Grateful Dead - Boston Garden, 5/7/77 (Live) [5-LP Box Set]

Brand new - still sealed in shrink

Available for the first time on vinyl, Grateful Dead’s May 7, 1977 performance at Boston Garden. 5-LP, 180-Gram vinyl boxed set. 2-piece telescope box + insert. Limited Edition of 12,000.

Recorded at Boston Garden on May 7, 1977, this performance captures the **Grateful Dead** at arguably the peak of their most celebrated period: the spring 1977 tour. Coming just one night before the legendary Cornell show, Boston is sometimes overshadowed by its more famous neighbour, but among Dead Heads it is widely regarded as an essential show in its own right, with an exceptionally fluid first set and a second set that moves from the newly released *Terrapin Station* into a superb **“Estimated Prophet” > “Eyes of the World” > “Drums” > “The Wheel” > “Wharf Rat”** sequence.

The recording has particular significance because it preserves the Dead's remarkable balance of precision and improvisational freedom at this point in their evolution: the band had become extraordinarily tight without losing the exploratory, communal quality that defined their live performances. Originally issued as part of the *May 1977: Get Shown the Light* collection and later given its own 5-LP release for Record Store Day 2023, **Boston 5/7/77 is an important document of the Dead's live culture at its zenith - and of the remarkable four-show run through New Haven, Boston, Cornell and Buffalo that has become one of the most mythologised stretches in their history.**