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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 : Brand New / Factory Sealed ! : 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 Brand New / Factory Sealed ! 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 !!!!! Please ask any questions before bidding/buying & Best of Luck ! 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