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

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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 10, 2023 - 10:19am

#531

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72Livedead

Perhaps your speakers are outta phase as no one else, including myself, has noticed this?
I think, like usual, once they get into it and set the mix etc, this one sounds pretty good.
My only complaint, which isn’t really a complaint, is that one could argue there were better shows from that fall.. Otherwise, tanks again Dave et el.
November 10, 2023 - 10:18am

#532

estimated-eyes

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48

I like it, a lot. I didn't notice the lack of a low end on discs 1 and 2, thought it was fine though Keith is really prominent on the first set tunes. Nothing wrong with that, though. I like that The Other One doesn't spiral too far out of control.

Love disc 3 late 1970 GOGD. That is a mighty fine Dancin' in the Streets to kick it off and that may be the earliest GDTRFB that I have heard-- really interesting to see how that song, and the band entirely, evolved in one year. They went from a seat-of-your-pants sometimes sloppy but always interesting band to a tight, take no prisoners kickin' rock and roll band that did a wild jam per night. Love to juxtaposition presented here.
November 10, 2023 - 8:12am

#533

frosted

Joined:
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Sheesh 72LiveDead

What Jim said.

If you don't understand by now how this is supposed to work with 50+ year old tapes never recorded to be released....

A travesty? A waste? -- I'd call that description a first world problem.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm quite happy with this release.
November 10, 2023 - 8:02am

#534

JimInMD

Joined:
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Hey Now 72LiveDead

All is not bad with this release. Almost all these shows have some recording or vocal or quality anomaly.

Disc three, to me at least, is worth the price of admission alone. There are parts from Pauley, like the transition from NFA into GDTRFB and get my attention also. I'm guessing you're not a Trail Blazer or Celtics fan or something.

If we set recording standards too high.. well, DiP 8, Harpur College was almost not released because the recording was subpar, mono for most of the show and it was Phil I think that was questioning releasing it at all. Warts and all, that's what the DiP and DaP series were about, getting the 'lessor' shows out there, the non-multi track house recordings. There's enough here to find your happy place, you just gotta poke around.

On a separate note, something got me to poke around for some early Dancin' in the Streets and Midnight Hours in the same show and I landed on 9.16.66 Avalon Ballroom (Vintage Dead). A short but powerful little performance, it's probably been 15 years since I listened to it. wowwow stuff, and Phil is pretty high in the mix for this one.

Not trying to be critical, more a note of support if not for Dave, at least for Bill Walton.
November 10, 2023 - 7:30am

#535

72LiveDead

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Dave’s 48

If you like Phil’s bass to be recorded properly with any low end at all, #48 is not for you, with the exception of the 3rd disk. What would make Dave release a show where only the high notes on Phil’s bass can be heard? There is no low end bass on 11/20/71, none, nowhere to be found. Imagine The Other One with no bass!
Only Phil’s higher notes can be heard. The thunder roll intro is all drums. It’s a travesty to release this show. A waste. Thank goodness for disk 3’s Dancing in the Streets, Good Lovin’ and Lovelight otherwise this waste of resources is a total rip off. Hey Dave can you give us a warning next time. Attention subscribers this release has no bass, be warned. Are you deaf Dave, or did Bill Walton pay you off because he was there.
November 10, 2023 - 7:09am

#536

Danehead

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Vol. 48

Looks (no, not like rain..) like it isnt sold out, after all..
November 10, 2023 - 6:35am

#537

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New Addition to the Urban Dictionary

...appears to be, "Hey Now"!

"Hey Now!: The act of being told, "NO!", without any rhyme, reason, or context. Just, nope. Sorry. Not happening. No explanation. AND you'll LIKE IT!"

Listeners wonder what 'Jock-A-Mo' means. Some music scholars say it translates in Mardi Gras Indian lingo as 'Kiss my ass,' which seems potentially appropriate here as a jab to anyone trying to actually post something on dead.net these days.

Marye, we're drowning here!!! And shooting in the dark. What gives???

Sixtus

P.S. if this doesn't get Hey Now'd, perhaps there's been a break in reality and we've finally fallen through
November 10, 2023 - 6:33am

#538

frosted

Joined:
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You got it, Jimbo

To me, the better of the long, raw jams of the early days seem to melt into a dream.

I have actually had good luck posting the first time on my last several posts.

But awhile back I vacated these boards for quite some time over frustration with posts that wouldn't.

Prefer it when it works, heh.
November 10, 2023 - 6:02am

#539

JimInMD

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It was all going grandly

That is until I added a phluck it or two and the Hey Now police crushed my morning buzz. Still, I got away with it for a full paragraph and a half.

I'm convinced Rhino has a cubicle island full of this special kind of person that in real time reads all our posts just as we hit save. They have a giant Hey Now Button on their desk and they hit it with a giant wooden gavel whenever our writing does not suit their fancy.

As they hit the Button, we get Hey Now'd and a giant ding ding ding bell goes off in the office. They get Hey Now points that are reviewed each month, awards and bonuses are given and they get a special letter they take home put it up on their refrigerator for their moms to see.
November 10, 2023 - 6:00am

#540

JimInMD

Joined:
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I have developed a new way of posting here

Start simple and get your point across. If it goes through, edit, embellish, and addcontent a few words or sentences at a time. If that goes through, fine tune it.

If all goes well, try adding exactly what you want to say.

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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

icecrmcnkd

Check your PMs page.

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.

12/29/68

This would make a nice release

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.

More hey now shyte?

Fyddn

Pure stupidity

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!

JJC....

....my man! Saw videos of the balloon drop from a private suite, a glowstick chain and a reindeer crowd surfing!
Jealous. Looked really fun. I'll make it there one day.

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

Guacamole?....

....yum 🥰

Vguy72

The more the merrier brother! The show the streets it is all a part of the experience. NYC would love to have Ya. drop me a line if you do. Happy New Year!

Egypt

Road trip earlier this year

9 sixteen I think it was on ark I've

Nice

Deadhead pirates frequent

The ahhr kive

Lowell George Era Little Feat

Yes!

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.

Fall 73

Is da shite mate!
So how’s bout 12/18 tap, tap, tap, (foot tapping sounds) ?

Hooray oroboros

That should have been dix first

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.

What Cone Kid said regarding 12/73. In fact, give the Full Norman and Plangentasize the entire month.

Was the bird a Raven

Certainly wasn't a Seahawk

Once upon a midnight dreary

While I pondered, weak and weary

12/31/63

The night that Bob Weir met Jerry Garcia, as Garcia waited for some of his music students to show up.

Anniversary shows. 12/31/77, 79, 80,81,82,83,84,86

Happy New Year everybody.

Happy New Year

Good vibes to all in 2024

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!