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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 15, 2016 - 3:32pm

#3741

Syracuse78

Joined:
July 15, 2010

Yes, repetition in Deadland

Yes, repetition in Deadland is a real kill joy. lol And here we go... (so much for waiting until Day 2)
March 15, 2016 - 2:56pm

#3742

Guss West

Joined:
August 21, 2015

Wowie Zowie

Red Rocks 1978. Holy Grail, Batman!
March 15, 2016 - 2:48pm

#3743

davidadavis@gm…

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Three Shows Never on Soundboard

I believe these three are only available in audience 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 plus first red Rocks shows I am happy David gratefulseconds.blogspot.com
March 15, 2016 - 2:39pm

#3744

wissinomingdeadhead

Joined:
December 17, 2011

Pre......

Ordered HAPPY TUESDAY, DEADLAND!!!!!!!
March 15, 2016 - 2:31pm

#3745

Deadheadbrewer

Joined:
February 2, 2010

Boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh BOY!!

Sweet cover, too. And like someone else said, I, too will exit the comment boards until the next release announcement. I love the first day of comments, but not the eventual (day 2?) "best era" bickering and the incessant whining about not getting the show/era/cover art that was hoped for. Now the question is whether I slow down my 30 Trips listening to incorporate DaP 18 and this box. I'm just finishing DaP 17, and then could get back to 1975, but that leaves a long time before the June '76 release shows up . . .
March 15, 2016 - 2:24pm

#3746

ozdh

Joined:
July 14, 2008

go the Betty!...

nice!...
March 15, 2016 - 2:05pm

#3747

David Duryea

Joined:
September 28, 2009

Fall box set request

Sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive.Release The Ark. and turn back the year. Sing me back home before I die
March 15, 2016 - 1:53pm

#3748

Syracuse78

Joined:
July 15, 2010

As my first show was Syracuse

As my first show was Syracuse in May of '78, I'll be interested in hearing this. FWIW, people should watch the video. There are a lot of comments in this thread that would be cleared up by watching David L. And, it's entertaining as usual. No surprise Spacebro prefers an '87 Red Rocks show. Anyone who has read these boards for a while knows what he tends to like. His review of it makes me want to check it out. I got rid of my 1000 CDRs of live Dead years ago when we moved, since there is now so much officially released. But I recall that the 7/8/78 show was pristine. I do wonder how much better a remaster will sound. I haven't really found that there is a giant upgrade between official releases and good soundboards like virtually all of Betty's are. We'll see. My guess is that there will be at least one more $100-$200 box this year. Based on how much was spent last year, I imagine TPTB will want to put out as much as they think people will buy. And they now think people will buy more than they thought a few years ago. My opinion.
March 15, 2016 - 1:42pm

#3749

thismikebenz

Joined:
November 3, 2010

Wahoo!!

What a great set! The size, price, era, all good! as is the Flac/Alac option. I hope they release a lot of 3 to 5 show boxes across the eras, so people can pick what they like. FOr some of the 80's, where tape quality and performance quality are purported to be inconsistent, I'd be happy with a 10 or so disc set of highlights compiled from a tour or a year, but for 78, the shows were great and the recordings are supposed to be good as well, (I have a couple of these on pirated CD already) so i'm happy to order my box right now!
March 15, 2016 - 1:23pm

#3750

Across the Rio

Joined:
November 18, 2015

Nice Release

This looks like it will be a lot of fun. Hopefully with this release we will start to learn more about the status of the Betty's and which of the three groups this is from. And maybe what else is in that group that has been acquired by the Dead. Three previously unavailable SB's from 78 - big smiles. Tying two threads together, when did I get on the bus? It was in a couple phases. In 78, I had a friend in high school who turned me on to a few Dead songs during my junior year. That summer I bought "What a long strange trip its' been" (Best of GD) on cassette. It got almost all my play in my car daily on my way to and from work after school. I really loved a lot of the songs on that compilation (Ramble On Rose, Cosmic Charlie, Brown-Eyed Women, Tennessee Jed). Thanksgiving 78 we had the chance to see them live at the Cap Centre during my senior year. They only played about three songs I knew (T Jed, Brown-Eyed Woman, PITB) but it was magic. Probably was on the bus and not gonna jump, but still more to learn. The very next night, they were live on FM from Cap Theatre in Passaic, NJ. I made my very own (and first) bootleg that night off the radio. I only had one blank, and after the first set, I had used most of both sides. Never mind, something else I had taped off the radio was soon taped over as the second set began. That tape sealed it, as if there was ever a doubt, despite still not knowing much of what I was hearing (Shake it Sugar Bee). I played those two cassettes far beyond any reason to expect them to survive, but one of them is still in my old tape box. I was on for good, but still absorbing anything I could. Eventually, I found a path to bootlegs from other people (there is a lot of this stuff, from shows that weren't over the radio? Oh my. I found my way to a few ill sounding bootlegs, always falling back to my own show from Passaic. Then somebody gave me a copy of 7-8-78. The first honest-to-God real bootleg from the underground world in good quality. The Ramble on Rose from that show had a beat that was so different from the official releases it was almost a different song. It bounced, it rolled, it was alive. The Terrapin was an encore? They played Werewolves of London? Looking for bootlegs was no longer something to do and hope it was ok, clearly there was a world of access out there far deeper than I realized, and I had to have more. I had been on the bus, but I found out it had been the local (show to show when they came to town, albums, the odd radio show). Now I was on the long-haul bus, get everything possible to listen to, as there are gems undreamed of. So that ties the two threads, how I got on the bus, and this release. 7-8-78 means a lot to me, but I imagine it means much the same to many of us. Happy days!

