Grateful Dead have broken the record for most Billboard Top 40 albums ever and by any other music group after Dave’s Picks Vol. 49 debuted at #25 on this week’s Billboard 200, ultimately serving as the band’s 59th album to make the record charts.
The achieved status further assists in bolstering the San Francisco jamband’s beloved discography and intricate web of community that has spun into a cultural phenomenon.
The procurement arrived after Dave’s Picks Vol. 48, tied with Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley chart records in the fall, establishing the intertwined legacy between Jerry Garcia, Bobby Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Phill Lesh, Mickey Hart, and their following–steeped in a 60-year triumph as music industry tastemakers.
Dave’s Picks Vol. 49 presents a pair of Grateful Dead hometown shows, both of which took place back-to-back at Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheatre on April 27 and 28, 1985, re-establishing their status as a Bay Area institution, some 20 years into their run–Grateful Dead Legacy Manager and Audio Archivist David Lemieux curated the music set.
