''Dick's Picks Volume 11'' is the 11th

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in the

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of releases by the

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. It was recorded at the Stanley Theater in

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on September 27, 1972. This release is known to have a patched cut in the original soundboard tapes. If certain soundboards are missing parts of a song, the official release may contain a patched cut. Patches sometimes originate from an audience source or from an entirely different show. There is no database for soundboards patched with an audience source and, hence, is up to the listeners to discover patched cuts while listening. For instance, "

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", on disc 2, contains a patch from 1972-09-24 which occurs at 1:55 to 2:20 on the track. It is possible that there are other patched cuts on this release.

Enclosure and concert notes

Included in the release is a single sheet of paper, printed on both sides and folded into thirds, yielding a six-page enclosure. The front cover is a replica of the disc's cover and the back cover shows a small, oval-shaped image of what looks like a

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or other small

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, engraved with ''Stanley'' in uppercase and presumably from the venue, against a background of clouds that flows seamlessly into the clouds on the cover. The inside contains three pages of notes about the show and a page listing the contents of and credits for the release.

Concert notes

Appearing above a blurry image of some of the crowd is a series of "Concert notes by Paul Grushkin 9/27/72, Stanley Theater, Jersey City, NJ". These notes are written in a

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style consisting of mostly incomplete sentences in lowercase with minimal punctuation. After a short introduction that mentions, for example, that the venue is a "plushy vaudeville palace, like the Harding in SF only bigger", the notes list each song the band played that night along with the author's impressions. Excerpts from some of these impressions follow. ''Morning Dew'': "to open the first set????"
''Friend of the Devil'': "starting to get body rushes", followed by a list of what each band member is wearing.
''Playin' in the Band'': "it's Bobby! ... into convoluted Miles Davis kind of thrash and squall Donna s c r e a m s at end break at 10:18 we stumble around and take stock".
''He's Gone'': "by god they're having a great time family-style interplay betw. bandmembers". This entry is the second-longest of all of them.
''Dark Star'': "reverent applause, everything else tonite maybe just a lead-up". This entry is the longest of all of them. It ends with "a full-blown psycho circus" in uppercase followed immediately by:
"into ''Cumberland Blues'' shrill, insistent lead drilling a hole in my head".
''Uncle John's Band'': "sweet happiness everywhere, all around epiphany in Jersey City". Grushkin ends his piece with: "12:40 am. stumbling out into Jersey half-light completely dead to the world did they really open with ''Morning Dew''?"Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 11, 1972/1998.

Track listing

Disc one

:''First set:'' #"

Morning Dew "Morning Dew", also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew", is a Contemporary folk music, contemporary folk song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bonnie Dobson. The lyrics relate a fictional conversation in a post-nuclear holocaust world. Ori ...

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Bonnie Dobson Bonnie Dobson (born November 13, 1940, in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)"Bo ...

Tim Rose Timothy Alan Patrick Rose (September 23, 1940 – September 24, 2002) (unofficial website by long-term correspondent of Rose's) was an American singer and songwriter who spent much of his life in London, England, and had more success in E ...

) – 12:38 #"Beat It on Down the Line" (

Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta, United States. He was sent by his moth ...

) – 3:34 #"

Friend of the Devil "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album '' American Beauty''. Like most of ''Amer ...

" (

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...

, John Dawson, Robert Hunter) – 4:06 #"Black-Throated Wind" ( John Barlow,

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 ...

) – 6:52 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:08 #" Mexicali Blues" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:39 #"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:46 #" Big River" (

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. ...

) – 4:51 #"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59 #"

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Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most o ...

) – 4:42

Disc two

:''First set, continued:'' #"

China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which was first recorded for their 1969 studio album '' Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by Garcia. The ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:25 → #"

" (traditional) – 5:26 #"

Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead. 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 th ...

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, Hunter, Weir) – 16:14 :''Second set:'' #

"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:30 #" Me & My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:38 #"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:51 #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 5:29 #"Ramble on Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:28

Disc three

:''Second set, continued:'' #" Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 30:49 → #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 6:55 #"Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:11 #"

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Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and de ...

) – 3:04 #"

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, "Unc ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:43 #"

Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1864 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Cen ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29 :''Encore:'' #

Around and Around "Around and Around" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name "Around & Around" as the B-side to the single "Johnny B. Goode". Cover versions The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stone ...

" (Berry) – 5:18

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 Production: *Dick Latvala – tape archivist *Gecko Graphics – design *

Owsley Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role ...

, Bob Matthews – recording *Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering *John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer *Jonas Grushkin – photography *Paul Grushkin – CD liner notes

References

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