Dick's Picks Volume 36

Dick's Picks Volume 36
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	October, 2005
Recorded	September 21, 1972 September 3, 1972
Genre	Rock, country rock, jam
Length	279:41
Label	Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
Truckin' Up to Buffalo (2005) Dick's Picks Volume 36 (2005) Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]
TheBestOfWebsite	(A+) [3]

Dick's Picks Volume 36 is the thirty-sixth and last installment of the Dick's Pick's series of Grateful Dead concert recordings. It is a four CD set that contains the complete show recorded on September 21, 1972 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also includes bonus tracks from September 3, 1972, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Album cover

The album cover art for Dick's Picks Volume 36 was created by Bob Minkin. Drawn with the aid of computer software, it depicts an abstract image, and is part of a series of similar art works used for Dick's Picks volumes 31 through 36. Minkin is a San Francisco based graphic designer who received a BFA degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Track listing

Disc one

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set

1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:50
2. "Bird Song" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 13:40
3. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:06
4. "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
5. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:49
6. "Black-Throated Wind" (Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 6:47
7. "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:02
8. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:52
9. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
10. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:42

Disc two

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set

1. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:34
2. "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 7:40
3. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 16:47

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

4. "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:18
5. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 11:51
6. "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:39
7. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:26

Disc three

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

1. "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 37:08
2. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 12:10
3. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:34
4. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:02
5. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:30
6. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 3:37

Disc four

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

1. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 5:57
2. "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:26
3. "Not Fade Away" reprise (Hardin, Petty) – 3:31
4. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:56

9/3/72 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

5. "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:30
6. "The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 28:57
7. "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:16

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Recording – Owsley Stanley
• Tape archivist – David Lemieux
• CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Liner notes – Bear
• Cover art and package design – Bob Minkin
• Photography – Brian Blauser, Deb Trist, Jim Thrower, Grateful Dead Archives
• Special thanks to – Tony Dwyer

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 36 reads:

"Dick's Picks Vol. 36 was mastered from the original 1/4" analog sonic journal tapes recorded at 7.5 ips, and were not produced with commercial intentions. However, due to the masterful skill of the recordist, these tapes sound remarkably rich and true to the live sound. Being more than thirty years old, the tapes exhibit some minor signs of the ravages of time, as we all do, but rest assured that everything possible has been done to make them sound as good as possible."

References

1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Dick's Picks Volume 36 at Allmusic
2. ^ Metzger, John (December 2005). Dick's Picks Volume 36, The Music Box
3. ^ Small, Barry. Dick's Picks Volume 36, TheBestOfWebsite