Dave's Picks Volume 54

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Dave's Picks Volume 54
An underwater scene, featuring a crab with a lightning bolt logo on its shell
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedApril 25, 2025
RecordedMarch 26, 1973
VenueBaltimore Civic Center
GenreRock
Length232:46
(Bonus disc 77:03)
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 53
(2025) 		Dave's Picks Volume 54
(2025) 		Enjoying the Ride
(2025)
Alternative cover
Three dancing bears riding on a buffalo
Dave's Picks 2025 Bonus Disc

Dave's Picks Volume 54 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on March 26, 1973, at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. It was released on April 25, 2025, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.[1][2][3]

Some copies of the album include a bonus disc with songs from the March 31, 1973 concert at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.

Dave's Picks Volume 54 debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.[4]

Critical reception

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In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "Just past the half-century mark of entries in this ongoing archival series, the curators of Dave's Picks may have outdone themselves with Volume 54. The bonus disc itself is a veritable microcosm of the main performance, a never-before-released show from Baltimore, Maryland, that is arguably the definitive release of the whole vault enterprise."[5]

Track listing

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Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:30
  2. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:47
  3. "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins) – 3:35
  4. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:25
  5. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:02
  6. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:41
  7. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:46
  8. "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:05
  9. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:29
  10. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:53
  11. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43
  12. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:00
  13. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:10
  14. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:03

Disc 2:

First set, continued:
  1. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:16
  2. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:57
  3. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 19:49
Second set:
  2. Wolfman Jack introduces the band – 1:19
  3. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:01
  4. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:50
  5. "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:35
  6. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:40
  7. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:49
  8. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:09
Second set, conclusion:
  2. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:06

Disc 3:

Second set, continued:
  1. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:12
  2. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 15:19
  3. "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" > (Weir) – 2:03
  4. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 6:06
  5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:50
  6. "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 5:29
  7. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:18
  8. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 12:40

Dave's Picks 2025 Bonus Disc

March 31, 1973 – Buffalo Memorial Auditorium – selections:
  1. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 17:13
  2. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:54
  3. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 9:56
  4. "Drums" > (Bill Kreutzmann) – 1:42
  5. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 11:37
  6. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 7:16
  7. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:24
  8. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:00

Personnel

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Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
  • Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
  • Recording: Kidd Candelario
  • Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Art direction, design: Steve Vance
  • Cover art: James Mazza
  • Photos: David Cornwell

Charts

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Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 54
Chart (2025) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 35
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[7] 6

References

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  1. ^ Bernstein, Scott (December 18, 2024). "Grateful Dead Selects Memorable 1973 Show For 'Dave's Picks Vol. 54'". JamBase. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  2. ^ Lances, Jill (December 19, 2024). "Grateful Dead Announces 'Dave's Picks Vol. 54', Featuring 1973 Baltimore Concert". WGLX. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  3. ^ "David Lemieux Selects Grateful Dead's Spring 1973 Concert at Baltimore Civic Center for 'Dave's Picks Vol. 54'". Relix. December 18, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  4. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (May 10, 2025). "The Grateful Dead Have Missed No. 1 by One Space Several Times This Year". Forbes. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  5. ^ Collette, Doug (May 2, 2025). "Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Volume 54 – Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore MD 3/26/73". Glide Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  6. ^ "Grateful Dead Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "Grateful Dead Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2025.