Dick's Picks Volume 17

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Dick's Picks Volume 17
Live album by
ReleasedApril 2000
RecordedSeptember 25, 1991
March 31, 1991
VenueBoston Garden
GenreRock, jam
Length194:11
LabelGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 16
(2000)
Dick's Picks Volume 17
(2000)
Dick's Picks Volume 18
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Music Box [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Dick's Picks Volume 17 is the 17th live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on September 25, 1991 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, with two additional tracks from the March 31, 1991 show at Greensboro.

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 features a rectangular color photograph of the inside of the venue with the house lights on, after the sound system has been set up but before the audience has arrived. The two pages inside contain a single wide color photograph of the band on stage along with the contents of and credits for the release.[4]

Track listing

Disc one

First set:
  1. "Help on the Way" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:15 →
  2. "Slipknot!" (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 5:30 →
  3. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 10:41
  4. "Walkin' Blues" (House) – 6:30
  5. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:45 →
  6. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:59
  7. "Queen Jane Approximately" (Dylan) – 7:16
  8. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 →
  9. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 8:18

Disc two

Second set:
  1. "Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 8:24 →
  2. "Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:38 →
  3. "Playing in the Band" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 9:22 →
  4. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:47 →
  5. "Boston Clam Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 5:37 →
  6. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:04 →
  7. "Space" (Grateful Dead) – 8:15 →

Disc three

Second set, continued:
  1. "That Would Be Something" (McCartney) – 3:51 →
  2. "Playing in the Band" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 5:23 →
  3. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:46 →
  4. "Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 8:59 →
  5. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 9:01
Encore:
  1. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (Dylan) – 4:43
March 31, 1991:
  1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional) – 7:47 →
  2. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 23:30

Personnel

Grateful Dead:

  • Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Hart – drums
  • Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, accordion, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals

Production:

  • Dick Latvala, David Lemieux – tape archivists
  • Gecko Graphics – design
  • Dan Healy – recording
  • Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
  • John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
  • Jim Anderson, Susana Millman – photography

See also

References

  1. ^ Ruhlman, William. "Dick's Picks, Vol. 17: Boston Garden 9/25/91". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Metzger, John (July 2000). Dick's Picks Volume 17, The Music Box
  3. ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone
  4. ^ Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 17, 1991, 2000.