Grateful Dead : To Terrapin !!! : Hartford '77 : May 28, 1977 ( 5/28/77 : 5/28/1977 ) - Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, Connecticut ( CT ) : 2009 (1977/2009) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. / Rhino ( GDP / Rhino ) - GRA2-6008 : 3 CD : May 1977 G.D. from " The ! " '77 Tour Run !! - Amazing !!!

Magnificent ! 1977 Grateful Dead release from Hartford !! - Grateful Dead ' Live ' ... straight from the middle of their May 1977 Tour ' Hot-Zone ' !!!!!  Whoa !!! - " To Terrapin " !!!

1977 !!!!!  What a year for the Band, indeed.  Some call it " Disco-Dead ", some call it " Donna-Dead ", and I like to call it ' Fabulous-Dead !!! '.  What a Year ! and what Tour(s)!  This is one of those years that I bet even the most humble members of the Band would admit was running on All-Cylinders for each & every Tour : Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter !  All of the vital Musical Planets just seem to Align with '77 Dead : Songwriting Development - Time-Keeping - Musical-Tone - Choice of Equipment - and Band Interplay & Synergy.  And most importantly, this is all occurring with a mutual sense of freshness & growth among both the members of the Band - as well as the Dead-Fan Faithful.  Most of us know the sad reason why Garcia hung-up the Travis Bean - because you couldn't keep the heavy aluminum neck on the darn thing in-tune ?!?  But boy, from a selfish-side - I sure wish this incredible sounding instrument hung around longer for more hard touring years.  Nothing against Wolf, Tiger, etc. ( obviously ... ) but this thing has a tight-snap & crystalline-twang to it.  Almost like a more under-control sound than the natural twang of the Strat.  Also, by this time the hearty silver-face Fender Twin Reverb pre-amp had comfortably settled into Garcia's arsenal, which audibly has quite a lot to do with the fantastic lead guitar tones you hear all throughout this Late-'70's Era.  I personally was real enthusiastic when I caught wind that this 3-CD Set was going to be available in a pro-remastered release.  It's monumental in the fact that it is the official " Tour Closer ! " of the Dead's  Twenty-Six ( 26 ) East Coast U.S. Tour Dates, which as we Deadheads know included ( and basically invented ) such lathery-to-the-ear terms like " Buffalo " - " Ithaca " - " St Louis " - " Boston Garden " - " Fox Theatre " - etc..  Agreed ?  Heck, they turned right around and it kept going with the Massive ! Winterland Homecoming in Early-June - but this 5/28 night in Hartford did mark the end of a magnificent '77 run for those in the East.  Track wise, you get all the staples - great versions with emphasis in the key parts you would look for.  Everything from Bertha > Good Lovin' - Candyman - Passenger - Brown-Eyed Women - Samson just in Set 1 !  And as usual at this time, the Band goes deep & reaches for the goods in Set 2 :  A  Bursting with Joy ! Estimated > Playin' > Terrapin ( yep, you guessed it - as it's included indeed ! ).  Then a Fancy & Robust ! N.F.A. leads to Wharf Rat > ( then back-to ) > Playin' !! -- Get'em Bobby !!!  One More Saturday Night with a U.S. Blues Encore would be only fitting to close-up the Box of G.D. Magic Tricks, to haul it back west for the time-being ... and that's exactly the Boys ( & Gal too ! ) do.  This one's a G.D. ' Keeper ' !!! - without any question at all ... Enjoy !!! ... May '77 ! - Hartford - 5/28/77 !! aka. : " To Terrapin " !!!  Gotta Love ! that  Title, and oh - how so-very fitting ...  Simply-Amazing !!! '77 Live-Dead !!!!  --  Enjoy !!!!!


TRACK LISTING >>>

Grateful Dead : " To Terrapin " - Hartford '77 : Recorded ' Live ' at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut ( CT ) on May 28, 1977 ( 5/28/1977 ) :

Disc I :
Bertha >
Good Lovin' >
Sugaree
Jack Straw
Row Jimmy

Disc II :
New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Passenger
Brown-Eyed Woman
Promised Land
Samson And Delilah
Tennessee Jed

Disc III :
Estimated Prophet >
Playing In The Band >
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Not Fade Away >
Wharf Rat >
Playing In The Band >
One More Saturday Night

Encore :  U.S. Blues


* Item Condition * :  This Grateful Dead ( 2009 GDP / Rhino ) release ( Grateful Dead - To Terrapin - Hartford '77 ( May 28, 1977 - 5/28/1977 ) ) 3-CD Set is in Very Good condition - close to Very Good/Like New (Near Mint).  CD's ( Disc 1, Disc 2, Disc 3 ) are in Very Good & Like New (Near Mint/Mint) condition, with very light marks/scratches on the CD playing surfaces (please see photos).  CD Case ( 3-CD Tri Fold ) is in Like New (Near Mint/Mint!) condition (please see photos).  Liner Notes ( 12-page Insert Booklet ) are in Like New (Near Mint/Mint!) condition (please see photos).  This 3-CD Set was purchased brand new/factory-sealed upon it's inaugural GDP (2009) release, and has been carefully stored inside protective plastic in my professional CD rack.  Please see all photos provided.  Photos included are of the actual item you will receive.  May '77 G.D. !!! in Hartford, CT !! - " To Terrapin !!! " ... Enjoy !!!

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