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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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  • Oroborous
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    Tanks Bras!

    But where’s Mikey ; ) Go Leafs lol

    I will continue my searching for the sound and add your fine selections to at least my master list, as I get Uncle Jethro money from other relatives so I can load up during AND after Xmass lol, yes, yes I am a greedy lil bitch!
    Thanks again!

    Oh, and yassss, the early bird gets the worm harumph…and I find anything that helps facilitate getting holiday goodies you actually want to be more than worth the effort ; ) lol
    Now if I could just get stocked up on round to it’s….

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    Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet
    "Live" at Minton's Playhouse in New York City (Jan. 6, 1961)
    Complete Recordings (2 discs - 24 Bit Remaster)
    Featuring Junior Mance (piano), Larrry Gales (bass), Ben Riley (drums)

    Phenomenal dueling tenor sax groove, Junior Mance tearing it up on piano, whole band slinging and swinging. Rooted in that same dueling tenor energy Kerouac raved about in On The Road. Great club recording. bluecrow highest rec.

  • RyXs
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    "Got Me Wrong"

    Brad Mehldau got a great cover of an Alice In Chains song that's also the title of my post!

  • Crow Told Me
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    Gotta admire the man who gets his Xmas list together before Halloween. Especially when he wants jazz!

    A couple recs for Oro, based on the ask:

    Oscar Peterson: you can almost pick at random from his catalogue, the guy was so consistent, but if I had to rec one, I would say Exclusively for My Friends, which is a set of live recordings done before very small select audiences (hence the title) that includes both trio and solo stuff that's really outstanding.

    With Mehldau, I feel like the guy has evolved so much since the early days that I almost can't listen to the older stuff, even though I loved it when it came out. Part of this is that Brad has worked at playing more recent compositions (Beatles, Radiohead, etc, rather than just Great American Songbook stuff), and he's talked about how it requires a completely different approach that's changed his playing. Anyway, I think Day is Done is really good, nice variety of material and approach. Also really like Where Do You Start, with its wonderful version of Hey Joe.

    My favorite Art Tatum is Piano Discoveries, which comes from a private party where Art (who was blind, ya know) didn't know he was being recorded and kind of let it all loose more than was typical. I have this on vinyl, but I think they may have come out with an expanded CD version. Which I should probably put on my Xmas list, come to think of it.

    Hope this helps!

    Inspired by the Wayne Shorter documentary, I'm listening to Weather Report this morning, btw. Haven't heard this record in years, but it's perfect for massaging the neurons back into action after a late night. So much music, so little time!

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    Dave's 52

    Seaside chat is up!

  • billy the kiddd
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    I saw the comet tonight.....

    very cool.

  • dmcvt
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    fred, kenny, keith and charlie (for Oro)

    That Blue Note box set is gold standard, literally and figuratively too. Any of the Jarrett Standards with Jack and Gary are worth a listen or three. "Last Dance", KJ with Charlie Haden, then Kenny with Charlie on "Night and The City". There's a lot out there from Fred... and Kenny, "Green Chimneys" going back aways and recently, "The Source".

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    music more mellow

    I didn't catch that in the first read, so here's another personal pick.

    Gabor Szabo album "High Contrast" from 1971, where the most lively un~mellow song is "Fingers" & still a good jam!

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    Kenny Barron albums

    Sunset to Dawn {1973} Personally love "Dawn"
    Peruvian Blue {1974} Great tune "In the Meantime"

    Larry Coryell's album "Basics" from 1975 is also a goodie!

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    Yo Jazznicks!

    So, been finally getting around to trying to create a list for Santa and have added some of your awesome suggestions!
    But via oldtimers and crappy notes, I have one more go round of questions, please, if you’d be so kind!
    CDs;
    First, follow up on Kieth Jarret. We have the Koln concert, and I’m asking Santa for At the Blue Note Box, and I was interested in something I scratched out, but now can’t read lol, about a trio with Jack D and Gary P.
    Would love more specific info about an album or any other (easy to find) KJ suggestions.

    Folks have suggested Nat King Cole piano. Are there any albums of just him playing, no vocals?

    Oscar Peterson: have Night train (love it) and with Stan Getz…What Else?

    Finally, for the following artist please suggest the one or maybe two albums you think would be best intro to their work, or if theirs a must have. (Just haven’t had time to do my usual research)…looking for more on the cool mellow side versus loud hard bop…
    Art Tatum
    Kenny Barron
    Brad Mehldau
    Fred Hersch: think I ordered Alone at the Van Guard? What else?…

    Ok, thanks, and “ Santa” Thanks ya too as she wants to get her shopping over with lol And thanks again, as always, for all the great suggestions previous, and current!
    Starting to get a decent collection thanks to y’all ! !

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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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Agreed with your comment about Latvala.

Should have recognized 25 anniversary.

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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.

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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

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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.

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....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!

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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 ; )

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

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26 albums

No Seattle show. The Gorge? Yes.

After my most recent event at the Gorge...never again.

Every freakin band in the world plays Seattle. Except those i would like to see.

Portland!
Spokane!
Vancouver BC!

But Seattle? Nope.

grumble grumble, i guess

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....first release. 2012. 26 releases since.
Say what you want, but they spoil their fans.
Road trip it.

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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....).

They have 197 shows up on the archive.

Just downloaded Quarters off boob tube.

I had Polygondwanaland in stock.

Quarters is sounding good.

ADDED FYI - the king has a web site with a bootleg section giving away soundboard stuff.

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Ok

Many commercial interruptions unfortunately

Quarters played with zero

Eyes Like the Sky next

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....may I suggest Infest The Rats Nest next PF.
You like the heavy stuff, correct?

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I tried Eyes Like the Sky but narration was too depressing.

Plus I had to do some honey-do's

Back on the couch...

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First disc is ok second disc way distorted. What do you think happened ?

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Are these guys for real or just latter-day Pranksters?

There is indeed no Planet B

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....then out of nowhere, there is a "new" live BOC on Spotify.
Live Tyranny & Mutation. 50th anniversary. Live in NYC.

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Yes, distortion. Unfortunately is on this release and other 71 releases. Not there with the multi track recordings from this year.

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The company that ticketbastard tasked with cleaning up their data breach mess is garbage as well.
This is not good :/

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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.

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....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.

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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.

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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

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They seem to really struggle moving freight

I don't understand. At all

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That scam Vguy got is huge and has stolen millions already with careless victims giving them info like cc numbers and more. Beware of these emails and texts claiming to be USPS with an undeliverable package pretext.
Cheers

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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 🤞

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....make sure you warn your friends and loved ones that may be suseptible to scams like that.

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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

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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.

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....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.

Back in my day the worst that could happen was harshing out. And we had freakout tents. We were SMART hippies.

Fentanyl....why the phuhcq would anyone go near that shyte

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....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.

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Anyone knows anything.. ?

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"Ancient prankster secret"

Raise your hand if you understand THAT bizarre reference.

No rumors or anything that I have heard, Danehead.

We'll know more in October, methinks.

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Drive around the Emerald City for an hour. Fent casualties abound.

Pets are good companions.

They are also MONEY PITS.

sweet phuqkn creases

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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.

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What a bizarre commercial

He spoke in Stereotype
His wife sounded like a Valley Girl

Quite the juxtaposition

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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".

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