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July 1978: The Complete Recordings

What's Inside:

• Five Complete Shows on 12 discs
• 7/1/78 Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, MO
• 7/3/78 St. Paul Civic Center Arena: St. Paul, MN
• 7/5/78 Omaha Civic Auditorium: Omaha, NE
• 7/7/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
• 7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope
Intro and show-by-show liner notes by Nicholas Meriwether
Producer's Note by David Lemieux
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000
Release Date: May 13, 2016

Announcing July 1978: The Complete Recordings

We’re pleased to announce JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, five incredible unreleased shows and the first official release from the long-lost tapes, recently returned to the Grateful Dead’s vault. Follow the Dead on a sonic journey through a superb selection of settings, an often epic adventure that finds them winning over Willie and Waylon fans in Kansas City, conjuring charisma in Omaha, and elevating the Red Rocks beyond their already spiritual planes. With five distinct performances painting the masterpiece of 1978, Betty Cantor-Jackson's always-pristine soundboard recordings, and the "hall-of-fame pedigree" of the Dead's first-ever shows at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, this is one release that far exceeds excellence in music, sound quality, and rarity.

Limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies, JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS includes Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78), and Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO (7/7/78 and 7/8/78) - all of the performances in this collection are drawn from the band’s master soundboard recordings, each newly mastered by Jeffrey Norman. The set also features original artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope (D.C. and Marvel comics) and in-depth liner notes written by Nick Meriwether (Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz), as well as a producer’s note from producer David Lemieux.

Due May 13th, we anticipate that this extraordinary box will sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day.

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March 16, 2016 - 7:44pm

#3651

Vguy72

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I cancelled my order....

....no Cumberland. Joking of course. Cumberland was in hibernation mode at this time. I looked through my old tapes (yup, still got 'em). I have the 7.8.78 show, but no others. I'll be popping my first week of July 1978 cherry with this set, and the price is just exactly perfect. Happy camper indeed. Ohh, the surprises that await. Been listening to a lot of '76 and '78 recently. Looks like that trend will continue. Life is good. Ignore the haters. We are blessed that these Betty's are Normanized and released to the flock....
March 16, 2016 - 7:34pm

#3652

Tony_is_dead

Joined:
April 23, 2009

pre-order

1978 was a pretty good year won't say their last great year but a great year...I used to have the july 4th show on cassette but just tossed all my cassettes when CDs and CDRs got big...as there's 35 dicks picks, not sure how many road trip, dave's picks is up to 17 or 18 as we speak...then there's all the rhino releases and of course the numerous box sets so a lot of live grateful dead to listen to...this one is exciting because it's one we weren't expecting and I love the set list of the songs performed...for me this is a no brainer to get and am truly excited about receiving this in may sometime...you know there's going to be a Christmas time release which is September? Am I right in thinking that? I do know they did have spring releases but not sure if they followed that up with another box set in the fall...I don't think they'll ever have another 30 trips box set again...i'd truly go broke if that was an every year type deal but being addicted to this music i'd probably be in...but you know someday this will run out but it's not to say i'm bored because i'm not I listen to all the stuff I bought from them i'd easily say I listen to the Grateful Dead the most.
March 16, 2016 - 7:33pm

#3653

mbarilla

Joined:
August 8, 2013

Spacebrother Red Rocks July 78

Is the cream of the crop from the bunch, however I do love the 80's and Red Rocks. 2nd set of 6.14.84 killer ! For mid eighties Bring on a Ventura from July 1984 and add the Greek for good measures. Now that Red Rocks78 is on the way the 2nd set from 7.13.84 needs to be revisited. That one oozes legends. BCT84 run is also of some of the highest quality Stand alone from 84 is for sure to 6.27.84 Merriweather :) But if they could muster up the tape of 4.29.84 I would be in line for that as well. 6.30.84 also has a lot of Aces served up. I would love to see a 1984 set
March 16, 2016 - 7:32pm

#3654

SingMeBackHome

Joined:
June 11, 2013

Beautiful Oroboros

Man, that was a wonderful story, man! One day, your children will appreciate the stories you have. Peace. Johnny
March 16, 2016 - 7:23pm

