"Basketball and music have always been alike for me, the celebration of life and all other good things. These two art forms represent the best of teamwork, constant motion, creativity, leadership, communication, focus, execution, friendship, loyalty, cooperation, hope, opportunity, purpose, sacrifice, discipline, honor, and fun. Fun to play. Fun to practice. UCLA and the Grateful Dead embody the highest levels of this celebratory joy. At UCLA, it was endless fun, every day, in every way. We couldn’t wait to get there, to get going — though it was never as much fun as when the Grateful Dead came to play with and for us." - Bill Walton
Is there anyone who knows the acoustics of Pauley Pavilion better than Bill "Grateful Red" Walton? We think not, so we signed him on as a liner note scribe for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48, the complete previously unreleased show from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion 11/20/71. He was there, after all, "driftin' and dreamin'" as the Dead shape-shifted through a first set of Americana classics from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and AMERICAN BEAUTY into their second one featuring truly primal psychedelic jams (a 23+ minute "The Other One"). They peppered in hot takes on tracks from the recently released SKULL & ROSES ("Bertha," "Me And My Uncle," "Not Fade>GDTRFB") and road-tested tunes like "Ramble On Rose" and "Tennessee Jed" that would make the cut on the following year's EUROPE '72. It's all delivered with such precision that we've had to come up with some overtime for disc three. There you'll find 75+ minutes of music from the Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO, 10/24/70, with the rest of the show due sometime in the near future.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 48: PAULEY PAVILION 11/20/71 was recorded by Rex Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.
Dave sent mine early.
DocMarty - maybe it's something to do with that video I sent Dave of me on the beach, being pooped on by a seagull.
Calling Canada Mike
Eh!
Getting worried about ya mate?
Hopefully your just hunkered down in your NHL war room and just skipping all the hey now fun?
Leafs hanging in there…
Wait? I can't post last fives?!....
....hmmm. Quite the nuisance.
Better not take away my "...."'s
Anyway, Swan Song extended version by King Gizzard.
Give it a shot!
I did! And it kicks ass.
An AUD of 11.11.73 was recently released on the anniversary....
....Connors recording. Ten rows back dead center they say.
Checking it out a little bit now.
Wow.
Dave's 33!
....now, where's Thin At-AT?
I personally love that Eyes of the World, it's much slower in tempo from other '77s and for that reason it stands out tremendously. It was a fantastic pick that had been on my radar forever before it was released.
Thursday in Deadland, and it's gonna be 63 degrees in Boston Today.
It's November 16th.
Be Well People!
Sixtus
Hay Now
Have been on the road for a couple weeks, heard 48 discs 1&2 when they landed but have not listened in deadicated fashion to the third disc at home, REALLY looking forward to it this evening. Heard parts of it at a friends house but so much was going on, not focus on the music enough. Regarding 49 and music from 1985, have gotten over a persistent sense of loss felt with the decline of Jerry's voice, which incrementally began back to 1979 in my humble view. Likewise for changes in keyboards and new songs, fundamentally an old fart who was locked into early to mid range shows. Have always appreciated and now enjoy more 80s as its really all we have, right? And yes a farmer once told me sometime in June, it's time to Hay Now.
Now . . . HAY!
We'll see if I can get through the force field . . .
My notes for DaP33 (10/29/77) ask, "Grate-est show EVER?!"
Loving this slow-burn "Saint" from Day Six (12/11/79); lots of space for the guys to mess around a bit, compared to the hyper-speed versions of the early 80s where the guys had to just play their set parts in order to keep up.
Rex Foundation and Internet Archive
Today is Give to the Max Day in MN, and I know that there is Giving Tuesday coming up, so please consider donations to Rex and Internet Archive.
And John Barlow was a driving force behind Electronic Frontier Foundation, who try to keep the Internet in the hands of the people.
Stuff
IMO the filler is the star of the show on this release. Cant wait for the rest of the show to drip out in future releases.
Its high time the powers that be, such as they are, bring this discussion forum into the 20th century. I know its a lot of work and everyone is busy doing good work, but for a band with this much staying power and this many fans, putting out releases 50 years after their high-water mark (give or take), one might think a user friendly forum would help keep the train a rollin.
Faulty Discs Here Comes Sunshine Boxset
I ALSO POSTED THIS IN THE HERE COMES SUNSHINE BOXSET COMMENTS.
Has anyone else received a similar email about trying to get replacement discs.
Your email has come to my attention, and I apologize for the tardiness of this response.
Unfortunately, I have been advised that we no longer have stock for the disc you need replaced.
I am very sorry that we cannot fulfill your replacement request. We will refund you 50% for this item. (Please allow up to 5 days for funds to post to your account.)
May I also offer you a digital download of the Here Comes Sunshine box set? (If you would like to pursue this offer, please let me know whether you would prefer your download files in the FLAC or ALAC format.)
I apologize again for this frustrating experience.
Sincerely,
Tashanna
WMG Specialty Customer Service
Wait A Minute
They cannot get Jay his replacement discs while the whole set is on sale for the holiday sale for $140.23. Hey now on that!
Cheers
When You're Right You're Right, But When You're Not Right
That's just wrong.
The righteous thing to do, when a paying customer bought a box set that includes defective discs, would be to replace the whole set. If Warners doesn't have any replacement discs left, that's only because the manufacturing process was so shoddy that they've had unusually high numbers of replacements needed. And whose fault is that? Not the paying customer's.
Like most of what I've written lately, this probably won't post. But the situation ticks me off enough that I had to try. I remember when the Dead's business affairs were conducted by nice people. You could actually call 'em on the phone.
I'm not a robot, dammit!
KKUP 91.5 GRATEFUL DEAD MARATHON
My brother has a show from 6pm -9pm tonight. Completely listener sponsored since 1972. You can get it online . 91.5 FM
Kingfish
Had a little time after the easiest 30 days of dead search ever and had been thinking of Bob songs that didn't make it into the Dead canon like It's So Easy To Slip and found some Kingfish from the Beacon Theatre on April 3, 1976. What a great boogie band! Mystery Train > Mule Skinner Blues to start. And away we go on a Sunday morning.
Cheers
Edit: Robbie Hoddinott on the telecaster, Wow! RIP Robbie
Faulty Discs
I have had a problem playing Grateful Dead releases for years and would suggest that they change their manufacturer
Two Bards
I'm reading Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to ready myself for my teen sons' high school production of a musical version of the same (one kid does sets/lights/sound, the other plays trumpet in the pit orchestra), and lo, and behold, here's THIS line as a character is sworn to secrecy . . .
When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes not see.
ANOTHER bard we all know and love wrote, "If I tell another what your own lips told to me, let me lay 'neath the roses and my eyes no longer see"
Just checked the Annotated GD Lyrics book, but David Dodd did not mention this connection.
If music be the food of love, play on
Deadheadbrewer - I've never noticed that, so thanks for pointing it out. There must be many literary references that Robert Hunter slipped in that have passed us by.
We die only once, and for such a long time......
Hey rockers!!
Yes I'm alive and yes I like 1970 Dead.
LOL been trying to post for about 3 weeks now...............
Rock on!
Doc
Because I could not stop for death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality........
still sitting here in limbo
got some time to search my soul
Last five
Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler: Neck and Neck (CD)
Led Zepplin: Prescence (vinyl 1976); Nobody’s Fault but Mine and Tea for One
Oscar Peterson Trio + One Clark Terry (vinyl 1964)
Bob Marley: The Reggae King Box (3 CD Trilogie)
The Miles Davis Quintet: Workin’ recorded in 1956 by Rudy Van Gelder (CD)
Completed the 7/13/85 Ventura, late set 2 had some tech issues, you can hear one of them saying it’s the bass. Moved on to 11/21/85 Set1 Kaiser last night, bit of an echo on the vocals, like that Rooster though.
Now back to Spring Tour, and will be doing a first time listen to 3/25/85 Springfield.
Peace All
uncle_tripel
kingfish continued
...yeah, curious how Big Iron (marty robbins) didn't get into the rotation at some point
Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
I thought the same
Big Iron might have paired well with the other polka time tunes like Me & My Uncle.
Marye has said she will pass on to the powers that be the hey now issues so maybe we can get back to normal.
Cheers
SINCE WE'RE BRINGING UP BIG IRON....
..... WISH THEY HAD DONE GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY.
YES, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE
Or Rawhide
Brings to mind The Blues Bros.
"We have both kinds of music here, country and western"
Cheers
Sitting Here in Märzen
Arrow- Heartless Bastards
Home Cookin'- Jimmy Smith
For Your Pleasure- Roxy Music
Made In Japan- Deep Purple
Into Somethin'- Larry Young
Most recent live listen (as I type this)- Phish, November 19, 1997; their playing from this tour fits together like superfection blocks.
Most recent GD listen: DaP 26, November 17, 1971, Albuquerque; that PITB is an all time favorite.
Phish Fall '97....
....pretty much flawless. Their version of GD Spring '77.
3 Fantastic Grateful Dead songs.......
3 fantastic Grateful Dead songs that the Dead didn't play enough times, 1). Golden Road, only played 3×, 2) Operator, only played 4×, 3)Rosemary, only played 1×. I wish that they would have brought Rosemary back for those 1980 acoustic Warfield shows. Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
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Primal Vinyl
With avian tryptophan wearing off as an old fanboy forever since the summer of love, disc 3 of 48 checked boxes for me , Couldn't take a chance missing out on March 2, 1969 Record Store Day release. Had to drive some distance to a store which was only allocated three copies... managed to get there in time. Since this is last installment, who knows if the secondary market will be cruel, why take a chance. I was told, no advance orders, no holds, one per customer and most amazing, no returns. Guess they knew what a sitting duck looks like... Interested to read others experiences with this release. PS, I had to edit twice and go through about six captures.