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Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks, Vol. 3: Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL, 5/22/77
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Funiculì, Funiculà - Grateful Dead, Traditional
2. The Music Never Stopped - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
3. Sugaree - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
4. Lazy Lightning - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
5. Supplication - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
6. Dancing in the Street - Grateful Dead, Gaye, Marvin
7. Help on the Way - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
8. Slipknot! - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
9. Franklin's Tower - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
Track Listings (7) - Disc #2
1. Samson and Delilah - Grateful Dead, Traditional
2. Sunrise - Grateful Dead, Godchaux, Donna
3. Estimated Prophet - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
4. Eyes of the World - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
5. Wharf Rat - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
6. Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
7. (Walk Me Out in the ) Morning Dew - Grateful Dead, Dobson, Bonnie

CD Details

All Artists: Grateful Dead
Title: Dick's Picks, Vol. 3: Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL, 5/22/77
Members Wishing: 12
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arista
Original Release Date: 1/1/1977
Re-Release Date: 10/27/1998
Album Type: Live
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Jam Bands, Rock Jam Bands, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 078221402125, 603497970568

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

General consensus points to 1977 as being a particularly rewarding year in the Dead's performance history. Certainly, their musical blend was at its most dynamic--funk, folk, jazz, blues, psychedelia, and even disco seem perfectly balanced and wrapped in rock urgency--and the actual sonic mix was at its clearest and most organic (thanks largely to Keith Godchaux's piano). This volume comes from a May show in Florida and highlights the band in all its glorious imperfection. "Sugaree," "Wharf Rat," and "Morning Dew" are tender, poignant ballads that typify how the Dead would wring all they could out of even the most delicate songs: deathly quiet and pristine at one moment, bursting with fire and intensity the next. "Lazy Lightning"/"Supplication" and "Estimated"/"Eyes" represent the long-winding jam while "Music Never Stopped" and "Dancin' in the Streets" find them at their grooviest. Also of note is the truncated version (only the end of the suite) of "Terrapin Station," which would emerge on vinyl two months later. Flubbed notes abound, but so do moments of inspiration. --Marc Greilsamer

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CD Reviews

My most important Desert Island Disc.

Ryan McNabb | Ooltewah, TN USA | 05/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This, of any recorded music I own, is my favorite. You can say what you want, but the second disc of this set is among the most exhilerating American music ever recorded. It belongs alongside anything done by Miles or Coletrane, any Hendrix solo, any Delta Blues anthropological treasure. It belongs alongsde the Carter Family, Scott Joplin, John Cage, Ella Fitzgerald or Frank Sinatra at their finest. It starts with "Estimated Prophet" and ends up with a cataclysimc "Morning Dew". Absolutely flawless, painfully beautiful, unforgettable. This is what the Dead was all about, what youth is all about, what life is all about. You think I'm overstating it? Listen for yourself."

Quite simple

B. C. | Seneca, South Carolina | 10/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This record made my world stop! I've been listning to the Grateful Dead since I saw them live in '95. Of all of the shows that I've heard I am convinced that this was the night that God Himself touched Jerry Garcia on the head with his finger. "Eyes of the World" on disc two all the way through "Walk Me Out In The Morning Dew" is the finest music that I have ever heard in my entire life. This set changed my outlook on life. It made me realize that music is more than just sound. It is an expression of life itself. The sound is alive and crackling with energy. I've listened to disc two more than 100 times and I know I keep finding something that I've never heard before everytime!"

Flat out Best of the Picks

Jeremy B. Grace | Geneseo, NY USA | 01/03/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is my favorite Dick's Pick, and I really love some of the others. While I normally gravitate to the 72 - 74 era, this show is hands down one of the Dead's most spectacular musical performances. The uninterupted jamming from Estimated through to Morning Dew is a flawless masterpiece of improvisition. This is why I loved that Band!"

Swaggering confidence in one of the Dead's best eras

spain1966 | Charlotte, NC USA | 08/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a slice of 1977 Dead from the month of May. On that tour, the band performed a series of powerful shows that were captured on tape for the band by Betty Cantor. These shows were stashed in a trunk for years, until they were found by a kind soul who then made them available to the band and the Deadheads. And what a find they were. This show comes from that era, and upon listening, you can hear the full, swaggering sound the Dead was laying out at that time. The whole band seems to be having fun and they play and sing with confidence and creativity.It's not the complete show from this night in Florida, but with a first set that opens with a fluid, stomping Music>Sugaree and closes with a ripping Help>Slip>Franklin's, you get more than your money's worth on Disc 1 alone. Disc 2 builds quickly and springboards from a robust 1977 Estimated Prophet to four straight Jerry songs. A blissful, fully explored Eyes Of The World, then into a majestic Wharf Rat, before ending up somewhere halfway in the middle of Terrapin Station - which they pull off effortlessly - before segueing perfectly into the showstopper, Morning Dew. Deadheads will recall the famous Cornell show from 2 weeks before and the awe-inspiring Dew Jerry and the boys produced that evening. While not quite the equal of Cornell, the peaks they reach from a near silent start in this version are no less stunning."

An excellent snapshot of one of the band's finest years...

spain1966 | 08/13/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The third installment in the "Dick's Picks" series of live Grateful Dead recordings captures the band in peak form during the much-acclaimed year of 1977. This two-disk set includes a number of the '77-era chestnuts in heavy rotation at the time(The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, Lazy Lightning/Supplication), as well as a stellar Help on the Way=>Slipknot!=>Franklin's Tower that showcases Garcia's inimitable guitar style at it's finest. The Estimated Prophet=>Eyes of the World=>Wharf Rat=>Terrrapin Station=>Morning Dew is worth the price alone. And essential addition to any fan's collection."