{"product_id":"grateful-dead-dicks-picks-vol-8-harpur-college-binghamton-ny-may-2-1970-3cd","title":"GRATEFUL DEAD 'DICK'S PICKS VOL. 8-HARPUR COLLEGE, BINGHAMTON, NY MAY 2, 1970' 3CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: Real Gone Music\u003cbr\u003eCD RELEASE DATE: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\/28\/2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALBUM RELEASE DATE: 1997\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: 3CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDick's Picks Vol. 8-Harpur College, Binghamton, NY May 2, 1970 (3-CD Set) - If there were a college course taught on Grateful Dead bootlegs (and if there isn t one, there should be!), the concert preserved on Dick s Picks Vol. 8 would occupy a prominent place on the syllabus. That s because this evening at tiny Harpur College in upstate New York was for years probably the most highly touted and sought-after single show on the tapers circuit (Jerry Garcia himself later singled it out as a memorable performance); and it appears here, complete save for one song, on this 3-CD set. The first disc offers one of the most beguiling acoustic sets the Dead ever performed, full of gems (Dire Wolf, Black Peter, Uncle John s Band) from the already-recorded-but-not-yet-released Workingman s Dead, plus a passel of old folk and blues tunes highlighted by a beautiful, slow-burning version of I Know You Rider; it s doubtful the band ever harmonized as beautifully as they do here, and the off-the-cuff atmosphere is simply charming. Discs two and three present the (very) electric Dead at their most probing, with a healthy dollop of greasy soul n blues served up by Pigpen; highlighted by Garcia s guitar and Phil Lesh s bass spiraling ever upward in a lengthy solo section, the version of The Other One in the 40-minute medley that opens the second set is unsurpassed, and the third set s Viola Lee Blues sports not one, not two, but three mind-warping crescendos, while their version of the rarely-performed James Brown tune It s a Man s World is as gritty and gutbucket as the band got. The closing We Bid You Goodnight is twice as long as usual because the delirious crowd wouldn t let them go out of print for years and a must for any self-respecting Dead library.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Redeye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67766454616158,"sku":"GRATEFUL-DEAD-DICKS-PICKS-VOL-8-HARPUR-COLLEGE-BINGHAMTON-NY-MAY-2-1970-3CD-3557","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/0484\/3614\/files\/3899725-2670733.jpg?v=1792169131","url":"https:\/\/shop.revolvermag.com\/products\/grateful-dead-dicks-picks-vol-8-harpur-college-binghamton-ny-may-2-1970-3cd","provider":"Revolver Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}