Dick's Picks Volume 30

Dick's Picks Volume 30
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	October 30, 2003
Recorded	March 1972
Genre	Folk rock Psychedelic rock Jam
Length	265:34
Label	Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
The Very Best of Grateful Dead (2003) Dick's Picks Volume 30 (2003) The Closing of Winterland (2003)

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Dick's Picks Volume 30 is the 30th installment of the Grateful Dead's archival series. Just prior to their Europe '72 tour, the Grateful Dead played seven shows at the Academy of Music on 14th Street in New York City. Included in this four CD set is the entire March 28, 1972 performance plus selections from March 25, 1972 and March 27, 1972. The March 25 show (a semi-private party booked by the Hell's Angels and billed as "Jerry Garcia & Friends") featured Bo Diddley as a guest, whose performance, backed by the Grateful Dead, is included in Disc One.^[3] Other rarities contained in this volume are the only Grateful Dead live performances of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "Are You Lonely for Me" and "The Sidewalks of New York" (played as a brief, instrumental tuning before the encore).

Additional selections from the venue run were later released on the Rockin' the Rhein bonus disc, and on Dave's Picks Volume 14, the latter including the March 26, 1972 performance in its entirety along with additional tracks from the March 27 performance on a separate bonus disc.

The audio tape almost did not make it into the vault as it was not known to have been recorded. It was found in an old barn and restored by Rob Eaton in 1995.^[4]