''Dick's Picks Volume 2'' is the second live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on Halloween night in 1971 at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. The album consists of the second set of the concert. It was released in March 1995, the last Grateful Dead album to be released before the death of Jerry Garcia. ''Dick's Picks Volume 2'' is the only one of the Dick's Picks that is a single CD. The other albums in the series have either two, three, or four CDs, except for '' Dick's Picks Volume 29'', which contains six CDs.

Set list

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", " Me and My Uncle", "Deal", "

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", "Loser", "

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", "Tennessee Jed", "Jack Straw", "Big Railroad Blues", "Brown Eyed Women", " Mexicali Blues", "Casey Jones", "Cumberland Blues", " One More Saturday Night" 2: "Dark Star"* > "Jam"* > "Sugar Magnolia"*, "St. Stephen"*, "Not Fade Away"* > "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad"* > "Not Fade Away" reprise* E: " Johnny B. Goode" Note: New Riders of the Purple Sage were the opening act. * appears on ''Dick's Picks Volume 2''

The jam

The jam that appears on the set list after " Dark Star" is generally referred to as "Tighten Up Jam" by collectors due to its similarities to the

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tune " Tighten Up". The Grateful Dead would jam on the theme only a handful of times, mostly from 1969 until 1971. Also notably rare is a " Cold Rain and Snow" tease on the way back into playing " Not Fade Away" from "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad". The Grateful Dead were known for teasing bits of songs, often they would play a song they teased at a different show.

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 label for ''Volume 2'' reads: "This compact disc has been digitally remastered directly from the original quarter track 7½ ips analog tape. It is a snapshot of history, not a modern professional recording, and may therefore exhibit some technical anomalies and the unavoidable effects of the ravages of time."

Track listing

# " Dark Star" → ( Garcia,

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"Jam" → – 23:14 # " Sugar Magnolia" → (Weir, Hunter) – 6:33 # " St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 7:10 # " Not Fade Away" → (

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, Hardin) – 7:25 # "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" → (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:38 # "Not Fade Away" (Petty, Hardin) – 3:19

Personnel

Grateful Dead * Jerry Garcia –

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* Phil Lesh – bass, vocals * Bob Weir –

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, vocals Production * Rex Jackson – recording *

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 ...

– tape archivist * Gecko Graphics – design

Notes and references

External links

First set of concert
{{Authority control 02 1995 live albums