''Dave's Picks Volume 12'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the

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. It contains the complete concert recorded on November 4, 1977 at

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. It was produced as a limited edition of 14,000 numbered copies, and was released by

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on November 1, 2014. The album also includes over 75 minutes of bonus tracks recorded on November 2, 1977 at a concert at Seneca College in

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. The album '' Dick's Picks Volume 34'' was recorded on November 5, 1977—the night after ''Dave's Picks Volume 12''—at the Community War Memorial in

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. That album also includes extensive bonus material from the November 2 Seneca College concert.

Critical reception

On All About Jazz, Doug Collette said, "Betty Cantor-Jackson's ecordingwork is always redolent of a realism in the Dead's mix of instruments and it's further tribute to engineer Jeffrey Norman that he preserves that quality through the HDCD mastering.... No frayed or loose ends are apparent in the music, which the Grateful Dead parlay with a radiant confidence befitting their success on stage earlier in the year. Such virtue certainly isn't uncommon in the group's discography, only rare in that it is so robust throughout in this set." On

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, Fred Thomas wrote, "

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documents this spirited, fun oncertfrom the band, who seem in high spirits throughout two sets that volley back and forth between spacy jamming and tight musicianship. Fan favorites of the era are speckled throughout the collection, including an especially electric "Let It Grow" that blurs into an equally dynamic "Eyes of the World"."

Track listing

Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Bertha" (

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

, Robert Hunter) – 7:50 #" Good Lovin'" ( Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 6:26 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56 #"

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" (

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

, John Barlow) – 5:02 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:42 #"Sunrise" ( Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:19 #"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:38 #"Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:45 #"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 13:43 :''Second set:'' #

Jones Gang introduction – 1:40 #" Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:21 #"Cold Rain and Snow" (McGannahan Skjellyfetti) – 6:03 Disc 2 #"

Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...

" (Weir,

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

, Hunter) – 13:03 #"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:11 #"Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 11:18 #"The Other One" (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann) – 4:25 #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:35 #"

Iko Iko "Iko Iko" () is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title "Jock-A-Mo", was written and released in 1953 as a sin ...

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, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 10:47 #"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:45 #"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 7:01 :''Encore:'' #

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" ( Chuck Berry) – 4:44 Disc 3 :''Seneca College Field House bonus tracks:'' #"

Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

" (Berry) – 4:54 #"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28 #"

Me and My Uncle "Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips (musician), John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, and popularized in versions by Judy Collins and the Grateful Dead. It relates the journey of a narr ...

" ( John Phillips) – 3:05 #" Big River" (

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) – 6:22 #"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:10 #"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:30 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:41 #"

Scarlet Begonias "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The live debut of "Scarlet Begonias" came on March 23, 1974 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The song begins in ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:28 #" Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 7:33 #"Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:14 Note : The set list for the November 2, 1977 concert at Seneca College Field House in Toronto, Ontario was: :''First set:'': "Promised Land" · "They Love Each Other" · "Me and My Uncle" · "Big River" · "Candyman" · "Looks Like Rain" · "Ramble On Rose" · "Lazy Lightnin'" · "Supplication" · "Might as Well" :''Second set:'' "Samson and Delilah" · "Ship of Fools" · "Good Lovin'" · "Sunrise" · "Scarlet Begonias" · "Fire on the Mountain" · "Estimated Prophet" · "

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" · " Truckin'" · "

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" :''Encore'': "Terrapin Station" : Included in ''Dave's Picks Volume 12'' : Included in '' Dick's Picks Volume 34''

Personnel

;Grateful Dead *

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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 stri ...

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 without ...

* Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchaux –

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Bill Kreutzmann – drums *

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...

– electric bass, vocals *

– guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos *CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording:

Betty Cantor-Jackson Betty Cantor-Jackson (born 1948) is an American audio engineer and producer. She is best known for her work recording live concerts for the Grateful Dead from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, including the '' Cornell 5/8/77'' album. She is noted ...

*Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Tony Millionaire *Photos: Patrick Harbron, Bob Minkin *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson *Archival research: Nicholas Meriwether *Concert notes:

Dick Latvala Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 – 6 August 1999) was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series ''Dick's Picks'', a series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of ''Dick's Picks'' w ...

References

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