Dave's Picks Vol. 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (11/20/71)

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"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.

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November 6, 2023 - 6:53pm

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Took 2 attempts

To get that posted

Will this one work?
November 6, 2023 - 6:52pm

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Hey now, get off my lawn you hippies!

And stop trying to socialize on Rhino’s platform.
November 6, 2023 - 6:26pm

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No New Comments

Is it safe to assume there are almost no new comments today as a result of efforts of the new director of Web IT at Rhino, William HeyNow?

Is it BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T POST?
November 6, 2023 - 11:02am

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Frank Parry

Still waiting for mine. I think it will sound great irrespective of subscription status....but it would be nice to confirm mr daverock younaughty teaser!!!
November 6, 2023 - 10:11am

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Frank Perry

Yes, mine is still missing.
November 6, 2023 - 9:07am

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Immediately reminded me of…

Immediately reminded me of Albuquerque when I started up disc one. Jerry bending the holy living realm out of the notes in particular. At times it sound like he's making his guitar speak old world Castilian. But then in contrast that very brief clean succession technique at the peak of Not Fade Away. Very expressive time for Jerry's playing. First set highlights would be Beat It On Down the Line, El Paso and Ten Jed. Second set is one giant highlight.
November 6, 2023 - 9:03am

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DaP48 in the U.K

Has anyone in the U.K. NOT received it yet? My two friends who also subscribe got theirs last week. Thanks.
November 6, 2023 - 9:00am

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Wow..

First, the skinny columns on the new look for these forums makes the posts look longer than they really are.

Second, I can't believe I wrote something with more than six words and one paragraph that slipped past the Crapatcha and Ney How Nazis. Take that you IT weenies!
November 6, 2023 - 8:58am

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JimInMD

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Re: Wall Of Sound

The vocals certainly suffered on the WOS recordings, that noise cancelling mic worked but was far from perfect. I think the band really enjoyed playing through the Wall of Sound and knew it was a special thing they put together, both for the fans and for themselves. You hit on a good point, mixing down to 2 tracks was a problem, I also recall hearing they were experimenting with quadrophonic output (at least on Phil's bass) and other sound projection techniques that may or may not have lent themselves well to two track recording.

They sounded great throughout this whole period and the band was playing like they meant it. Hopefully they had loads of fun as well. Whatever they were doing, whatever it was they put in the water, it worked. I am speculating that sometime in the late 60's to early 70's they realized the value of having a master and did not play they heck out of the original reel to reels. I suspect many of the late 60's shows suffered because someone was playing the originals too many times when they got home or at least it sounds that way. This seems true especially in 69, many of the tapes sound muddy and lack a crispness that does not seem to be the case in the banana box show recently released. Or it could be they are just ancient, and some benefited from better storage.

Thank whoever it is you thank that someone had the foresight to hit the record button. Without that, it would all be a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.
November 5, 2023 - 10:04pm

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Obeah

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Thankee Bluecrow

Thanks for weighing in, Bluecrow! Your reasoning matches with mine. And as time goes on and Grateful Dead scholarship has continued to improve, I started thinking that maybe there's a chance that I could not only say it with certainly - but might even be able to get it down to which song was being played at my, er, entrance. (exit?) That's probably a pipe dream... but 'tis a good dream...

And I'm with everyone else who is enjoying Dave's 48, the final Pick of the year. It's been a blast. In fact I've got it playing right now - Cumberland! Oh myyy. And I've got a copy of disc 3 all loaded up in the car for tomorrow's commute. Shoutout to Rex... man did a pretty darn good job with the recording given all the variables he was dealing with. It makes me want to pull out Dave's #3 for comparison - to see how far he (and the band!) came in a month's time.

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"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.

oh right

doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, lol

Doped Hippie Lib?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Orange GOAT?

Greatest, LOL
Dee dee, good thing you don’t smoke, yer already too *&$@$* high!

But hey, at least for the meantime, it’s still your right to vote for whomever you like.
So go ahead and vote for the Orange fuhrer and we’ll be plunged into civil war, which will be perfect timing for Russia, China, and Iran to kick our ass in world war three, but hey your awesome new “royal family” I’m sure will be on it, NOT!
Oh, and by the way, some of us actually received an education where we learned about this lost art called critical thinking, you should try it some time!

Dee dee

What are his accomplishments that make him so great?

Guys

Please dial it back a bit. This is Dave's house. Thanks.

Black Friday Vinyl

Since BF I’ve obtained 3-2-69, Lyceum 72, 2 and 3 From The Vault.
Have listened to all so far except 3FTV. Good stuff.
Lyceum was overall a good pressing, only a couple LP’s had a little bit of crackling at the edge but then cleaned up as the album played.
Phil comes through real nice on vinyl.

Headshell/cartridge upgrade

Got a new VM540ML/H for my AT-LP120USB turntable but haven’t installed it yet.
Reviews says that my vinyl audio experience should be greatly improved.

