Dick's Picks Vol. 33 - 10/9 & 10/10/76, Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, Ca＜限定盤＞

1976年10月9日と10日のライブを完全収録した最高音質の8LPが登場!!

1年半のツアー休止から復帰し、2人のドラマーによる完全な力を取り戻したデッドは、1976年にビル・グレアムの歴史的なコンサート「デイ・オン・ザ・グリーン」の一部としてザ・フーのためにオープニングを飾りました。両日を完全収録し、初日は"St. Stephen"/"Not Fade Away"/"St. Stephen"/"Help on the Way"/"Slipknot!"/"Drums"/"Samson andDelilah"/"Slipknot!"/"Franklin's Tower"/"On More Saturday Night"による60分、10曲のバンド史上屈指のメドレーです。2日目は、コンサートでは初披露となったガルシアのソロ曲"Might as Well"と"The Wheel"の素晴らしい演奏、特に素晴らしい"Ramble on Rose"などを聴くことができます。
ビル・グラハムはこの年の「デイ・オン・ザ・グリーン」コンサートのトリにデッドを選び、その栄誉をたたえています。MOCKINGBIRD MASTERINGのJEFFREY NORMANによるマスタリング、WELL MADE MUSICのCLINT HOLLEYとDAVE POLSTERによるラッカー盤、そしてGOTTA GROOVE RECORDSによる180グラムの黒盤と、シリーズ中最もクリーンな録音で、あえて言えば、これまで出したデッド盤の中でも最高のサウンドを実現しています!!

After their touring sabbatical (November '74 through June '76), the Grateful Dead returned to the road with a renewed enthusiasm, returning with several formerly abandoned classics -- such as "St. Stephen" and "Dancing in the Streets" -- adding a few numbers that would ultimately remain in their repertoire. Most notably, "Might as Well" and "The Wheel" from Jerry Garcia's (guitar/vocals) solo songbook and Bob Weir's (guitar/vocals) "Lazy Lightning"/"Supplication," a coupling that Weir initially worked up with Kingfish. Dick's Picks, Vol. 33 (2004) captures two consecutive performances at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium on October 9 and 10, 1976. This marked only the second run that the band had played in their native Bay Area since '74. With Mickey Hart (percussion) back in the fold, the Grateful Dead are as rhythmically sinuous as ever, retaining their lissom nature and instantaneous penchant for improvisation. Prime examples include the intricate improvisation in "Scarlet Begonias" -- which had yet to be linked to "Fire on the Mountain" -- and pretty much the whole of set two on October 9. Beginning with a sublime "St. Stephen" that sandwiches an equally limber "Not Fade Away," the musicians drive steadily through an incendiary "Help on the Way"/"Slipknot," detouring into a percussive duet between Kreutzmann and Hart before tumbling headlong into a Weir-led arrangement of Rev. Gary Davis' "Samson and Delilah." The jam returns into "Slipknot," followed by a feisty "Franklin's Tower" before ending up in an inspired "One More Saturday Night." The show on the 10th offers up another helping of "Cassidy," "Promised Land" and "Samson and Delilah," as well as impressive -- if not downright boogie-a-fied -- readings of "Dancing in the Streets" with a tender "Wharf Rat" center. Another top-shelf second set that is dominated by "Playing in the Band" with a lyrical version of "The Wheel," a simply lilting "Stella Blue" and a loose and laid-back "Sugar Magnolia" that is corralled into a considerable finale. ~ Lindsay Planer