Dick's Picks Volume 7 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on September 9, 10, and 11, 1974 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. It was released on March 4, 1997.
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 contains a drawing of a dragon eating its tail against a background of clouds that merge with the clouds on the cover.
The two pages inside contain a wide black-and-white drawing of the venue by Alfred Meeson. Above this drawing, in the clouds, are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 7, 1997.
Track listing
Disc one September 9, 1974: "Scarlet Begonias" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 9:29 "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:36 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:21 September 10, 1974 – set I: "Black-Throated Wind" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:20 "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:48 September 11, 1974 – set I: "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:30 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:59 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 23:30
Disc two
September 10, 1974 – set I: "Weather Report Suite" (Weir, Eric Andersen, Barlow) – 18:18 → "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32 September 11, 1974 – set I: "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:19 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07 September 11, 1974 – set II: "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:14 September 9, 1974: "Truckin' " (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:31 → "Wood Green Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 5:56 → "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:13
Disc three
September 10, 1974 – set II: "Me & My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:30 "Not Fade Away" (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) – 16:27 "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 24:08 → "Spam Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 7:13 → "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 13:15 "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:41
Note
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Keith Godchaux – keyboards Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals Phil Lesh – bass, vocals Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Production Recording: Bill Candelario Tape archivist: Dick Latvala CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman Magnetic scrutinizer: John Cutler Design: Gecko Graphics Architectural rendering: Alfred Meeson
Concert set lists The set list for the September 9, 1974 concert was:
Note: Single set due to late start: "Bertha" · "Promised Land" · "It Must Have Been the Roses" · "Jack Straw" · "Scarlet Begonias" · "Mexicali Blues" · "Row Jimmy" · "Playing in the Band" · "Deal" · "El Paso" · "Ship of Fools" · "Tennessee Jed" · "Truckin' " · "Jam" · "Wharf Rat" · "Uncle John's Band" · "Johnny B. Goode"
Encore: "U.S. Blues" · "One More Saturday Night"
The set list for the September 10, 1974 concert was:
First set: "Around and Around" · "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" · "Beat It On Down the Line" · "Peggy-O" · "Tennessee Jed" · "Black-Throated Wind" · "China Cat Sunflower" · "I Know You Rider" · "Loser" · "Black Peter" · "Weather Report Suite" · "Stella Blue"
Interlude: "Seastones"
Second set: "Me and My Uncle" · "Dire Wolf" · "Not Fade Away" · "Ramble On Rose" · "Big River" · "Dark Star" · "Jam" · "Morning Dew" · "Sugar Magnolia"
Encore: "U.S. Blues"
The set list for the September 11, 1974 concert was:
First set: "Scarlet Begonias" · "Mexicali Blues" · "Brown-Eyed Women" · "Beat It On Down the Line" · "Sugaree" · "Jack Straw" · "Row Jimmy" · "Me and Bobby McGee" · "Tennessee Jed" · "Big River" · "It Must Have Been the Roses" · "Playing in the Band
Second set: "Seastones" · "Eyes of the World" · "Space" · "Wharf Rat" · "Space"
Third set: "Around and Around" · "Ship of Fools" · "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" · "Sugar Magnolia"
Encore: "U.S. Blues"
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