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.

Kengoesto11

I also ordered this box 7 weeks ago and still nada. I am waiting patiently because it will eventually ship. I will say it will ship on Dec. 22. What date do you think.

Carlo13

Wish I knew. I was hoping to confirm that the order will be recognized instead of forgotten. So I tried Dr. Rhino and got the same robo-response/apology as regular customer service email. These responses include a reminder that multiple inquiries may further delay an order...so handcuffed, LOL! But I can still play the shamisen and there are far worse things. It's all good.

Kengoesto11

It may take a little time be patient.

"Due to a high-volume of email traffic, there will be a delay in response time".

Carlo

I feel for you, man. I made the mistake of ordering a simple CD (Terrapin Limited--3/15/90) for a Christmas gift some three weeks ago. Alas, it still sits in a "processing" status. Email requests have been answered with the same "robo-response" bullshit. And what makes it even more frustrating is dead.net had absolutely zero problems charging my credit card the day I ordered it...that portion of their logistical process seems to run flawlessly! And by comparison, I ordered other Christmas gifts from the Foo Fighters, Rush, and Pearl Jam websites the same day as my Dead order, and holy shit, like magic, all their merchandise arrived, as ordered, in less than a week.
This "we're moving our warehouse" excuse has grown pathetic and old...any logistical issues dead.net is having should be transparent to the customer! But allow me to end my complaints with a few suggestions, as I'm the kind of person who won't complain without bringing some solutions to the table....: (1) SHUT DOWN ALL SALES UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO COMPLETE AN ORDER! (2) DO NOT CHARGE THE CUSTOMER UNTIL AFTER A PRODUCT SHIPS!

Merry Christmas All---and Carlo, if you're really Jonesin for those 78 shows, PM me (if it works) I'm sure I have a copy's I could share

Robbz

Merry x-mas to you too. Now the july 78 box completely disappeared from the site which makes me nervous. There were still a bunch left too.

July 1978: The Complete Recordings delivered today

Hi just an bit of info for people who were in a similar position to me: I ordered the Box Set (as part of a larger order) on 9-21-19, and it arrived today, so a little over 3 months later. I had written CS once (on November 26) and received a reply on December 3 from Warner Music Group Customer Service which read, in part:

Due to a complex warehouse move we now have a significant backlog of both customer inquiries and shipments, and as a result we haven’t been able to deliver at the level that we pride ourselves on.
For those waiting on their orders, while we wish we could give you an exact estimate as to when your order will ship, we are still awaiting the exact order status details that we urgently want to get to you.
We are putting 100% of our focus and dedication into a solution to this shipping delay, and are currently working with our warehouse partner to send out outstanding orders.
We wish we had been able to have communicated this to you sooner, but we had relied on assurances from our warehouse partner that they would be able to quickly resolve the backlog of orders, and they haven’t been able to honor this commitment. We must again apologize for this delay in reaching out to you.
While it is not our place to be making requests of you, we do hope that you will continue to be patient with us, as we work through these issues and work with our current partner to ship out your order as soon as possible.
We are genuinely sorry for the delay and inconvenience associated with your order, and we thank you for your patience and understanding to date.

HANG IN THERE FELLOW DEADHEADS!!!!!! AS ALWAYS IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT.
However, I don't see the Box Set currently listed for sale on the Dead's site right now either? My S/N was 091xx of 15000.
Peace and Happy Hanukkah!

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