Project 2025....

....look it up. They're not even trying to hide it anymore. They even have an official website where you can sign up and shit. Scary stuff my friends.
If autocracy doesn't make America great again, nothing will! And that's not fake news.
I'm going to go walk the dogs and do some critical thinking and listen to Uncle John's Band, because there ain't no time to hate. There's barely time to wait. You better strap in, because if you think it's been a roller-coaster so far, I've got news for you.
Apologies marye and Dave L. You're the best, but damn.

politics...

thank you marye ... we are constantly bombarded by politics, and about the only refuge for me is the Good Ole Grateful Dead ... so please, let's all try to keep this neutral, respectful and apolitical ... meanwhile, here's a handy survival tip: If you get lost in the woods, start talking about politics and someone will show up to argue with you....................tc

Hey now

Just had my thoughts on 2/28/69 hey now'd. I wonder if I wrote about politics I would get through. Or if this will. Lets see...

Well...there you go.

I'm not writing it all again. In a nutshell, 2/28/69 is dead good.

2/9/69 and the Hey Now Police

I've had the same thing happen numerous times: written out some detailed thoughts about 2/9/69, only to have them Hey Now'd and disappeared into the online aether. Which makes me reluctant to try again. Suffice to say this show is primo top shelf uberpotent deadheaded psychedelic dragon good shit.

interrupting the boycott to check

if the lameness continues

no blocking?

GD May 79 has many gems

Well, howboudat

OK, back to the boycott

PF

Welcome back! We knew you'd be back :)

It got lame....

....I apologize for my rant.
Thought about deleting it, but my point stands.
It seems the Hey Now thing is gone. Thanks marye.
I'm going with the Evanston NW University 11.1.73 Wake bonus.
Jokamo feeno

Still on the Neil thing....

....The Jazz Singer.
Last one.

Hey now-Has it gone though?

I was tripped up yesterday trying to post. Personally speaking, it's more important to me to have the board running efficiently than whether somebody uses it to tell us their political opinions. I don't care two hoots about that - whether they put them on here or not. They are usually more fun than the hockey posts, that's for sure

hey now

Maybe we could take turns being in charge of the hey now button.

hope it works!

anyone been downloading the 31 days of december?

The for 10 was screwed up, it was a to a whole show.

If you go down you seem to be able to go somewhere via instantgram.

I no have instant, so I couldn't go. Did anyone go there and see if a single track was mentioned or it too was only a to a whole show?

didn't allow the word ?ink

In the Days Before Rock ‘N’ Roll

the last 5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: “Bravo Brubeck”, Live in Mexico (1967 vinyl)
9.2.68: Betty’s Organic Raspberry Farm, Caution “ALL you NEED” (cassette)
8.27.72: Springfield Creamery :) (CD)
Van Morrison: "Enlightenment" (1990 CD) always enjoy "In the Days Before Rock 'N' Roll"
Dire Straits: 1st Album self-titled “Dire Straits”, (1978 vinyl), always great listening

Peace All!
uncle_tripel

Finally

Looks like maybe the plug finally got pulled on the Hey Now Police. That was weird. . . PLUS there's now an easy Search Comments option right above the Comments on each Comments page.

It'll probably take months pf therapy to get over this, but looks like we're on our way. Onward.

oh its still active

just got hey now'd over on POTD. its maddeningly random, but long involved posts seem to be a favorite target

Brevity is the soul of wit

Maybe Deadnet is trying to encourage us to become a bit more focussed in our responses. A bit more minimalist, perhaps.

DaP 48 - Really?

Why this show (11/20/71)? Nothing special at all. Especially when DaP 26 is FAR superior. That said, the third disc's partial 10/24/70 is the keeper.

2 show releases for Dave's #50

9/19 & 20/70 Fillmore East or. 4/5 & 6/69 Avalon Ballroon. It probably won't be either choice, by but both would be very cool.

Or 10/25/69 and 11/7/69…

Or 10/25/69 and 11/7/69. Probably won’t be anything nearly that good. I am really hoping it is NOT the Melkweg shows.

2 shows

I concur, but how about 11/6 and 11/7/71? Yeah I know, but still. 12/31/71 and 1/2/72?

Nice job

Thanks for mentioning Daves 26, Wuchmee. I had no idea what that was when I read your post, so I'm playing it now - 11/17/71. It is a good one. I have played it so rarely, it's like listening to a new show. I notice it has a bonus disc attached - a selection from 12/14/71.

2 more shows for #50

6/27 & 28/69.

Anniversary show 12/12/81 Fiesta Hall, San Mateo

42 years ago I was at the tiny Fiesta Hall ( 1,500 in atttendance) for a really cool show with the Grateful Dead & Joan Baez. The Dead backed Baez for a set and then played a great electric set. Mickey Hart and Mere Saunders opened the show with High Noon. The show was a benefit called Dance for Disarmamement. What a blast! We were all getting primed for the Dead's great year end run at the Oakland Auditorium.

just maybe...

