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    Friend of The Devils: April 1978 (Dead.net Exclusive) [19 CD]

     

    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL 4/6/78
    Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL 4/7/78
    Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78
    Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/10/78
    Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/11/78
    Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC 4/12/78
    Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 4/14/78
    Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV 4/16/78

    Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
    Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
    Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
    Liners By Author Steve Silberman
    Artwork By Acclaimed Artist Matthew Brannon

    Limited To 10,000 Individually Numbered Copies
    Dead.net Exclusive

    It’s been said before but April ‘78 was an incredible month for the Dead. Like May ‘77, you could throw a dart and guarantee you hit a stellar show. - KyloRensPecs, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

    .... April/May '78 has a lot of the same qualities of Spring '77 but with some extra edge and a much bigger sound from the Rhythm Devils. A really special era that often gets neglected. - viewtiful_alan, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

    Sportatorium - April 7, 1989

    when drums started I thought, oh s*#!, i hate drum solos and Billy and Mickey stopped me in my tracks. Wow, these guys are really good. Little did I know the pervasive influence this phenomena would have on my life. - pearlybakerbest, Dead.net

    Huntington Civic Centre, West Virginia – 16 April 1978

    This is another must-hear concert by The Grateful Dead. The sound and mix are almost ‘absolutely perfect'... It’s difficult to pick out highlights because everything is played so well; the band are tight, Donna is great and the set list is strong. - Grateful Ted, gratefulted.co.uk

    We're hitting the bullseye with the eight previously unreleased stellar shows that make up FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978. Filled to the brim with peak performances from the Grateful Dead's post-hiatus period, this collection captures the historic tour where "Drums" begat "Space," morphed into "Drums">"Space" and cemented the Rhythm Devils' second-set power move from the music business to the "transportation business."

    Spring 1978 finds the Dead consistently weaving spontaneous magic, showing signs of great promise and potential - from the no-nonsense rock'n'roll in Tampa, where scholars cite the first "Drumz" leading into "Space," to the lengthy communal get down in Pembroke Pines to Jacksonville where the twain emerge fully formed, offering the primordial opportunity for "soul retrieval." It's evident in the dynamic range delivered on back-to-back nights at the intimate Fox Theatre and through the laid-back unity of the band's performance in Durham at Duke, a comfort that carries over to Virginia and West Virginia where the playing is unbridled, bursting with momentum, threatening to carry itself away. And nowhere can you hear that more clearly than through Betty Cantor-Jackson's original recordings, reliably crisp, bright, and vivid.

    Individually numbered to 10,000 copies and exclusive to Dead.net, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978 has been mastered by Audio Engineer Jeffrey Norman using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction. Steve Vance designed the collection’s custom box, which features a removable wave drum. (We invite you to unleash your inner Rhythm Devil.) Acclaimed artist Matthew Brannon created the set’s original artwork. The collection also includes a 48-page book with original liner notes by author Steve Silberman and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and more.

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    Was in the grocery store, there was a gentleman in front of me in the produce section. He was coming toward me, and turned into an aisle. He was wearing an older tie dye. I ask him to see what was on the back, didnt wear correct glasses. It was not a GD shirt. He heard me and the first thing out of his mouth was "Are you a dead head?" So gave him the secret hand shake and wink. Riiiiggghhht. We started talking for a while and he said his first show was 10/17/70 at The Cleveland Music Hall. We ended up talking for 15 minutes, some in all eras but mostly his early years. He siad some people said it was a horrble concert to which I replied "some people always say was a bad show," most who were not there. Exchanged contact info. Any way here is his show as reported on some sites but not on others from best i can tell. Think it has some errors as cut and paste was struggling.

    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/2019)

    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/2019)

    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/201 - ooops
    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/2019)

    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/2019)

    Set 1

    Casey Jones
    China Cat Sunflower
    I know You Rider
    Me and My Uncle
    It Hurts me Too
    Truckin'
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
    Sugar Magnolia
    Candyman
    Hard to Handle

    Set 2

    Good Love
    Drums
    Good Love
    Cold Rain and Snow
    Dark Star
    Not Fade Away
    Going Down the Road
    Not Fade Away
    Lovelight

    encore

    Uncle John's Band
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    Miller source is an awesome audience from this era. Enjoy
    -Anonymous (10/17/2012)

    While this show is happening 2000 miles east in Ohio, Pink Floyd plays Pepperland in San Rafael the same night. I wonder if any Dead family members holding down the fort in Marin county went and checked them out?
    -David Ryder (07/11/2016)

    Great audience copy of this show because the crowd is not constantly clapping like they do in the mid to late seventies. Never understand why people were clapping in time with the band ruining audience copies to hundreds of shows
    -Kdead (10/17/201 - ooops

    I am downloading now.

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    The drum has rattles inside?

    Of course. Its a wave drum.

