Dave's Picks Volume 27
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dave's Picks Volume 27
| type = live
| artist = Grateful Dead
| cover = Daves-Picks-Volume-27.jpg
| alt = Two skeletons – a woman and a man – ride a skeleton horse through the sky; they are flying over a forest, with mountains in the distance; below them another skeleton is fly fishing in a stream
| released = July 27, 2018
| recorded = September 2, 1983
| venue = Boise State University Pavilion
| genre = Rock
| length = 182:10
| label = Rhino
| producer = Grateful Dead
| prev_title = Dave's Picks Volume 26
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
| next_year = 2018
}}
Dave's Picks Volume 27 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on September 2, 1983, at Boise State University Pavilion, in Boise, Idaho. It was produced as a limited edition of 18,000 copies and was released on July 27, 2018.
Critical reception
In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "As archivist David Lemieux recounts with his usual erudite and passionate liner notes, this is the first release from this period in the vault series, presenting proof positive that the iconic band could be absolutely brilliant, even at this juncture, on the cusp of a comparatively fallow period in its career. Implicit in the selection of this complete show at Boise State University is the crucial importance of Brent Mydland's contributions to the ensemble..."
On jambands.com, Kristopher Weiss said, "As it goes, Volume 27 presents a good – not superior – Grateful Dead show, famous in part because it represents the band's only concert in Idaho and kicks off with Phil Lesh's on-mic admonishment, "Citizens of Boise, submit or perish – you are a conquered people" as the band launches an early version of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle".... Hot moments notwithstanding, 9/2/83 is not the show with which to turn friends on to the magic of the Grateful Dead."
Track listing
Disc 1
:First set:
- "Wang Dang Doodle" > (Willie Dixon) – 6:27
- "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 5:47
- "They Love Each Other" (Jerry Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
- "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:43
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:25
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
- "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:15
- "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 7:33
- "Looks Like Rain" > (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 10:51
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:53
Disc 2
:Second set:
- "Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:04
- "Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 7:26
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 14:12
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:53
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:10
- "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 3:22
- "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:50
Disc 3
- "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:06
- "Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 7:49
- "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:50
- "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:10
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:17
:Encore:
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 7:25
Personnel
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Production
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Associate Producers: Doran Tyson & Ivette Ramos
- Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
- Recording: Dan Healy
- Art direction, design: Steve Vance
- Cover art: Tim McDonagh
- Photos: Bob Minkin
- Liner notes: David Lemieux
- Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|29|artist=Grateful Dead|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|5|artist=Grateful Dead|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2018}} |