Dave's Picks Volume 18 cover

Released 10 years ago

Dave's Picks Volume 18

Grateful Dead · 2016

206 min · 28 tracks · psychedelic rock

A vibrant tapestry of live improvisation and heartfelt storytelling woven through psychedelic rock rhythms.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic journey with peaks
  • vibrant improvisation and storytelling
  • headphone detail hunting
  • late-night reflective listening
  • cathartic extended jams

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer short, standalone tracks
  • need instant gratification

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2016, 'Dave's Picks Volume 18' is part of a series celebrating Grateful Dead's extensive live archive. By this time, the band had been dormant since Jerry Garcia's passing in 1995, and the series aimed to keep their legacy alive for new and longtime fans alike. This collection showcases the band's improvisational prowess during their peak years in the 1970s.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Promised Land 4:37
  • 2 Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodeloo 9:41
  • 3 Mama Tried 3:03
  • 4 Deal 5:03
  • 5 New Minglewood Blues 4:58
  • 6 Peggy‐O 9:14
  • 7 Big River 6:23
  • 8 Sugaree 11:29
  • 9 Johnny B. Goode 4:30
  • 10 Samson and Delilah 7:40

Disc 2

  • 1 Comes a Time > 16:00
  • 2 Drums > 1:39
  • 3 The Other One > 5:46
  • 4 Space > 9:59
  • 5 Eyes of the World > 7:37
  • 6 Jam > 7:21
  • 7 The Other One > 3:36
  • 8 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad > 7:10
  • 9 One More Saturday Night 6:12
  • 10 U.S. Blues 7:16

Disc 3

  • 1 Not Fade Away 14:32
  • 2 Big River 7:02
  • 3 Brown‐Eyed Women 5:50
  • 4 Looks Like Rain 7:35
  • 5 Peggy‐O 9:19
  • 6 The Music Never Stopped > 5:53
  • 7 Scarlet Begonias 10:56
  • 8 U.S. Blues 6:33

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