Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Volume 1 One Tampa FL 12/19/73 4-LP Vinyl 1289/2000
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Hello. For your consideration is this brand new factory sealed Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks Volume 1 four lp vinyl boxset. It is made up of select portions from the Grateful Dead’s live concert performance at the Curtis Hixon Convention Center in Tampa FL on 12/19/73. This set is hand numbered 1289/2000. No tears or snags in the cellophane, and no dents or anything with the boxset. This set is mint. I have included the track listing and a review below. Just scroll to bottom. These are very rare, and do not come up for sale often.
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Review:
Dick’s Picks Volume 1 is the first in a series of vault releases that is based on two track recordings. This one features select portions of a live concert performed December 19, 1973, at the Curtis Hixon Convention Center in Tampa, FL. Back up singer Donna Godchaux was not present at the show.
It begins in high form with "Here Comes Sunshine," arguably the best version ever, unquestionably stellar. Also included are great versions of "Big River" and "Big Railroad Blues." The "Mississippi Half Step" is brilliant, but incomplete as they never sing the ‘Across the Rio Grandio’ bridge, instead they just stop. As the release is a compilation, this is an edit. In concert, the song transitions to "Me and Bobby McGee," and a solid version of that song too. For fans of spacey explorations and extended jamming it is hard to find fault with the Bobby songs, "Weather Report" > “Let it Grow" and "Playing in the Band"!
Next is the ending of the show. It begins with "He’s Gone" that travels into a small jam, where Keith runs piano riffs so smoothly transitioning into their next song, "Truckin’," that you wonder how they got there. After the singing the song takes off with a jam that has Jerry, Keith, and Phil in perfect unity that leads the song to an explosive peak. The mood gets deeper into a blues theme with a seldom-played version of "Nobody’s Fault But Mine" that has a long introduction. It is followed by a jam that has "The Other One" written all over it, and in no hurry, they finally get around to it. What follows is an exploratory spacey jam ala “Feedback.” They shift gears to a ballad, “Stella Blue” and close with a high charged performance of "Around and Around."
The Grateful Dead have released an abundance of live recordings to choose from. While there are better releases than Dick’s Picks Volume 1, this one has plenty to offer. The mix on this release captures Keith’s playing with more clarity than any other release to date (March 2004). by Barry Small
Dick’s Picks 1 Vinyl
Tampa, FL
12/19/73
Side 1
Here Comes Sunshine
Side 2
Big River
Mississippi Half Step
Side 3
Weather Report Suite
Big Railroad Blues
Side 4
Playing In The Band
Side Five
He’s Gone
Side 6
Truckin’
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Side 7
Jam
The Other One
Jam
Side 8
Stella Blue
Around and Around
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