Available for the first time on vinyl, Grateful Dead s May 7, 1977 performance at Boston Garden. In a 5-LP, 180-Gram vinyl boxed set.
The Grateful Dead performed more the 2,300 concerts, and of these many live shows, a three night run in May 1977, spanning three cities on the East Coast, is arguably the Dead s greatest trio of shows: May 7 in Boston, MA, May 8 in Ithaca, NY, and May 9 in Buffalo, NY. These three shows, along with their near-equal from May 5 in New Haven, made up the long-ago sold out box set Get Shown The Light. The last two nights of this run have been released on vinyl in previous years, and we re thrilled to add to the canon the magnificent Boston show. From its opening, playful Bertha, through a flawless first set featuring Cassidy, Jack Straw, Mississippi Half Step, The Music Never Stopped, and many others, the Dead are clearly having a wonderful night in Bean Town. The second set is filled with then-new and older songs from the Dead s catalog, including Terrapin Station, Estimated Prophet, Eyes Of The World, and Wharf Rat, amongst others. A spectacular show from start-to-finish, Boston 5/7/77 is one of the most upbeat, accessible shows the Grateful Dead ever performed.
Side A 1. BERTHA 8:06 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202423 / 2. CASSIDY 5:11 Weir/Barlow USRH12202424 / 3. DEAL 5:39 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202425 / Side B 1. JACK STRAW 5:43 Weir/Hunter USRH12202426 / 2. PEGGY-O 8:19 Trad. Arr. by Grateful Dead USRH12202427 / 3. NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES 6:45 Trad. Arr. by Grateful Dead USRH12202428 / Side C 1. MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO gt 12:46 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202429 / 2. BIG RIVER 6:55 Cash House Of Cash Inc. BMI USRH12202430 / Side D 1. TENNESSEE JED 8:36 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202431 / 2. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED 7:46 Weir/Barlow USRH12202432 / Side E 1. TERRAPIN STATION 11:04 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202433 / 2. SAMSON AND DELILAH 7:46 Trad. Arr. by Bob Weir USRH12202434 / Side F 1. FRIEND OF THE DEVIL 8:18 Garcia/Dawson/Hunter USRH12202435 / 2. ESTIMATED PROPHET 8:24 Weir/Barlow USRH12202436 / Side G 1. EYES OF THE WORLD gt 11:30 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202437 / Side H 1. DRUMS gt 3:23 Hart/Kreutzmann USRH12202438 / 2. THE WHEEL gt 10:42 Garcia/Hunter/Kreutzmann USRH12202439 / Side I 1. WHARF RAT gt 14:33 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202440 / 2. AROUND AND AROUND 7:57 Berry Isalee Music Co. BMI USRH12202441 / Side J 1. U.S. BLUES 6:07 Garcia/Hunter USRH12202442