#3655

mpace

Joined:
September 25, 2009

Thank You

I am often critical of dead.net/rhino, but for this release I have to give credit where credit is due - great selection, good price (easier to get the wife's approval), limited- but there is a large amount available, and an individual stand alone show from the run is also being released for those who just want from what I hear the most popular show. I can only hope that this is a new standard, and for this price I would be willing to purchase another box later in the year. The Nashville show also helped sell this for me. Its interesting to think of the uniqueness of shows that follow a prime year- there is an interesting unknown quality that I think is a good change up. I'm thinking of '71, '73, '75-76, and '78. Looking forward to this release- thanks again dead.net/rhino.
March 16, 2016 - 7:09pm

#3656

fluffua 01

Joined:
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Just Reading

SpaceBro I feel your pain. You've been polite with wanting more diversity and your stories about 80's shows are awesome. I hope this boxset gives you something special for DP's 19 and 20.Fox, you tend to show up to cause trouble with stupidity. My suggestion is to crawl back into your hole. I feel sorry for the 80's to 95 group. I really do and thank you for letting me keep the the spring of 90 box and still be able to get the 30 trips box. Those shows by themselves were not worth what you paid for because 30 trips is really priceless. Sorry but sacrifices had to be made. So yes I Ebay and I also contribute to the second hand market. If you don't like it don't buy it. This is a cock tease for whats to come for some of us and I'm ready for a slow fucking from these tapes so let us get off instead of talking about years for a minute.
March 16, 2016 - 7:07pm

#3657

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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antonjo

Yeah, isn't that crazy? I had copied the songs from the set list above and put them in a notepad document with the intention of sorting in an Excel sheet, but I had to strip away all of the extraneous data first (the names of the shows, the CD #s, etc, as I see you also had to do). After I pared it down to just the song names, I was able to import the txt file into one column of an Excel sheet and sort it. Then I copied it and went to post it and saw yours and thought we have too much time on our hands. I can't wait for May. 2 shows from June '76, 5 shows from July '78. What else could I ask for? Ok Full Norman and a cup of coffee. I'm listening to a decent board of 12-15-72. Just about anything from 1972 with Dark Star has my vote for release, but this one has an incredible Jam between Truckin' and Dark Star, and then it goes into Morning Dew. My only complaint with Lemeuix, Rhino, and Dead.net, is that they're not releasing material fast enough. I want it all. Well, the 70s stuff at least. I have a sinfully narrow music collection, and a penchant for repetition.
March 16, 2016 - 6:38pm

#3658

OldeEnglish800

Joined:
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If they're already releasing

If they're already releasing 7/8 as a stand alone is it possible that eventually these will all be sold as individual shows? Maybe I'm missing it but I don't see anything about these never being available in CD format again. I don't really care about them being sold again as I'll likely die with this box and the rest of my Dead collection. I have no intentions of re-sale. It would just really suck to someday get the next DaP of my subscription to find it's a show I already have in this box. It's not really that far fetched to hear them saying how great the Omaha show was in this box and so many people missed out and have been asking for it that they released it as DaP 25.
March 16, 2016 - 6:36pm

#3659

RCIII

Joined:
July 23, 2014

Thanks for sharing such a

Thanks for sharing such a cool story. I can only imagine talking to Jerry. Your a very fortunate to have connected like that. Peace.
March 16, 2016 - 6:31pm

#3660

spam

Joined:
June 5, 2007

B-day show

Woohoo! Finally my only attended birthday show is released. 7/8/78. Been waiting a while for this despite the numerous fabulous existing copies. Thanks guys!

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow

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July 1978: The Complete Recordings

What's Inside:

• Five Complete Shows on 12 discs
• 7/1/78 Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, MO
• 7/3/78 St. Paul Civic Center Arena: St. Paul, MN
• 7/5/78 Omaha Civic Auditorium: Omaha, NE
• 7/7/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
• 7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Morrison, CO
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope
Intro and show-by-show liner notes by Nicholas Meriwether
Producer's Note by David Lemieux
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000
Release Date: May 13, 2016

Announcing July 1978: The Complete Recordings

We’re pleased to announce JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, five incredible unreleased shows and the first official release from the long-lost tapes, recently returned to the Grateful Dead’s vault. Follow the Dead on a sonic journey through a superb selection of settings, an often epic adventure that finds them winning over Willie and Waylon fans in Kansas City, conjuring charisma in Omaha, and elevating the Red Rocks beyond their already spiritual planes. With five distinct performances painting the masterpiece of 1978, Betty Cantor-Jackson's always-pristine soundboard recordings, and the "hall-of-fame pedigree" of the Dead's first-ever shows at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre, this is one release that far exceeds excellence in music, sound quality, and rarity.

Limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies, JULY 1978: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS includes Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78), and Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO (7/7/78 and 7/8/78) - all of the performances in this collection are drawn from the band’s master soundboard recordings, each newly mastered by Jeffrey Norman. The set also features original artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope (D.C. and Marvel comics) and in-depth liner notes written by Nick Meriwether (Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz), as well as a producer’s note from producer David Lemieux.

Due May 13th, we anticipate that this extraordinary box will sell out. Your best bet is to pre-order it now, then sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks right here.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day.

Re: Shipping Notice

Hey.. jrf/HF, your shipping notice says "Label Created" in Crozet, VA?? Mine says "Horse Fed" in Crozet, Va. You must have selected the expedited shipping option. On that note, I have been noticing the standard shipping on this stuff is 7 - 10 days, but you have a few options for expedited shipping. The 4 day option is the same price as the standard 7 - 10 days. Has anyone else noticed that? For this box I clicked the 4 day option at the same price.. I doubt if its any different though.

Yes, Bach, makes sense

In fact, it was only by chance that my buddy who possesses 30 Trips (I helped pay, he got the box) detected a cracked disc 3 for the '90 show in February, 3-4 months after the box arrived. We called a few times over Feb-April and Dr. Rhino finally got involved and mailed us the replacement last week. (God bless Dr. Rhino!) You are smart. However, I never listen casually to these releases. We stage an evening and devote full attention to listening (while vaping and sipping cold beer). So there's always a delay of sometimes weeks, because my GD bro and I like to listen together, then discuss. Rest assured that we'll be hitting at least one RR Show before May is done! Tracking works this time; sez I can expect Monday delivery. Cool!

ditto re: Shipping Notice

JimBo I also had noticed the shipment option of which you speak and did that too - not that it matters now, since I usually either receive the CDs, then get the shipping notice, or as with DaP18, get the shipping notice and then wait til like a week after everyone else get theirs, then it arrives. Seemingly no rhyme or reason. Furthermore on my FedEx 'travel history' section for this one, it says shipping information sent to FedEx on Friday 5/6 (now nearly a week ago) yet there is zero other info in there....I cant possibly believe this has just been sitting for almost a week....unless perhaps this is on the same delivery schedule as Jim's, using passenger pigeons. Regardless, Sixtus is psyched for this one to land. What a month May is going to be.

Shipping

Carrier Pigeons, good thinking. Carrier Pigeons were ancient drones.

1978

Fancy little box recieved it this morning

MUATM

agree with spacebro last nights movie was awesome. however i cant help but point out that all the tunes they played (saved for the first set brent-erruption) were from the 70's :-) it was a little disorienting though at the end when the feed switched to a dead & co highlight...reminded me i wasnt young anymore and sadly neither are they. at least i'm still here, and long live the strange that remain cannot wait for this 7/78

#

03816 has landed in Philly!!!!! STAY DEAD PLAY DEAD BE DEAD HAPPY HAPPY THURSDAY DEADLAND!!!!!!

MUATM

Really enjoyed show, and I also agree that it was kinda blazed for them to show Dead and Co afterwards. A lot of people in the theater left immediately, and most were gone once Mayer began singing. It was like D&C were trying to say to everybody, 'hey check us out we are much better than our lineup suggests'. I'm sure the D&C ad did its job, and converted some naysayers as it was a pretty good performance. But to me it just was too weird to immediately jump to the middle of a Slipknot from D&C after more than 2&1/2 hours of the actual GD.

Shipping notice

just got my shipping order today was starting to worry i was not going to get it. however my fed ex status says the same thing about the shipment information sent on 5/6 it seems that i always get shipping info very late after a pre order also who else pre ordered this on Mar 22nd i feel like i was the only one

Shipping notice

5/10/72

The Concertgebouw - the Dead made that house a home. HF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbhB5HMSybE The tears streamed ... I, too, will have difficulty waiting for the anniversaries of this incredible box, but should I dip I'll no doubt revisit along with the DP's, etc. July will rock this year!

Jim

Label Has Been Created.... ;)

55

Received notice that 78 box will be delivered tomorrow, my 55th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!......Best gift I could've given myself! Happy Friday the thirteenth Deadland!

See see rider...

See this is where I get a little spicey when I'm spending my hard earned. Yeah yeah I know everything will work out in the end and all that hippy stuff that I partially subscribe too but my estimated shipping date is in the past. May 6th and I received my notification today. I'd like to give a shout out to the person that once posted about the latest cd release SNAFU that "it was tradition". It might have been the delay in 30 Trips, or Hebron, or the Freddy Kruger-ing of everybody's Daves picks, but whatever it was that comment had me on the floor laughing. Happy Thursday. Beers to you!

