Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 06

• With the Ballyhooed Reunion of the Grateful Dead Approaching, Real Gone Music Continues Its Long Strange Trip Through the 36 Volumes in the Dick’s Picks Series  

• Dick’s Picks Vol. 6 Was the First Show from the ‘80s to Be Released in the Series

• Notable for a Pair of Amazing, Half-Hour Medleys, “Scarlet Begonias”/“Fire on the Mountain” and “Estimated Prophet”/“Eyes of the World”

• Includes the First-Ever Release of the Garcia-Hunter Tune “Keep Your Day Job”

• Has Been Out of Print for Years

Real Gone continues its march backward through the catalog with Dick’s Picks Vol. 6—Hartford Civic Center 10/14/83. There are a lot of reasons why archivist Dick Latvala anointed this show as the first ‘80s concert to be released in his the series—a heartfelt version of “Althea,” the ever-ascending “Stella Blue”, the almost Zappa-esque opening of “Spinach Jam” segueing into “The Other One” and even the first-ever release of the Garcia-Hunter song “Keep Your Day Job”—but it’s the pair of medleys on disc two that made this show Pick-worthy. Most Deadheads considered themselves lucky if they got to hear just one of the trademark medleys “Scarlet Begonias”/Fire on the Mountain” and “Estimated Prophet”/Eyes of the World” in a single show, but this night the Dead played them both back-to-back, each clocking in at over a half hour (and exceptionally strong versions at that)! This 3-CD set presents the complete 10/14/83 show at Hartford, and, like Vol. 7, it’s been out of print for years.