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May 1977: Get Shown The Light (All Music Edition)

WHAT'S INSIDE:
Four Complete Shows on 11 discs
Four folios housed in a slipcase
5/5/77 Veterans Memorial Coliseum: New Haven, CT
5/7/77 Boston Garden: Boston, MA
5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University: Ithaca, NY
5/9/77 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium: Buffalo, NY
50-page book of liners and photographs
Sourced from the Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard recordings, transferred by Plangent Processes
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Artwork by Grammy-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike
Release Date: May 5, 2017

WHAT DEAD HEADS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT...

NEW HAVEN 5/5/77
"Here is a prime example of the saying ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’ … It’s called synergy and the Dead wrote the book on it.”

BOSTON 5/7/77
“The music they laid down brought me places I had not been before.”

CORNELL 5/8/77
“...the single best rock performance anywhere, anytime, by anyone.”

“There was just some kind of magical connection this night between the band members and the band and the audience - some texture, or some type of cosmic or celestial force is in the room.”

"This show is, was, and always will be Mecca.”

BUFFALO 5/9/77
"...an awesome display of the Dead’s captivating power"

If you've been following this site for quite some time, then you will know we are often flush with hyperbole when it comes to our releases. We can't help it, really - for we, like you, are Grateful Dead fans above all else. Just like you, we've spent countless hours debating the merits of show over show, year over year. We've kept a watchful eye on your wish-lists and carefully considered how to make - excuse the cliché - your dreams come true. And once we've made our commitments, we are steadfast in our determination to conjure up those dreams fully-formed and nearly perfect. Sometimes these heights cannot be reached without physical and cosmic elements aligning, and that, dear friends, is why it has taken so long for us to bring you THE ONE and the epic shows that surrounded it. No need for even the slightest embellishment here, 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, has for decades, been THE resounding favorite; you've said it yourselves - the "holy grail" of Grateful Dead shows. Thanks to the passion and perseverance of Dead Heads like you, we are beyond pleased to finally be able to present this show and its brethren, the fabled four of Spring '77, in sonically pristine condition.

MAY 1977: GET SHOWN THE LIGHT is a collection of what is unanimously believed to be the most sought-after previously unreleased complete shows the Grateful Dead ever played. Collected, traded, and debated for decades, "the beloved Golden Trinity" of Boston, Ithaca, and Buffalo, along with their New Haven prelude, have inspired fans to "get on the bus," converted critics, and even garnered national attention (Cornell was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry). But until now, you've never really heard them quite like this!

The Dead is in the details... how serendipitous is it that the notorious Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard recordings were returned to the archive just in time for the 40th anniversaries of these shows? Lovingly sourced from these well-reputed recordings, we invite you to experience four utopian shows just like they happened, to "be inside the music" as engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson intended. Whether you listen to each night on its own or imbibe the whole lot at once, we suspect you'll hear why every note mattered. Much like we were, you will be hard-pressed to determine which of these fine documents - will it be the understated but nuanced New Haven, Boston's festive fantasy vibes, the monumental catharsis of Ithaca, or Buffalo’s dreamy exuberance - is truly "the best." Does it really matter? We think not.

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May 19, 2017 - 11:55am

#1141

Syracuse78

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Remember how exciting it was

Remember how exciting it was when you knew there was a show tonight, umm, the 70s, a great time. Yes! The lights would go out, and I would think to myself, "There is nowhere in the world I'd rather be for the next three hours or so." :-) And it all started in Syracuse in 1978.
May 19, 2017 - 11:53am

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@guit30

I am a Deadhead and I miss Jerry! there I said it....
May 19, 2017 - 11:32am

#1143

guit30

Joined:
May 1, 2009

Comes A Time

Songs like this blow me away. Jerry's sweet vocals, then the solo, where each note just blows you up, I love Jerry, love the Grateful Dead, Remember how exciting it was when you knew there was a show tonight, umm, the 70s, a great time. It's so good to have these well preserved shows.
May 19, 2017 - 10:51am

#1144

Sixtus_

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November 8, 2014

KF and 1/2 Step

I concur with all that has been said on the topic of Half-Step. However, don't sell short the Half-Step from Dick's Pick's 34, 11/5/77 from Rochester. It definitely gives the 5/7 version a run for the money. The 11/5 version was the first time I had personally heard a late-70's version, and it caught me for the exact same reasons you describe. I was floored by the sheer manic energy. Hokey Religions and Ancient Weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side. Sixtus
May 19, 2017 - 10:21am

#1145

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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I Just Gotta Say

