Cornell 5/8/77 is a live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. It was released as a three-disc CD and as a five-disc LP on May 5, 2017.
The May 8, 1977 show is a fan favorite, and is widely considered to be one of the band's best performances. Tickets to attend the general admission concert cost $7.50 (equivalent to $34 in 2021). The soundboard recording was made by longtime Grateful Dead audio engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson. In 2012, the recording was selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Keith Godchaux – keyboards
Mickey Hart – drums
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Phil Lesh – bass
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Disc 1
First set:
"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:34
"Loser" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:58
"El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:51
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
"Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter) – 6:29
"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:26
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:48
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49
"Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 3:12
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:14
Disc 2
"Dancing in the Street" (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 16:32
Second set:
"Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:15
"Fire on the Mountain" (Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 15:40
"Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:49
Disc 3
"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:03
"Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 16:20
"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 1:54
"Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 14:17
Encore:
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:10
