Sunday, May 8, 1977

• ★★★★★ · Why it's great · GoodOlGratefulDead · 2005

  In my fairly substantial experience listening to bootlegs and going to Grateful Dead concerts (65 shows before Jerry kicked it, from '81 - '94), I've found that when Phil (the bassist, for you non-Heads out there) is playing well, the band plays well, and conversely. At Barton Hall, Phil was playing very, very well. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than on the "Scarlet Begonias --> Fire on the Mountain" track, which is in my opinion 25 minutes of pure orgasmic paradise.

• ★★★★★ · A night I'll never forget... · Stu A · 2006

  I became a Deadhead during the Fall of '76. Cornell was my second show...truckin' in from Buffalo...I don't remember where we got the tickets...the windowpane was orange...fast forward to the second set..."take a step back"...the crowd opened up...they started playing Scarlet Begonias...everyone was dancing...I found a train that was snaking it's way up front...we joined right in...that was great...we came very close to Jerry...then the crowd started closing in...ashes from behind fell on my…

• ★★★★★ · I know the horse is dead...yet I am compelled to beat it anyway... · grateful hillbilly · 2015

  So this is simple, as the Grateful Dead were all actually human beings (contrary to various lysergically induced musings), it was not possible for them to play a perfect show. Every show has a missed lyric or someone hits a clinker. Additionally, every person has their own opinion, as well as their own subjective filter by and through which they interpret a show. Song choice/set list, era, and many other factors influence individual opinion.

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• gd1977-05-08.111493.mtx.seamons.sbeok.flac16Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (SHN & FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC); this source fixes a flaw in d1t08 from source ID 97274 · ★ 4.91 · 133,587 dl
• gd1977-05-08.134093.aud.cooper.berger.flac24source: aud cassette master; taped by Jim Cooper; sony ecm22p > hitachi trq232; nakamichi dragon > benchmark ADC1 24/96 > tascam hd-p2, compact flash > mac > adobe audition CC > xACT flac; transferred and seeded by Rob Berger · 11,697 dl
• gd1977-05-08.137569.mtx.dusborne.flac243 Source Matrix by Dusborne; Soundboard (shnid:4982) Betty Board Portion -- Master 7" Nagra reels 1/2 track @ 7.5ips>Sony PCM 501. Playback on Sony PCM 701>DAT (Digital Transfer) -- Rob Eaton DBX Decoding (Spring '99) Playback on Panasonic 4100 DAT>DB 924 D/A>Dolby 361's w/dbx K9-22 Cards>DB 124 A/D>Neve Capricorn (Digital mixing console)>DB 300S>Panasonic 4100 DAT>DAT>Digi Coax Cable>Tascam CD-RW 700>CDR (x1)>SHN (Rob Eaton remaster); Audience 1 (shnid:117027)source: aud taped by Jerry Moore a) cassette master>10.5" reel @ 7.5 ips, dolby b provides a majority of the show, b) Scarlet>Fire provided by cassette master patched from same rig>JM's cassette>reel (as above) b) The One More Sat Nite encore is from the newly discovered original cassette master and has only been included in previous seeds from the 1st gen reel, lineage for source 1 (with exceptions noted above): aud cassette master: sony ecm 33p's>sony tc-153, maxell udxLII90's/dolby b> aud 1st gen: made on Sony TC-755 w/Teac an-180 dolby unit, Scotch Classic 10.5" reels · 13,584 dl
• gd1977-05-08.137570.mtx.dusborne.flac163 Source Matrix by Dusborne; Soundboard (shnid:4982) Betty Board Portion -- Master 7" Nagra reels 1/2 track @ 7.5ips>Sony PCM 501. Playback on Sony PCM 701>DAT (Digital Transfer) -- Rob Eaton DBX Decoding (Spring '99) Playback on Panasonic 4100 DAT>DB 924 D/A>Dolby 361's w/dbx K9-22 Cards>DB 124 A/D>Neve Capricorn (Digital mixing console)>DB 300S>Panasonic 4100 DAT>DAT>Digi Coax Cable>Tascam CD-RW 700>CDR (x1)>SHN (Rob Eaton remaster);Audience 1 (shnid:117027) source: aud taped by Jerry Moore a)cassette master>10.5" reel @ 7.5 ips, dolby b provides a majority of the show, b)Scarlet>Fire provided by cassette master patched from same rig>JM's cassette>reel (as above) b)The One More Sat Nite encore is from the newly discovered original cassette master and has only been included in previous seeds from the 1st gen reel, lineage for source 1 (with exceptions noted above): aud cassette master: sony ecm 33p's>sony tc-153, maxell udxLII90's/dolby b> aud 1st gen: made on Sony TC-755 w/Teac an-180 dolby unit, Scotch Classic 10.5" reels · ★ 5.00 · 35,762 dl
• gd1977-05-08.137571.mtx-2aud.dusborne.flac242 Source Matrix by Dusborne; Audience 1 (shnid:117027) source: aud taped by Jerry Moore a)cassette master>10.5" reel @ 7.5 ips, dolby b provides a majority of the show, b)Scarlet>Fire provided by cassette master patched from same rig>JM's cassette>reel (as above) b)The One More Sat Nite encore is from the newly discovered original cassette master and has only been included in previous seeds from the 1st gen reel, lineage for source 1 (with exceptions noted above): aud cassette master: sony ecm 33p's>sony tc-153, maxell udxLII90's/dolby b> aud 1st gen: made on Sony TC-755 w/Teac an-180 dolby unit, Scotch Classic 10.5" reels · ★ 5.00 · 13,656 dl
• gd1977-05-08.137572.mtx-2aud.dusborne.flac162 Source Matrix by Dusborne; Audience 1 (shnid:117027) source: aud taped by Jerry Moore a)cassette master>10.5" reel @ 7.5 ips, dolby b provides a majority of the show, b)Scarlet>Fire provided by cassette master patched from same rig>JM's cassette>reel (as above) b)The One More Sat Nite encore is from the newly discovered original cassette master and has only been included in previous seeds from the 1st gen reel, lineage for source 1 (with exceptions noted above): aud cassette master: sony ecm 33p's>sony tc-153, maxell udxLII90's/dolby b> aud 1st gen: made on Sony TC-755 w/Teac an-180 dolby unit, Scotch Classic 10.5" reels · 10,265 dl
• gd1977-05-08.148737.SBD.Betty.Anon.Noel.t-flac2448Source: Betty Cantor's SBD Reel Master > PCM (undecoded) > DAT via spdif/Sony PCM601esd > wav file via spdif/RME multiface > Wave 24/48 (decoded) > Myteck Stereo DAC96 > DBX150X > Korg MR2000 > WAV 24/48 · ★ 4.00 · 48,937 dl
• gd1977-05-08.152379.aud.petrunis.flac2448Mono Sony hand-held recorder (model unknown) > Maxell-LN Set 1 & Maxell-UD Set 2 (normal bias). · ★ 4.00 · 4,342 dl
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