Dick's Picks Volume 25

Content

The album contains essentially two complete concerts, recorded back-to-back on May 10, 1978 at the New Haven Coliseum and May 11, 1978 at the MassMutual Center (formerly Civic Center Arena) in Springfield, Massachusetts. However, "It Must Have Been the Roses" and "U.S. Blues" were also performed the first night. Also not represented on the release are "Mexicali Blues", "Mama Tried" and "Peggy-O" from the following night.

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 25 reads:

"Dick's Picks 25 was mastered from the original analog 2-track tapes, recorded live at 7.5 ips and 15 ips, and may exhibit some minor effects of the ravages of time. However, the music contained on these four discs is quite remarkable, and by far makes up for any slight anomalies in the recording. Enjoy."

Disc one

1. "Jack Straw" (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 6:51
2. "They Love Each Other" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 7:45
3. "Cassidy" (John Barlow, Weir) – 5:22
4. "Ramble on Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:00
5. "Me & My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:00 >
6. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:56
7. "Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:52
8. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:40 >
9. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:05
10. "Bertha" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:07 >
11. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Artie Resnick) – 6:20

Disc two

1. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:04 >
2. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 12:18 >
3. "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 18:00 >
4. "The Other One" (Kreutzman, Weir) – 16:31 >
5. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:14 >
6. "Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) – 9:33

Disc three

1. "Cold Rain & Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:03
2. "Beat It On Down The Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:31
3. "Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 8:36
4. "Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:13
5. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:48
6. "New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 5:47
7. "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:47
8. "Lazy Lightnin'" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:21 >
9. "Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:31
10. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:41 >
11. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hunter, Hart) – 8:35

Disc four

1. "Dancing in the Streets" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William Stevenson) – 15:12 >
2. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 19:53 >
3. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 10:21 >
4. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:56 >
5. "Around & Around" (Chuck Berry) – 9:15
6. "Werewolves of London" (LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon) – 8:30
7. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:15

Recording dates

Grateful Dead

Production