I'll have to find some time to travel back to San Mateo after I finish in Long Beach on my tour of 1981, being as I've already left Oakland lol, thanks BILLY!

PEACE ALL!
uncle_tripel

speak like Tarzan

maybe get thru
great show release requests
50 all ready picked
tell us all ready
un-gow-wa

Dave's 26, Fiesta Hall, and 10/25/69

I'm with you, Daverock: I too have hardly given Dave's 26 any plays. In my case, though, it's because that release happened right as I was dealing with the events that would lead to my surgery that coming summer, so I was preoccupied. But when I saw your note, I grabbed it and took it to work with me today. I'm just about to fire it up for a lunchtime listen.

Fiesta Hall is one of the buildings at the San Mateo County Event Center, and I *think* it got converted to a drive-through vaccination center back in Fall 2021. Actually, now that I'm looking at a map, I think actually it was the larger building just to the south. Either way, I'd vastly prefer the content that Billy the Kiddd mentioned... xD

10/25/69! Interesting show (what circulates) - what a fantastic Dark Star. Anyone know what guitar Garcia played that night? There's some speculation that it's a Strat and not the SG, but my ears aren't trained enough to know.

Last Five....

George Harrison - Brainwashed
Paul McCartney - Ram
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Phish - Billy Breathes
Spafford - For Amusement Only
....
Last GOGD. Dave's 31. Uptown Theatre. Chicago. 12.3.79.
.....
If you haven't heard of Spafford. Shhhh. They're an ancient Chinese secret.

Last 5

Dave's 1- from May 25, 1977 on vinyl.

And from Mom & Dad's classical collection of vinyl:
Debussy - La Mer, Afternoon of a fawn.
Sibelius - Finlandia, Grieg Op. 26 - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46
Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping on high quality vinyl reissue using original analog masters.
Cheers

Fiesta Hall!

Me too! That was a time...

The Beam

Finally found that beam I was looking for to test some speakers on Dave's 39 Philly April 26, 1983. Anyone have a suggestion on an official release that has a big frightening beam in the Drumz? Need to shake loose some cobwebs.
Cheers

DaP 50

Just heard it's 5/3/77 with filler from 5/4

Dead & Co....

.....in talks for a Sphere residency.
I know Weir was there for a U2 show to check it out.

Spherical D&C

Would that include Bill?

I got a better idea, a residency of Bob, Phil, Bill, Mickey, Bruce with (fill in the blank) on guitar.

I got shut out on the Phish lottery....

....taking an early lunch tomorrow.
10 AM PCT. I intend to have multiple browsers up and running.
Obsessive? Maybe. Dedicated. Yes.
I'm not greedy. Looking for Friday & Saturday. Will have the other two dates on the radar. Just in case. Utmost focus is required.
Hopefully Christmas comes in April. Wish me luck because Phish fans are an insane bunch.
There is no way Bill would miss it ConeKid. My opinion.

Dave's #27

Help/Slip/Frank reminds me of the 80s. Franklin is really, really good. Hello guys.

alvarhanso: Please Check Your PM.

alvanhanso, would you please check your pm.

Thank you.

D&C

I think everyone inside knows Bills done except unfortunately Bill? He might want to die onstage but I don’t think the others want to witness it.
There was some nonsense in Mexico and, if you remember Mickey during set break from ? Boulder show briefly mentioned how nice it was not having any drama on the tour…
My guess, they dissolve the corporation and restart without him.
But…perhaps the residency methodology would work for him?
I know Bob has stated that he’s getting too old and sick of the road, so who knows?
It’s certainly worked for Phil all these years.
I don’t see them hanging up their R&R shoes soon, especially if they can get off the road.
Let’s hope, this past D& C tour was sweet!

Howdy Carlo!

F**K Ticketmaster....

....that is all.

Anniversary show 12/15/86

Garcia back from a coma to kick off the show with Touch of Grey. What an incredible moment, what an incredible show. I t was something Ill never forget, the place was electric. A great birthday present.

Vguy

Sounds like you wasted your lunch break.

Yup. Sure did....

....logged in 10 minutes before the sale. Got in queue. There were 800 in front of me for Friday. 1100 in front of me for Saturday. Not great. Not horrible. Was optimistic. Had the phish subreddit on my phone. As soon as 10 o'clock hit, saw peeps saying there were over 20,000 people/bots in front of them. Got more optimistic.
Then....the line moved sloooooow.
My turn came up. Yay!
Clicked some seats, then they just disappeared. Like a shitty game of whackamole.
Got one! Gone. Got one! Gone.
Yeah. Then more seats popped up. Hey that one got in my cart! Oops. That's a "platinum charity" seat. $1200.00.
I'm out.
F**K TICKETMASTER AND THE BOTS!
Although, a few fans said they got them at face.
Insanity.

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