Dave's Picks Volume 43

Dave's Picks Volume 43
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2022
RecordedNovember 2, 1969
December 26, 1969
VenueFamily Dog
McFarlin Auditorium
GenreRock
Length235:55
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
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Dave's Picks Volume 43 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on November 2, 1969 at the Family Dog at the Great Highway in San Francisco, California, and on December 26, 1969 at McFarlin Memorial Auditorium in University Park, Texas. It was released on July 29, 2022, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.

The two concerts were taped by audio engineer and LSD chemist Owsley "Bear" Stanley. They document the band in a transition period between the recording of the psychedelic rock album Live/Dead and the folk rock album Workingman's Dead.

Upon release, the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 11 on the week of August 13, 2022, becoming the group's second-highest charting album, behind 1987's In the Dark.

The third song of the second set of the December 26 concert, "Cold Rain and Snow", was omitted due to lack of space. It was included as a bonus track on Dave's Picks Volume 44.