''Dick's Picks Volume 14'' is the 14th

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in the

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. It was recorded on November 30 and December 2, 1973, at Boston Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. ''Volume 14'' was the last of the Dick's Picks series to be released during the lifetime of the series's namesake tape archivist, Dick Latvala. As on ''

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'', Donna Godchaux does not appear on this set as she had taken a hiatus from touring with the band due to pregnancy.

Enclosure and liner notes

Included with the release is a single sheet folded into thirds, yielding a six-page enclosure. The front duplicates the CD's cover and the back contains a photograph of the venue's marquee that weekend, stating that the band played there three nights and the shows were "sol out ic. Inside are three pages of liner notes interspersed with black-and-white photographs of each of the band members and a single page listing the contents of and credits for the release.

Liner notes

The liner notes were written by "Michael J. Sanditen aka Tulsa" and are entitled "Baked in Beantown". In the notes for the 11/30/73 show, Michael tells of how the band was late and "The curtain opened to an empty stage and a room full of jaws dropping to the floor." After a few hours, once the mic stands were in place, bassist Phil Lesh appeared and apologized to the crowd, saying "You see, we thought we were supposed to be here tomorrow night." Their first song, "Morning Dew", was "more or less a sound check." The author writes that there were "no hard feelings over being late" and it "turned out to be a really cool scene". He finishes this first part of the notes by stating that when the band finished he and his friends left and ventured "out into the snowy rain at 2 am." In the notes for the 12/02/73 show, Sanditen writes that "the music was seamless" and the "second set had no break in it." He asserts that "from start to finish this was one fine performance with little if any miscues." In the last paragraph, he writes that for the next 23 years he and his friends traveled the country, "from Telluride to Santa Fe and New York to San Francisco," trying to "once more give ourselves the opportunity of reliving our youth". Tulsa closes his article by writing "We are all linked together by a desire to take a ride like that just one more time."Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 14, 1981, 1999.

Track listing

Disc one

#" (Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" ( Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 14:29 #"

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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) – 3:46 #" Dire Wolf" (

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 Robert Hunter may refer to: Arts * Robert Hunter (painter) (died 1780), Irish portrait painter * Robert Hunter (encyclopædist) (1823–1897), British editor of the ''Encyclopædic Dictionary'' *Robert Hunter (author) (1874–1942), American sociol ...

) – 5:09 #"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:01 #"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 4:44 #" Big River" (

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) – 5:30 #"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01 #"

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 self-t ...

" (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) – 23:18

Disc two

#"Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:54 #"Weather Report Suite" (Weir, Eric Anderson, Barlow) – 14:44 → ::*"Prelude" (Weir) ::*"Part 1" ( Eric Andersen, Weir) ::*"Part 2: Let it Grow" (Barlow, Weir) #

"Dark Star Jam" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 9:18 → #"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 19:26 → #"

Sugar Magnolia "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'", "Casey Jones", "Uncle John's Band", "Touch of Grey", and fellow sugar-a ...

" (Hunter, Weir) – 10:16

Disc three

#"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional) – 7:21 #"Beat It on Down the Line" ( Jesse Fuller) – 3:40 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48 ::*"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (Franklin, Friend) ::*"Beer Barrel Polka" (Brown, Timm, Vejvoda, Zeman) #

"Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:21 #"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:04 #"Weather Report Suite" (Anderson, Barlow, Weir) – 15:54 #"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:38 → #"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:03 →

Disc four

#"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:09 → #"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:39 → #"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:27 → #" Truckin'" (Garcia,

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 ...

, Weir, Hunter) – 13:34 → #"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:15 #"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 14:31

Personnel

Grateful Dead: *

– lead guitar, vocals * Keith Godchaux – keyboards * Bill Kreutzmann –

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– electric bass, vocals *

–

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, vocals Production: *Bill Candelario – recording *Dick Latvala – tape archivist *Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering *John Cutler – ferromagnetist *Gecko Graphics – design *Michael J. Sanditen – photography

Recording dates

*November 30 – Discs 1 & 2 *December 2 – Discs 3 & 4

References

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