Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 25 (4-CD Set)

This pair of Grateful Dead shows, taken from an extended East Coast run in the Spring of 1978, not only were among the best of the year, but with the loving touch of Bear and Betty Cantor-Jackson at the controls rank as one of the most beautifully recorded entries in the Dick's Picks series. Both concerts which appear here minus just two and three songs, respectively find the group in exceptionally lyrical form on ballads like "Loser," "Stella Blue," "Looks Like Rain," and "They Love Each Other." Also not to be missed is a superlative, slowed-down version of "Friend of the Devil" and the rare performance of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" as an encore (the band only played it about a dozen times live). Full of diamonds for Deadheads. 5/10/78 Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum New Haven, CT DISC ONE Set One 1. Jack Straw 2. They Love Each Other 3. Cassidy 4. Ramble On Rose 5. Me and My Uncle 6. Big River 7. Peggy-O 8. Let It Grow 9. Deal Set Two 10. Bertha 11. Good Lovin’ DISC TWO 1. Estimated Prophet 2. Eyes of the World 3. Drums 4. The Other One 5. Wharf Rat 6. Sugar Magnolia 5/11/78 Springfield Civic Center Arena Springfield, MA DISC THREE Set One 1. Cold Rain and Snow 2. Beat It On Down the Line 3. Friend of the Devil 4. Looks Like Rain 5. Loser 6. New Minglewood Blues 7. Tennessee Jed 8. Lazy Lightnin’ 9. Supplication Set Two 10. Scarlet Begonias 11. Fire on the Mountain DISC FOUR 1. Dancing in the Streets 2. Drums 3. Not Fade Away 4. Stella Blue 5. Around and Around 6. Werewolves of London 7. Johnny B. Goode