''Dave's Picks Volume 10'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on December 12, 1969, at the Thelma music venue in

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. It was produced as a limited edition of 14,000 numbered copies, and was released on May 1, 2014. A bonus disc was included with shipments of the album to 2014 ''Dave's Picks'' subscribers. This disc contains tracks recorded on the previous night at the same venue.

Critical reception

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, Fred Thomas wrote, "''Dave's Picks, Vol. 10: Thelma, Los Angeles, CA 12/12/69'' captures the group in performance directly before they would enter the studio to record what would go on to be one of their most loved albums, and they're working through the material by playing seven of the eight songs that would be included there as well as an uncommonly high number of songs written or led by keyboardist

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. On the last of a three-night stand at a mysterious California club simply called Thelma, the Dead turned in stellar performances of the aforementioned ''

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Track listing

;Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:53 #" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 4:05 #"Easy Wind" ( Robert Hunter) – 9:33 #"Cumberland Blues" ( Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 7:39 #"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:19 #"

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" (William Harvey, Earl Forest) – 5:43 #"

China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album ''Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by J ...

>" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:19 #"

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" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:55 ;Disc 2 #" Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott,

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) – 31:57 :''Second set:'' #

" Hard to Handle" (

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) – 2:37 #"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34 #"

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" ( James Moore) – 7:44 ;Disc 3 #"

Uncle John's Band "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album '' Workingman's Dead''. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, "U ...

>" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:39 #"He Was a Friend of Mine" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:13 #"Alligator >" (Lesh,

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, Hunter) – 4:08 #"Drums >" ( Mickey Hart,

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) – 7:00 #"Alligator >" (Lesh, McKernan, Hunter) – 9:15 #"Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) >" (Grateful Dead) – 22:43 #"Feedback >" (Grateful Dead) – 7:11 #"And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:27 ;Dave's Picks 2014 Bonus Disc :''Thelma, Los Angeles, California, December 11, 1969:'' #" Dark Star >" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Bob Weir, Hunter) – 20:20 #" St. Stephen >" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 13:10 #"

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>" (Lesh, Hunter) – 8:54 #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:02 #"That's It for the Other One >" – 24:06 #*"Cryptical Envelopment >" (Garcia) #*"Drums >" (Hart, Kreutzmann) #*"The Other One >" (Weir, Kreutzmann) #*"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) #"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:17 Note: The set list for the December 11, 1969 Thelma Theater concert was: :''First set:'' "Black Peter" · "Me and My Uncle" · "Hard to Handle" · "Dark Star" · "St. Stephen" · "The Eleven" · "Cumberland Blues" :''Second set:'' "

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" · "Next Time You See Me" · " Sittin' on Top of the World" · " Beat It On Down the Line" · "Big Boss Man" · "Good Lovin'" · "High Time" · "

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" · "Easy Wind" · "Cryptical Envelopment" · "Drums" · "The Other One" · "Cryptical Envelopment" · "Cosmic Charlie" : Included in Dave's Picks 2014 Bonus Disc

Personnel

;Grateful Dead *

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– keyboards * Jerry Garcia –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Mickey Hart – drums *

– drums * Phil Lesh –

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, vocals *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

– harmonica,

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, vocals * Bob Weir – guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Original recordings produced by

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*Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ryan Wilson *CD Mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Tony Millionaire *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson *Archival research: Nicholas Meriwether *Liner notes: Gary Lambert

References

{{Grateful Dead 2014 live albums 10 Rhino Entertainment live albums