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Dave's Picks Vol. 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA (4/13/71)
Look out Big Boss Man, Pigpen's on the loose! We're shedding our lovelight on the not-to-be-overlooked Spring 1971 tour with DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51, featuring the complete unreleased show from the SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 AND the 2nd set from the previous night at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on 4/12/71.
These gems find the original Grateful Dead quintet delivering some of their most inspired, energetic, and tightest performances. There's a dab of WORKINGMAN'S DEAD, a splash of AMERICAN BEAUTY, a great foreshadow into what would soon appear on SKULL & ROSES. And you'll need nearly all those fingers (or those toes) because - count 'em - there's eight classic covers ("Mama Tried," "Hard To Handle," and a rare "I Second That Emotion," to name a few) done as only the Dead could do them with Mr. McKernan and his magical harmonica.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51: SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.
P.S. We had a little extra room on Disc 2, so please enjoy the final five DP48 bonus tracks to complete 10/24/70, St. Louis, MO.

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October 9, 2024 - 2:01am

#31

Forensicdoceleven

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Storms make trees take deeper roots......

Hey rockers..............

Waiting for Milton. Sounds like a cheesie 21st century existential novella............

February 73 would make a great box, as long as it includes what they have of 2/19. Although I'm not a huge fan, Maples is very solid and of course historic. My personal favorite is Madison. But since they recently put out a 1973 box, another one so soon seems unlikely.

Maybe it's time they realize it really is time for a 1970 box. Although there is enough in the vault already to do that, it might depend on what kind of progress is being made with the banana box material. Personally I hope for complete recordings of the February and April Fillmore West runs. Maybe even the August Fillmore shows. All of that would be very interesting and would sell well.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.........

Rock on,

Doc
Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life, the evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray......
October 8, 2024 - 9:49pm

#32

JimInMD

Joined:
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Lazy Lightning

Yea, what a storm. Hoping it spares us, especially those on the West Coast of FL (could easily expand that to the whole state). In the immortal words of Ned Gerblansky, "nnmmmI'm Scared" Good luck to our friends in Jax too.

Wishing safe passage to all. Jesus, what a storm.
October 8, 2024 - 9:27pm

#33

proudfoot

Joined:
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2 9 73

Awesome show

Case closed
October 8, 2024 - 7:51pm

#34

DeadVikes

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February 73

Hey OB,

Would love to see a February 73 box, but don't see it happening any time soon. I mean maybe 2030 before Dave goes back to 73 for another box.
Maples overrated?? Really? I don't know, sure seems like a blockbuster to me, but then again Dave will never ask. I do think it might fair better than this Scranton release.
No offense taken. Love talking about the Dead.
What are you thinking for #53?

Oh and three 83s released so far. Hard to believe cough cough that he has only released one 1980 and zero 82 shows.
Vikes off to a good start, but it is early.
Go Bills!
October 8, 2024 - 11:15am

#35

Oroborous

Joined:
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Feb 73 Strategic meeting

Now just making conversation, and certainly never mean any disrespect to our good friend DV (GO VIKS!) lol, but feel a team strategic meeting is needed ; )
Maples needs to come out, but more for historic reasons than other.
It’s overhyped!…good, but not RJ, especially when you compare to the next four or five shows of the year.
So since we’ve had no success tunneling into the vault, YET!, (ever notice Kiethfans been gone down there for quite some time?), and there’s possibly only a limited number of boxes left, we need to make em count!
Also, most boxes, this most recent included, usually have a show or two similar to Maples: good but perhaps not RJ. It fills out the box and is a good way to release some of “those” shows.
So, all things considered, one could lobby hard that strategically it would be most beneficial to include Maples in a box with those magnificent first four or five following shows of February 1973. That would be one of the best top boxes ever, folks would get their Maples box checked, and it’d save a Dave’s for something else 😁
Hey, this ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin around…

FLA folks…may the aaaa, may the four winds keep you safe and dry…
WTF is PT?….been much too long!
October 8, 2024 - 12:17am

#36

fourwindsblow

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Feb '73

Weird that no shows from Feb. '73 since Dick's Picks?? Be nice if they were saving the rest for a box!?

Good luck too those in FL. I got a friend in Clearwater.
October 7, 2024 - 9:01pm

#37

DeadVikes

Joined:
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Hang in There Doc

Hope you all catch a break in Florida Doc.

Now that we know #52 is from Santa Fe in 83. Let the speculation begin about #53, which we should know by the end of month. Will we start 2025 with Maples Pavilion? This might be the year.
October 7, 2024 - 3:40pm

#38

bluecrow

Joined:
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Doc

Best of luck to you, your wife, and your fellow Floridians.

