Friend of the Devils: April 1978
Friend of the Devils: April 1978 | ||||
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Released | September 20, 2024 | |||
Recorded | April 6–16, 1978 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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Friend of the Devils: April 1978 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains eight complete concerts on 19 CDs. It was released on September 20, 2024, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.[1][2][3][4]
Friend of the Devils: April 1978 contains recordings of these concerts:
- April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida
- April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida
- April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida
- April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
- April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
- April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
- April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, West Virginia
The box set also includes a 48-page booklet of liner notes and photos, as well as a wave drum.
The April 12 concert was also released on September 20, 2024, as a separate album called Duke '78, as a three-disc CD, a four-disc LP, and a digital download.
The April 15, 1978 concert, which is not included in Friend of the Devils, was released in 2021 as Dave's Picks Volume 37.
Track listing
[edit]Disc 1
- April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – first set:
- "Bertha" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:18
- "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:24
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38
- "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips) – 3:08
- "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:27
- "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:53
- "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:26
- "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14
- "Lazy Lightning" > (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:29
- "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:31
- April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 9:19
- "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 6:25
Disc 2
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:50
- "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:30
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:21
- "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 16:15
- "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28
- "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30
- April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – encore:
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57
Disc 3
- April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – first set:
- "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:14
- "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:12
- "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:32
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:30
- "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:38
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53
- "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:37
- "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:24
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12
- "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:33
- April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – second set:
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:08
Disc 4
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54
- "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 7:05
- "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:27
- "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:14
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:00
- "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 10:24
- "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25
- "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:48
- April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – encore:
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:12
Disc 5
- April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – first set:
- "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
- "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:04
- "Big River" (Cash) – 6:59
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:35
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:15
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
- "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:06
- "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:38
- "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:47
- "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:31
Disc 6
- April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:28
- "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:36
- "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 12:19
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:47
- "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:14
Disc 7
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:56
- "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:37
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 11:32
- April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – encore:
- "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:37
Disc 8
- April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:
- "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:27
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:29
- "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:03
- "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:02
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:33
- "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:05
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:02
- "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 5:58
- "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02
- "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:44
Disc 9
- April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:12
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
- "Dancing in the Street" > (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 12:04
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 15:29
- "Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 16:25
- "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:50
- "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:18
Disc 10
- April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:
- "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22
- "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 5:46
- "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 8:51
- "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:12
- "Big River" (Cash) – 6:32
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:04
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:08
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
- "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
- "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7"33
- April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10
Disc 11
- April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:20
- "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:42
- "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 10:42
- "Sunrise" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:13
Disc 12
- "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:47
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:54
- "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 2:18
- "Iko Iko" > (James Crawford, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 10:23
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:39
- April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:17
Disc 13
- April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – first set:
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:29
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:41
- "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 4:42
- "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:54
- "Mama Tried" > (Haggard) – 2:29
- "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:03
- "Funiculi Funicula" (Luigi Denza) – 1:57
- "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:50
- "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:47
- "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59
- "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:56
- "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:43
Disc 14
- April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – second set:
- "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
- "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:59
- "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 8:55
- April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – encore:
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00
Disc 15
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:02
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:21
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 25:54
- "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:45
- "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:38
- "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:20
Disc 16
- April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – first set:
- "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:00
- "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
- "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:02
- "Big River" (Cash) – 5:45
- "Peggy-O" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:53
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:44
- "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack) – 8:03
- "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
- "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51
- April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:35
- April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – encore:
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 5:04
Disc 17
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04
- "Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter) – 16:47
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:23
- "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 5:12
- "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:10
- "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:26
Disc 18
- April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – first set:
- "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:18
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37
- "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:51
- "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:04
- "Mexicali Blues" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:29
- "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:53
- "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36
- "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:15
- "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:59
- "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 9:27
- April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – second set:
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:06
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54
Disc 19
- "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:33
- "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
- "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:25
- "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 4:32
- "Iko Iko" > (Crawford, B.A. Hawkins, R.L. Hawkins, Johnson) – 12:06
- "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:23
- April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – encore:
- "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:35
Personnel
[edit]Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Production
- Produced by Grateful Dead
- Produced for release by David Lemieux
- Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
- Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
- CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman
- Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
- Tape restoration and speed correction: Jamie Howarth, John Chester
- Art direction: Matthew Brannon, Steve Vance
- Artwork: Matthew Brannon
- Design: Steve Vance
- Photos: James R. Anderson, Brooks R. Johnson, Bob Minkin, John Rottet
- Liner notes: Steve Silberman, David Lemieux
Charts
[edit]Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[5] | 196 |
References
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