Dick's Picks Volume 12


Dick's Picks Volume 12 is the 12th live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on June 26, 1974, at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island and on June 28 at the Boston Garden.

Enclosure

Included with the release is a single sheet folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back contains an oval-shaped photograph, tinted in purple and green, of the sound system. Credited to Mary Ann Mayer, surrounding the photo is a background of clouds that flows seamlessly into the clouds on the cover.
The two pages inside contain a series of black-and-white photographs of the band members on stage. Above this series of photos are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Jam" – 2:29 →
  2. "China Cat Sunflower" – 11:24 →
  3. "Mind Left Body Jam" – 1:39 →
  4. "I Know You Rider" – 6:12
  5. "Beer Barrel Polka" – 1:08
  6. "Truckin'" – 11:06 →
  7. "Other One Jam" – 3:06 →
  8. "Spanish Jam" – 15:13 →
  9. "Wharf Rat" – 9:50 →
  10. "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:52
Disc two
  1. "Eyes of the World" – 11:41
  3. "Seastones" – 4:52
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" – 6:12 →
  6. "Scarlet Begonias" – 9:31
  7. "Big River" – 5:43
  8. "To Lay Me Down" – 8:24
  9. "Me and My Uncle" – 3:17
  10. "Row Jimmy" – 8:16
Disc three
  1. "Weather Report Suite" – 14:35 →
  2. *"Prelude" – 1:11
  3. *"Part 1" – 4:16
  4. *"Let It Grow" – 9:08
  5. "Jam" – 27:54 →
  6. "U.S. Blues" – 9:40
  7. "Promised Land" – 3:01 →
  8. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 8:23 →
  9. "Sunshine Daydream" – 4:45
  11. "Ship of Fools" – 6:38

Personnel

Grateful Dead:
  • Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – percussion
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
  • Keith Godchaux – keyboards
Additional musicians
Production:
  • Dick Latvala – tape archivist
  • Gecko Graphics – design
  • Bill Candelario – recording
  • Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
  • John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
  • Jim Anderson, Mary Ann Mayer, Bruce Polonsky – photography