Dave's Picks Volume 20

Dave's Picks Volume 20
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	November 1, 2016
Recorded	December 9, 1981
Venue	CU Events Center Boulder, Colorado
Genre	Rock
Length	182:07
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 19 (2016) Dave's Picks Volume 20 (2016)

Dave's Picks Volume 20 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on December 9, 1981, at the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado. It was produced as a limited edition of 16,500 copies, and was released on November 1, 2016.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The album art is by Justin Helton,^[6] featuring a skeleton riding a bike (a nod to Boulder's bicycle culture) with the iconic Flatirons in the background.

The album was the first one of the Dave's Picks series that was recorded after 1980. It was also the first Grateful Dead album that included the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction".

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:38
2. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 6:26
3. "Friend of the Devil" > (Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:10
4. "Little Red Rooster" > (Willie Dixon) – 8:48
5. "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:01
6. "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 3:10
7. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 5:15
8. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:11
9. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:16
10. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:11

Disc 2

1. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
2. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:31

Second set:

3. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:27
4. "Fire on the Mountain" (Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 8:44
5. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:31
6. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:53
7. "Space" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:37

Disc 3

1. "The Other One" > (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:40
2. "Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:31
3. "Around and Around" > (Chuck Berry) – 3:40
4. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 9:23

Encore:

5. "U.S. Blues" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
6. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 6:31

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Dan Healy
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: Justin Helton
• Photos: Bob Minkin
• Liner notes essay "Big Questions, Big Answers: The Dead in the Reagan '80s": Nicholas G. Meriwether

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[7]	39

References

1. Bernstein, Scott (October 26, 2016). "Grateful Dead to Release 1981 Show as Dave's Picks Volume 20"". JamBase. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
2. O'Brien, Andrew (October 26, 2016). "Grateful Dead to Release Boulder '81 Show As Dave's Picks Volume 20"". Live for Live Music. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
3. ""Dave's Picks Vol. 20 Highlights Grateful Dead's December 1981 Show in Boulder". jambands.com. October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
4. "Dave's Picks Volume 20". dead.net. October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
5. "Dave's Picks Volume 20: University of Colorado, Boulder CO, December 9, 1981". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
6. Everett, Matthew (January 21, 2016). "Local Designer Justin Helton Named 2016 Artist in Residence for the Grateful Dead's Dave's Picks Series", Knoxville Mercury. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
7. "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.