4LP – Limited Edition 180g Vinyl Two-Piece Hardshell Box Setwith a fresh mastering job by Jeffrey Norman (in his own words, the sound is better than the original heard on the Brookvale release), and lacquer cutting by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music. Only 2000 hand-numbered copies!

Grateful Dead archivist Dick Latvala considered this show to be the finest outing on the entire Spring 1977 tour, and, as any Dead Head knows, that is high praise indeed! At the time this was released on CD, the Dead werent sure a market existed (ha!) for three and four-CD packages, so this four-LP set leaves off eight songs from the show, but consider what songs are here: a phenomenal Help on the Way / Slipknot! / Franklins Tower comes after one of the definitive renditions of Sugaree and a terrific The Music Never Stopped, with PhilLeshs slithering bass leading the way in recording engineers Betty Cantor-Jacksons mix. But sides E, F & G offer one of those sublime (and, in this case, never to be repeated) sequences of songs that only the Dead could pull off in concert; after the rarely-performed Sunrise, a medley of Estimated Prophet / Eyes of the World/ Wharf Rat/ Terrapin Station (a truncated version two months before its official release) / Morning Dew brings the show home, as Jerry Garcias soloing on Morning Dew reaches heights seldom attained even by him. This was a knockout release on its first very limited vinyl run (check out those resale prices), and weve improved on it with a fresh mastering job by Jeffrey Norman (in his own words, the sound is better than the original heard on the Brookvale release), and lacquer cutting by Clint Holley and Dave Polster at Well Made Music.

Pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at the plant weve been using to great acclaim for all of our Grateful Dead releases, Gotta Groove Records, and limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies!

Two-Piece Hardshell Box with Two-Page Insert.

Tracklist:

LP ONE
SIDE A
1. Funiculi Funicula
2. The Music Never Stopped
3. Sugaree

SIDE B
1. Lazy Lightning>
2. Supplication
3. Dancin in the Streets

LP TWO
SIDE C
1. Help On The Way>
2. Slipknot!>

SIDE D
1. Franklins Tower

LP THREE
SIDE E
1. Samson and Delilah
2. Sunrise
3. Estimated Prophet>

SIDE F
1. Eyes of the World>
2. Wharf Rat>

LP FOUR
SIDE G
1. Terrapin Station>
2. (Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew