Dave's Picks Volume 50

Dave's Picks Volume 50
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	April 26, 2024
Recorded	May 3, 1977
Venue	The Palladium
Genre	Rock
Length	235:07 (Bonus disc 77:30)
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 49 (2024) Dave's Picks Volume 50 (2024)
Alternative cover
Dave's Picks 2024 Bonus Disc

Dave's Picks Volume 50 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on May 3, 1977, at the Palladium in New York City. It also includes several bonus tracks from the first set of the following night's show at the same venue. It was released on April 26, 2024, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.

Some copies of the album include a bonus disc with songs from the second set of the May 4, 1977 concert at the Palladium.

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 5:04
2. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:42
3. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:24
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:39
5. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:59
6. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:48
7. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:28
8. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:58
9. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28
10. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:38
11. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
12. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:05

Disc 2

Second set:

1. "Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
2. "Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:48
3. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:59
4. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:06
5. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, John Dawson) – 8:17

Bonus tracks – May 4, 1977:

6. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:21
7. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 7:31
8. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
9. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:05

Disc 3

Second set, continued:

1. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:40
2. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 3:13
3. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:44
4. "Drums" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 4:03
5. "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 11:17
6. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:59

Encore:

7. "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11

Bonus track – May 4, 1977:

8. "Dancing in the Street" (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 18:55

Dave's Picks 2024 Bonus Disc

May 4, 1977:

1. "Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:41
2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16
3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 11:38
4. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:38
5. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 17:58
6. "Comes a Time" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:24
7. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 7:54

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
• Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
• Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Art direction, design, cover art: Steve Vance
• Photos: Rob Bleetstein

See also

• Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 1 – 2005 live release featuring shows recorded earlier in the Palladium run
• May 1977: Get Shown the Light and Cornell 5/8/77 – 2017 live releases featuring shows recorded days after this show