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Friend of The Devils: April 1978

Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2024

Grateful Dead / Rhino

An 8 show, 19 CD box set of the complete Grateful Dead shows at Tampa (4/6/78), Pembroke Pines (4/7/78), Jacksonville (4/8/78), Atlanta (4/10/78), Atlanta (4/11/78), Durham (4/12/78), Blacksburg (4/14/78) and Huntington (4/16/78). The CD box set was limited to 10,00 copies. The eight show package was also available as a digital download. The Duke University, Durham 4/12/78 show was also released as a separate 3 CD box / digital download.

Tracks

CD 1: 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
CD 2: Tampa FL 4/6/78:
  • Estimated Prophet >
  • He's Gone >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • The Other One >
  • Wharf Rat >
  • Around and Around
  • U.S. Blues
CD 3: 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
CD 4: Pembroke Pines, FL 4/7/78:
  • 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
CD 5: 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
CD 6: Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78:
  • Samson and Delilah
  • Scarlet Begonias >
  • Fire On The Mountain
  • Estimated Prophet >
  • Eyes Of The World
CD 7: Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78:
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Space >
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • One More Saturday Night
CD 8: 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
CD 9: Atlanta, GA 4/10/78:
  • Ship Of Fools
  • Dancing In The Street >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Franklin's Tower >
  • Black Peter >
  • Around and Around
  • U.S. Blues
CD 10: 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
CD 11: Atlanta, GA 4/11/78:
  • Samson and Delilah
  • Scarlet Begonias >
  • Fire On The Mountain
  • Sunrise
CD 12: Atlanta, GA 4/11/78:
  • Terrapin Station >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Space >
  • Iko Iko >
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • Johnny B. Goode
CD 13: 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
CD 14: Durham, NC 4/12/78:
  • Bertha >
  • Good Lovin'
  • It Must Have Been The Roses
CD 15: Durham, NC 4/12/78:
  • Estimated Prophet >
  • Eyes Of The World >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Truckin' >
  • Wharf Rat >
  • Around and Around
  • U.S. Blues
CD 16: 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
CD 17: Blacksburg, VA 4/14/78:
  • Dancing In The Street >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Space >
  • The Other One >
  • Black Peter >
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • Johnny B. Goode
CD 18: 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
CD 19: Huntington, WV 4/16/78:
  • Estimated Prophet >
  • Eyes Of The World >
  • Rhythm Devils >
  • Space >
  • Iko Iko >
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • U.S. Blues
Musicians

  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
  • Keith Godchaux - piano
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Credits

  • Producer - Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by - David Lemieux
  • Recording - Betty Cantor-Jackson
  • Mastering - Jeffrey Norman
  • Artwork - Matthew Brannon
  • Art direction, design - Steve Vance
  • Liner notes - Steve Silberman
Notes

The eight shows included in this box set are:

  • Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL, April 6, 1978
  • Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL, April 7, 1978
  • Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, April 8, 1978
  • Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, April 10, 1978
  • Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA, April 11, 1978
  • Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 12, 1978
  • Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, April 14, 1978
  • Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV, April 16, 1978
Related releases

The Duke University, April 12, 1978 show was also released, at the same time, as a standalone 3 CD set;

For information about other releases that include music from this period see the 1978 section of the Dead By Date page.

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