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    What's Inside:
    • Five Complete Shows
    • 5/11/77 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
    • 5/12/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
    • 5/13/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
    • 5/15/77 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO
    • 5/17/77 University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    •14 Discs, 111 tracks
    •Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman, Plangent Processes playback system for maximum sonic accuracy
    •Artwork by Grammy Award-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike
    •Period Photos by James R Anderson
    •Historical Essay by Steve Silberman
    •Individual show liner notes

    MAGICAL, MYTHICAL MAY 1977!

    If you're a Dead Head, chances are you've spent many an hour expounding upon the distinction of May 8, 1977, Cornell University, Barton Hall. Well, at the risk of preaching to the choir, we'd like to reintroduce you to a series of shows that matches said greatness from that same gloriously fertile season. While Barton Hall is well known, the astounding tour that surrounded it has occasionally flown under the radar due to the uneven quality of tapes in circulation. May 1977 is set to change all of that with a boxed set that zeroes in on this high-water mark in the Grateful Dead's long strange trip.

    For a band resurrecting itself after a 20-month hiatus, there was a great frenzy of expectancy that surrounded the Spring of 1977. We anticipate a grand reoccurrence of this fervor with the release of May 1977, a 14-disc boxed set featuring five complete shows from consecutive stops on that magical tour. Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, the "psychoacoustic phenomena" as Jerry once put it, of St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (5/11) Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (5/12, 5/13), St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO (5/15) and Coliseum at the University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (5/17) can now finally be appreciated. Each of these shows finds the Dead delivering punchier, more focused sets, tightening up the framework; each night turning out first-ever renditions ("Passenger,""Iko Iko,""Jack-A-Roe"), unloading potent new pairings ("Scarlet Begonias">"Fire On The Mountain", "Estimated Prophet">"Eyes Of The World"), classic covers ("Dancing In The Street") and soon-to-be staples ("Estimated Prophet," "Samson and Delilah"), and ultimately rising up to paradise.

    And now for the nitty-gritty...

    Due June 11, May 1977 is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies. Presented in a psychedelic box that boasts an intricate die-cut design created by Grammy®-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike, the set also includes a book filled with stories about each show, as well as an in-depth essay by Dead historian Steve Silberman, who delves deep into the history behind the tour and the band’s return from its extended hiatus.

    Once these 15,000 boxes are gone, May 1977 and its shows will never be available again on CD. However, the 111 tracks will be made available on release date as FLAC and Apple lossless full-set-only downloads for $99.98.

    Like its predecessors Europe '72: The Complete Recordings and Spring 1990, we expect May 1977 to sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here and on Facebook.com/GratefulDead and Youtube.com/gratefuldead.

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  • #661
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    I think he comes across as a
    I think he comes across as a genuinely nice, enthusiastic guy, albeit one with ADD. "Hey, it's a bird!" I don't think he's talking up the boxes and releases -- "Wow, I just saw a whale!" -- in an insincere effort to sell them. And it's nice to hear the logic behind the choices.
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    Are you kidding? These sets sell themselves, nobody's being talked into it by Dave's videos. I just remember plenty of times wondering why Dick Latvala was picking the shows he was, and Dave basically provides us with explanations as to why he makes the choices he does.
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    Aw come on! give Dave Lemiuex a break! Man, I know- he's not as cool as Dick Latvala- who could be?! And call me "old school"- but I don't like the idea of a Deadhead wearing a baseball cap- (lose the baseball cap, slugger). But he did help push the Europe 72 box- one of the great joys of my life. Thanks Dave!
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    David Lemieux. You talk WAAAYYYYY too much. You're starting to sound like a used car salesman who's behind on his quota, and your descriptions are like running off baseball stats without any SOUL. Whenever I hear you start to ruminate, I want to turn it off. Let Rob Bleitstein (sp) do the intro's, he was there for most of it. You have a dream job, please lighten up and chill out.
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    I don't scalp GD stuff on
    I don't scalp GD stuff on eBay (or anywhere), but when TPTB make these offerings "limited editions," they are absolutely opening the door and beckoning people to walk through the idea of reselling for a profit. OK, I didn't put that sentence together very well, but the whole idea of numbered limited editions is scarcity and the allure of something being worth more in the (sold out) future than it is now.
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    mrmike hits it on the head regarding ebay reselling.
    mrmike5 -- Those have been my thoughts exactly regarding ebay reselling. Why bother? I do not, however, begrudge a Head on hard times selling it because they desperately need the bucks - shit happens.
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    I don't get the Ebay reseller idea. The kind of $$ is what, a couple hundred bucks/ set, tops, like what you'd make at a minimum wage job for a week. Less paying yourself minimum wage to post it, take pictures of your merch, monitor the auction, ship the stuff, etc. To me, that falls into the "why bother" category. The cost doesn't seem like that big of a deal, about $10/ disc for what looks and,from the taste of the clips, sounds like a pretty good set of shows. Sure the boxes are fancy and not "CD sized" but I don't get complaining about it. If you don't like it...don't buy it and, if you're gonna buy it and sell it, maybe look into your priorities. If you educate yourself, you should be able to outperform buying and reselling CDs, even in a down economy. I'm looking forward to checking these shows out. I was 10 when they happened, more in to KISS, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the Nuge back then but I love the slice of time and culture that the Dead represent. To get ready for it, I went ahead and picked up a copy of "The Illustrated Trip" which hasn't been delivered yet, but will be before the discs get here. I got that from the library last winter and dug it a lot and figured it'll be fun to flip through while I listen to these shows.
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    I was thinking the same thing about Ebay resellers. It won't sell out for at least several more weeks. And perhaps many of the initial buyers are resellers who thought it would sell out quicker. So this time around I hope they get burnt and have to resell at a loss! I am still trying to get my hands on Dave's Volume 2 but will not pay $125 plus for it. If anyone wants to trade volume 6 for it, let me know.
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    Yeah I also really miss the "space" in the 1977 shows. I remember now I used to have some tapes of fall 1978 that had really long very spacy jams, that took up most of a cassette side. Can't remember which shows they were. I'd really love to hear those officially released someday. I'd rather have a show with long spacey jams than a tight perfectly played show thats light on jams. I mean really, even if the show is considered poor, low energy, uninspired, sloppy- it doesn't matter. Please give us some long sloppy spacey jams from 1978. (I don't think I've ever heard any of the nassau 1979 ones danc mentioned)-
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    Sell out - not too soon
    2/3's of the 15k sold so far covers most of the Dead Heads on these pages. With D/Ls selling at $100. on June 11th, against $165.(with Tax & S/H) for the Box Set, this should cover most of the other Dead Freaks. I think they will still be around in at least June and maybe July. This could prove to be a "Revolting Development" for the eBay re-sellers, this might be a good thing !
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What's Inside:
• Five Complete Shows
• 5/11/77 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
• 5/12/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
• 5/13/77 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
• 5/15/77 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO
• 5/17/77 University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
•14 Discs, 111 tracks
•Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman, Plangent Processes playback system for maximum sonic accuracy
•Artwork by Grammy Award-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike
•Period Photos by James R Anderson
•Historical Essay by Steve Silberman
•Individual show liner notes

