The project was shelved and the tapes remained unreleased, until Shanghai Records issued seven songs from the performances as Live in Boston in February 1985.

[2][3] The album was reissued a few months later as Jumping at Shadows by Varrick Records.

[3] Shanghai followed Live in Boston with a 2-LP set titled Cerulean, which included additional material taken from the same concerts, and functioned as a second volume to the original release.

All three volumes were reissued as a four LP set in 2003, under the title Live at the Boston Tea Party.

In 2013, the set was repackaged as simply Boston, including new album art based on the band's 1970 tour poster and photographs of the band members' faces on each of five beer coasters.