Milton is going to be a beast.

Be safe, rock on, and see you on the other side.
October 7, 2024 - 11:49am

#39

Forensicdoceleven

Joined:
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Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet......

Hey rockers!!

Another big rain storm bearing down on Florida. Milton sounds benign, but he ain't. Sustained winds 175, central pressure down to a staggering 911 mb (crazy low).

We are prepared, and have lots of 1971 Dead goodness to hunker down with. Still, my office is considered "essential services", so who knows if I'll be working or not.....

Either way, see y'all on the other side of Milton........

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling......

Rock on!

Doc
I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.....
October 7, 2024 - 9:54am

#40

Oroborous

Joined:
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Day tripping

Uncle T making the rounds of the old stomping grounds!
Saw like 23 shows at 9 of those venues BITD…the good ole daze!
Fredonia! That was just down the pike about a hour. Used to crew gigs there at a place called the Caboose with Benhatzel. Billy Sheehan and Talas used to play there all the time. Tanks for the mameries.

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow

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Dave's Picks Vol. 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA (4/13/71)

Look out Big Boss Man, Pigpen's on the loose! We're shedding our lovelight on the not-to-be-overlooked Spring 1971 tour with DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51, featuring the complete unreleased show from the SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 AND the 2nd set from the previous night at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on 4/12/71.

These gems find the original Grateful Dead quintet delivering some of their most inspired, energetic, and tightest performances. There's a dab of WORKINGMAN'S DEAD, a splash of AMERICAN BEAUTY, a great foreshadow into what would soon appear on SKULL & ROSES. And you'll need nearly all those fingers (or those toes) because - count 'em - there's eight classic covers ("Mama Tried," "Hard To Handle," and a rare "I Second That Emotion," to name a few) done as only the Dead could do them with Mr. McKernan and his magical harmonica.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51: SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

P.S. We had a little extra room on Disc 2, so please enjoy the final five DP48 bonus tracks to complete 10/24/70, St. Louis, MO.

,,,

"The Race is On"

Indeed it is. Next up: "Man Smart, Woman Smarter."

No affiliation implied

But I feel I must comment on Joe Biden's decision to step down. A selfless and dignified act, unusual in a world where self promotion is paramount, and multifarious crimes are routinely committed and accepted as normal political activity.

Anybody Here Read King Lear?

It's a really hard thing to do: to admit you're too old, to step aside, and relinquish power. And it doesn't always end well.

I don't want to get into politics, but I will say I think Biden deserves praise for putting his ego aside and doing the right thing.

Other than that, I'll just say that I hope that everyone who is eligible to vote will take that responsibility seriously. Get informed, think deeply, and vote with your best self., please.

Vacationing in Colorado right now, seeing the sights and having some fun leading up to TTB at Red Rocks this weekend. Listening to GOGD channel on Sirius. For now, at least, life is really good.

TTB at Red Rocks

You might see Hendrixfreak there.
Enjoy Colorado.
Cheers

Will we leave this place...

an empty stone

or a shining ball of blue and green and gold and...

Vote, y'all.

R&B festival

Three days of great music

Smoky skies from forest fires and hot AF during the day

But

If you have a chance to hear a band called the Record Company, give 'em a chance. Rockin'.

DMCVT

Was it yer biff day?
Happy happy joy joy!

As we know

GD covered a lot of R&B and blues classics

At the festival the PA music played between acts featured a lot of R&B and blues classics

I kept thinking "GD covered this one ...and this one...
and this one..."

GBtGD

RE a selfless act

Daverock Scranton Joe has always given the best of himself for the country he has served virtually his entire adult life. The act of a real man is to put all before himself. Joe Biden is a real man! God Bless America!

Moby Grape

RIP Jerry Miller of Moby Grape

Selfless acts

JJC - I would agree there. But surely selflessness is a quality that transcends national boundaries. As Tiny Tim says in Dickens "A Christmas Carol" - "God bless us everyone!"

Make America Great Again

I wish we could enjoy the Grateful Dead without politics. But here we go!!

Waitin on the Bus

and the shipping notice...

Selfless

One is not dragged kicking and screaming to a selfless act

Let's Go Brandon

Tired of watching liberal clowns trash our country which I love. Sick people. Switched to Trump because we can do so much better. Start paying attention. Economy sucks, crime sucks, illegals suck. The Dead's music makes me forget it all.

