Listen to the grateful deads most famous performance. If you ask deadheads to name their alltime favorite grateful dead show, a resounding answer would likely be 5877 at cornell universitys barton hall in ithaca, ny. Grateful dead 31668 soundboard complete show youtube. The soundboard recording of this show is legendary, and has taken on a life of its own over. Although it is no longer allowed to permanently host soundboard recordings of the grateful dead on sites where they can be downloaded on demand, there are still many options for the sbd hungry deadhead. Publication date 19770508 check for other copies topics. Bum notes at a dead show are like leaving my initials in the dead wax. A favorite amongst deadheads for many years, he helped to introduce a tapers section at grateful dead concert to allow audience recording of live. It, like so many dead shows, first gained its reputation through tape trading, but its legend soon eclipsed deadhead circles, culminating in its induction into the library of congresss. The grateful deads may 8, 1977 performance at barton hall on the campus of cornell university in ithaca, new york is just one of many powerful. Grateful dead plays historic show at cornell university in. There is another gap caused by a reel change two or three minutes into not fade. These shows have come to be known as some of the best grateful dead shows of all time. Ive had a soundboard from a cassette for years, but hearing this with the air of barton hall is.
The show is featured in get shown the light, a new exclusive. Grateful dead cornell 5877 3cd music skip to main content. Grateful dead concert setlist at barton hall, cornell. Grateful dead live at barton hall cornell university on 19770508. Ive had a soundboard from a cassette for years, but hearing this with the air of barton hall is amazing. Cornell 5877 is a live album by the american rock band the grateful dead. But i know hardcore fans who insist that 58 isnt even the best show of that week, let alone that tour or that year or that career. Revisit arguably the best ever grateful dead concert held at barton hall on the campus of cornell university in ithaca, new york 40 years ago today. Grateful dead barton hall, cornell university 5877 by. It was also produced as an all music edition without the book.
Grateful dead legendary cornell university show set for. The barton hall show has as have many things grateful dead grown in stature over the years, said john scher, who copromoted the 77 show with the cornell concert commission, revolutionized concert promotion while working with the band, and transformed the capitol theatre in passaic, new jersey into one of rocks most hallowed halls. The dicks picks series, which started in 1993, was named for grateful dead tape vault archivist dick latvala, who selected his favorite shows with the bands approval and oversaw. He succeeded alembic and owsley bear stanley as the groups chief sound man after the wall of sound in 1974 and subsequent band hiatus through 1975. Ive made a gorgeous coffee table book of rare photos from this legendary concert.
The soundboard tapes in circulation were leaked by betty oconnell who. This is the ultimate duke nukem soundboard, with new stuff added as i find it. Music, the myth, and the magnificence of the grateful deads concert at barton hall ithaca. It is the site of the schools indoor track facilities, rotc offices and classes, and cornell police. For the most part, musicians and fans experience the sounds of popular music in.
I also set up the system near folsom field before a dead and company show 2017. Created in 2004 this collection consists of both audience and soundboard recordings. The music seemed to be a draw for people to congregate around the 40 year old live performance, again may 8th 1977 cornell universty barton hall grateful dead show. Why is the grateful deads 5877 cornell show considered. The album was produced as a box set, in a numbered limited edition of 15,000 copies, and includes the previously unpublished book cornell 77. Spring 77 is solid gold, but it does seem lavishly wellrepresented both in official releases 15 dates more or less from a threemonth, 31concert tour and via very highquality soundboard and aud recordings. Many deadheads say the may 8, 1977, concert, performed on a snowy night in the gothic gloom of cornell universitys old barton hall, was the greatest grateful dead show ever. Based on the the info in your comment, one must assume you have only tried clicking the little icon next to your browsers url, so its worth mentioning that how it works is once you add the extension, a magical grateful grabber box will then be displayed directly beneath the media player for any show on. After several years the master tapes were seemingly lost for good, but that all changed at the end of 2016. Why is the grateful deads 5877 cornell show considered their. Grateful dead barton hall, cornell university 5877 by willie b. Grateful dead 121873 soundboard hq wav file youtube.
However, the summer of 20 saw the completion of a new. Streaming complete soundboard quality grateful dead shows all day, every damn day. It was recorded on may 8, 1977, at barton hall, cornell university, in ithaca, new. The setlist program allows you to search through the grateful deads setlists for shows between. In may 1977, i was finishing my freshman year at cornell. The row jimmy is sweet on cornell with a nasty wah wahed dancin. A soundboard recording from betty cantorjackson made its way onto a tape, and magically wound up in the hands of grateful dead fans. I know its kind of like choosing your favorite child, but when asked the question, what is the greatest dead show of alltime. Login register mobile all categories concert handbills concert posters 67 concert tickets 1. The music, the myth, and the magnificence of the grateful deads concert at barton hall by peter conners all within a special fold out case sourced from the betty cantorjackson soundboard recordings, transferred by plangent processes. Barton hall 5877 photos of legendary grateful dead concert.
The grateful dead played more than 2,000 concerts, but none continues to spark interest and provoke discussion quite like the bands performance at cornell universitys barton hall on may 8, 1977. Grateful dead live at barton hall, cornell university on 19770508. New grateful dead 11 cd box set detailed the music universe. The threedisc album documents an eternal fan favourite, widely considered one of the bands best performances. Peter connerss wonderful new book examines this show and puts it in context. Grateful dead, cornell 5877 live in highresolution. This is how to download stream only shows from the archives. There are stories out there that someone spilled a drink at the soundboard which made the soundboard recordings unusable, and there are no good audience recordings known in. Dan healy is an audio engineer who often worked with the american rock band the grateful dead. Grateful dead live at barton hall cornell university on. Register the software sell your sounds board share. Barton hall is an oncampus field house on the campus of cornell university in ithaca, new york.
There is nothing quite like a grateful dead concert bob m. There are other ways to obtain grateful dead boards out there, but these are the most effective ones. The may 8, 1977 performance at cornell universitys barton hall, revered by many as the best grateful dead show of all time, to get first official release following acquisition of betty board master tapes. I find the easiest way to download streamonly shows is. Barton hall 5877 is one of those extraspecial dates in grateful dead history. The soundboard recording was made by longtime grateful dead audio engineer betty cantorjackson. The grateful dead collection is not currently open to public uploads. Grateful dead live at barton hall, cornell u on 19800507.
Get the grateful dead setlist of the concert at barton hall, cornell university, ithaca, ny, usa on may 8, 1977 and other grateful dead setlists for free on setlist. Grateful dead 112573 soundboard hq wav file youtube. Cornell 5877 was recorded live directly from the soundboards by betty cantorjackson. Nobody will believe it was a real grateful dead show. Grateful dead live at barton hall, cornell u on 19810516. Rare grateful dead 1977 cornell barton hall original poster. The music, the myth and the magnificence of the grateful deads concert at barton hall, by peter conners. The tape tells the taleor a big part of it, anyway.
Disagreements and debates are common among grateful dead fans but there is a surprising consensus that the show the group gave at barton hall at cornell university on may 8, 1977 is one of the bands greatest. The soundboard resumes right before jerry starts furiously strumming or scrubbing. It was recorded on may 8, 1977, at barton hall, cornell university, in ithaca, new york. The grateful dead released an official live concert series called dicks picks. It was released as a threedisc cd album and as a fivedisc vinyl album on may 5, 2017 the same recording was also released on may 5, 2017 as part of the fourconcert, elevencd box set may 1977.
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