Shipping

I wonder about all the anxiety and consternation about shipping. Maybe try this: 1. Order regular shipping. 2. When and if you get a shipping notice, look at it quickly to make sure it is not warning you of a problem, then file away. Do not look at details. 3. Do not worry or think about 'when' it will arrive. You have lots of other music to listen to. 4. When it arrives, be surprised and happy you got it. 5. Repeat.

dang wissinoming

got yours already, i just got my notice...gonna be a monday thats ok, maybe i will actually open of the other 4 boxes waiting their turn Edit: Sixtus: got my notice today and it says on mine expected shipping date May 6th. Then below, dated today, it says "shipping label printed." Jim: I have checked the 4 day at same price for several orders and seemed to get here pretty quick. But the ones that were mostly ordered were warehouse jobs, not a bulk shipment of 15,000.

All this talk of this box being overpriced....

....with shipping, I calculate it being $28 per show. Now, I may not want to hear the little brother to 7.8.78 on the day I get it, but on 11.10.18, it might be the scratch to my itch at the time. Lo and behold! There it is on my shelf. Plan ahead fellow fans. I personally embrace the recent deluge of Norman mastered treasures that head my way, make me check my phone every day for shipping updates, scratch my head as I balance the bank account, etc. Totally worth it. For example, I dusted off RT 4.3 tonight and went right to the 11.20.73 Denver philler right away. Hit the spot. Now, maybe DP 26 could have philled that void, but it wasn't in the cards. But if I wanted to scratch THAT itch, I've got that scratcher too. Prep for the days between my friends, and as always, stay kind....

Overpriced.. really?

Really? Its still cheap. Wait until it sells out. Its the same price per disc they always are. This ones so good.. I bet it sells out a week or two after peoples first listen (which could very possibly be tonight). I think this is very comparable to Spring '77 which is hard to get for more than triple the price.

Why the tax?

I've put the July 78 box set in the shopping cart three times and not followed through. I can swallow the shipping cost but with sales tax it comes to almost $160. Why are they charging sales tax? It's not like the Dead have a retail store in my state. I went to the first of these shows and even though I missed the Red Rocks shows in this set I went to the ones a couple of months later at the end of August. The period is dear to my heart but the added costs make it just a little too rich.

Tax

Blame the state you live in not Dead.Net.. but most internet sales are taxed these days, Its essentially sales tax and regulated by the states. Its 5% in Maryland. That's just the way it is, its written into state law. As for cost.. if you have at least one good buddy, its free. Your other option is to buy the physical product, which is still cheap, for now.

Went to the movie meet up ,the show was jammin everyone smiling

May was a big MONTH THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE GRATEFUL DEAD WHO WORKED IN ANY WAY TO BRING DAVES PICKS 18 + BONUS DISC ,THE MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES 7/2/89 plus THE CLIP OF DEAD AND COMPANY AT THE END UNBELIEVABLE ( i went out bought tickets to every show I could still get ) DEAD AND COMPANY ,AND PHIL AND FRIENDS , WHEN I SAW JERRY ,BRENT ,BOB ,PHILL,MICKY and BILL , ALL SMILING LAUGHING ,HOW HAPPY OUR FAMILY WAS YOU WATCH THAT FILM EVERYONE HAPPY EVERYONE IN That STADIUM ! IT WAS MAGIC ( DONT LET THIS SUMMER GO BY AND NOT SEE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ) YOU JUST DONT KNOW HOW GOOD IT IS TILL YOU MISS IT . SO DONT WORRY ABOUT THE BOX SET , IT WILL COME , DONT WAIST A SECOND OF WHAT YOU HAVE NOW WANTING WHAT COMES NEXT ,YOULL MISS WHATS HAPPENING NOW ! ! I went TO SO MANY SHOWS WAITING FOR THE NEXT BIG SONG SOMETIMES MISSING THE BIG SONG NOW . DONT EVER DO IT. FOR WHAT ITS WORTH . THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE DEAD, AND, FRIENDS OF THE DEAD I LOVE YOU ALL ! Chris. ( that set was killer). PS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED WITH THE 1978 BOXED BETTY I LOVE YOU TOO,!!! I know ITS GOING TO BE KILLER!

Where's the download?

