
4. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:12
5. "Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:46
6. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:16
7. "The Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:30
8. "Space" (Grateful Dead) – 10:25
9. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:36
10. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:58

Disc four

1. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 19:28
2. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 22:37
3. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:25
4. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 5:04
5. "Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:44

Recording dates

• August 4 – Disc 1 tracks 1 & 3-4, Disc 2
• August 5 – Disc 1 tracks 2 & 5-8, Disc 3
• August 6 – Disc 4

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Recording – Bill Candelario
• CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Tape archivist – David Lemieux
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Photo – Robert W. Danielson Jr.
• Cover art & package design – Robert Minkin
• Deadhead newsletter artwork – W. Keats
• Booklet essay – Jay Saporita

Notes

1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Dick's Picks Volume 31 at Allmusic
2. ^ Metzger, John. Dick's Picks Volume 31, The Music Box, July 2004
3. ^ Dick's Picks Volume 31 at the Grateful Dead Family Discography