Friend of the Devils: April 1978


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.
Friend of the Devils: April 1978 contains recordings of these concerts:
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

Disc 1
  1. "Bertha" > – 7:18
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 6:24
  3. "Dire Wolf" – 4:38
  4. "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:08
  5. "Big River" – 6:27
  6. "Friend of the Devil" – 8:53
  7. "Passenger" – 5:26
  8. "Candyman" – 8:14
  9. "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:29
  10. "Supplication" – 4:31
  12. "Samson and Delilah" – 9:19
  13. "It Must Have Been the Roses" – 6:25
Disc 2
  1. "Estimated Prophet" > – 12:50
  2. "He's Gone" > – 12:30
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 7:21
  4. "The Other One" > – 16:15
  5. "Wharf Rat" > – 11:28
  6. "Around and Around" – 8:30
  8. "U.S. Blues" – 5:57
Disc 3
  1. "Promised Land" – 5:14
  2. "Sugaree" – 12:12
  3. "Cassidy" – 5:32
  4. "Tennessee Jed" – 9:30
  5. "Mama Tried" > – 2:38
  6. "Mexicali Blues" – 3:53
  7. "Peggy-O" – 10:37
  8. "New Minglewood Blues" – 6:24
  9. "Loser" – 8:12
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" – 8:33
  12. "Jack Straw" – 7:08
Disc 4
  1. "Ship of Fools" – 9:54
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 7:05
  3. "Terrapin Station" > – 11:27
  4. "Playing in the Band" > – 9:14
  5. "Rhythm Devils" > – 11:00
  6. "Not Fade Away" > – 10:24
  7. "Black Peter" > – 10:25
  8. "Playing in the Band" – 5:48
  10. "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:12
Disc 5
  1. "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" – 11:44
  2. "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:04
  3. "Big River" – 6:59
  4. "They Love Each Other" – 7:35
  5. "Looks Like Rain" – 9:15
  6. "Deal" – 6:38
  7. "El Paso" – 5:06
  8. "It Must Have Been the Roses" – 7:38
  9. "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:47
  10. "Supplication" – 5:31
Disc 6
  1. "Samson and Delilah" – 8:28
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" > – 11:36
  3. "Fire on the Mountain" – 12:19
  4. "Estimated Prophet" > – 11:47
  5. "Eyes of the World" – 12:14
Disc 7
  1. "Rhythm Devils" > – 14:56
  2. "Space" > – 6:37
  3. "Sugar Magnolia" – 11:32
  5. "One More Saturday Night" – 5:37
Disc 8
  1. "Promised Land" – 5:27
  2. "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:59
  3. "It's All Over Now" – 8:29
  4. "Peggy-O" – 9:03
  5. "Cassidy" – 6:02
  6. "Dire Wolf" – 4:33
  7. "El Paso" – 5:05
  8. "Row Jimmy" – 10:02
  9. "Passenger" – 5:58
  10. "Candyman" – 8:02
  11. "The Music Never Stopped" – 9:44
Disc 9
  1. "Jack Straw" – 7:12
  2. "Ship of Fools" – 7:50
  3. "Dancing in the Street" > – 12:04
  4. "Rhythm Devils" > – 15:29
  5. "Franklin's Tower" > – 16:25
  6. "Black Peter" > – 11:50
  7. "Around and Around" – 8:18
Disc 10
  1. "Bertha" > – 6:22
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 5:46
  3. "Friend of the Devil" – 8:51
  4. "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:12
  5. "Big River" – 6:32
  6. "Tennessee Jed" – 9:04
  7. "Looks Like Rain" – 8:08
  8. "Brown-Eyed Women" – 5:50
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" – 6:10
  10. "Deal" – 7:33
  12. "U.S. Blues" – 6:10
Disc 11
  1. "Samson and Delilah" – 8:20
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" > – 12:42
  3. "Fire on the Mountain" – 10:42
  4. "Sunrise" – 4:13
Disc 12
  1. "Terrapin Station" > – 11:47
  2. "Rhythm Devils" > – 20:54
  3. "Space" > – 2:18
  4. "Iko Iko" > – 10:23
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" – 10:39
  7. "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:17
Disc 13
  1. "Jack Straw" – 6:29
  2. "Dire Wolf" – 4:41
  3. "Beat It On Down the Line" – 4:42
  4. "Peggy-O" – 8:54
  5. "Mama Tried" > – 2:29
  6. "Mexicali Blues" – 4:03
  7. "Funiculi Funicula" – 1:57
  8. "Row Jimmy" – 10:50
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" – 5:47
  10. "Loser" – 8:59
  11. "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:56
  12. "Supplication" – 5:43
Disc 14
  1. "Bertha" > – 7:50
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 6:59
  3. "It Must Have Been the Roses" – 8:55
  5. "U.S. Blues" – 6:00
Disc 15
  1. "Estimated Prophet" > – 12:02
  2. "Eyes of the World" > – 12:21
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 25:54
  4. "Truckin'" > – 8:45
  5. "Wharf Rat" > – 10:38
  6. "Around and Around" – 8:20
Disc 16
  1. "Promised Land" – 5:00
  2. "Tennessee Jed" – 8:45
  3. "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:02
  4. "Big River" – 5:45
  5. "Peggy-O" – 8:18
  6. "Looks Like Rain" – 8:53
  7. "Dire Wolf" – 4:44
  8. "It's All Over Now" – 8:03
  9. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" – 5:37
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" – 8:51
  12. "Samson and Delilah" – 7:35
  14. "Johnny B. Goode" – 5:04
Disc 17
  1. "Ship of Fools" – 5:04
  2. "Dancing in the Street" > – 16:47
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 20:23
  4. "Space" > – 5:12
  5. "The Other One" > – 8:10
  6. "Black Peter" > – 10:58
  7. "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:26
Disc 18
  1. "Jack Straw" – 6:18
  2. "Dire Wolf" – 4:37
  3. "Cassidy" – 4:51
  4. "Peggy-O" – 8:04
  5. "Mexicali Blues" > – 3:29
  6. "Mama Tried" – 2:53
  7. "They Love Each Other" – 7:36
  8. "New Minglewood Blues" – 6:15
  9. "Scarlet Begonias" > – 9:59
  10. "Fire on the Mountain" – 9:27
  12. "Samson and Delilah" – 8:06
  13. "Ship of Fools" – 7:54
Disc 19
  1. "Estimated Prophet" > – 12:33
  2. "Eyes of the World" > – 11:44
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 14:25
  4. "Space" > – 4:32
  5. "Iko Iko" > – 12:06
  6. "Sugar Magnolia" – 10:23
  8. "U.S. Blues" – 5:35

Personnel

Grateful Dead
Production