Set 1



The Music Never Stopped

Ramble On Rose

Cassidy

Brown Eyed Women

New Minglewood Blues

Friend Of The Devil

El Paso

Jack-A-Roe

Looks Like Rain

Scarlet Begonias ->

Fire On The Mountain



Set 2



Samson And Delilah ->

Bertha

Estimated Prophet ->

Drums ->

The Other One ->

Stella Blue ->

Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->

One More Saturday Night



Encore

U.S. Blues

Digitally remastered using a custom built, Dual-DAW nicknamed Bertha, by jashley@deadacated.com on 10/5/2002.







Post drums / disc 3, which is proported to be PreFM>>DAT, has a PCM gen, and at least one cassette gen.







Post drums / disc 3 was deemphasised prior to processing due to the PCM emphasis, making it a bit more listenable, maybe even enjoyable.







The right channel Dropout on track D3t05 has been crossfaded from the left channel making that section of the track mono. I figured mono was the lesser of two evils.



































From Charlie's original text file:







SBD -> Rm -> Dat -> CD -> Sonic Solutions -> CD



(Post Drums - Fp -> Dat -> CD)







The Post Drums Pre-FM recording is degraded and flawed. I doubt that it is a Pre-FM Master Reel recording, but then again, stranger things have happened. The ONLY reason I included it was to circulate the complete show. As for the SBD, David Gans said that the Post-Drums segment was unusable.







Charlie Miller



charliemiller87@earthlink.net

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Reviewer: Goindowntheroadfeelingrateful - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, 2020

Subject: GDTRFB I don't blame the guy who spilled the drink during GDTRFB. That was one hot version!

- May 13, 2020GDTRFB

Reviewer: Dandysan - - July 28, 2016

Subject: irony Whoever spilled the drink on the sound board must have kicked themselves hard when they realized they jazzed up the recording of a great Show! Still, I love it all the same! The Garble is like a hole in a favorite pair of jeans! It add's Character!

I remember as a kid in the 70's when the Dead would come to Chicago and the News would report all these Hippies descending on the town. My Mom and Dad would make sure to keep us kids away from them because they thought being a hippie was contagious. How Ironic that my lil' sister and me grew up to be Dead Heads!

Even more ironic, this weekend in Chicago is the 25th anniversary of Lollapalooza and the News is welcoming everyone with open arms. What a change 39 years makes in attitudes! - July 28, 2016irony

Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2016

Subject: A band beyond description... First set perhaps stronger than the 2nd set especially with the Scarlet>Fire set closer but they rock out Set Two as well. Especially Bertha and the Other ONE, perhaps easy to take SAMSON and ESTIMATED for granted but they are hot as well. (Sound issues documented with last few tunes) Overall a sweet show and the show opening is really loose seems like the whole set benefits from them just having a great time. - May 14, 2016A band beyond description...

Reviewer: drkyle - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, 2016

Subject: Happy Anniversary of a great show I had the pleasure of attending this one. Just for the edification of those who did not, the banter in the beginning was part of an amusing tableau that played out in the hall.



All but the drummers came out on stage as the house lights went down. Donna was dressed in a nurses outfit.



Down the two aisles of the hall came Micky and Billy. shaking hands as they went. Rumor has it that they may have been handing out joints, but I was in the balcony so that could be pure BS.



They made their way on stage and then started pretending to hand out pills and give injections to the rest of the band, before taking to their drum stools and joining the initial space out.



A grand time was had by all in attendance. The poor sound at the end of the tape was NOT heard in the house PA. My understanding is that someone at the mixing station spilled a beverage and it leaked on the connection to the radio feed. The source recording is likely still pre FM (meaning not recorded off the radio), but post that wet connection.



I just love this show, particularly the Brown-Eyed Women, Scarlet Begonias and the Samson & Delilah, but recordings of a good show that you attended always tend to get an extra star.



Kyle - May 13, 2016Happy Anniversary of a great show

Reviewer: rkowna - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 31, 2015

Subject: Underrated Gem The spring 77 shows are great, and while Cornell and a few others are the darling shows of the dance this show really brings the band in focus for me.



The band is famous for its connection with the supporters. Even terrible shows I have seen bring back amazing memories. I remember leaving the second to the last show in 95, Soldier Field, and thinking we had a rough night. Not the band, we.



There is a sense of harmonic convergence in psychospheric terms, a big crowd in a small place in my vernacular, I really get from this show. I have had it at every show I have ever been too, but on May 13, 1979 I have a feeling I was home watching Six million Dollar Man.



Great show, great audio. - July 31, 2015Underrated Gem

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 10, 2015

Subject: -- Set one - some of Jerry's tunes go down so well: the first Jack-A-Roe, a lovely FOTD, and, of course, the abrupt turn into Fire on the Mountain - I just love how Phil lays the bass down so unapologetically, so bare, so beautiful. They cook the hell out of this one!



