Disc 1
1. Bertha 6:33
2. Mexicali Blues 4:06
3. Deal 4:54
4. Beat It On Down the Line 3:45
5. Row Jimmy 8:20
6. Me and Bobby McGee 6:28
7. Scarlet Begonias 8:51
8. El Paso 4:39
9. Tennessee Jed 7:54
Disc 2
1. Playing in the Band 29:14
2. Seastones 15:13
3. Brown-Eyed Women 5:10
4. Me and My Uncle 3:11
5. It Must Have Been the Roses 5:53
6. Jack Straw 5:27
Disc 3
1. He’s Gone > 14:55
2. U.S. Blues 5:55
3. Weather Report Suite > 18:47
4. Jam > 9:35
5. Eyes of the World > 16:32
6. China Doll 6:32
7. One More Saturday Night 5:21
The first 2016 installment of the Grateful Dead’s Dave’s Picks series of live archival releases feature a full show from the famed Wall of Sound era.
Dave’s Picks Volume 17 is the complete show from July 19, 1974 at Selland Arena in Fresno, California.
The performance took place on keyboardist Keith Godchaux’s birthday.
Not only is the entire marathon Dead show included within Dave’s Picks vol. 17, but it also contains the Seastones set featuring Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin.
Highlights of the Grateful Dead’s 1974 visit to Fresno are numerous such as a 30-minute “Playing in the Band,” a stellar early take on “Scarlet Begonias,” the full “Weather Report Suite,” a “Spanish Jam”, “Brown-eyed Women,” “He’s Gone,” and masterful “Eyes of the World” > “China Doll.”