Grateful Dead Dave’s Picks Volume 11 | Wichita 1972

The Grateful Dead have announced the 11th installment of the Dave’s Picks series of live archival releases, which features the band’s lone performance in Wichita from November 17, 1972. Not only does Dave’s Picks Volume 11 contain the Dead’s entire Wichita performance, it includes bonus material recorded in Oklahoma City from November 15, 1972.

The three-disc set is limited to 14,000 individually numbered copies. Jeffrey Norman mastered Owsley “Bear” Stanley’s recording to HDCD specs. Dave’s Picks Volume 11 is set for an August 1 release and is currently available for pre-order.

Read the blurb about the selection from Dead.net:

Jack Straw may have been from Wichita but the Grateful Dead only played there once and what a show it was! Whether the band knew they would only have one shot to show the “Doo-dah” city what they were all about, we just don’t know but they sure did nail it. Dick’s Picks producer Dick Latvala initially considered this one for release and with a single listen, you’ll know why. From the epic 90-minute 16-song first set to super tight ditties from the massively popular Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty albums and newly minted Europe ’72 classics like “He’s Gone,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” and “China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider,” you’re bound to agree. Lest we forget to mention the great sounding tapes and excellent acoustics at the Century II Convention Hall. (Oh, and as a little bonus, we’ve thrown in the best of the bunch from Oklahoma City 11/15/72!)

Here’s what Grateful Dead legacy manager David Lemieux has to say about the release:

Check out the tracklisting for Dave’s Picks Volume 11:

Disc 1
1. Promised Land [3:12]
2. Sugaree [7:01]
3. Me And My Uncle [3:11]
4. Tennennee Jed [7:47]
5. Black-Throated Wind [7:04]
6. Bird Song [11:01]
7. Jack Straw [5:00]
8. Box Of Rain [4:54]
9. Don’t Ease Me In [3:16]
10. Beat It On Down The Line [3:26]
11. Brown-Eyed Women [5:11]
12. Big River [4:39]
13. China Cat Sunflower> [7:10]
14. I Know You Rider [4:46]

Disc 2
1. Around And Around [3:55]
2. Casey Jones [6:33]
3. Cumberland Blues [6:31]
4. El Paso [4:17]
5. He’s Gone [14:12]
6. Truckin’> [9:57]
7. The Other One> [19:49]
8. Brokedown Palace [5:57]
9. Sugar Magnolia [8:24]

Disc 3
1. Uncle John’s Band [8:07]
2. Johnny B. Goode [3:57]
Live In Oklahoma City (11/15/72)
3. Playing In The Band [30:57]
4. Wharf Rat [10:38]
5. Not Fade Away> [7:47]
6. Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad> [7:12]
7. Not Fade Away