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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Tracklist:
CD 1 – Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA (4/13/71)
01. CASEY JONES
02. MAMA TRIED
03. LOSER
04. BIG BOSS MAN
05. ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
06. BERTHA
07. CUMBERLAND BLUES
08. BIG RAILROAD BLUES
09. PLAYING IN THE BAND
10. HARD TO HANDLE
11. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
CD 2
01. TRUCKIN’>
02. DRUMS>
03. GOOD LOVIN’
04. I SECOND THAT EMOTION
05. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD>
06. JOHNNY B. GOODE
07. UNCLE JOHN’S BAND
Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MO (10/24/70)
08. ME AND MY UNCLE
09. FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
10. COLD RAIN AND SNOW
11. ATTICS OF MY LIFE
12. CASEY JONES
CD 3
Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (4/12/71)
01. TRUCKIN’>
02. DRUMS>
03. THE OTHER ONE>
04. WHARF RAT
05. ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
06. CASEY JONES
07. SUGAR MAGNOLIA
08. DEAL>
09. NOT FADE AWAY>
10. GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD>
11. TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT
