Dave's Picks Volume 30


Dave's Picks Volume 30 is a 3-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete early and late shows recorded on January 2, 1970 at the Fillmore East in New York City, along with five songs from the band's performances at the same venue the following night. It was released on May 3, 2019 in a limited edition of 20,000 copies.
Some copies of the album also include the Dave's Picks 2019 Bonus Disc. The additional CD contains ten more songs from the January 3 concerts.
Dave's Picks Volume 30 includes psychedelic rock songs such as the ones on the band's then-recent albums Anthem of the Sun, Aoxomoxoa, and Live/Dead, as well as folk rock songs like the ones on their album Workingman's Dead, which would not be released until five months after these concerts. The Dead's musical lineup included keyboardist Tom Constanten, who would leave the band about three weeks later.

Recording

On Friday and Saturday night, January 2 and 3, 1970, the Grateful Dead played early and late shows at the Fillmore East in New York City. Their performances were recorded by their audio engineer Owsley Stanley. The concerts were promoted by Bill Graham. Appearing on the same bill were the bands Lighthouse and Cold Blood.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote, "Covering an interesting period of the Grateful Dead's history, Dave's Picks, Vol. 30 brings listeners to January 1970, when the band was transitioning out of the exploratory electric psych rock of the late '60s and into their more acoustic Americana period."

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Mason's Children" – 6:12
  2. "Casey Jones" – 4:28
  3. "Black Peter" – 12:21
  4. "Mama Tried" – 2:29
  5. "Hard to Handle" – 5:02
  6. "Cumberland Blues" – 5:42
  7. "That's It for the Other One" – 18:19
  9. "Cosmic Charlie" – 7:06
  11. "Uncle John's Band" – 7:24
  12. "High Time" – 7:22
Disc 2
  1. "Dire Wolf" – 4:43
  2. "Easy Wind" – 7:49
  3. "China Cat Sunflower" – 4:47
  4. "I Know You Rider" – 4:12
  5. "Good Lovin'" – 7:24
  6. "Me and My Uncle" – 4:33
  7. "Monkey and the Engineer" – 1:54
  9. "Morning Dew" – 10:00
  10. "Big Boss Man" – 4:24
  11. "Dancing in the Street" – 10:50
  12. "St. Stephen" – 6:14
  13. "In the Midnight Hour" – 9:31
Disc 3
  1. "Dark Star" – 32:12
  2. "St. Stephen" – 9:16
  3. "The Eleven" – 10:28
  4. "Turn On Your Lovelight" – 22:50
Bonus disc
  1. "Cold Rain and Snow" – 6:07
  2. "Alligator" > – 4:00
  3. "Drums" > – 1:59
  4. "Alligator" > – 12:07
  5. "Feedback" – 6:37
  6. "Casey Jones" – 4:59
  7. "Mason's Children" – 5:39
  8. "That's It for the Other One" – 21:57
  10. "Cosmic Charlie" – 7:46
  11. "Uncle John's Band " – 6:58
Notes

Personnel

Grateful Dead
Production
The set lists for the concerts were:
January 2, 1970:
Early show: "Mason's Children", "Casey Jones", "Black Peter", "Mama Tried", "Hard to Handle", "Cumberland Blues", "Cryptical Envelopment", "Drums", "The Other One", "Cryptical Envelopment", "Cosmic Charlie"
Late show: "Uncle John's Band", "High Time", "Dire Wolf", "Easy Wind", "China Cat Sunflower", "I Know You Rider", "Good Lovin'", "Me and My Uncle", "Monkey and the Engineer", "Dark Star", "St. Stephen", "The Eleven", "Turn On Your Lovelight"
January 3, 1970:
Early show: "Morning Dew", "Me and My Uncle", "Hard to Handle", "Cumberland Blues", Cold Rain and Snow", "Alligator", "Drums", "Alligator", "Feedback" Encore: "Uncle John's Band"
Late show: "Casey Jones", "Mama Tried", "Big Boss Man", "China Cat Sunflower", "I Know You Rider", "Mason's Children", "Cryptical Envelopment", "Drums", "The Other One", "Cryptical Envelopment", "Cosmic Charlie", "Uncle John's Band", "Black Peter", "Dire Wolf", "Good Lovin'", "Dancing in the Street" Encore: "St. Stephen", "In the Midnight Hour"
On disc 2
On bonus disc
Not included

Charts