"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.
being there and live recordings
There is always a considerable difference between listening to a live recording and what you actually experienced if you were there. But, I get the impression, never more so than with those Egypt shows. Great to read a first hand account of them - cheers Mark.
Mark
I actually use xACT on older Macs, so I don’t know if it will work on current Macs.
Toast Titanium 20 is the current version, but it is not compatible with OS 14 apparently.
I’ve used Toast to make FLAC files but not to convert FLAC to another format, I use xACT for that (and VLC may do that too).
How our group felt about the Egypt shows (and around them) - 3c
and conversations with some Brits
continued...
atop the pyramid with connections to meet in Britain
Which reminds me
They were going to play a few nights in London in September 1978 until some bright spark had the idea of playing in Egypt. Not everyone was overjoyed at the news.
How our group felt about the Egypt shows (and around them) - 4
For me, an indelible lesson which says a lot for me to learn, continuingly: During the set break of one of the concert nights, I wandered to or toward nearby Mena Village by the pyramids, and some villagers invited me to their homes for tea (chai), which would have been hot and sweet, served and re-served in little tall-thimbleish glasses and in good company; but I selfishly TURNED DOWN THEIR OFFER BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS A NOTE OF THE MUSIC performance when it would resume. That was one of the saddest and lamest noncommunal errors I've made in my life, and I grieve how I may've stupidly negated or hurt their plain and really kind Arabic hospitality. (Talking about wanting to conquer before understanding, in my case wanting to conquer a narrow goal of witnessing all of these concerts.) (The villagers may have found some better respondent/s to invite.)
playing London 1978
daverock, I think the Dead's actual intention was to play London after Egypt. DeadBase's cancelled shows list has dates from Sep 30 through Oct 17 of twelve planned gigs in western Europe, Scotland, and England, but then notes that "when the Europe tour was cancelled the London shows were rescheduled for 09-29-30 and 10-10, but even those were eventually cancelled." I've read in more than one source, I think, that ultimately the cancellation was due to need to get back to the States to finish production for the Shakedown Street album, which the record company wanted.
*Re/ 12/29/68
Primo dead !
Ii would Love A 1979 Boxset! What would you put in it? Any ideas??
Phish teased Let It Grow....
....in the Chalkdust Torture tonight at MSG.
Oh yeah.
Vguy Phish had the Garden…
Vguy Phish had the Garden bouncing the last two nights, I just love feeling the garden bounce!
Whoops-hey now!
Spending too long thinking about what you write, as you write it, seems to be a stumbling block.
So quickly - I didn't actually know at the time about The Dead planning to play in Europe in 1978. I do remember seeing an advert for them, Santana and New Riders for a Wembley 1976 show that never actually took place.
Na Na Na NaNaNa, Heeey Now
Tried a couple times to say something about the Egypt shows, got Hey Now'd. This is really getting annoying. So strange how one post will go throw and others will randomly get blocked for no apparent reason.
Any, Re Egypt: pretty hard to do a great show anytime Billy K is playing with a broken thumb. But there are moments. Still one of the coolest, most Grateful Dead things they ever did. "Hey, you guys, you know what would be cool? Let's go play at the pyramids! During an eclipse!"
I'm not a robot!
Workingman's Dead
Just finished reading the 33 1/3 pocket edition of Workingman's Dead by Buzz Poole. An interesting read, he breaks down the background of each song on this historic album with lots of references and interviews. Made me want to play the CD.
Edit. I got hey nowed....
....because I posted the F word on my last post. Took it out and the post went through.
Don't get all PG-13 on me dead dot net. I'm a grown ass man who throws the F word around when it's applicable.
I'm a Simple fan. And they didn't disappoint on night one.
They will play Antelope tonight.
I have some shroom chocolates saved for New Years.
Dolphins have Baltimore tomorrow as well. Sorry JiminMD.
Gonna tripe my guacamole
Last 5
Led Zep 6-25-72
Little Feat 7-29-77
GD
6-22-74%
11-1-85
6-17-76
2-2-70 playing now
Anniversary shows 12/30/79, 80, 81_82, 83, 86
I always felt the Dead played better on the 30th then the 31st, but 31st was always a blast!
Last 3 Bear’s Sonic Journals
Allmans
Jorma and Jack
Janis
Good stuff. What else is in the OSF collection?
Now playing GD 5-14-78.
Also good stuff.
Dicks's 14
Is a good set. 4 cds of music from Boston 11/30/73 and 12/2/73. The first cd opens with Morning Dew and the 4th one closes with it, which gives a nice sense of completion. The "Playing - Jam" as it is described on the cover, from 12/2 goes from being very calm to raging. Put me in mind of Seastones at times. Also a Mind Left Body jam that isn't credited as such on the cover. Definitely worth checking out if, like me , you haven't done so for a while.
12-18,19-73
They deserve Plangentization and the Full Normanization.
New Santa Rosa, CA 6/27/69
New SB 6/27/69 Santa Rosa, CA
On you tube
Three shows in....
....and no Gamehendge songs.
Things that make you go hmmm.
Last 4 NYE’s
Allman Brothers 12-31-73 (playing now)
Blues Brothers 12-31-78
Santana 12-31-76
Phish 12-31-91
A Bird Told Me
...somebody here mentioned my name, but I can't quite put my finger on the post.
:D
What Cone Kid said regarding 12/73. In fact, give the Full Norman and Plangentasize the entire month.
Anniversary shows. 12/31/77, 79, 80,81,82,83,84,86
Happy New Year everybody.
My first NYE concert
was 12-31-68 to see headliners Canned Heat...at Midnight The Bear rode out from the back of the Shrine Expo Hall on an elephant that had been dusted pink...it carried him to the stage and we then realized he was wearing a diaper with a sash that said 1969...
posting issues
since christmas I have ha about eight or so postings not be allowed...huhhh...anyway I think I found the issue for myself any way...I turned off my VPN and voila! I can post...
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
Tela, Tela....
....Llama taboot.
Incredible shit. Taboot.
I needed that after the shillacing.
Phish brought out the smoke machines and jumped the shark.
But, then there were trampolines.
And it all evened out in the end.
They call me the sloth.
Merry Easter!! And Happy Living Another Day Day!
tried repeatedly
To post my old chestnut of the 1977 NYE show and meeting Jerry two months later to discuss art.
Guess the new system is tired of the tale.
Search for it if interested, sorry, I tried.
The truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all the beautiful heads out there!
Happy New Year
Happy New Year all you deadheads out there. This forum makes me happy. Thanks for all the good thoughts and ideas this year. Hope this gets posted, got heynowed all yesterday.