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- Release Date: November 15, 2004
- Type: Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
After their touring sabbatical (November '74 through June '76), the Grateful Dead returned to the road with a renewed enthusiasm, returning with several formerly abandoned classics -- such as "St. Stephen" and "Dancing in the Streets" -- adding a few numbers that would ultimately remain in their repertoire. Most notably, "Might as Well" and "The Wheel" from Jerry Garcia's (guitar/vocals) solo songbook and Bob Weir's (guitar/vocals) "Lazy Lightning"/"Supplication," a coupling that Weir initially worked up with Kingfish. Dick's Picks, Vol. 33 (2004) captures two consecutive performances at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium on October 9 and 10, 1976. This marked only the second run that the band had played in their native Bay Area since '74. With Mickey Hart (percussion) back in the fold, the Grateful Dead are as rhythmically sinuous as ever, retaining their lissom nature and instantaneous penchant for improvisation. Prime examples include the intricate improvisation in "Scarlet Begonias" -- which had yet to be linked to "Fire on the Mountain" -- and pretty much the whole of set two on October 9. Beginning with a sublime "St. Stephen" that sandwiches an equally limber "Not Fade Away," the musicians drive steadily through an incendiary "Help on the Way"/"Slipknot," detouring into a percussive duet between Kreutzmann and Hart before tumbling headlong into a Weir-led arrangement of Rev. Gary Davis' "Samson and Delilah." The jam returns into "Slipknot," followed by a feisty "Franklin's Tower" before ending up in an inspired "One More Saturday Night." The show on the 10th offers up another helping of "Cassidy," "Promised Land" and "Samson and Delilah," as well as impressive -- if not downright boogie-a-fied -- readings of "Dancing in the Streets" with a tender "Wharf Rat" center. Another top-shelf second set that is dominated by "Playing in the Band" with a lyrical version of "The Wheel," a simply lilting "Stella Blue" and a loose and laid-back "Sugar Magnolia" that is corralled into a considerable finale. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Promised Land | Chuck Berry | Grateful Dead | (4:20) |
| Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (9:18) |
| Casidy | Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow | Grateful Dead | (4:27) |
| Tennessee Jed (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (8:56) |
| Looks Like Rain (Lyrics) | Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow | Grateful Dead | (8:36) |
| They Love Each Other (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (7:10) |
| New Minglewood Blues (Lyrics) | Traditional | Grateful Dead | (4:51) |
| Scarlet Begonias (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (12:18) |
| Lazy Lightnin' | Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow | Grateful Dead | (3:17) |
| Supplication | Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow | Grateful Dead | (5:03) |
| Sugaree (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (11:35) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| St. Stephen (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | (5:56) |
| Not Fade Away (Lyrics) | Tim Hardin, Norman Petty | Grateful Dead | (11:55) |
| St. Stephen (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | (0:50) |
| Help on the Way (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (5:35) |
| Slipknot! | Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | (5:22) |
| Drums | Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | (3:23) |
| Samson and Delilah | Traditional | Grateful Dead | (7:17) |
| Slipknot! | Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | (6:47) |
| Franklin's Tower (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Ian Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | (12:43) |
| One More Saturday Night (Lyrics) | Bob Weir | Grateful Dead | (5:27) |
| U.S. Blues | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (6:15) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Might as Well (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (6:33) |
| Mama Tried (Lyrics) | Merle Haggard | Grateful Dead | (3:17) |
| Ramble on Rose (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (7:09) |
| Cassidy (Lyrics) | Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow | Grateful Dead | (4:45) |
| Deal (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (5:17) |
| El Paso | Marty Robbins | Grateful Dead | (4:53) |
| Loser (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (7:39) |
| Promised Land | Chuck Berry | Grateful Dead | (4:32) |
| Friend of the Devil (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, |
Grateful Dead | (8:33) |
| Dancing in the Streets (Lyrics) | Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson | Grateful Dead | (14:39) |
| Wharf Rat (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (7:53) |
| Dancing in the Streets (Lyrics) | Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson | Grateful Dead | (4:19) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Samson and Delilah | Traditional | Grateful Dead | (7:47) |
| Brown-Eyed Woman (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (5:39) |
| Playing in the Band (Lyrics) | Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (10:58) |
| Drums | Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | (2:10) |
| The Wheel | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | (5:50) |
| Space | Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh | Grateful Dead | (4:48) |
| The Other One | Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Dead | (9:25) |
| Stella Blue (Lyrics) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (12:02) |
| Playing in the Band (Lyrics) | Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (5:50) |
| Sugar Magnolia (Lyrics) | Bob Weir, Robert Hunter | Grateful Dead | (10:13) |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | Grateful Dead | (4:04) |
