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The Grateful Dead have announced the release of an extensive new live box set, Friend Of The Devils: April 1978, due out on September 20th via Rhino.
The 19CD collection is limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies, available exclusively via Dead.net, and features eight complete concerts from April 1978, which marked a period of creative exploration for the Dead following the band’s return from hiatus in ’76.
“These eight shows tell the story of a band that was engaged, inspired, and focused on bringing their A-game every single night,” band archivist David Lemieux said. “If there was ever a tour on which the Dead deliver every single moment, it’s this one.”
Originally captured by Betty Cantor-Jackson and mastered by Jeffrey Norman using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction, the recordings document the emergence of “Drums” > “Space” as a permanent, central feature of the band’s shows.
Drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart were frequently joined during this time by members of the band’s crew for their extended rhythmic explorations, originally dubbed “Rhythm Devils” by Hart, including Steve Parish, who played cowbell on 4/12/78 at Duke University’s Cameron Indoor Stadium. Jerry Garcia even joined the Rhythm Devils that night, swapping his trusty guitar for a set of steel pans. That concert will be released as a separate live album, Duke ’78, in 3CD, 4LP, and digital configurations along with the box set on September 20th.
The Grateful Dead Friend Of The Devils: April1978 box set comes in a custom box designed by Steve Vance and features a removable wave drum, with original artwork by acclaimed artist Matthew Brannon. The deluxe collection also includes a 48-page book, with liner notes by author Steve Silberman and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and more.
Fans can get a preview of the box set and the Duke University show now with “U.S. Blues”. Stream the song below or on your preferred streaming platform.
Click below to view the full tracklists for the Grateful Dead Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 box set and Duke ’78. To pre-save/pre-order the box set, click here.
Duke ’78 CD Tracklist:
Disc One
1. “Jack Straw”
2. “Dire Wolf”
3. “Beat It On Down The Line”
4. “Peggy-O”
5. “Mama Tried”>
6. “Mexicali Blues”
7. “Funiculi Funicula”
8. “Row Jimmy”
9. “New Minglewood Blues”
10. “Loser”
11. “Lazy Lightning”>
12. “Supplication”
Disc Two
1. “Bertha”>
2. “Good Lovin’”
3. “It Must Have Been The Roses”
Disc Three
1. “Estimated Prophet”>
2. “Eyes Of The World”>
3. Rhythm Devils>
4. “Truckin’”>
5. “Wharf Rat”>
6. “Around And Around”
7. “U.S. Blues”
Friend Of The Devils: April 1978 Tracklist:
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL (4/6/78)
“Bertha”>
“Good Lovin’”
“Dire Wolf”
“Me and My Uncle”>
“Big River”
“Friend Of The Devil”
“Passenger”
“Candyman”
“Lazy Lightning”>
“Supplication”
“Samson and Delilah”
“It Must Have Been The Roses”
“Estimated Prophet”>
“He’s Gone”>
Rhythm Devils>
“The Other One”>
“Wharf Rat”>
“Around and Around”
“U.S. Blues”
Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL (4/7/78)
“Promised Land”
“Sugaree”
“Cassidy”
“Tennessee Jed”
“Mama Tried”>
“Mexicali Blues”
“Peggy-O”
“New Minglewood Blues”
“Loser”
“The Music Never Stopped”
“Jack Straw”
“Ship Of Fools”
“Good Lovin’”
“Terrapin Station”>
“Playing In The Band”>
Rhythm Devils>
“Not Fade Away”>
“Black Peter”>
“Playing In The Band”
“Johnny B. Goode”
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL (4/8/78)
“Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo”
“Me and My Uncle”>
“Big River”
“They Love Each Other”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Deal”
“El Paso”
“It Must Have Been The Roses”
“Lazy Lightning”>
“Supplication”
“Samson and Delilah”
“Scarlet Begonias”>
“Fire On The Mountain”
“Estimated Prophet”>
“Eyes Of The World”
Rhythm Devils>
Space>
“Sugar Magnolia”
“One More Saturday Night”
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (4/10/78)
“Promised Land”
“Brown-Eyed Women”
“It’s All Over Now”
“Peggy-O”
“Cassidy”
“Dire Wolf”
“El Paso”
“Row Jimmy”
“Passenger”
“Candyman”
“The Music Never Stopped”
“Jack Straw”
“Ship Of Fools”
“Dancing In The Street”>
Rhythm Devils>
“Franklin’s Tower”>
“Black Peter”>
“Around and Around”
“U.S. Blues”
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (4/11/78)
“Bertha”>
“Good Lovin’”
“Friend Of The Devil”
“Me and My Uncle”>
“Big River”
“Tennessee Jed”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Brown-Eyed Women”
“New Minglewood Blues”
“Deal”
“Samson and Delilah”
“Scarlet Begonias”>
“Fire On The Mountain”
“Sunrise”
“Terrapin Station”>
Rhythm Devils>
Space>
“Iko Iko”>
“Sugar Magnolia”
“Johnny B. Goode”
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC (4/12/78)
“Jack Straw”
“Dire Wolf”
“Beat It On Down The Line”
“Peggy-O”
“Mama Tried”>
“Mexicali Blues”
“Funiculi Funicula”
“Row Jimmy”
“New Minglewood Blues”
“Loser”
“Lazy Lightning”>
“Supplication”
“Bertha”>
“Good Lovin’”
“It Must Have Been The Roses”
“Estimated Prophet”>
“Eyes Of The World”>
Rhythm Devils>
“Truckin’”>
“Wharf Rat”>
“Around And Around”
“U.S. Blues”
Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA (4/14/78)
“Promised Land”
“Tennessee Jed”
“Me and My Uncle”>
“Big River”
“Peggy-O”
“Looks Like Rain”
“Dire Wolf”
“It’s All Over Now”
“Dupree’s Diamond Blues”
“The Music Never Stopped”
“Samson and Delilah”
“Ship Of Fools”
“Dancing In The Street”>
Rhythm Devils>
Space>
“The Other One”>
“Black Peter”>
“Sugar Magnolia”
“Johnny B. Goode”
Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV (4/16/78)
“Jack Straw”
“Dire Wolf”
“Cassidy”
“Peggy-O”
“Mexicali Blues”>
“Mama Tried”
“They Love Each Other”
“New Minglewood Blues”
“Scarlet Begonias”>
“Fire On The Mountain”
“Samson and Delilah”
“Ship Of Fools”
“Estimated Prophet”>
“Eyes Of The World”>
Rhythm Devils>
Space>
“Iko Iko”>
“Sugar Magnolia”
“U.S. Blues”
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