Dave's Picks Volume 34

Dave's Picks Volume 34
A skeleton holding a cesta, with the Miami shoreline in the background
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedMay 1, 2020
RecordedJune 23, 1974
VenueJai-Alai Fronton
Miami, Florida
GenreRock
Length180:09
(Bonus disc 78:42)
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
June 1976
(2020) 		Dave's Picks Volume 34
(2020) 		Workingman's Dead: The Angel's Share
(2020)
Alternative cover
A boat in the shape of a cesta, with the Wall of Sound at one end
Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc

Dave's Picks Volume 34 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on June 23, 1974, at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami, Florida. It also includes a fourth, bonus disc recorded at the same venue the previous night. It was released on May 1, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies.[1][2][3][4]

The album features the first live performance of "Seastones", an experimental electronic music composition by Ned Lagin and Phil Lesh. It also includes the Dead's only performance of the Chuck Berry song "Let It Rock".[5] Lagin also played for most of the second set; he did not perform on "Big River," "Uncle John's Band," "One More Saturday Night," or "Casey Jones."

The album was originally suggested by former archivist Dick Latvala for inclusion in the "Dicks Picks" series.[6]

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