Grateful Dead - Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77 - Boxset Vinyl 5 LP - Record Store Day 2023 - Progressive Rock

Boxset Vinyl 5 LP, 20 Tracks, pressing Europe, Record Store Day, 2023, L/imted Edition 9000ex., label Rhino Warner Music, reference 0603497838356, Available for the first time on vinyl, Grateful Dead’s May 7, 1977 performance at Boston Garden, Sealed

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.

Tracklist

Face A
1. Bertha (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Cassidy (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
3. Deal (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face B
1. Jack Straw (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Peggy-O (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
3. New Minglewood Blues (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face C
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Big River (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face D
1. Tennessee Jed (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. The Music Never Stopped (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face E
1. Terrapin Station (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Samson and Delilah (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face F
1. Friend of the Devil (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Estimated Prophet (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face G
1. Eyes of the World (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face H
1. Drums (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. The Wheel (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face I
1. Wharf Rat (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)
2. Around and Around (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)

Face J
1. U.S. Blues (Live at the Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5/7/77)