RICK NIELSEN
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I cannot
be certain this is a complete or exhaustive list. Around 2003,
the type of v-resin pick plastic Rick prefers started to become
more scarce, forcing him to begin using multiple colors, which in
turn then also required different print colors. If you have any
information that might be helpful, feel free to
email me.
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1977-1978
Solid bone pick
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1978-1979
Solid bone pick |
1979-1980
 Semi-transparent pick |
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1980-1994
Semi-transparent pick |
1984-1985
Semi-transparent pick |
1986
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1994-2000
Semi-transparent pick
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1999-2000
Solid white pick |
1999
Silver Anniversary show
August 28, 1999
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2000
Solid white pick
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2001
Short-lived one-sided |
2001-03
Semi-transparent pick
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2003
opaque pick
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2003
pearl pick
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2004
(only used August 13, 2004
at Chicago Navy Pier)
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From 2003 to 2008, every pick using this back was
produced with both a small and large CT logo under Rick's feet. The
first mold made was smaller. Rick asked them to make it bigger, which
they did. However, the pick printer (D'Andrea) labeled the stamps
with the same number. As picks were being ordered, they would load up
both stamps on different machines to knock them out twice as fast. Rick
and the crew were unaware. Whenever I asked the techs about the big &
small logos, they had no idea what I was talking about until I showed them. Finally, I found the
crew member responsible for ordering the picks, and in 2008, he had
D'Andrea label the stamps differently. But
D'Andrea occassioanlly continued using both stamps, so in 2010, Rick
changed his charicature from the pointed chin to the rounded chin and
made the logo even bigger to put an end to it.
2003
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
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2004-05
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
There are 3 shades of yellow. The 2003 is darker than the 2004 mustard
yellow, and then there is a much lighter canary yellow in 2004 as well.
Affectionately referred to as dark, medium and light.
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
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2005-06
(white print)
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
2006
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
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2007
(silver print)
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
From night 1 of the famed Sgt. Peppers shows at the Hollywood Bowl.
From night 2 of the famed Sgt. Peppers shows at the Hollywood
Bowl.
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2008
BIG LOGO
From the April 24, 2008 show
to celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of "Live
At Budokan".
SMALL LOGO
From the April 24, 2008 show
to celebrate
the 30th Anniversary of "Live
At Budokan".
From the Sgt. Peppers
Revisited show at the Hollywood Bowl.
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
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2009
2009-2012
BIG LOGO
SMALL LOGO
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2010
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2010-2012
Tired of the large/small logo games by the printer, Rick changed the
cartoon to a rounded chin and moved the logo lower and made it larger. |
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Spring 2013
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Fall 2013 - July 2014
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July 2014 - April 7, 2016
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April 8,
2016 - June, 2017
August
2016 - June 2017
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June 2017 - 2024
(gold print)
August, 2017 - present
(Substitute
print colors and/or pick stock for similars above in second print
run)
August, 2018 - December, 2018
The printer accidentally printed a batch in these 6 colors with the two "fronts" on the same pick.
They were
initially mixed in with the normal picks before the error was caught and the
band pulled them. |
