Dick's Picks Volume 27

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Dick's Picks Volume 27 is an album by the Grateful Dead, the 27th installment of their archival release series. It was recorded on December 16, 1992 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, in Oakland, California. It was released in 2003.^[4]

Dick's Picks Volume 27 also contains four bonus songs recorded at the December 17, 1992 concert at the Oakland Coliseum. These include the encore, the only officially released version of the medley "Baba O'Riley" and "Tomorrow Never Knows".

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 27 reads:

"Dick's Picks Vol. 27 was mastered directly from the original stereo soundboard digital audio tapes, and was not recorded with the intent of producing a commercial release. It may, therefore, contain some very minor anomalies, although everything in our power has been done to make it just exactly perfect."

Track listing

Disc One

First set:

1. "Feel Like a Stranger" (John Barlow, Bob Weir) – 9:20
2. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 5:22
3. "The Same Thing" (Willie Dixon) – 8:09
4. "Loose Lucy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:21
5. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Bob Dylan) – 9:18
6. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:10
7. "Let it Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 13:05

Disc Two

Second set:

1. "Shakedown Street" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 12:59
2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:28
3. "Ship of Fools" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:39
4. "Playing in the Band" > (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 12:33
5. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 14:41
6. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 10:56

Disc Three

Second set, continued:

1. "Dark Star" > (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Pigpen, Weir) – 8:56
2. "All Along the Watchtower" > (Dylan) – 6:38
3. "Stella Blue" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:43
4. "Good Lovin'" (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 8:30

Encore:

5. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:38

Bonus tracks — December 17, 1992:

6. "Throwing Stones" > (Barlow, Weir) – 9:43
7. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 10:58
8. "Baba O'Riley" > (Pete Townshend) – 3:28
9. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:46

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
• Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion

Production

• Dan Healy – recording
• David Lemieux – tape archivist
• Eileen Law – archival research
• Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
• Robert Minkin – design & layout
• Ken Friedman – photography

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