Dick's Picks Volume 16


Dick's Picks Volume 16 is the 16th live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on November 8, 1969 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California. It contains the first live performance of "Cumberland Blues". There is a monologue by someone not in the band during the song "Caution" shortly before the segue to "The Main Ten," who has never been definitively identified.

Enclosure

Included with the release is a single sheet of paper folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD, and the back features a rectangular color photograph of the band on horseback out in the countryside, riding away from the photographer. Under this photo is a white stripe across the page above a circular grey outline of a circular stealie skull with the number 16 inside.
The two pages inside the enclosure contain a single wide black-and-white photograph of the band on horseback and facing the photographer. Above the band members and against a background of trees are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" – 13:33
  2. "Casey Jones" – 4:51
  3. "Dire Wolf" – 8:24
  4. "Easy Wind" – 9:02
  5. "China Cat Sunflower" – 3:45 →
  6. "I Know You Rider" – 5:40 →
  7. "High Time" – 7:48
  8. "Mama Tried" – 3:10
  9. "Good Lovin'" – 9:17
  10. "Cumberland Blues" – 4:19
Disc two
  1. "Dark Star" – 14:09 →
  2. "The Other One" – 12:02 →
  3. "Dark Star" – 1:00 →
  4. "Uncle John's Band Jam" – 2:33 →
  5. "Dark Star" – 3:05 →
  6. "St. Stephen" – 7:44 →
  7. "The Eleven" – 14:01 →
Disc three
  1. "Caution " – 17:28 →
  2. "The Main Ten" – 3:10 →
  3. "Caution " – 9:02 →
  4. "Feedback" – 7:57 →
  5. "We Bid You Goodnight" – 3:28
  7. "Turn On Your Love Light" – 25:29

Personnel

Grateful Dead:
Production: