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Buffalo · Help / Slipknot / Franklin
Grateful Dead · 1977-05-09 · War Memorial Auditorium
Evidence scope: Official release running order. These are not independently transcribed complete setlists. The source may use a > or -> marker, reproduced verbatim; no additional transitions, tempos, durations, motifs or musician credits are inferred.
Disc 9 · selected run
3 documented track positions
- Help on the Way>
- Slipknot!>
- Franklin’s Tower
Release-track sequence with explicit > markers after the first two tracks.
Release context: May 1977: Get Shown the Light (Rhino, 2017)
Original evidence: Rhino — May 1977: Get Shown the Light track listing and tape mastering notes ↗
Recorded source lineage
Betty Boards to Get Shown the Light →
This documents the source chain of the Rhino release, not every circulating tape or fan-made matrix.
What remains unknown
A cited track order cannot establish every improvisational detail. Timing, exact segue boundaries, personnel for each number, master generation, tape completeness, and competing circulating versions require separately reviewed evidence.