Dick's Picks Volume 12 cover

Dick's Picks Volume 12

Grateful Dead · 1998

204 min · 25 tracks · psychedelic rock

A sprawling journey through improvisational psychedelia, drawing deeply from the Grateful Dead's well of musical spontaneity.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • spontaneous jam sessions with friends
  • dynamic peaks and valleys
  • extended improvisational explorations
  • for late-night adventures
  • engaging live performance atmosphere

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer concise, structured songs
  • seek instant gratification

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 1998, 'Dick's Picks Volume 12' captures the Grateful Dead during their later years, showcasing a band that had fully embraced live improvisation. This release is part of the 'Dick's Picks' series, which aimed to preserve and present the band's rich concert history, solidifying their legacy as pioneers of the jam band movement.

Tracklist

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

Disc 1

  • 1 Jam > 2:29
  • 2 China Cat Sunflower > 11:24
  • 3 Mud Love Buddy Jam > 1:39
  • 4 I Know You Rider 6:11
  • 5 Beer Barrel Polka 1:07
  • 6 Truckin’ > 11:05
  • 7 Other One Jam > 3:06
  • 8 Spanish Jam > 15:13
  • 9 Wharf Rat > 9:50
  • 10 Sugar Magnolia 9:52

Disc 2

  • 1 Eyes of the World 11:45
  • 2 Seastones 4:52
  • 3 Sugar Magnolia > 6:12
  • 4 Scarlet Begonias 9:30
  • 5 Big River 5:43
  • 6 To Lay Me Down 8:23
  • 7 Me & My Uncle 3:17
  • 8 Row Jimmy 8:16

Disc 3

  • 1 Weather Report Suite > 14:34
  • 2 Jam 27:53
  • 3 U.S. Blues 9:40
  • 4 Promised Land > 3:01
  • 5 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad > 8:23
  • 6 Sunshine Daydream 4:45
  • 7 Ship of Fools 6:38

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