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May 1977: Get Shown the Light

Grateful Dead · 2017

639 min · 80 tracks · psychedelic rock

A sprawling tapestry of improvisation and lyrical storytelling, steeped in the essence of American rock.

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Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • extended jams for patient listeners
  • live improvisation enthusiasts welcome
  • dynamic progression with peaks
  • storytelling through musical exploration
  • for communal sing-alongs

Maybe skip if you want

  • seekers of concise tracks
  • prefer instant gratification music

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2017, 'May 1977: Get Shown the Light' serves as a significant archival collection for the Grateful Dead, showcasing performances from their peak touring years. This release arrives over two decades after the band’s last studio album and offers an extensive look at their live improvisational prowess during a pivotal era in their career.
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Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Promised Land 5:44
  • 2 Sugaree 15:36
  • 3 Mama Tried > 2:38
  • 4 El Paso 5:07
  • 5 Tennessee Jed 9:24
  • 6 Looks Like Rain 9:19
  • 7 Deal 6:15
  • 8 Lazy Lightning > 3:34
  • 9 Supplication 5:31
  • 10 Peggy‐O 8:10
  • 11 The Music Never Stopped 6:52

Disc 2

  • 1 Bertha 7:51
  • 2 Estimated Prophet 9:09
  • 3 Scarlet Begonias > 10:50
  • 4 Fire on the Mountain > 12:04
  • 5 Good Lovin’ 6:48
  • 6 St. Stephen > 11:48
  • 7 Sugar Magnolia 8:58
  • 8 Johnny B. Goode 4:34

Disc 3

  • 1 Bertha 8:06
  • 2 Cassidy 5:08
  • 3 Deal 6:08
  • 4 Jack Straw 5:29
  • 5 Peggy‐O 8:20
  • 6 New Minglewood Blues 6:54
  • 7 Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodeloo > 12:30
  • 8 Big River 7:24
  • 9 Tennessee Jed 8:11
  • 10 The Music Never Stopped 7:48

Disc 4

  • 1 Terrapin Station 11:04
  • 2 Samson and Delilah 7:37
  • 3 Friend of the Devil 8:17
  • 4 Estimated Prophet 8:24

Disc 5

  • 1 Eyes of the World > 11:20
  • 2 Drums > 3:16
  • 3 The Wheel > 10:34
  • 4 Wharf Rat > 14:20
  • 5 Around and Around 8:47
  • 6 U.S. Blues 5:40

Disc 6

  • 1 New Minglewood Blues 5:34
  • 2 Loser 7:58
  • 3 El Paso 4:50
  • 4 They Love Each Other 7:29
  • 5 Jack Straw 6:29
  • 6 Deal 6:10
  • 7 Lazy Lightning > 3:25
  • 8 Supplication 4:47
  • 9 Brown‐Eyed Women 5:48
  • 10 Mama Tried 3:11
  • 11 Row Jimmy 11:14

Disc 7

  • 1 Dancing in the Street 16:31
  • 2 Scarlet Begonias > 11:15
  • 3 Fire on the Mountain 15:40
  • 4 Estimated Prophet 8:48

Disc 8

  • 1 St. Stephen > 5:02
  • 2 Not Fade Away > 16:20
  • 3 St. Stephen > 1:54
  • 4 Morning Dew 14:17
  • 5 One More Saturday Night 5:10

Disc 9

  • 1 Help on the Way > 6:00
  • 2 Slipknot > 7:03
  • 3 Franklins Tower 13:57
  • 4 Cassidy 5:00
  • 5 Brown‐Eyed Women 5:51
  • 6 Mexicali Blues 4:04
  • 7 Tennessee Jed 8:48
  • 8 Big River 7:26
  • 9 Peggy‐O 7:54
  • 10 Sunrise 4:05
  • 11 The Music Never Stopped 7:49

Disc 10

  • 1 Bertha > 7:25
  • 2 Good Lovin’ 6:22
  • 3 Ship of Fools 7:48

Disc 11

  • 1 Estimated Prophet > 10:13
  • 2 The Other One > 6:16
  • 3 Drums > 3:32
  • 4 Not Fade Away > 10:13
  • 5 Comes a Time > 11:33
  • 6 Sugar Magnolia 10:16
  • 7 Uncle Johns Band 9:30

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