Name: Dick's Picks Vol. 23-Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, MD 9/17/72
Brand: Grateful Dead

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-RGM-0152

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-02-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

848064001522

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Artist

Grateful Dead

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Real Gone Music

It's the topic of endless argument, but, bolstered by the legendary Europe '72 album and tour, consensus opinion holds that 1972 was the peak year for Grateful Dead live shows. And this Dick's Picks volume certainly adds to the weight of evidence in favor of that view; recorded exactly three months after Pigpen left the band due to health reasons, this beautifully recorded (by Bear, presented here in HDCD sound) show features the organic yet focused ebbs and flows and unexpected improvisational twists that are characteristic of a classic Dead show. Among the highlights (and they are many) are a sublime, exploratory reading of 'Playing in the Band,' a soaring 'Bird Song,' a potent coupling of 'China Cat Sunflower' and 'I Know You Rider' and a surging, emotional hour-long medley of 'He's Gone/'The Other One'/'Sing Me Back Home.' Out of print for years and a real keeper.

Dick's Picks Vol. 23-Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, MD 9/17/72

Music US