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    Box has arrived in Snohomish WA! Love it when a release comes on a Friday, doesn't get any better than that...

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    Colin......Thanks for the Info. I also noticed my original Amazon order was for $129.00 Now it is down to $106.00

    Time for another Floor to Celling wall shelf unit in my (what used to be an extra bedroom) extra room

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    CHUCK
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    I’ve noticed this with the last two Garcialive releases. The UK site sells from the US, all the earlier ones came directly from the UK.

    Edit: It wouldn’t be deadnet if the downloads worked immediately. They appear unable to learn from past mistakes.

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    My Dead Box set was delayed in New Mexico due to weather Now back on track to come on Saturday by FedEx, but my Dylan Box was put off for three weeks on Amazon?? Now coming on Oct.9th??? I see some people have received theirs?? Were these ordered directly from the Bob Dylan web sight? Which now says Sold Out?

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Friend of The Devils: April 1978 (Dead.net Exclusive) [19 CD]

 

WHAT'S INSIDE:
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL 4/6/78
Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL 4/7/78
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, FL 4/8/78
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/10/78
Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA 4/11/78
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC 4/12/78
Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 4/14/78
Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV 4/16/78

Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
Newly restored and speed-corrected audio by Plangent Processes
Mastered by Jeffrey Norman
Liners By Author Steve Silberman
Artwork By Acclaimed Artist Matthew Brannon

Limited To 10,000 Individually Numbered Copies
Dead.net Exclusive

It’s been said before but April ‘78 was an incredible month for the Dead. Like May ‘77, you could throw a dart and guarantee you hit a stellar show. - KyloRensPecs, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

.... April/May '78 has a lot of the same qualities of Spring '77 but with some extra edge and a much bigger sound from the Rhythm Devils. A really special era that often gets neglected. - viewtiful_alan, r/gratefuldead, Reddit

Sportatorium - April 7, 1989

when drums started I thought, oh s*#!, i hate drum solos and Billy and Mickey stopped me in my tracks. Wow, these guys are really good. Little did I know the pervasive influence this phenomena would have on my life. - pearlybakerbest, Dead.net

Huntington Civic Centre, West Virginia – 16 April 1978

This is another must-hear concert by The Grateful Dead. The sound and mix are almost ‘absolutely perfect'... It’s difficult to pick out highlights because everything is played so well; the band are tight, Donna is great and the set list is strong. - Grateful Ted, gratefulted.co.uk

We're hitting the bullseye with the eight previously unreleased stellar shows that make up FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978. Filled to the brim with peak performances from the Grateful Dead's post-hiatus period, this collection captures the historic tour where "Drums" begat "Space," morphed into "Drums">"Space" and cemented the Rhythm Devils' second-set power move from the music business to the "transportation business."

Spring 1978 finds the Dead consistently weaving spontaneous magic, showing signs of great promise and potential - from the no-nonsense rock'n'roll in Tampa, where scholars cite the first "Drumz" leading into "Space," to the lengthy communal get down in Pembroke Pines to Jacksonville where the twain emerge fully formed, offering the primordial opportunity for "soul retrieval." It's evident in the dynamic range delivered on back-to-back nights at the intimate Fox Theatre and through the laid-back unity of the band's performance in Durham at Duke, a comfort that carries over to Virginia and West Virginia where the playing is unbridled, bursting with momentum, threatening to carry itself away. And nowhere can you hear that more clearly than through Betty Cantor-Jackson's original recordings, reliably crisp, bright, and vivid.

Individually numbered to 10,000 copies and exclusive to Dead.net, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL 1978 has been mastered by Audio Engineer Jeffrey Norman using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction. Steve Vance designed the collection’s custom box, which features a removable wave drum. (We invite you to unleash your inner Rhythm Devil.) Acclaimed artist Matthew Brannon created the set’s original artwork. The collection also includes a 48-page book with original liner notes by author Steve Silberman and photos by James Anderson, Bob Minkin, and more.

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The flac files for this box are corrupt. For whatever reason, they're still for sale. Some of us have tried slugging it out with support, the higher ups, and whatnot. Nothing has changed.
The flac files are still full of drop outs and digital stuttering. The alac files, I believe, are ok.

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Just got done listening to the Box set in order, plus threw William and Mary in there to make it like I was on tour. I have to say that it was a very enjoyable experience. All the Box sets are excellent, but this one really brought a smile to my face. There's a looseness to the playing that makes it incredibly easy to enjoy - plus the sound is killer!! Going to need to relisten to July '78 now.

Now, let's scrape up anything listenable for that Fall 1970 Box set.

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I was able to get in both shows last night. The band is on fire, and there is a looseness to the playing, but also some really focused jamming

Scar>Fire from 4/11/78 almost set my damn house on fire!!!

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Working my way through the box, because life…
Listening to 4/11 now. You ain’t wrong JONATHAN918@GD. The Scarlet>Fire is smokin’!

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