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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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    RIP John Cutler, a bit of a story, the Grateful Dead sent John ahead of the band and the rest of the bozo's and bolo's to Egypt for the "Egyptian experiment". When he got there (this is in the 70s now) the airport authorities were very skeptical and leary of all of the musical equipment so John had to disassemble every piece so the authorities could inspect it. The fore thought of the band to send someone weeks ahead of the scheduled shows was a brilliant thought and one that saved the show. There was a war going on between Egypt and Israel at the time so it was not real easy for anyone to get into Egypt, especially a hippy with a bunch of "equipment". At the time, Egypt was still quite a backward country and there was nothing on site that could be used by John to set up shop, so he asked for some cable, as the engineers thought they could use the great pyramid as an echo chamber so they brought him some, left over by the nazis in WW2. Of course the bulk of it was unusable and the echo chamber idea was shelved.
    Needless to say, he did it, and the band pulled off a legendary show.
    Fare thee well Mr. Cutler, and thank you, for a real good time.

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    I bet Dennis got a bunch of music for Christmas....…..

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    get any new music for Christmas?
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    ....thanks Santa.
    Merry Jerry Christmas everyone!

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    Snakefinger's guitar solo on The Residents' "Satisfaction" is one of the greatest of all time.

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    The Kraken vs. Golden Knights on New Years day.
    PF vs. Vguy? This could be good!
    Hockey should be played outdoors.
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    Crow-that's spot on, what you say about The Stooges and the MC5. I couldn't agree more if I'd written it myself. All manner of British punk bands tried to copy them circa 1977, but no one came close. They just copied the three chord thrash without any understanding at all. "Funhouse" is definitely my favourite Stooges albums. And that clip of the MC5 at Tartar Field is one of my favourite live videos of any band.

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    I saw them in 1993 - another "reunion-tour", which then turned out to be the final one with Blackmoore and they were still LOUD.. Happy Holidays all..

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    Stooges were the birth of punk, IMO.

    From what I understand, they were more of performance art thing than a rock band in the beginning, playing homemade instruments and an amplified vacuum cleaner to create an enormous thumping drone as Iggy, dosed out of his freaking mind, slithered around and mumbled and screamed. They didn't know any actual "songs" when they got signed (by the legendary Danny Fields, who had come to Michigan to scout the MC5, who turned him on to the Stooges.) So for their first album they had somehow write and learn songs, and the result was stuff like "I Wanna Be Your Dog": relentless, droning riffs with lyrics that make the Ramones sound like verbose poetry students in comparison. In other words: punk.

    It was a huge break from, well, anything resembling "normal" music, really. And would prove a major inspiration for the Ramones, Pistols, etc. But the really great record is Funhouse. This is recorded about a year later, and they had actual songs and pretty amazing live set, which they just recorded live the in the studio for the album. Just pure, balls out, screaming, animalistic gut level rawk. It's just so incredibly over the top that it's difficult to compare it to anything of that era. Or almost anything since.

    The band got strung out after that, and broke up, and reformed with different personnel, and made Raw Power. Which is pretty great in its own right, except that it does sound kind of studio bound in comparison to Funhouse, and the recording quality is really thin and trebly and even after all this time no one's been able to fix it. But all three Stooges records are worth having, if you're at all sympathetic to punk.

    Nothing in Iggy's solo career ever came close to his Stooges stuff, IMO. Kind of amazing he lived long enough to do any of it, frankly.

    MC5 were incredible onstage, as numerous bootlegs demonstrate. None of the official recordings quite make it (Vox are so so, tunes are often run of the mill, IMO.) But man, they were a force to be reckoned with live. Go to You Tube and look up their Tartar Field performance and you'll see what I mean.

    Blue Cheer I only know the one record, Vincebus Eruptum or something like that. It's kind of crude sludgy garage metal, quite enjoyable for what it is.

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

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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!

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What are his accomplishments that make him so great?

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

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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.

....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.

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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

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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...

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

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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.

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

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....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

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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

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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

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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!
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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!
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maybe get thru
great show release requests
50 all ready picked
tell us all ready
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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.

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

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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

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Me too! That was a time...
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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

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

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

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Would that include Bill?

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

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....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.

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

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!

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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.

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....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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