I live in Scotland. Buying the CD's makes you guys moaning about shipping charges fade into the background. I'm still waiting for my Dave's Pick vol 18 which was posted 27/4/16! So, I thought, I'll just buy the download of the 1978 box set. It does say above that that option would be available today. However it isn't there! Amazon UK are doing the stand alone download for £9.99(approx $14.50) but I don't want to buy tat and then pay for it again when the whole 5 shows become available. Come on guys, what's the script?Love and metta Bill

Scotland

One of my DaP18 landed in Edinburgh today.It is funny reading people complain about shipping within the US. I got stung pretty badly on import taxes on the last few boxsets too. Not to mention the price flights/holiday to Santa Clara last year.

Shipping confirmation

Finally decided get this box, after the release date. Just got a shipping confirmation and the box is on its way "soon." When I ordered, I got a $5.00 discount on shipping, I wish it was more but what can you do but be grateful for a small discount. It was eaten up by Pennsylvania's 6% sales tax. (8.50% or something like that, if you live in the City/County of Philadelphia.Delivery sometime next week. For those who already received their box, is it about the same size as the May 1977 box from 2013?

Scotland

Wow. Two Scots in a row. How about that. Don't mean to derail this board, but since I have your attention, I will. The kids want to visit Edinburgh next April. Are we foolish to go that time of year, given the unpredictable weather? Regards. AJS

Shipping, taxes etc.

Hahaha it cracks me up how people in the US can complain about the fact that an order will take 3 or 4 days to reach them. I received Dave's Picks 18 a couple of days ago. It took 15 days to get here which is about the fastest I have ever received an order from Dead.net. As regards taxes, people who complain about 5%, 6% or even 8.5% sales tax should try living here where sales tax is a eye-watering 21% - on everything. When the July '78 box reaches me, not only will I have paid $24.99 shipping, but I will also have to pay the 21% sales tax on top of that. Add to that import duty and potential processing costs and you can see why I laugh in the faces of those who complain about having to fork out an extra couple of dollars. I recently ordered a couple of CDs from Amazon in the US. The order value was $26.40. Add to that $8.97 International shipping, then here I had to pay sales tax (BTW) of 4.96 Euros (= $5.60) and 13 Euros (= $14.70) for processing - paying for some guy to work out the BTW and print the payment form. Total cost $55.67 for goods worth $26.40. I have come to accept that this is just the way it is in a world where everyone is a thief. No point in getting mad, and getting even is not an option!

as I proctor

looking on internet at things and stuff. did some research on Red Rocks. How I wish I had made an effort to see the GD there. first show was in 82 Ventura, and I heard people talking about going to Red Rocks, but I had no clue what that meant. Could have gone in 83, but college had started again. 84: duhhhhhhh. 2 dum to try. 85: again, school had started up. 86: Jerry coma 87: too wimpy wimpy wimpy to make an effort. that was the last chance. What a place to experience the GD. the warmer weather makes me jones like crazy for a GD concert. AHHHHHHHH!

5/6 shipping notice - what

dead setter, the tracking for my shipment also has the anticipated ship date as 5/6/16 eventhough the email notification from dead.net was sent yesterday the 12th. No change at all to the shipping information on the FedEx site. FedEx is the worst shipping outfit I've ever dealt with. They should just call it quits.

a good thing

I will be doing a road trip from Seattle to Missoula and back this weekend to pick up my son from college. First leg is tonight: Seattle to Spokane. 9/24/72 and 5/16/81 are on the agenda. Then from Spokane to Missoula Saturday: the Dave's Picks of 5/14/74. :))))))))))))))))))))))))))) My son is not a Deadhead, so I will listen to some other stuff on the way back. but for 18 hours, it's me and the GD, in the car and a hotel, travelling across some beautiful terrain.

1978 is on it's way again!

Got my shipping notification yesterday! The notice said it should arrive by Wed. 5/18, but I live in central NC, so I am betting it will be here on Monday, along with my discounted Vault box and blu-ray SSDD! I live a little over 4 hours from Crozet, Va., which still doesn't explain why I received my shipping notification for and my 30 Trips box on the same day last fall!?!

21% tax?

ugh bruh. that is harsh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzVXbeASRiQ

Re: stoltzfus and our Friends Across the Pond

better make sure you take your heart medicine before that 5/14/74 Dark Star. Sounds like an atonal and scary drive. I think Springfield is a good compliment to this show for what its worth. Yea..I feel for you guys across the pond. Sorry.. import duties and delays sound like a real drag.