MAGICAL, MYTHICAL MAY 1977!

If you're a Dead Head, chances are you've spent many an hour expounding upon the distinction of May 8, 1977, Cornell University, Barton Hall. Well, at the risk of preaching to the choir, we'd like to reintroduce you to a series of shows that matches said greatness from that same gloriously fertile season. While Barton Hall is well known, the astounding tour that surrounded it has occasionally flown under the radar due to the uneven quality of tapes in circulation. May 1977 is set to change all of that with a boxed set that zeroes in on this high-water mark in the Grateful Dead's long strange trip.

For a band resurrecting itself after a 20-month hiatus, there was a great frenzy of expectancy that surrounded the Spring of 1977. We anticipate a grand reoccurrence of this fervor with the release of May 1977, a 14-disc boxed set featuring five complete shows from consecutive stops on that magical tour. Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering, the "psychoacoustic phenomena" as Jerry once put it, of St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (5/11) Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL (5/12, 5/13), St. Louis Arena, St. Louis MO (5/15) and Coliseum at the University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (5/17) can now finally be appreciated. Each of these shows finds the Dead delivering punchier, more focused sets, tightening up the framework; each night turning out first-ever renditions ("Passenger,""Iko Iko,""Jack-A-Roe"), unloading potent new pairings ("Scarlet Begonias">"Fire On The Mountain", "Estimated Prophet">"Eyes Of The World"), classic covers ("Dancing In The Street") and soon-to-be staples ("Estimated Prophet," "Samson and Delilah"), and ultimately rising up to paradise.

And now for the nitty-gritty...

Due June 11, May 1977 is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies. Presented in a psychedelic box that boasts an intricate die-cut design created by Grammy®-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike, the set also includes a book filled with stories about each show, as well as an in-depth essay by Dead historian Steve Silberman, who delves deep into the history behind the tour and the band’s return from its extended hiatus.

Once these 15,000 boxes are gone, May 1977 and its shows will never be available again on CD. However, the 111 tracks will be made available on release date as FLAC and Apple lossless full-set-only downloads for $99.98.

Like its predecessors Europe '72: The Complete Recordings and Spring 1990, we expect May 1977 to sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here and on Facebook.com/GratefulDead and Youtube.com/gratefuldead.

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Submitted by icenine2 on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 14:07

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When will this be available as downloads again? I own the high-res digital download of Get Shown the Light and it is spectacular.
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Submitted by Sawwwn on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 07:03

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Oh man! Still waiting for these (May 77 and July 78) to be available for download! Please open this up or at least stop listing them as available. Killing me.
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Submitted by Sawwwn on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 07:04

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Oh man! Still waiting for these (May 77 and July 78) to be available for download! Please open this up or at least stop listing them as available. Killing me.
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Submitted by DanielSpace on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 13:02

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I think a fundraiser for the tapes is the dumbest idea Ive ever heard.
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