Dick's Picks Volume 12 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on June 26, 1974, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and on June 28, 1974 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The album includes most of the second set of the Providence concert and all of the second set of the Boston concert. It was released on October 15, 1998.
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 an oval-shaped photograph, tinted in purple and green, of the sound system. Credited to Mary Ann Mayer, surrounding the photo is a background of clouds that flows seamlessly into the clouds on the cover.
The two pages inside contain a series of black-and-white photographs of the band members on stage. Above this series of photos are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 12, 1974, 1998.
Track listing
Disc one June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center — second set: "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:29 → "China Cat Sunflower" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 11:24 → "Mind Left Body Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 1:39 → "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:12 "Beer Barrel Polka" (Jaromír Vejvoda, Lew Brown, Wladimir Timm, Vašek Zeman) – 1:08 "Truckin' " (Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 11:06 → "Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 3:06 → "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:13 → "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:50 → "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:52
Disc two June 26, 1974, Providence Civic Center - encore: "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:41 June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — interlude between sets: "Seastones" (Lesh, Ned Lagin) – 4:52 June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set: "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:12 → "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:31 "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:43 "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24 "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:17 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:16
Disc three June 28, 1974, Boston Garden — second set, continued: "Weather Report Suite" – 14:35 → "Prelude" (Weir) – 1:11 "Part 1" (Weir, Eric Andersen) – 4:16 "Let It Grow" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 9:08 "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 27:54 → "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:40 "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:01 → "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:23 → "Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:45 June 28, 1974, Boston Garden – encore: "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
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
Additional musicians Ned Lagin – synthesizer and electronic keyboards on "Seastones"
Production: Recording: Bill Candelario Tape archivist: Dick Latvala CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman Ferromagnetist: John Cutler Design: Gecko Graphics Photography: Jim Anderson, Mary Ann Mayer, Bruce Polonsky
Concert set lists The set list for the June 26, 1974 concert at the Providence Civic Center was:
First set: "Big River" · "Brown-Eyed Women" · "Beat It On Down the Line" · "Scarlet Begonias" · "Black-Throated Wind" · "Row Jimmy" · "Mexicali Blues" · "Deal" · "The Race Is On" · "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" · "El Paso" · "Ship of Fools" · "Weather Report Suite" · "It Must Have Been the Roses"
Interlude: "Seastones"
Second set: "U.S. Blues" · "Me and My Uncle" · "Jam" · "China Cat Sunflower" · "Mind Left Body Jam" · "I Know You Rider" · "Beer Barrel Polka" · "Truckin' " · "Other One Jam" · "Spanish Jam" · "Wharf Rat" · "Sugar Magnolia"
Encore: "Eyes of the World"
The set list for the June 28, 1974 concert at the Boston Garden was:
First set: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" · "It Must Have Been the Roses" · "Jack Straw" · "Beat It On Down the Line" · "Deal" · "Mexicali Blues" · "Tennessee Jed" · "Me and Bobby McGee" · "Loose Lucy" · "El Paso" · "Sugaree" · "Around and Around"
Interlude: "Seastones"
Second set: "Sugar Magnolia" · "Scarlet Begonias" · "Big River" · "To Lay Me Down" · "Me and My Uncle" · "Row Jimmy" · "Weather Report Suite" · "Jam" · "U.S. Blues" · "Promised Land" · "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" · "Sunshine Daydream"
Encore: "Ship of Fools"
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