Dick's Picks Volume 36


Dick's Picks Volume 36 is the 36th and last installment of the Dick's Picks series of Grateful Dead concert recordings. It is a four-CD set. This release contains the Dead's complete show recorded on September 21, 1972 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also includes three bonus tracks from September 3, 1972, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, to round out the release on disc four.

Caveat emptor

Each volume of Dick's Picks has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for volume 36 reads:
"Dick's Picks Vol. 36 was mastered from the original 1/4" analog sonic journal tapes recorded at 7.5 ips, and were not produced with commercial intentions. However, due to the masterful skill of the recordist, these tapes sound remarkably rich and true to the live sound. Being more than thirty years old, the tapes exhibit some minor signs of the ravages of time, as we all do, but rest assured that everything possible has been done to make them sound as good as possible."

Artwork

The album cover art for Dick's Picks Volume 36 was created by Bob Minkin. Drawn with the aid of computer software, it depicts an abstract image, and is part of a series of similar art works used for Dick's Picks volumes 31 through 36. Minkin is a San Francisco-based graphic designer who received a BFA degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Track listing

Disc one

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set

  1. "Promised Land" – 3:50
  2. "Bird Song" – 13:40
  3. "El Paso" – 5:06
  4. "China Cat Sunflower" > – 5:28
  5. "I Know You Rider" – 6:49
  6. "Black-Throated Wind" – 6:47
  7. "Big Railroad Blues" – 4:02
  8. "Jack Straw" – 4:52
  9. "Loser" – 7:12
  10. "Big River" – 4:42

Disc two

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set

  1. "Ramble On Rose" – 6:34
  2. "Cumberland Blues" – 7:40
  3. "Playing in the Band" – 16:47
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

  1. "He's Gone" – 14:18
  2. "Truckin'" – 11:51
  3. "Black Peter" – 9:39
  4. "Mexicali Blues" – 3:26

Disc three

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

  1. "Dark Star" > – 37:08
  2. "Morning Dew" – 12:10
  3. "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:34
  4. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" – 10:02
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" – 8:30
  6. "Friend of the Devil" – 3:37

Disc four

9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set

  1. "Not Fade Away" > – 5:57
  2. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > – 7:26
  3. "Not Fade Away" reprise – 3:31
  4. "One More Saturday Night" – 4:56
9/3/72 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO

  1. "He's Gone" > – 10:30
  2. "The Other One" > – 28:57
  3. "Wharf Rat" – 10:16

Personnel

Grateful Dead