Product ReviewsCornell 5/8/77 by Grateful Dead (CD, 2017)

Somewhat over-hyped but worth having

There are, in my opinion, better shows from May '77; yes, this one is good, but to claim it's the Dead's best-ever show is ridiculous. That said, it's still worth having. It's a shame the 5/22 Pembroke Pines show released in part as Dick's Picks #3 wasn't released in its entirety-- I much prefer that show to this one.Likewise, the 5/25 Richmond show, released as Dave's Picks #1, is also stronger, in my opinion. Others will disagree. The bottom line is that it's pretty hard to go wrong with any show from this era and this is no exception. Read full review...

Over Commercialized-Recorded for the masses

Not your Grateful Dead. Yes, it's good- the 5 minutes songs- tight and the most popular. How can it be bad ? Advertised as THE BEST SHOW EVER ? I think not. No jams except a 1/2 attempt with St. Stephen. Don't spend your money on this where there are so many more that are 10x better.Read full review...

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NEVER TRUST A PRANKSTER

Me and a couple of friends had been following the band on this tour since the Spectrum shows in Philadelphia. This show was in Barton Hall at Cornell, which was basically a glorified gymnasium. About the size of an indoor basketball court. No seating. After the show we went back to the rear entrance and waited for them to come out. A light snowfall was swirling around, big billowing flakes blazed like white fireflies as they caught the parking lot lights. Two black stretch limos were idling by the door. There weren't any other fans around, just some crew and university officials. The rear doors swung open and they all tumbled out. Each one of them was carrying a black attaché case. The band had been running their own label for awhile by now and we'd bought most of our tickets for this tour mail-order through the Grateful Dead office in San Francisco. These were not the custom made tickets that would be the norm about five years later. Scalping had already become a very real problem and Dead tickets were some of the earliest concerts targeted by those creeps. The band's initial response was to contract for blocks of tickets for each show they could get them for on a tour. My friends and I had all been on the Dead's mailing list for years at this point. Bulk ticket distributors seldom sold seats for the smaller, more obscure venues. The Dead office didn't mark up the prices​ either. None of us were speaking up as they exited so I did: “We've got first row for Buffalo tomorrow night!" I blurted out to none of them in particular as I held them up. “Oh yeah? Lemme see them" Phil said. I handed all four to him. Bill, Keith and Donna had gotten into one of the stretches and left. Looking them over, he asked: “Did you get these from our office?" “Yeah, we did. Mail order" I responded. Phil had handed a couple of them around to Jerry and Bob. Commenting to the others, Jerry remarked: “Well at least something's working" They all chuckled. I told them what a great show this night was and, for some reason repeated that the tickets that they were holding are for the first row in Buffalo tomorrow night. Bobby said: “Let me see all those" and he gathered them up. Jerry and Phil said goodbye and piled into the limo. Bobby slid in behind them, closed the door and they started to speed off, with our tickets! We ran after them yelling for them to stop. After a few yards, the limo stopped and the rear window dropped down as we caught up. We could hear them laughing riotously as Bobby's arm emerged holding the tickets, splayed out like a hand of cards. “See you tomorrow" he said though his laughter.Read full review...

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Dead in Ohio

Best cd I own by far. Morning Dew is best version ever recorded. Everything went right that night. A must have for every Deadhead. Play dead!!!

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Delivered as promised

Sealed, new in the shrink wrap.
This "Betty Board" soundboard mix is clean as any multitrack live recording. It may or may not be the
Tapers' "Holy Grail", but it is an excellent example of this Grateful Dead era.
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GD 5-8-77

Killer show saw DSO do this show on 5-8-2007 at state theatre in Ithaca and the cd release anniversary on5-8-2017 top 5 best of all time sick morning dew and first set lazy lighting woooooooooo

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Best Dead show ever!

Acclaimed as the greatest live performance by the Grateful Dead, and it really, truly is.

CLASSIC tape-trade holy grail performance!

Not the most fidelity of Grateful Dead recordings, but certainly the most enjoyable to listen to.

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The Dead's Greatest Performance

If you ask Deadheads to name their all-time favorite Grateful Dead show, a resounding answer would likely be 5/8/77 at Cornell University’s Barton Hall in Ithaca, NY.

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Best concert that year

Great concert

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