Cassidy and Mississippi Half-Step from 5/7 (aka Bedlam in Boston) are in top 3 territory for me. For Cassidy, the Fare Thee Be Well Now bridge has to be performed to a certain level of excellence to make the cut, and that excellence revolves around Bobby and Donna's vocal duet, and Keith's piano accompaniment. The best I'd heard prior to this one was 4/24/78 (aka Back to Normal with the Grateful Dead); this one on 5/7 is right up there - not only do they nail the duet, but Keith lays down some sweeeeeeeet notes on the pi-anner. Mississippi Half-Step always revolved around two major sections: the Rio Grandio arrangement, and the jam that got us there. Most versions either have a great jam or a great Rio Grandio duet with Jerry and Donna; 5/7 has both. The Rio Grandio segment IMHO never sounded better than this string of concerts in May (5/7, 5/12, 5/17, and 5/25). 5/25 at the Mosque is the first version I laid ears on, and what a glorious one it is; in fact, if not for Jerry mixing up the lines deep into the refrain on 5/7, it may have dethroned 5/25 immediately. But the jam on 5/7 is unrivaled by the other May performances (it's perhaps only rivaled by Englishtown on 9/3, which might be a little better; I need to review the matter). Still leaning toward 5/25 (Hokey Religions & Ancient Weapons) as best May '77 show. But you never know - after a dozen listens, I may be on the Cornell boat.
May 19, 2017 - 8:08am

#1146

New Potato

Joined:
July 23, 2016

Box Set and Chris Cornell

Got my Ltd Box Set a few days ago and was blown away. Beautiful artwork and packaging, few CDs flying around but otherwise no complaints at all. The sound quality is wonderful and I can't wait to get through the rest of it. Thanks so much to all who made this happen, really hope anyone still waiting/getting replacements gets to enjoy this soon. Really sad as well about Chris Cornell, saw Soundgarden 3 years ago in Hyde Park when they played Superunknown in full, that whole album is stellar. They played just after Motorhead, so it's sad that him and Lemmy are both gone so quickly after, although blessed I got to see both great performers. Everyone's entitled to their opinions but I believe that if someone chooses to take their own life they must be in a place that no one can imagine except for those who have been there, so I feel it is hard for others to pass judgement and truly understand. Finishing on a high note! I can't wait to see my first live shows of any incarnation of the Dead when I see Dead and Co in Salt Lake and Boulder. Hopefully worth the 10,000 mile round trip! Happy weekend all!
May 19, 2017 - 7:31am

#1147

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings

Jimbo, I'm trying to imagine myself in your shoes, with regard to your next listening choice. Given the years you've just gone through, it may be a good time to revisit the magic of this box set. I guess it all depends on when the last time you played it was. May even want to warm up with it's bastard brother, Fillmore East 2-11-69 (I feel like this show has been almost completely full-moon-eclipsed by the West). Can't believe the Chris Cornell news. I saw Sound Garden in the nineties at Roseland. If you're not familiar with it, it's a small venue in NYC (maybe 2000 people), standing room only, more like an enormous bar than a music venue. It was a surprise show at the height of their career, so it was nuts during the show. Easily the best venue I've ever seen a band at. If only I could have seen all of the greats there. Anyway, bummer about Chris Cornell, but feel the unforgiving sentiment others expressed - to leave behind children like that is a crime. My favs: Say Hello 2 Heaven, Hunger Strike, Seasons, and My Wave.
May 19, 2017 - 7:22am

#1148

mdboucher

Joined:
April 2, 2009

Mandatory/planned listening

I'm still plowing through 77 shows, trying to play day of as possible. I've often frozen up when it's time to push play on something, so I'm enjoying having a set playlist. Only 60 something (62?) shows in 77, my favorite sounding era, tons of Godchauxs. It was cool to have the big box set come in on it. There's definitely a high degree of wavelength tuning happening on my end. Kind of immersing in this tour, and some little things that happen or change show to show I'm hearing much differently than playing the shows here or there. These two Fox shows are great, anyone looking to play something today jump on at 5/18, there's a great Charlie Miller soundboard on the archive.
May 19, 2017 - 6:35am

#1149

Sixtus_

Joined:
November 8, 2014

Yes and Phil Knocked Me Over Again

Yes and agreed - I would really enjoy seeing 5/26/77, 2/26/77 and also 5/18/77. Sort of among the missing pieces to the Holy Cup of The Dead from which they drank during that fateful first half-a-year. Even with all of the 77 I've been devouring, I would welcome these in a (Mickey and a) Heartbeat. In other happenings, Phil knocked me off my rocker again. It sort of always happens when I put on Two From The Vault, specifically that INSANE, winding, swelling, THUNDERING bass solo he pulls off after the verses in New Potato Caboose. He fucking SHREDS!!! And I just adore how everyone very nicely steps back and gets into line, doing their little 3-chord backing riff and he just pounces forward relentlessly. I was listening to this on the ride in today, turned up to '11', my head bobbing and weaving to his bobbing and weaving....it was momentarily transcendent, once again. I just love that riff, that is about 4 or 5 minutes of the ultimate GD Bliss. Ok, off my Phil-induced insanity rant. Have a nice day People. Sixtus
May 19, 2017 - 2:59am

#1150

Born Cross Eye…

Joined:
August 25, 2008

The 5/26/77 game

Similar to the "5/8/77: too good to be real" game." 5/26/77 is a fake show; 5/26/77 is not in the vault; 5/26/77 did not happen; 5/26/77 is really a KGB experiment on American "hippies." Yep, the Soviet Union "invaded" the USA. 5/26/77 is really just parts of different shows, it's a "franken-show." The are some bad mixes in the so-called first set. Grateful Dead Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, MD 5/26/77 - Thursday SET ONE: The Music Never Stopped Sugaree Mama Tried Sunrise Deal Passenger Brown Eyed Women Looks Like Rain Jack-A-Roe New Minglewood Blues Bertha SET TWO: Samson And Delilah High Time Big River Terrapin Station> Estimated Prophet> Eyes Of The World> Drums> Not Fade Away> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad> Around And Around ENCORE: Uncle John's Band (set list via deadlists.com) Possible technical problems MAY prevent the release of this... show.

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May 1977: Get Shown The Light (All Music Edition)

WHAT'S INSIDE:
Four Complete Shows on 11 discs
Four folios housed in a slipcase
5/5/77 Veterans Memorial Coliseum: New Haven, CT
5/7/77 Boston Garden: Boston, MA
5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University: Ithaca, NY
5/9/77 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium: Buffalo, NY
50-page book of liners and photographs
Sourced from the Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard recordings, transferred by Plangent Processes
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Artwork by Grammy-winning graphic artist Masaki Koike
Release Date: May 5, 2017

WHAT DEAD HEADS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT...

NEW HAVEN 5/5/77
"Here is a prime example of the saying ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’ … It’s called synergy and the Dead wrote the book on it.”

BOSTON 5/7/77
“The music they laid down brought me places I had not been before.”

CORNELL 5/8/77
“...the single best rock performance anywhere, anytime, by anyone.”

“There was just some kind of magical connection this night between the band members and the band and the audience - some texture, or some type of cosmic or celestial force is in the room.”

"This show is, was, and always will be Mecca.”

BUFFALO 5/9/77
"...an awesome display of the Dead’s captivating power"

If you've been following this site for quite some time, then you will know we are often flush with hyperbole when it comes to our releases. We can't help it, really - for we, like you, are Grateful Dead fans above all else. Just like you, we've spent countless hours debating the merits of show over show, year over year. We've kept a watchful eye on your wish-lists and carefully considered how to make - excuse the cliché - your dreams come true. And once we've made our commitments, we are steadfast in our determination to conjure up those dreams fully-formed and nearly perfect. Sometimes these heights cannot be reached without physical and cosmic elements aligning, and that, dear friends, is why it has taken so long for us to bring you THE ONE and the epic shows that surrounded it. No need for even the slightest embellishment here, 5/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, has for decades, been THE resounding favorite; you've said it yourselves - the "holy grail" of Grateful Dead shows. Thanks to the passion and perseverance of Dead Heads like you, we are beyond pleased to finally be able to present this show and its brethren, the fabled four of Spring '77, in sonically pristine condition.

MAY 1977: GET SHOWN THE LIGHT is a collection of what is unanimously believed to be the most sought-after previously unreleased complete shows the Grateful Dead ever played. Collected, traded, and debated for decades, "the beloved Golden Trinity" of Boston, Ithaca, and Buffalo, along with their New Haven prelude, have inspired fans to "get on the bus," converted critics, and even garnered national attention (Cornell was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry). But until now, you've never really heard them quite like this!

The Dead is in the details... how serendipitous is it that the notorious Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard recordings were returned to the archive just in time for the 40th anniversaries of these shows? Lovingly sourced from these well-reputed recordings, we invite you to experience four utopian shows just like they happened, to "be inside the music" as engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson intended. Whether you listen to each night on its own or imbibe the whole lot at once, we suspect you'll hear why every note mattered. Much like we were, you will be hard-pressed to determine which of these fine documents - will it be the understated but nuanced New Haven, Boston's festive fantasy vibes, the monumental catharsis of Ithaca, or Buffalo’s dreamy exuberance - is truly "the best." Does it really matter? We think not.

kate_c.

i've seen two of your posts in one weekcomplaining about someone's negative comments-guess what, when someone has an opinion that is not aligned with your thoughts,even if it's about someone setting a price for something they selling or the band is slop before pigpen.its gonna be negative.it's their prerogative to say it's not worth it or no thanks.i think it's your emotional immaturity to anything negative or something you don't agree with.you could have left it to-"that's your opinion and i don't agree."instead you feel it's necessary to put someone down.earth without rain is a desert.

My Favorite Version

I just love this.

