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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.
Arrowhead Terrapin....
....too many one word flubs by Garcia to count. The 4:20-5:00 mark makes up for it. The band sounds stoned....this version is funny and awesome at the same time. Jerry collects himself perfectly every time....the sound though, the sound.............;)
Definite Eyes tease coming out of Estimated....
....but the Spanish lady layed a rose....smokin'
Giants Stadium show 9/2/78
The first act was NRPS, then Willie. Waylon was also supposed to be there but never did show. Willis said "Waylon ain't coming, so fuck 'em!" I kid you not.
We did not get there early so we ended upstairs for the Riders. Moved down and sat behind the stage for Willie & then the Dead. Great show.
Rock on
hbob....you were there?!....
....Lucky suck. All I want to know is when the print of the booklet cover goes on sale. I have cash money....
The Eagle Has Landed
Just got mine in CA. Nice Artwork on shipping box. Too cool to recycle.Got a low number this time, 00596. No damage to contents. Fancy Box, oversized CD case, means I can't keep with the rest of my collection. Bummer. 1st World Problems.
Starting w/Arrowhead Stadium, sounds great so far. I'll survive.
FRIDAY?!
Seriously bummed to see that my box is taking the scenic route via North Dakota, and Montana on it's way to Stumptown. Won't see it until Friday says the bar code genie. I wish Dead.net could insure that goods are sent via good 'ol USPS. All FedEx does is drop ship to them for final delivery anyway. Deep breath.
Art
I really like the rotating cast of artists we are seeing with the packaging. Only one woman so far? (Spring 1990 TOO, and it's awesome.) I'm sure I'm in the minority, but the May '77 box is my fave. It's classy. This new box is a close second. Look at the box near a bright light and see how images of instruments and gear are shiny, while the rest is matte. Brilliant! I'm rooting for a Grammy.
For me, the bottom is the first season of Dave's. That is goofy, especially the first one. I like all of the subsequent years of Dave's Picks art, though.
Nice set, but missing a disc
Received mine, very nice presentation.Only problem, missing disc 1 of the July 3rd show.
Can anyone tell me if calling customer service would be the route to take or should I go directly to Marye? In the past Marye was our only hope in these matters.
What a month for us all
The juxtaposition of the strong laid back July 76 vibe with the full on power septet thundering across the great plains two years later has been so enjoyable. The St. Paul show is a revelation spreading like the smile growing on my face as the sets develop. The Stella moves into second place in the pantheon, just behind 10-21-78 (aud patch and all). The known quantity of 7-8 seems almost like a let down in comparison. Almost. On to the next. Woo f'ing hoo.
Thanks to all who made these releases possible.
Your Non-Dart Catching Cat
Jim, c'mon, I mean, you couldn't raise TWO dart-catching cats?? What went wrong, and do you realize the trauma Bagira has endured due to this? Knowing she will never live up to her predecessor Kimba's prowess?? Set up cat dart-catching anonymous meeting, STAT. With the GD soundtrack of course.
I laughed out loud at that awesome story.
Sixtus
missing disc
first of all, WTF? a missing disc? that would annoy me grrrrreatly. my sympathy.
I would contact both marye and customer service. use as many routes as you can. keep at it, being civil throughout.
I think marye will also refer you to CS, but she is a wonderful den mother for us man-children (not to exclude the ladies who lurk around here), so perhaps she can be helpful.
when i got 5/14/74, the third disc was faulty. Dr. Rhino send a replacement, so you shouldn't have too much trouble.
Good luck. i hope when mine arrives it has all its fingers and toes.
#7614 lands in Iowa
Everything intact and unblemished.Cant wait to hear the 1st set on the 7th;played my XL2 a thousand times and never ever tired of it.I always preferred it over the 8th but never had the 2nd set until now. Really hoping this is the box model of the future:affordable and wont take 6 months to get through it.I couldn't agree more with whoever posted for a May/June 73 as next up to bat.Kudos to DL2 and company for getting these out...keep them coming!!
Got mine...
delivered yesterday. I have gone straight for the 7/8 show. Gonna listen to this in reverse order. Beautiful box, great artwork, love the booklet. Enjoyed reading it last night. Wish the CD holders were plastic like the Dave's Picks. Not a fan of the paper slip in's. Also all mine have small tears around the edges where the disc is inserted. No biggie as I will keep them in a separate disc holder anyway. Glad to get it and am excited about diving in to it all weekend.
Link to disk art
Thanks to Marye for providing the link to the disk art. Is anyone else having an issue with the 7/8 disk art file? I use Google Play and am getting an upload error with just that one file. I have tried multiple downloads on multiple devices and am getting the same result every time.
Bobby's "slide" playing....
My guitar teacher always tells me that great electric slide guitar playing is a matter of good vibrato over the fret, right- and left-hand muting, and practice! Without vibrato and muting, the note is out-of-tune and has lots of unwanted overtones caused by over-notes in front of and behind the slide. Check out my teacher's video(not an ad, I swear) for how it is done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV3ZgqL6JlE
mind blown
And I'm only to the drum solo of Omaha. Best box set since Fillmore Complete? For me, it's up there.
So Far.............
This box is like a stronger 77 vibe. Very strong muscular playing. Perfect summer fun ain't it?Top quality through and through as y'all have been saying.
Musings
- Back yesterday, @davesenergyguide, posted the digital artwork. Only problem there is that the cover which actually says July 8th, is the cover of the 8th stand alone release, but that cover is the July 7th show in the box! In the box, July 7th is reddish and July 8th is bluish. I have been wondering about this all along.
- I do think that Derek Trucks is tops right now on the slide but I have to give a big time shout out to Bonnier Raitt. She knows how to play that thang.
- Donna does look good in those short, shorts. I don't think the term "hot pants" got that name until the mid-80's
- This might be my favorite artwork of ANY box yet. For the DaP series, I am a fan of year 3 with Tony Millionaire at the helm
Listening to St. Paul again, and all I can say again is that if this is the weak show here, we are a spoiled bunch of Heads because this show is excellent. I think the release of this box, so close to DaP18 has caused that one to not get its proper due. And of course, what with listening to each E'72 show on the appropriate day, and still spinning Boxzilla each time I drive, I am just awash in "new" Dead! What a life! Just not enough hours in a day.
Rock on
7/1
Wow. So much energy---the last section from Estimated on is on fire.
But the rest is good, too. Phil's is playing all over the place on the first several songs---in Good Lovin' and Tennessee especially---listen for what he plays during the "The wheels turned around and the letters read" line.
Very happy!
Slide guitar
Derek Trucks has had a big profile as a great slide as of late and it's good that newer generations can enjoy as listeners. I've always enjoyed Warren Haynes slide work as well.
Of all places to hear nice slide playing, a guitarist from the house band of The Voice on the most recent performance episode did a stellar job on the song Angel from Montgomery. It was pedal steel slide, but really cool. The vocalists were great as well.
One other slide player I'll mention who I believe is even better than Derek Trucks is Sonny Landreth. Check him out on Youtube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2k7WpkIxQ
genius
Might be running up against a
Might be running up against a file size issue, since 7/8's artwork is larger than all the others. I re-sized that one and got it to upload properly through Google Play. You can use any standard photo editing tool to do it. Give it a shot.
7/1 Playin' In The Band
at 7:30 to 7:50 it's In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Remaining box set inventory
There are less than 4080 box sets left in inventory. Just in case anyone was wondering :)
7/1 Around & Around
A&A was never a tune that I really couldn't wait to hear the Dead play.
It came, I accepted it, danced along and then moved to the next tune.
This 7/1 show rearranged my head on that front. Super rockin' energy and Keith is really channeling his inner Johnnie Johnson.
The band is on fire and I am so glad that I ordered #3501.
Betty boards are butter!
A&A: my opinion
I love it when they play it in its entirety. 11/20/70, 4/18/71, on through 78
I detest it when it gets coupled with something else like good lovin or JBG. sloppy time-filler without the final jam. ick. emasculated, I say.
like, we're talking starting in 1980.
They could _jam it REAL good_ (a la Salt-n-Pepa) in 77 and 78.
St. Paul sounds great to me
I am finally working my way through St. Paul (7/3) after spending the weekend with Arrowhead (7/1). I have to say I am a fan of these concise shows where even the long jams are kept to 8-10 minutes.
Am I crazy or are there a lot of vocal flubs? There is a hilarious one in 7/3 Mexical Blues - Bobby "You fucked me up..." (at Jerry). They don't ruin the experience but they are noticeable thus far.
I am only halfway through the 2nd show of the box and this show doesn't sound like a dog at all. I cannot wait to see what other Betty boards are returning to The Vault. Didn't Dave mention it was a good deal of the 76-78 shows they were missing? Plus we get Garcia Live vol 6..another Betty.
Gratefulseconds Post #87 Best 4-Song opening in Modern History
June 22, 1976 The Tower
U.S. Blues
The Music Never Stopped
Crazy Fingers>Comes A Time
wow
http://gratefulseconds.blogspot.com/2016/05/best-first-set-opening-in-m…
Gratefulseconds Post #87 Best 4-Song opening in Modern History
June 22, 1976 The Tower
U.S. Blues
The Music Never Stopped
Crazy Fingers>Comes A Time
wow
http://gratefulseconds.blogspot.com/2016/05/best-first-set-opening-in-m…
Two shows in....
....and the boyz are masquerading as a straight up rock 'n' roll band. I love it. Lot's of good stuff here....The Bobby growls from May are intact.
tradgedy narrowly adverted
whew...
been playin the delivery game the last two days. I know most have experienced and/or heard about it but it was my first time. Tracker said, May 17, then May 18, then May 19. Then yesterday tracker said Delivered 10:56am. I was out at the time but back by 11:15. Found the delivery notice, freaked. Then calmed down as I remembered once where it said delivered in the morning but did not actually make it until the late afternoon (guess the driver scanned them all as delivered and then ran the route). So I relaxed. Kept spying out my window, "where are you?" This went on about every 15-20 minutes (I know I am not the only one), up until a couple of hours past sunset. This morning got on the phone and spoke with Fed-ex. They passed me off to the post office. Of course, we are not allowed to speak with a person at USPS (by phone). So off to the local post office I went. Spent about an hour, finally got a manager. Trying to figure out next step. Do you file a police report if stolen? Turns out, post office decided to deliver it elsewhere in the neighborhood. They said come back Monday afternoon if it has not shown up. I tend to try to be mellow G, but I was quietly boiling knowing it went to neighbors that may or may not approve of my nature. Finally, about an hour ago, it was on my front porch. Whew. Wonder if the post office tracked it down or was the neighbor nice? Looks nice (incredibly nice!)but think I will wait until tomorrow to crack it open. Hmmm where are the sedatives?
#12488
Nice Box
Got this on Tuesday and had a chance to listen to the 7/1, 7/3, and 7/5 shows, sounds great so far. The 7/1 show blew me away on the first listen, 7/3 was fine, and the second set of 7/5 was transcendent. Looking forward to the Red Rocks shows.
They nailed it on this box, the sound is good, the music is great, the artwork really does it for me, and the size is just about perfect, pretty close to the May '77 box. A five show set like that is about perfect. I am hoping that some of the artwork from this box will be available on a poster or tee shirt, really dig the comic book vibe that it has.
Saint Paul
We all know one, or knew one. A Saint Paul that is. Mine was not so much of a saint in the christian sense. He was more the Saint of Laughter and Intuition. A strange combo, I know, but it worked. In any case, we lost him unexpectedly and to the most unexpected cause. Paul is dead. Long live Paul.
I digress. The St. Paul in this box was described by an expert somewhere as uneven. Was that the adjective? It may well be that. It is also scorching and downright thrilling at times. Yes, there are big vocal flubs and I forgive them because Mexicali becomes so damn funny. How about that TMNS?? The Scarlet is a sheer blast, and again the amnesia gremlins creep in for FOTM. Like last show, we have in-tongue vocalizations during Drums. Then NFA, Stella Blue and Sugar Mags tear the roof off. I indefinitely postponed Werewolves for fear of slide guitar "playing" that almost surely would kill my buzz.
I couldn't resist dipping into Omaha, just because I am SO enamored with this box.
Track 01...02...03...04...etc...
Just received the 78 box set, #11060 (great music)!! So I started to load into iTunes, and 7 out of the 9 cd's only list the track numbers and no other info!!! So that's approximately 77 songs!!!! Gave CS a call, and they told me that most of the box sets have the same problem and the ( escalation team ) is currently working on it!!! So I asked to return the box set for new one that has all the correct info for each disc and each song and they said NO!!! Is anyone else having this same problem?
St. Paul Mexicali....
...."now pay attention (Jerry)!" Hilarious. They approached every chorus after the first flubbed one with trepidation. You can definitely hear it. Lmao. Love the Mexicali -> Mama Tried flipped. My treasured DeadBase shows they only did that six times, all in '78. One of them was at the Springfield Civic Center Arena, i.e. 1/2 of DP 25, i.e. the "mescaline shows". I checked that one out, and it checks out....congrats to stoltzfus and jrf. I'm sure you two will not be disappointed....
this box set is hot
this is the answer to anyone whoever tells you the dead are too mellow. the band plays with all the mellowness and subtlety of a sledgehammer meeting a plate glass window. it sounds great, and the shows are killer, and i haven't even gotten to the 2 red rocks shows i already know and love. great job by everyone who put this together.
Luck finally ran out....
....the MSN from St.Paul has a nasty skip issue at the three minute mark until the end. Calling Dr. Toothpaste first, then Dr. Rhino if need be....and Gary, if you're feeling fuzzy, Orpheum should be the ticket. July '78 is a totally different animal. Amazed how a band can totally change it's approach and tone in two years....nose powder may have been a deciding factor....it is what it is....back to St. Paul. The Deal is unfortunately forgettable. Donna does that shrieking thing I don't like. She growls the "don't go down" part once, then goes back to the falsetto squawking again....the diaphragm does wonders Donna!!
Finally!
Finally...box 144 arrived at work. Box is in fine shape.
Can't trust the local PO with boxes, they have delivered previous items to houses a block a way, or leave them on the porch in San Francisco! Worked pretty well getting a box shipped to work at SF city hall.
Opened it with my partner/girlfriend and we enjoyed the packaging together. Looking forward to the first notes...
Last night when I was jonesing for my box, I was driving home from work and turned on the radio, to the local community radio station KPFA. In a surprising twist, they were doing the weekly program "Dead to the World", offering the box as a thank you for a pledge, and spun the Werewolves from Red Rocks! Just wetting my appetite!
New to this issue....
....if Colgate (the paste, not the release) doesn't resolve the MSN issue, how does one contact Dr. Rhino? Unfamiliar territory here....cause the music did stop...
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