Dick's Picks Volume 25
Dick's Picks Volume 25 is a four-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It is the 25th installment of the "Dick's Picks" live archival series. It was recorded May 10, 1978 at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and May 11, 1978 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts, and released July 20, 2002. "Dick's Picks Volume 25" includes a rare cover version of the Warren Zevon song "Werewolves of London". Content. The album contains essentially two complete concerts, recorded back-to-back on May  10, 1978 at the New Haven Coliseum and May 11, 1978 at the MassMutual Center (formerly Civic Center Arena) in Springfield, Massachusetts. However, "It Must Have Been the Roses" and "U.S. Blues" were also performed the first night. Also not represented on the release are "Mexicali Blues", "Mama Tried" and "Peggy-O" from the following night. Enclosure. The release includes two sheets of paper stapled together in the middle, yielding an eight-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back is dark reddish-brown with a slight gradient, that also serves as the background for  all of the pages inside. The first two pages on the inside feature a collage of three images: a large black-and-white photograph of Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, a small photograph of some sound equipment, and a small, colorful drawing of a three-dimensional checkerboard motif with stars on top and musical notes at the bottom surrounding a red and blue heart with a white lightning bolt in the center. The middle two pages contain a color photograph by Jim Anderson of the entire band on stage, and the last two pages list the contents of  and credits for the release, along with a large black-and-white photo of the band on stage. Caveat emptor. Each volume of "Dick's Picks" has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for "Volume 25" reads: "Dick's Picks 25 was mastered from the original analog 2-track tapes, recorded live at 7.5 ips and 15 ips, and may exhibit some minor effects of the ravages of time. However, the music contained on these four discs is quite remarkable, and by far makes up for any slight anomalies  in the recording. Enjoy."