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.
If you’re speculating about 53
How ‘bout 54 with bonus?
Uh,
I haven’t thought that far…
Sorry for brining it up.
Wait, let me come up with something.
11-11-67. 2 CD’s?
Then CD 3 and bonus filled with other 67-68 fragments of shows that are in the Vault.
Primal GD Dave.
54 w/bonus
Been a while since we had a '76 show...
Riverfront Arena on 1976-10-02:
Bonus from 10-1:
Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower, Dancin' In The Streets-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Ship of Fools-> Dancin' In The Streets-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> One More Saturday Night, E: U.S. Blues
Scranton Again
When thru again last night. It definitely has its place in the canon. However, I
can really notice the over driven recording. My ears have been ringing. I only cranked it full volume for a few minutes but wow, I am sure the folks left that night ears ringing. Love all the opinions discussed here. Being so early
in sound system development, it does have its flaws.
I posted an article 9 years ago which was a discussion with Dan Healy in 1991. They asked him where is the weakest point in sound reinforcement. He responded that a lot more work and research was need in microphones. My thoughts, I believe it has been in the last 5 years where we can see how far Bear's thoughts have been adopted, researched, and spread forth to the burgeoning number of line array PA companies we see today.
I am still a touched peeved that the Sphere chose holoplot to be its in house PA. I am sure it sounds great, just wished they would have gone with Meyer.
Guess tonight ends the residency.
Thanks guys for extending the golden road.
Just found a 2020 interview with Dan at live for live music. Maybe a little buzz and a read.
I'm gonna keep beating the drum....
....that is KGATLW'S Flight b741.
After repeated listens, it is a top five for me regarding their catalog.
Stu said "it was time to just make a fun album". It is indeed fun. Total 180 from The Silver Cord. These guys are amazing. It's probably their most accessible release in four years. Great album to drive to. Check it out!
Gary
Just read a great interview with Featherstone about sphere production etc, fascinating. Think it was from Relix? Sound through glass panels? That doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy lol
Ok, am I the only one who has noticed two mentions of our senators clandestine conference in Vegas recently, but nothing…?..crickets, no intel, no stories..no newspaper headlines? Hmmm, somtin don’t smell right?
Hope it’s not coming from that hidden bunker beneath vguys back yard ; )
King Gizzard et al
I heard them via my son a few years ago
I know "Rattlesnake" and recall one other track
How many albums have they made?
If they come through Seattle maybe I'll go. If tickets arent $300 each or something
And you heard it again here....
....first release. 2012. 26 releases since.
Say what you want, but they spoil their fans.
Road trip it.
26 releases is indeed impressive
I need to hear new stuff, so
I'll go back to the KGLW universe via the Rattlesnake portal and "poke around".
Is that a GD poke around or a "giggity" poke around?
Rattlesnake has Motorhead vibes....
....Lemmy would approve.
It's in your face
T Rex Stones Blue Cheer Black Crowes vibes on the flight. Yet, they make it their own.
It's incredible.
Fuzz guitar? Sign me up.
Title track is Beatleish....
keep it bleeding hot
Listened to some of Scranton again this evening. Last Sunday at the Deer Creek Phish show, the brother who pulled up behind me was listening a very recognizable Crazy Fingers. Yep! Sure enough, Autzen, '90, DaP 44. So then we moved on to July 18 DaP 40. Good times indeed (it all rolls into one....).
Quarters....God Is The Rhythm....
....every song is ten minutes and ten seconds long.
It's a good one.
PF dipped his toe in a keeper. Congratulations.
12 bar bruise
Ok
Many commercial interruptions unfortunately
Quarters played with zero
Eyes Like the Sky next
Very cool....
....may I suggest Infest The Rats Nest next PF.
You like the heavy stuff, correct?
Rats nest it is
I tried Eyes Like the Sky but narration was too depressing.
Plus I had to do some honey-do's
Back on the couch...
Distortion
First disc is ok second disc way distorted. What do you think happened ?
Moderation is key....
....then out of nowhere, there is a "new" live BOC on Spotify.
Live Tyranny & Mutation. 50th anniversary. Live in NYC.
