Sirius XM streaming the show tonight from Barton Hall at Cornell. Dead and Co replicating their 1977 show there. Pre show at 6:30 show 7:30.
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I just listened to the 5/8/77 FLACs whilst floating in the pool, imbibing.
Best Estimated Prophet ever and it ain't close. CALIFORNIA!!! knocking on the Golden Door...
Best Estimated Prophet ever and it ain't close. CALIFORNIA!!! knocking on the Golden Door...
I'm playin Estimated again REAL LOUD F these neighbors
they'll be floating in the salty brine when I'm done with them.
You know I'm gonna shine!!!
they'll be floating in the salty brine when I'm done with them.
You know I'm gonna shine!!!
I am not a big Dead fan but that is absolutely my favorite album. Terrapin Station is in my top 10.
Do you have a link or anything to what you were listening too?
Edit: Blues for Allah is also very good.
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Sirius XM streaming the show tonight from Barton Hall at Cornell. Dead and Co replicating their 1977 show there. Pre show at 6:30 show 7:30.
Sirius XM streaming the show tonight from Barton Hall at Cornell. Dead and Co replicating their 1977 show there. Pre show at 6:30 show 7:30.
Replicating the music or the level of impairment?
If you dig Terrapin Station then you'll dig the Spring '77 tour. 3 days in a row; 5/7 Boston, 5/8 Cornell, 5/9 Buffalo are three incredible shows in a row that feature all the best of Terrapin Station along with side one of Blues for Allah opening the Buffalo show. Smell the air outside, that's what these shows are made of, right now 46 years ago.
I was listening to 5/8/77 Cornell today, Rudedude seems to have a link playing the whole thing in order. Just listen to the second song there, "Loser". It's sublime. I could go on but the whole show is a sick masterclass. But the nights before and after are amazing too.
Do yourself a favor and figure out how to stream Buffalo tomorrow for it's 46th birthday. You'll dig the Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower intro for sure. Check out the Terrapin Station from Boston and stay for the sick Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Wharf Rat. That one just got released for RSD so copies may still be found close to retail.
It’s hard to pick but when I listen to the May 77 box set, I always gravitate to Buffalo. When I listen to 77 in general, I always pick the Swing Auditorium show which was the first show for the 77 tour. Live debuts for both Estimated and Terrapin which are both outstanding. I would have loved to be there tonight just for the merch alone. God Bless the GD!
Set list from last night
I listened to the stream they were “on” last night
I listened to the stream they were “on” last night
That San Berdu show from February is great too. My favorite '77 show is 6/9/77. The setlist is just exactly perfect and they rock out so hard in the second set. Sometimes I feel like I'm getting burnt out on '77 but usually I just need a break. That's what '72 is for.
I'm 66 and the older I get the more I listen to the Dead. A psychedelic jug band at it's best from 1971 to 1977.
I go back and forth but I do feel that 72>77. I was a big fan of Keith’s playing and I think that early Keith is his best playing. It’s all good to me though.
I thought that we had a conversation about this run awhile ago and you were not the biggest fan of the shows surrounding Barton Hall? I must be remembering the conversation incorrectly. Your above may be just in reference to TS songs in the setlist but I think Boston and Buffalo are every bit as good if not better than Barton Hall. The entire spring run of 77 is fantastic!
All that said, the current iteration of the band was on last night. The show was fun. Also, the OP stated that they "replicated" the 77 show, that's not accurate. They played several songs that did not exist at the time of the original show but after listening to the show last night I may need to get tix for the run in Boulder.
Finally, if there are individuals that are looking for old shows try the following link:
Browse: Top Level > > Live Music Archive
The link takes you to Internet Archive (which I believe is hosted by UTexas or TA&M), there are multiple bands listed with shows from these bands. The Grateful Dead listing shows 16k+ shows. There will be multiple recordings of the same show from various sources. Two bands that will not be found on the site are Phish and WSP, just an FYI.
4/22/77. Philadelphia, the Spectrum. The Grateful Dead ended their show with :
Got My Mojo Working
The Wheel
Terrapin Station.
There was no encore. It was an epic evening with the first 20 or so songs classic for that era. Most of us the n the audience had yet to really hear or feel Terrapin. The crowd was stunned into silence.
While the band was finishing up that epic ending, the facility management was out on the stage waving them to shut it down. This was near midnight. They never really played an encore. Mesmerized and stoned to the gills, we all walked out into the Spring evening as if we had had a collective real religious experience. I can still feel it to this day.
Later that Summer, Englishtown happened, again, epic. The only difference was the walk was much longer in Englishtown to find our car.
Then it was drive back to State College to drop my brother off who was a junior at the time.
Got My Mojo Working
The Wheel
Terrapin Station.
There was no encore. It was an epic evening with the first 20 or so songs classic for that era. Most of us the n the audience had yet to really hear or feel Terrapin. The crowd was stunned into silence.
