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Grateful Dead May Box 1977 5 shows 14 cds. Grateful Dead May Box 1977 5 shows. 14 cds in very good condition. May 1977 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains five complete concerts, on 14 CDs. It was recorded at five consecutive shows, from May 11–17, 1977. Packaged as a box set, it includes a booklet with a historical essay and photos from the concerts, along with individual liner notes for each show. Produced as a limited edition of 15,000 numbered copies, it was released on June 11, 2013
The concerts included in May 1977 are:
May 11, 1977 – St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
May 12, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
May 13, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
May 15, 1977 – St. Louis Arena, St. Louis
May 17, 1977 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Critical reception
Track listing
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May 11, 1977 – St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Disc one
First set:
"Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 4:54
"They Love Each Other" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:38
"Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:25
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39
"Looks Like Rain" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 9:18
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:54
"Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:43
"El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:44
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49
Disc two
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:32
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) –5:20
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) –13:49
Second set:
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:08
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
"Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:38
Disc three
"Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:47
"Fire on the Mountain" > (Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 11:02
"Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:29
"Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11
"Space" > (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 5:48
"Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:51
"Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:48
Encore:
"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:34
May 12, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
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Disc one
First set:
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:16
"Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:04
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:32
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:05
"Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:52
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:45
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:47
"New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 5:20
Disc two
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54[a]
"Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 14:19[a]
Second set:
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:07
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:28
"Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:25
"Sunrise" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 3:46
Disc three
"Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:13[a]
"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 8:36[a]
"Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 4:06[a]
"Not Fade Away" > (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) – 14:15[a]
"Comes a Time" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:20[a]
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 7:00[a]
Encore:
"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:18
Previously released as bonus material on Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings
May 13, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
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Disc one
First set:
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:37
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:46
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:35
"New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 5:06
"Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:38
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:55
"Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:56
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:17
"Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:05
"Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 13:19
Disc two
Second set:
"Samson and Delilah" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:24
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52
"Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:51
"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:47
"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 16:28
"Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:51
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:05 (NB: due to tape damage, is from June 8, 1977)
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:21 (NB: due to tape damage, is from May 28, 1977)
Encore:
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57
May 15, 1977 – St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
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Disc one
First set:
"Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:34
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:07
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:51
"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:33
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:35
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:34
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:42
"Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:24
"Passenger" (Lesh, Peter Monk) – 4:31
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:16
Disc two
"Dancing in the Street" (Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevenson) – 18:49
Second set:
"Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:32
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:48
"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 3:13
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:28
"Ship Of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:41
Disc three
"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:28
"Iko Iko" > (James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 3:54
"Not Fade Away" > (Hardin, Petty) – 9:38
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:58
Encore:
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:06
May 17, 1977 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Disc one
First set:
"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:46
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:28
"El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:48
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:42
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:37
"Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:59 [a]
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:10
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:46
"Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 3:36
"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32
"Big River" (Cash) – 6:39
Disc two
"Sunrise" (D.J. Godchaux) – 4:35
"Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:02
"Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 13:14
Second set:
"Samson and Delilah" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:43
"Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:16
"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:02
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:34
Disc three
"Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:55
"Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:23
"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 12:20
"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:49
"Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:53
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:06
Encore:
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:15