Selfless acts - nothing to do with politics

Retirement can be the end result of a process. It's not a snap decision made impulsively if you are in a position where choice is a factor. Must be very difficult if you are in the public eye, when the sequence of events leading to it is visible and open to public scrutiny. This has absolutely nothing to do with politics. All of us experience the ageing process and deal with it in our own way. Normally with some degree of privacy.

DeeDee

The economy is doing great, look at the stock market.
The rich white people who control the GOP are getting richer by the day.

Shipping Notice

Just waiting on a friend. Nothing here yet.

I wonder if Dave pays any attention to sales. He still says these all sell out fast, some in a couple of hours, some in days, some in weeks. He needs to update his stich, it is now years.

Edit- The double 85 dose is now sold out!

better

to be quiet and thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt...see y'all next year, maybe

I doubt you're real DeeDee

Just another AI troll

2024 box set ?

Will it be this week or next ? What's it gonna be? I hope its Winter land Oct. 1974 audio & video. That would be something!

No shipping notices?

Maybe the system was running on PC’s with Crowdstrike installed.

Box Set

Billy, bring it! Now that one would sell out faster than GSTL in 2017.

Been hoping for this one for a long time.

Paying attention?....

....oh. I'm paying attention alright.
Anywho, I proposed to my subwoofer tonight. Don't tell Mrs. Vguy.

Wheels on the bus go r&r

MUATM....2024 box...

I think we'll hear something on MUATM middle of Aug. after D&C at the Sphere. Meet Up will be at end of Aug. When pre-order for the box will be announced... Shipping date first week of Dec...

In the groove let the good times roll...Clock on the wall says its time to go...

let's go is passe'...

...take all the whining to:
X, facebook, truthsocial, wherever
but not here,
no one here wants to hear
this sucks, that sucks, everything sucks

and apparently the music is not helping

Peace for All
uncle_tripel

Better still

To realise you are an idiot and try to do something about it.

there have been a lot said about

the election, and here's another one. The traitor is now "the old guy". The old guy needs to be defeated. So now he's the old guy and a traitor. Vote like ur life depends on it, cause if "the old guy/traitor" gets his way, we are all "f"ed

A Coast to Coast Box ?

Coast to Coast ?

What if Dave has dove deep into the banana boxes, and pulled all the missing reels from Avalon to The Ark April '69 ? WoW, that would be nice!

Coast to Coast Box Set

Fillmore East & Fillmore West.

Thanks Brent

I made it to 7-21,22-90 but missed 7-23-90……

Those 3 nights, complete audio/video, would make a nice release.

No word on the music.....

..... but the overpriced shot glass has shipped!

Coast to Coast Box Set??

Some years back I had an idea of Dueling Fillmore East meets West 1970 box...Got a lot of buzz!!

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

Fillmores West and East

Ja, gerne

51 seaside chat...

Dave "I'll see you here soon? We've got another announcement probably in the next?, oh little while?"

Politix

The only time I will post political stuff.....I always thought GOGD fans were open minded and open to both sides with discussion. I am wrong again. It appears from the comments lately that the Dems/Progs could have Alfred E. Newman as their candidate, and all the Heads will just follow in line, like lemmings. Who cares about what some Hollywood millionaire thinks, as if they know anything besides group think. Please try researching/reading to have an open mind. Joe B. did nothing, and all of his lemmings hid his deteriorating condition for years. I'm still not sure who I will vote for, if I vote at all. We definitely don't need another giveaway person as President. Look at the inflation numbers, sky high food prices, and unaffordable housing for the majority of citizens, and actually make an intelligent decision

WHAT!!!!!!!

WHAT!!!!!!!!!

OK

Guys. This is where I weigh in and say enough with the politics please. Thank you. Within the bounds of civility and respect, please feel free to take it to the long-dormant Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind, Still More Current Events: dead.net slash forum slash trouble-ahead-trouble-behind-still-more-current-events

Have Mercy!

been waitin on the bus all day.

And, I love a lot of buzz!

Waitin on that right now.

Back when they were GD, I always wanted to see a lightning bolt tour starting at Alpine and finishing in New Orleans.

But I will settle for a fillmore east/west box!!!

whatever happened to Shorelights Beckon?

or whatever that rumored box was.

The next box will be revealed during the days between.

I hope it's a box I can live without so I can save money and storage space.

"Jesus just left Chicago
and he's bound for New Orleans
you don't have to worry
'cause taking care of business is his name"

Ah, take me with you, Jesus!

Oh. If it's well north of $200, prolly no deal.

Speculation only

Time will tell, as always

RIP John Mayall

Y'all be cool

"You could have played the blues with John Mayall"

From 200 Motels

:)))

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