Dick's Picks Volume 31 remarkably high. Indeed, the 31st edition of the esteemed "Dick's Picks" series culls material from the early August conclusion of the Grateful Dead's summer tour, and although it mixes and matches among the concerts to form what is essentially two shows, it does so in a seamless fashion, providing an intriguing and frequently mind-bending blast through the group's much treasured canon." Each volume of "Dick's Picks" has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The label for volume 31 reads: ""Dicks Picks Vol. 31" was mastered from the original 2 track analog
What Does Anything Mean? Basically lyrics of the Beatles song "She Said, She Said". "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" was released 1 October 1985 on record label Statik. "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" has been generally well received by critics. In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called it "[a] rarity of sophomore albums, something that at once made the band all the more unique in its sound while avoiding a repetition of earlier work. [...] an astounding record." "Trouser Press" called it "even better" than "Script of the Bridge", "with much stronger production underscoring both the band's direct power and the ghostly atmospherics