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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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  • #481
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    May 1977 sku: GRA9900100Physical Boxed Set price$139.98 quantityADD TO CART Digital Download price$99.98 ADD TO CART For help with digital downloads, please click here. Download the cover art here 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
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    bliss
    send me a PM with your order info and I'll see what I can find out.
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    any tips on what to do with a 7-digit tracking number for shipment to canada? dhl's website doesn't recognize it ...
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    downloads with packaging??
    Where was it "advertised the downloads with the packaging"Only thing I find on this site states: "However, the 111 tracks will be made available on release date as FLAC and Apple lossless full-set-only downloads for $99.98." Nothing that I can find says anything about packaging or artwork. Caveat Emptor! The artwork and packing come with the physical product.
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    I have flac but flac works in intunes
    With a plug in. But the flac s are also not tagged in Winamp. Where is the PDFs of the packaging? The PDFs of the booklets? The PDFs of the liner notes. You advertised the downloads with the packaging. Now ante up! Fix the tags and include everything that is missing. I could have gotten this in perfect flac with all the artwork from a torrent site tagged perfectly and scans of everything. Instead I paid you for an inferior product and paid 99.99. I feel like a sucker.
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    Okay , I'm officially antsy now!
    I didn't get impatient until just now.45 years old, and I can't wait to get off work and hurry home to see if the cds came in the mail. I've got hundreds of hours of Dead, Furthur, Mickey Hart, JGB etc .. even have audience recordings of a couple of these shows in my zune, but I feel like I can't wait to dump out the Frosted Flakes and get that toy at the bottom! Kid's back from college, having graduated well, and is about to ship off to her new job, so the rest of the fam and I will look at the slideshow of all her pictures while listening to the new cd set IF IT's DELIVERED. Can't believe I just got hit by this wave of anticipation. Nice.
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    Same here, thismikebenz...
    I found Merle, Miles, Grisman, and eventually latched onto newgrass and "hippie folk" (REK, Emmy, and the like) by way of the Dead. On the flipside, it took me three decades too long to discover the genius of obscure Chuck Berry - due in part to the Dead's less-than-inspiring spin on "Around and Around." Go figure! And I agree: studio drummers tend to wring the life out of otherwise great tunes. Warren Zevon, for example, was absolutely ROBBED by poor production/engineering and sterile percussion. BTW - If you want to hear some great Neil Young that sorta kinda taps into the "Dead aesthetic," check out "A Treasure." (Petty's Live Anthology is surprisingly good, too...)
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    THISMIKE - HDCD & Digital Downloads
    I handle HDCD by converting the FLAC files to 24 bit using DbPowerAmp with its HDCD DSP. (In fact, only 20 bits are used, but...). If your server can handle 24 bit files, then it can handle those. Digital downloads - at last. The crap exchange rate, the extra tax on import items, and the fact that customs now seem to charge me for everything I order from dead net (used to be that single items were never charged) means I can no longer afford to order from you. I'm paying nearly twice as much for a Dave's Picks, even with a subscription. So for the first time I won't be pre-ordering a box set, and I can't see me doing it again. I've good good versions of some of these shows, so may well even not bother at all. I hope Dave's Picks will be available as downloads.
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    Palate cleansing Star Dark
    Good point. Rather than totally cleansing your palate, you're putting the performences in context by examining where there were just before, or where they went next. In my youth, the Dead and Jerry's various side projects sent me down many other musical contexts by way of their cover songs. Whole genres opened up to me because I wondered who Merle Haggard was, or where Jerry was trying to visit with Nicky Hopkins or Old and in the Way. I totally see your point. I was just thinking that sometimes the Dead sounds really fresh after listening to Coltrane or Brahms. I tell you one thing though, The 33 years I have spent actively listening to the Dead have totally spoiled me for otherwise decent rock and roll music that has really boring drums. A lot of perfectly fine Neil Young or Tom Petty material kind of fails when all I hear is 1-2-3-4.
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    Cleansing - Thismikebenz
    thismikebenz - For the sake of civility, I’ll ignore your sarcasm and explain my position with a simple analogy. Drinking a mass-produced lager may reinforce a beer lover’s preference for Guinness, whereas sampling another decent stout will raise an appreciation for Guinness’s subtle nuances. 78 versus 77. As far as The Who is concerned, only three of their albums trip my trigger (Quadrophenia, Who's Next, and The Who By Numbers). More into Robert Earl Keen, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris et al these days(!)
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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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