While the band was finishing up that epic ending, the facility management was out on the stage waving them to shut it down. This was near midnight. They never really played an encore. Mesmerized and stoned to the gills, we all walked out into the Spring evening as if we had had a collective real religious experience. I can still feel it to this day.
Later that Summer, Englishtown happened, again, epic. The only difference was the walk was much longer in Englishtown to find our car.
Then it was drive back to State College to drop my brother off who was a junior at the time.
One thing about 72 that trumps 77 is they only had one drummer. Having two is fun but you can't turn that machine on a dime like they could with only one man behind the kit. Philadelphia Spectrum 9/21/72 now that's a show and a half!
I don't think that was me, I'm not much of a contrarian when it comes to well-loved Dead shows. 5/7-5/9 are 3 masterpieces in a row. They should have carved some of that out for a live album back then, it was certainly good enough, and Steal Your Face was doody.
That setlist from last night was awesome, but was basically a '77 tour greatest hits. Definitely not replicating 5/8/77. But awesome and I would have loved it.
Respect.
- THE SPECTRUM - APRIL 22, 1977
first "Mojo"
Setlist
- Promised Land
Mississippi Half-Step
Looks Like Rain
Deal
El Paso
Tennessee Jed
Estimated Prophet
Peggy-O
Playin' in the Band
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Samson and Delilah
It Must Have Been the Roses
Dancin' in the Streets
Mojo
Dancin' in the Streets
The Wheel
Terrapin Station
It very well may have been the first East Coast Terrapin as well. Certainly the awe with which everyone was in made it seem that way.
By Englishtown the backdrop on stage was the massive single eye skull. Terrapin left its mark.
I love that logo, was the inner on TS album. I have the T-Shirt!
I've heard your show and admittedly didn't love it, now I know why. F the man, man.
I know everyone wants to hear about the finale of the 3 day celebration. Yes, I did get drunk in my pool and listen to Buffalo today.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Dicks 36 is always on heavy rotation . Prob my favorite Philly show.
The wildest concert I ever attended was Jerry Garcia and Friends, March 25, 1972 at the Academy of Music in NYC. My cousin in New York got tickets, and I drove in from the Lehigh Valley. It turned out to be the Dead, with Bo Diddly sitting in for the first set.
Almost the entire venue was filled with Hell's Angels, with the last few rows of seats sold to the public. It must have been the first week Donna and Keith Godchaux were in the band, because a girl sitting near me kept yelling, "Who's the chick singer?"
Almost the entire venue was filled with Hell's Angels, with the last few rows of seats sold to the public. It must have been the first week Donna and Keith Godchaux were in the band, because a girl sitting near me kept yelling, "Who's the chick singer?"
Sounds like a Dicks Pick to me...
Dick's Picks Volume 30 - Wikipedia
Yep, you're Dick's worthy. Congrats. That is a weird, fun little show.
This run was all a warm-up for the Europe '72 tour.
I'm loving the stories...
IMHO, 1972-73 was about the pinnacle for the Dead. Even though I love their stuff from 67-71, I think they had honed their craft as songwriters and fine tuned their vocal harmonies by 72.
And if we're talking best concert (from the usual list of favorites), I'm a Harpur College 70 guy. Acoustic set and Viola Lee Blues puts it over the top.
Hell yeah. Remember hearing it for the first time and was blown away. Love me some Pigpen.
Listening to it right now. It's been too long.
Oh, and the killer jam in Dancin in the Streets (which is waaaay better than the '77 disco version)
The Dicks series ended so strong. I love 30 and 29 from the Fox is great as well. Not to mention Englishtown and 36 from the Spectrum. So many classic showsSounds like a Dicks Pick to me...
Dick's Picks Volume 30 - Wikipedia
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Yep, you're Dick's worthy. Congrats. That is a weird, fun little show.
This run was all a warm-up for the Europe '72 tour.
I'm loving the stories...
What you don't like some Mutron insanity every now and again? '77 Dancin's are fun because Jerry get so squeefy (technical term) that it's just completely out of control. That song is like two other things: cocaine & nitrous binges, and fried chicken. All three sound like fun, but halfway through it's almost too much and by the end you never want to touch it again. Then a week later you're good to go.
My problem with Englishtown is they put out the two track tapes for Dick's when they have multi-track tapes; the only ones from '77. How will they get out now? '77 Dead on a festival stage is good stuff though.
The Barton Hall show was undoubtedly a hot show, and for good reason. However, when I was taping, I listened to the buffalo show the night before a lot more. The Help>Slip and Peggy-O from the first set were some of the best versions of those songs to me and the second set kills. One of my other heavily listened to shows is Binghamton 5-2-70. Killer show!
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One of the best Dead shows that I saw was 6/9 and 6/10/73 ….two days in Washington DC. The Dead and the Allman Brothers. I can still remember parts of this concert vividly! Sunday the Dead and Brothers came out together (mostly) and played from 12 midnight until 2:30am….stellar!
Some of the Bertha, Momma Tried (Merle), Me and My Uncle, Dark Star, and the Other One were killer stuff in that era.