Pauses between tracks?

Hi all, A technical issue I'm hoping to resolve: Recently ordered this set, promptly downloaded the CDs to my iTunes collection. Getting 1-2 second pauses between most of the tracks which disturbs the flow of the music. Does anyone know what might be causing this, and how to fix it? Gareth

Gareth

It’s most likely caused by a setting in iTunes. Go into the iTunes preferences and see what is listed for import settings, as well as for playback settings.If you still can’t fix it then google it, there should be instructions somewhere.

Testing

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Recommendations for a Newly Grateful Deadhead?

To icecrmcnkd, Thank you for your reply, much appreciated! If I may, I'd like to followup with a second question: it was only a year ago that I first discovered the Grateful Dead, and I'd love to hear recommendations from older fans about which live albums to listen to next? Thanks again, Gareth

Gareth

Real gone music is reissuing the Road Trip series. https://shop.realgonemusic.com/products/grateful-dead-road-trips-vol-4-…

Gareth

Newly Grateful Recommendations

You know, Gareth, it really comes down to what you like about the Dead... When I put in the Dead, I rarely want to listen to songs, so to speak. I tend to go for the long, inspired jams. For this, I would suggest the Winterland 1973 boxed set as No. 1, so far... though in general, shows from the 1973-1974 will be your best bet for this... That said, there are gems of shows throughout the years, though I've never personally been impressed by anything later than 1977. May 1977: Get Shown the Light (All Music Edition) is a great collection from this year. I also really love One from the Vault, Sunshine Daydream, & Dick's Picks, Vol. 14... The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack is an all-too-looked-over gem, too. Finally, if you can afford it, I'd recommend getting a copy of the Pacific NW '73-'74 boxed set while it's still available on this site. When these sell out on dead.net, they price-inflate like crazy to 2x their original cost or more.

May 1977: Get Shown The Light (All Music Edition)

Get Shown the Light, the box with the book, was limited to 15,000 copies, I read somewhere.But I can’t find anything on the All Music Edition that’s still available. Can somebody tell me how many of those were printed?

Best digital format?

So, I'm totally showing my newbie-ness, but when the formats are digital, which is the best to download? I'm thinking about uploading to iphone for maximum bluetoothing. Also, is the first selection a CD collection of the four shows? I didn't see it listed behind the All Music Edition, so I figured it must be sold out.

Schrodd, formats

16/44.1 is CD format, so you could convert to WAV or AIFF on a computer and burn CDs if you wanted to, as well as have the digital file on a music player.

The higher resolution files are for a computer or music player. If you wanted to burn CDs from those files you would lose the higher resolution that you paid more for.

Holiday of a lifetime?

First time I've ever seen R.I.P. included in the name of a firm pushing you to go on holiday ! Maybe its a plug for euthanasia.

maybe

they thought they were going for dead people as a marketing niche. Dead heads, dead people, I'm so confused... Anyway, they're gone for the moment.

Hi there, I downloaded the…

Hi there,

I downloaded the ALAC of this digital download but when I import into iTunes it is not recognizing the artist or songs and not creating an album. For the same ALAC download for Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set it worked perfectly in iTunes. Why does this download now import correctly? Thanks if anyone knows or can help.

Howdydoody

You should ask on the Dave's Picks 30 thread…there's more people on there and very few if any on here…hope it helps.

will do! thank you.

May 1977: Get Shown The Light (All Music Edition)

Since they sold out of the regular box set with all the bells and whistles, and had a huge demand, Dead.Net is selling an All Music Edition that "...only includes the 11 CDs in four folios and a booklet of liners, housed in a simple slipcase."

So, still the four shows, just without the special packaging and the unpublished book. This time, the order went through. Nothing on the website about this also being a limited release -- it's not numbered, but they don't specify if it's another set amount.

May 77 - Henryben

Excellent news ! I wonder if they will re-release other box sets in this format that originally sold out. Fillmore West 1969 is the one I sadly missed out on and would shell out for in a heartbeat.

Does somebody have problems with tracking number?

Hello,
I've purchased the fantastic Lyceum LPs more than a month ago and still nothing arrived.
I've searched for the tracking number done by the GD store on the DHL site but nothing appears.
I've yet written to the customer helpdesk, but I'm curious if somebody encountered my same problem.
Thanks a lot,
Fabianope

Fabian

Send a PM to Marye, she can help.

yes please

Fabian, send me a PM and I'll see if the Doc can shed some light here.

Fabian

Just to state the obvious, they are indeed fantastic records. I am half way through 5/25/72 at the moment - one that no-one really mentions. Probably because of the night after, which is a shame as it's a great show in it's own right. Curious "Good Lovin" - 14min 53 seconds, and no Pigpen rap - he just sings the opening the verses and the closing ones some 12 minutes later. In between we have spot on r'n'b jamming like no-one else.

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