| Dick's Picks Volume 8 | ||||
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| Released | June 14, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May 2, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Rock, jam, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 176:38 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Music Box | [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3][4] |
Dick's Picks Volume 8 is the eighth live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 2, 1970, at Harpur College (now Binghamton University) in Binghamton, New York. It was released in mid-1997.
The album contains the entire concert, except for one song — "Cold Rain and Snow", which was played between "Good Lovin'" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". The first two verses of "St. Stephen" are also missing. The first set of the concert was acoustic, and was recorded in stereo. The second and third sets were electric, and were recorded in monaural.
In a 1993 poll of Grateful Dead tape traders, the 5/2/70 show was ranked #6 on the list of all-time favorite Dead concert tapes.[5]
- ^ Ruhlman, William. "Dick's Picks, Vol. 8". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- ^ Metzger, John (October 1997). Dick's Picks Volume 8, The Music Box
- ^ Kot, Greg (May 27, 1999). Review of Dick's Picks volumes 1 through 13, Rolling Stone
- ^ The Grateful Dead Album Guide Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone
- ^ Scott, John W; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. DeadBase VIII: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, 1994, DeadBase, ISBN 1-877657-15-8, p. 356