Dick's Picks Volume 36
| Dick's Picks Volume 36 | ||||
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| Live album by Grateful Dead | ||||
| Released | October, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | September 21, 1972 September 3, 1972 |
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| Genre | Rock, country rock, jam | |||
| Length | 279:41 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead Records | |||
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| TheBestOfWebsite | A+ |
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.
This release is known to have a patched cut in the original soundboard tapes. This occurs when soundboards are missing parts of a song and those creating the release attempt to fill in the gap with audio from an audience source or from an entirely different show. Track 6 on Disc 3, "Friend of the Devil", contains a portion of the "Friend of the Devil" played on 1972-09-27 (Dick's Picks 11), which occurs from 00:00 to 00:28. It is unknown if there are other fixed cuts on this release.
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."
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.
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — First Set
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set
9/21/72 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA — Second Set
9/3/72 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
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