Grateful Dead
1977-05-08
A landmark Dead show with multiple independently documented circulating tape sources.
- Venue
- Barton Hall, Cornell University
- City
- Ithaca, NY
- Show / set
- Cornell 1977
- Verified
- 2026-10-26
Selected songs
Selected songs; not the complete setlist. Search title matches do not by themselves prove two performances are of the same composition.
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Known recording & release pointers (4)
Audience master source · Moore / Berger
Audience recordingGrateful Dead Archive Online · External archival recording page; provider policies apply.
Documents an audience tape source and its transfer notes.
Open original recording / release page ↗Betty Board source · soundboard / audience patches
Soundboard-derived recordingGrateful Dead Archive Online · External archival recording page; provider policies apply.
Soundboard-derived source with documented transfer and patches.
Open original recording / release page ↗Hunter’s Trix Vol. 40 · matrix
Matrix recordingHunter’s Trix · External research/release page; provider policies apply.
A documented matrix combining soundboard and audience sources; linked page credits recordists and transfers.
Open original recording / release page ↗May 1977: Get Shown the Light · Cornell 5/8/77
Official archival box setRhino Records / Grateful Dead · Official commercial release information; availability may change.
Rhino documents the Cornell concert in this official Betty Board-based box, distinct from separately indexed audience tapes and matrix sources.
Open original recording / release page ↗Go deeper: Grateful Dead · Cornell
Cornell is a prime example of three separate archival objects: the original concert, circulating recorded sources, and later official commercial release.
- May 8 The official Dead show archive lists the concert at Cornell’s Barton Hall.
- May 8 The published set includes Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain and Morning Dew.
- 2017 Rhino officially released Cornell 5/8/77 after the Betty Board master tapes had been acquired.
Trace documented musical moments
Release track order or cited setlist excerpt; no unverified segues or guest credits implied.
New: v0.14 source-reviewed show study
A full documented track sequence, source-recorded transitions, release context, and narrowly credited guests.