Are ship arrival dates accurate?

I dont think I have paid attention in the past but are the arrival dates somewhat random or based on the coast you live on or are they accurate like UPS? Its FedEx and I ask because I live an hour from crozel VA (source) but it says iy wont arri e until mid next week. Should i ignore the arrival date?

stoltz

Drive safe and keep the shiny side up....

It's here!

00088 arrived in New Hampshire! I've bought every limited edition they have put out (I opted for the USB drive instead of Boxilla)and this is the lowest number I've ever seen. Very nice job on the packaging. The book looks good on first skim. Looking forward to running through these this weekend.

betty!!!

Did anyone check the video in the dead.net newsletter? More Betty board talk!!! woob woob woob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thkv4Uzm8k4

ow ooooooooo new listening party!

7/8 scroll up

@meegwell & shipping dates

Be fully prepared to wait until mid-week. I live 2 hours away from Crozet and my DaP went down to Charlotte, NC and up to NJ before coming back here to VA. Right now my '78 box sits in Martinsburg WV awaiting its return to VA. These releases always get a little tour action in before coming home. I can't say that I blame them :)

1978

You already got yours in the mail? dayum. Hope mine ships as fast.

How does it sound?

Have you had time to listen to any of it yet? I can't wait.

@Eric3000

So dumb. I live 20 min from Crozet (in Charlottesville) and mine is in WV, as well. I understand logistics companies have their metrics, but if this would have gone out USPS First Class, it would arrive tomorrow and he Dead store may have saved some cash. Shew, I could have driven and picked it up, for that matter.

Download option

The spooky thing is that the download options appeared this afternoon (UK time) but have now disappeared. On the plus front the Red Rocks show was delivered by Amazon (it carries a "made in the eu" imprint hence the immediate delivery rather than waiting for it to be imported from the US) and first impressions are positive. Once the download option is back I shall certainly grab the high-res option as it is still much cheaper than the physical version once you factor in international postage and the whopping customs charges. With the latest Daves Picks also arriving today I have the weekend pretty sorted!

Size?

To those of you who have received this beauty, is it about the size of the May '77 box set? Rock on

So,I'm not(completly) bonkers then!

I saw that and came back this evening thinking to buy and start the download-Where's it gone? Thought I'd imagined it til I saw your post. Ah, well, maybe tomorrow????

Liberate

Perhaps in addition to focusing all this attention on grabbing the reels from the vault, we should also grab one or two of the mail man heads and liberate a few hundred copies from Crozet for same day delivery. I envision that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer got Newman (the mail carrier) to use his mail truck and take a shipment of bottles and cans to Michigan to get the 10 cent refund instead of the 5 cent refund you get in NY. Instead, we will grab a mail truck, throw a big steelie on the back, drive to the warehouse in Crozet, distract and fill it up with Box Sets and hook all our buddies up with same day service. What could possibly go wrong?

Beware the Download...

While I ponder whether I want to fork over the extra $14.25 in Illinois tax to buy this set I would caution all about the downloads. I don't know if they are all like the May 1977 set I bought but with that one each song has a short dropout at the end of the file so that it is impossible to listen to the shows continuously without a little dropout whenever the file advances. Some people may not mind but that's pretty jarring to my ears. I thought at first that the files had been corrupted so I asked dead.net customer service. They kindly and promptly investigated the issue and answered: "I apologize, it looks like this is how the product was produced, we are not aware of a issue that we can correct." So it seems that the download files are intentionally engineered to give what I consider a sub-optimum listening experience. All I can figure is that they do this to make it more difficult to produce bootleg copies but it is still a big disappointment. Like I said, I don't know if July 78 was produced the same way but caveat emptor. If anybody has downloaded it I'd appreciate hearing if the files in this set have the same problem.

Download question

Was it ALAC or FLAC with the microgaps?

Simonrob

Hope you are getting free medical care for all those taxes and fees.

Stoltzfus

Happy driving.This is the opportunity to convert your son into a deadhead. If he's stuck in the car he can't walk away.

Inside Look At The Making Of July 1978:The Complete Recordings w

Dave Lemieux chats a little about the making of this box set.Here he is, calm and cool and well spoken just like the excellent archivist that he really is. None of that highly distracted and sometimes annoying and embarrassing to some viewers. He really shines here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thkv4Uzm8k4 It's the same video the420dandito posted earlier. THANK YOU DAVE LEMIEUX!

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