Set two - some decent opening fireworks give way to what has to be, for me, one of the great highlights of the Spring '77 tour - this Other One! YOWSER, kids...buckle up tight!



I was kind of disappointed to see they released this show officially and managed the GDTRFB problems by just using tracks from other shows that have already been released (June '77, May 28th). Isn't that just a general no-no? Oh well, what we do have sounds lovely. 4 stars for this one due to the board problems, which it looks like will remain indefinitely. - April 10, 2015--

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 30, 2014

Subject: - Despite the frizzle-fry midway thru GDTRFB, this is a top-notch show. Jerry's mid-Other One solo is very, very fine. - May 30, 2014

Reviewer: Jack Straw from CA - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 19, 2014

Subject: re: May 1977 box Great Show!!! About the box set version, what I've heard is that there was a massive cut in Goin' Down The Road that made the last two songs of the second set unusable on the vault masters. They substituted the versions from the Winterland June 1977 box. I would've preferred them to just patch the Goin' Down The Road instead of replacing it but maybe the patching wouldn't have worked. As far as FOTD, maybe there's a tape flip in the vault master? - May 19, 2014re: May 1977 box

Reviewer: gratefulfarnk - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 9, 2014

Subject: May 1977 Box Set Pulled a Fast One I love this show. I was there at the Auditorium Theater, and a friend recorded the WXRT broadcast so I have that as a keepsake for that memorable night.



In the May 77 box set (released in 2013) the powers that be pulled a couple of fast ones. Versions of GDTRFB and Saturday Night from some other show(s) were substituted to replace the damaged original tracks in 5/13/77, but no explanation was offered in the liner notes. Also, for some unknown reason a chunk of the instrumental section in FOTD, a segment that sounds perfectly fine on my cassette recording of the WXRT broadcast, was chopped out for no apparent reason.



I for one would have appreciated something in the liner notes acknowledging these changes and offering some justification. After listening to this show with the 2 damaged tracks for 36 years, I know it pretty well. I was ecstatic at the prospect of getting a clean version in the May 77 release. So I was doubly disappointed when the two songs turned out to be impostors. - May 9, 2014May 1977 Box Set Pulled a Fast One

Reviewer: wprestong - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 2, 2013

Subject: First rock concert I ever went to Thank you so much, whoever posted this! This is the first rock concert I ever went to, and it was a great concert. (It also meant that many other concerts by other bands I went to after that were big let-downs for me, because they could not live up to this standard.)



This was stereo-simulcast by WXRT in Chicago and my sister tape-recorded it off the radio, so we listened to it many times after that. The cassettes I have are missing now and they have WXRT station breaks and commercials in them, so this is better.



I still don't know who Dr. Beechwood and Dr. Schott (?) are. Are they guitars? - November 2, 2013First rock concert I ever went to

Reviewer: Jeff Knorek from Nova Scotia - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, 2012

Subject: I got some good laughs from this one While I do tip my hat to the spring '77 run (look for a boxed set someday?), not all sets are without clunkers, and this first set is no exception. My favorite is when Jerry walks right through one of the time Signature changes in The Music Never Stopped as if it wasn't happening...I got a good chuckle out of that one. The band badgering one of the members to come onstage (one of the drummers?) at the beginning is prety hilarious, too.



The band doesn't reslly seem to find its sea legs until Minglewood. As far as song selection goes, Jerry seemed to pick a lot of his "Down Home" songs, but he all but sleep walks through the first two. Jack-A-Roe, however, shines. I am partial to the slower versions anyway (the 80's-90's version were sped up way too much). The Scarlet/Fire set closer is a nice treat.



The 2nd set is as good as any on the tour, with one possible exception (hint: it's the show that every Deadhead has).



This is a band that took chances and we were forgiving of them when they didn't come out with both guns blazing. This is one such night. But look at me, I am downloading it anyways. I think that you should, too.



4 stars, just to be fair to all of the five star shows on this tour. Emjoy! - May 13, 2012I got some good laughs from this one

Reviewer: Tsiftis - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 28, 2011

Subject: what the? i have no idea what possessed this band on spring '77 tour. but whatever it was, amazing! - November 28, 2011what the?

Reviewer: Pangolin22 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 24, 2011

Subject: Another 77 gem Great to hear the first Jack-a-Roe but the whole show is worth an attentive listen. Great Scarlet>Fire standard to the era and an excellent, jazzy OO. - April 24, 2011Another 77 gem

Reviewer: KBDeadhead - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 2, 2010

Subject: Props for Donna Jean...on one song. There are those, myself included, who disdain what Donna belts out ...mostly in the creshendo to Playin in the band, but...IMHO



This Looks Like Rain is my all-time favorite. The dynamics with her an Bobby is truely lovely.



Go Donna Go!!! - September 2, 2010Props for Donna Jean...on one song.

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2010

Subject: Jack A Roe a highlight and funky one as well - May 14, 2010Jack A Roe

Reviewer: bigmoe53 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2010

Subject: One of my favorites that gets overlooked I have akways loved this show. The first set is the where the magic happens for me. WXRT had problems and then lost the feed during the second set so if your source for this show is from the radio, that might explain the issues you are experiencing. - May 14, 2010One of my favorites that gets overlooked

Reviewer: Sedula - favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2010

Subject: Donna-Good or Bad Why do people keep trying to convince others whether Donna was good or bad? It is only people's opinions. I don't think she was horrible, but I certainly never liked her either.



I saw some shows with Donna when I first started seeing the Dead live and I thought she was terrible. But that doesn't mean others didn't like her. Just don't try to tell me that she was great becasue I'll never think she was.



Finally, just because the music was good doesn't mean anything. She played no instrument and only occasionally sang, so a show could be good or bad and she would have had very little to do with the final outcome. Sunrise and her screaming on Playin' In The Band were the two worst offenses in my book. - May 14, 2010Donna-Good or Bad

Reviewer: Bordeaux1789 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, 2010

Subject: Still great after all these years! One of my favorite, most heavily played tapes from when I got this back in 1982 in college. Love the shpiel at the beginning of the show and the crisp, tight, engaged playing throughout. Didn't see my first show until 4 months later--wish I'd caught the Spring 1977 tour but thankfully we have all these wonderful recordings. - May 13, 2010Still great after all these years!

Reviewer: geraldusa - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 16, 2010

Subject: More Donna Bashing I don't get it....Donna's background helped make Jerry the fab vocalist he was (yes, that's right!!!).....understandably, the occasional annoying, over the top vocals didn't work but anyone who listens to this era has to hear what she was able to do for the man, himself. I am tired of reading the ridicule; like our wonderful Congress the is so contradictory, it's all bullshit. You can't tell me 1977 was the best but she had nothing to do with it. That simply does not make any sense. Fire On The Mountain wasn't the same without her. How about Sugaree in Baltimore or Hartford......and the list goes on. Get the wax out of your ear because you can't hear!!! - February 16, 2010More Donna Bashing

Reviewer: gphishmon - - January 18, 2010

Subject: Fire better than 5/8? Someone said that on a different copy of this show. I think they're dreaming. 5/8 blows the doors off this one. I'll post a rating once I've listened to the 2nd set. - January 18, 2010Fire better than 5/8?

Reviewer: BIG_R - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 30, 2009

Subject: 5-13-77 Nice show. Typical great sound quality as per usual when Jay's name is on it. My favorite show of '77 is 6-9. Since I gave it a five star rating I guess I'll have to give this four stars. There's nothing wrong with this concert though. - December 30, 20095-13-77

Reviewer: Cliff Hucker - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 11, 2009

Subject: This is a fine show... Typically well played for May, and the Other One is certainly among the best performed in 1977.



But this excellent show is surely eclipsed by quite a few others from this period, both in the music and sound quality. (94 pts) - March 11, 2009This is a fine show...

Reviewer: walthobs - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 10, 2009

Subject: Wow! 6 out of five stars. Been playing this for about 3 weeks now. Top 3 from 77' for me!!!! - March 10, 2009Wow!

Reviewer: headless deadhead - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 6, 2009

Subject: hey now look out for this one - burning the house down as we speak - wowee wow whoa - January 6, 2009hey now

Reviewer: Evan S. Hunt - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 20, 2008

Subject: A Most Definitive Fire on the Mountain From the get go this is an amazing remaster of a wonderful but slightly bass overdriven FM recording of an unspeakably brilliant and intensely picturesquely articulated performance: every song = A+. If there were 10 stars to rate a show, this show would merit all 10.



First ever Jack A Roe is an out of box perfect reading.



LLR will curl your battons so be well prepared.

Phil hits 8 on the Richter Scale.



The Scarlet is clearly red but Fire bleeds the intellect of a Jerome Connected man!



Samson on is a purified extension of the all consuming Fire and on it goes, and you run smack into a tree burning up in your arms as you carry you discard.



Stella...oh...Stella Blue...carry me through! Carry me through a self sacrifice I hang.



The entire show it atop non-stop masterpiece.



Be a show dat dont get da ink! but Make U think.



rating: 20 stars - December 20, 2008A Most Definitive Fire on the Mountain

Reviewer: swilford - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 13, 2008

Subject: First Jack A Roe OMG! As much as I bash Donna, she does a fine job on this first set, with a blend of backing vocal that is something I didn't know she could do.

Music through Devil, very nice. El Paso we find Bob stepping up the energy, he enjoys this song.

Bobs on fire with outstanding rhythm as the GD machine blisters a polished first of seven total Jack A Roe played on the 77 tour.

LLR is the speed bump in the road.

Scarlet has the level up again, Donna adds some nice work as the drummers and Phil take us to Fire. In a tin can, one of our drummers? Is it working ?? On Fire, by the time we get to first verse it blends a bit. All good. The band Jams out on a killer first set. - July 13, 2008First Jack A Roe OMG!