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Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced

Just a half hour ago dead.net announced they are releasing the new Betty Board Box Set from 1977 :-)

May 5 New Haven, CT

May 7 Boston, MA

May 8 Ithaca, NY

May 9 Buffalo, NY

... and will be transferred by Jeffery Norman using Plangent Processing (WOW that's great news)

Get Shown the Light, limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies, is available to pre-order exclusively from the Dead site. The Cornell set will also be available as a digital download in Apple Lossless and FLAC formats beginning May 5th. The Barton Hall concert will also be available in three-CD, limited-edition five-LP, digital download and streaming formats.

The full Light set will come in an elaborate box constructed by Masaki Koike, featuring a book by Peter Conners, Cornell '77: The Music, the Myth and the Legend of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall, and an essay by Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether. (Conners' book will also be available for purchase separately.)


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fjn04
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Anyone get a chance to spin the vinyl?  I haven't had a chance. Tomorrow most likely.  How does it sound?  (-:
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otherone OP
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I had that  DBX copy of Cornell as well and was for sure the "go-to" source.
That 1st tape/show that made me say "WOW"
 ...like so many others can say, I'm sure.

I musta made (literally) 100 copies of that on my NAK's (if not more)
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Be very curious as well to hear comments about the Vinyl 5/8/77



fjn04
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Will report back about the 5/8/77 Vinyl after I give it a spin.
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snackeyp
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I played the vinyl last night.  Got through sides one and two.  Sounds really good as expected.  What else can I say?  I gotta spin it a few more times to really compare the sound to the excellent sounding digital release.
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snackeyp
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Of note on the vinyl release... It's limited to only 7,700 copies.  These will dry up fast given that this is the holy grail of shows.  By comparison, most of the RSD releases of the Dead had similar print runs and are now very hard to find without paying a premium.  I got mine from Music Direct and I see that they no longer have them.  Might be a good time to get one if you are thinking about it, before they shoot up in price.  Less than 1,500 left on dead.net.
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