''Dick's Picks Volume 12'' is the 12th
live album in the
Dick's Picks series of releases by the
Grateful Dead. It was recorded on June 26, 1974, at the
Providence Civic Center
The Amica Mutual Pavilion (originally Providence Civic Center and formerly Dunkin' Donuts Center) is an indoor arena located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1972, as a home court for the emerging Providence College men's ba ...
in
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
and on June 28 at the
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (lat ...
.
Enclosure
Included with the release is a single sheet folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back contains an oval-shaped photograph, tinted in purple and green, of the sound system. Credited to Mary Ann Mayer, surrounding the photo is a background of clouds that flows seamlessly into the clouds on the cover.
The two pages inside contain a series of black-and-white photographs of the band members on stage. Above this series of photos are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.
[Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 12, 1974, 1998.]
Track listing
Disc one
:''June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center — second set:''
#"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:29 →
#"
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 ...
" (
Jerry Garcia,
Robert Hunter) – 11:24 →
#"Mind Left Body Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 1:39 →
#"
I Know You Rider
"I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Deceitful Brownskin Blues", which was released as ...
" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:12
#"
Beer Barrel Polka
"Beer Barrel Polka", also known as "The Barrel Polka", "Roll Out the Barrel", or "Rosamunde", is a 1927 polka composed by Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda. Lyrics were added in 1934, subsequently gaining worldwide popularity during World War II a ...
" (Brown, Timm,
Vejvoda, Zeman) – 1:08
#"
Truckin'
"Truckin" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.''Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip'' . Jake Wo ...
" (Garcia,
Bob Weir,
Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 11:06 →
#"Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 3:06 →
#"Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:13 →
#"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:50 →
#"
Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:52
Disc two
:''June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center - encore:''
#"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:41
:''June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — intermission:''
#
"Seastones" (Lesh, Ned Lagin) – 4:52
:''June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set:''
#"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:12 →
#" Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:31
#" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 5:43
#"To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
#" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:17
#"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:16
Disc three
:''June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set, continued:''
#"Weather Report Suite" – 14:35 →
#*"Prelude" (Weir) – 1:11
#*"Part 1" (Weir, Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, ...
) – 4:16
#*"Let It Grow" (Weir, John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for th ...
) – 9:08
#"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 27:54 →
#"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:40
#"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 ...
" (Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
) – 3:01 →
#"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:23 →
#"Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:45
:''June 28, 1974, Boston Garden – encore:''
#"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
Personnel
Grateful Dead:
*Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
*Bill Kreutzmann – percussion
*Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
*Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
*Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
*Keith Godchaux – keyboards
Additional musicians
*Ned Lagin – synthesizer and electronic keyboards on ''Seastones''
Production:
*Dick Latvala – tape archivist
*Gecko Graphics – design
* Bill Candelario – recording
*Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
*John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
* Jim Anderson, Mary Ann Mayer, Bruce Polonsky – photography
References
{{Authority control
12
1998 live albums
Albums recorded at the Boston Garden