Distortion
Yes, distortion. Unfortunately is on this release and other 71 releases. Not there with the multi track recordings from this year.
The company that…
The company that ticketbastard tasked with cleaning up their data breach mess is garbage as well.
This is not good :/
Float, Float On
The Floaters (1977)
Oro - Found the Featherstone article. Hope to read it today or in the morning.
No doubt he is a the sheet. Maybe the best multitasker alive today.
Ticketmaster breach....
....I've been getting a lot of texts from "USPS" regarding being unable to deliver packages I've never ordered and to call a number to get it straightened out.
Nice try.
51 in hand finally
Thanks to the good folks in customer service, I received my re-sent copy of 51 yesterday here in Norway... er... North Carolina. If the series doesn't go to digital offering like the boxes, I may be done after this year. You know it's bad with the mails when the gov't water company says not to mail check payments because so many are getting lost in the mail.
To me, 51 is an interesting historical document on par with the houseboat tapes but that's about it. The liner notes say the H2H is perfectly played, yet the one on Ladies & Gents is tighter by far. The distortion mentioned by others seems worst at the end of each 4/13 set with some nasty "flutter." I didn't see Plangent mentioned on the package.
recording quality
They can only do so much. To do anything else during a production of a pick, inadverntently or not, would jeopardize authenticity, IMHO, of course!!!! lol
Rock on, gang
Received several of those
Phuching leaches, get a job loser!
And get off my lawn!
Hey 1stshow, you get flooded at all? Stay dry over there son!
Rains been awesome. No flooding here at all yet 🤞
USPS scam....
....make sure you warn your friends and loved ones that may be suseptible to scams like that.
Oro
Nope but getting a half inch 2 days ago was a surprise. Flooding just doesn't happen here since we got one of the last dams built in the west on our Uncompahgre R. in 1987. I heard the Dolores R. had some minor flooding. Happy to have moisture totals still above yearly averages thanks to rainy May/June and now again almost an inch here in Aug. which is a bit early for monsoon season. After 10 years of drought where we never make our annual 10 inch average. Doc gets that much in one storm! We are sending it downstream, lol.
Cheers
Distortion
I’m on my 4th listen and probably won’t reach for it again for a long time.
The 12th sounds better to me.
Good historical document. I didn’t read the liner notes, so don’t know if Dave says why this was picked over another night. Might be saving better sounding shows for later.
More King Gizz news, so bear with me....
....they are officially offering free narcan to all their upcoming shows.
With fent out there lurking, this is awesome news. Hope they start a trend.
I'm finally going to see them in November.
And yes. The 12th does sound better.
That's the thing PF....
....grains of sand (Bob Dylan), is all it takes if you're particular inoffensive drug of choice is laced. With. Literal grains.
The adults here didn't have to worry about that shit back in the day. All I heard back then was pcp laced shermsticks. Raise your hand if you understand that reference.
The scourge of fentanyl
Drive around the Emerald City for an hour. Fent casualties abound.
Ancient Secrets
Proudfoot - I’m thinking an old Calgon commercial, “‘Ancient Chinese secret’, eh Mr Lee?!”
Both a New Potato Caboose (1971 Edit) AND a 1969 Dupree on Dead satellite on one short drive today - must buy a lottery ticket! Like catching a leprechaun! 🍀
Recently got a mint copy from the UK of a hard to find CD called/by a group called “LA Getaway”. Always on my radar but always at “Collector” prices, pretty decent listen. Band (Chris Ethridge - Burritos; Joel Scott Hill - Canned Heat; the late Johnny Barbara - Turtles/Starship) made this one record, and dropped out of sight. Fun chasing an elusive item on your “must have” list, fewer and fewer like it now.
You win, Mike
What a bizarre commercial
He spoke in Stereotype
His wife sounded like a Valley Girl
Quite the juxtaposition
VGUY, Shermsticks
I'll bite. I'm guessing that's a "Sherman", as mentioned in "Do You Feel Like I Do?" by Peter Frampton, laced with PCP.. I remember a guy in Central Park (NYC) back in '79
who was probably selling the same thing. His line (with a heavy NY accent):
"Get your space joints, here...See Star Wars".