Dick's Picks Volume 31

Dick's Picks Volume 31 is the thirty-first installment in the Grateful Dead's archival series. It was recorded on August 4 and 5 1974 at the Philadelphia Civic Center (Convention Hall) in Philadelphia and on August 6 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Playing in the Band" (Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) – 25:50
2. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 12:01
3. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:27
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:47
5. "Me and Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson) – 5:34
6. "China Cat Sunflower" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:13->
7. "I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:22
8. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 5:08

Disc two

1. "Ship of Fools" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:00
2. "Loose Lucy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:32
3. "Weather Report Suite"->
   • "Prelude" (Weir) – 1:20
   • "Part I" (Eric Andersen, Weir) – 4:20
   • "Part II: Let It Grow" (John Barlow, Weir) – 9:16
4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:25->
5. "Wharf Rat" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:21->
6. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:32->
7. "Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 10:42
8. "Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:26

Disc three

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:30->
2. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:53
3. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:17
4. "He's Gone" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:12->
5. "Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:46->
6. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:16->
7. "The Other One Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:30->
8. "Space" (Grateful Dead) – 10:25->
9. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:36->
10. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:58

Disc four

1. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 19:28
2. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 22:37->
3. "Scarlet Begonias" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:25->
4. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 5:04
5. "Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:44

Recording dates

• August 4 – Disc 1 tracks 1 & 3-4, Disc 2
• August 5 – Disc 1 tracks 2 & 5-8, Disc 3
• August 6 – Disc 4

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
• Donna Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – piano
• Bill Kreutzman – drums

Production

• Recording – Bill Candelario
• CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Tape archivist – David Lemieux
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Photo – Robert W. Danielson Jr.
• Cover art & package design – Robert Minkin
• Deadhead newsletter artwork – W. Keats
• Booklet essay – Jay Saporita