July 1978: The Complete Recordings


July 1978: The Complete Recordings is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, and produced as a limited edition of 15,000 copies, it contains five complete concerts on twelve CDs. It was released on May 13, 2016.
July 7, 1978 was the band's first appearance at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre. They played annual runs at Red Rocks through 1987, missing only 1980, 1981, and 1986. An additional date was originally scheduled for Milwaukee Summerfest, on July 2, but had to be cancelled. Though relatively short, this is the third complete tour to be officially released by the band, following the twenty two-date tour of Western Europe in 1972, and the sixteen-date winter / spring 1990 tour of the eastern United States.
The concerts were recorded by audio engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson. They are among a number of soundboard recordings by Cantor-Jackson – known as "Betty boards" — that were long missing from the Grateful Dead's vault of concert recordings. The tapes eventually were returned to the band, and production of the album began some months later.

Concerts

The album includes all five of the band's July 1978 concerts.

Track listing

July 1, 1978 – Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Disc 1
  1. "Bertha" > – 7:02
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 6:30
  3. "Tennessee Jed" – 8:49
  4. "Jack Straw" – 6:03
  5. "Friend of the Devil" – 8:20
  6. "Me and My Uncle" > – 2:56
  7. "Big River" – 5:16
Disc 2
  1. "Terrapin Station" > – 11:01
  2. "Playing in the Band" > – 8:56
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 8:51
  4. "Space" > – 3:51
  5. "Estimated Prophet" > – 11:05
  6. "The Other One" > – 5:13
  7. "Wharf Rat" > – 10:01
  8. "Around and Around" – 8:25
  10. "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:15
Note: The Dead played one set on this date, as part of Willie Nelson's annual 4th of July Picnic.

July 3, 1978 – St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota

Disc 1
  1. "New Minglewood Blues" – 5:40
  2. "Loser" – 7:35
  3. "Looks Like Rain" – 7:51
  4. "Ramble On Rose" – 7:25
  5. Mexicali Blues" > – 3:26
  6. "Mama Tried" – 3:24
  7. "Peggy-O" – 8:09
  8. "Cassidy" – 5:08
  9. "Deal" > – 6:13
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" – 8:20
Disc 2
  1. "Scarlet Begonias" > – 10:16
  2. "Fire on the Mountain" – 9:39
  3. "Dancing in the Street" > – 13:32
  4. "Rhythm Devils" > – 11:10
  5. "Not Fade Away" > – 6:46
  6. "Stella Blue" > – 10:51
  7. "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:19
  9. "Werewolves of London" – 7:12

July 5, 1978 – Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska

Disc 1
  1. "Sugaree" –9:51
  2. "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:28
  3. "They Love Each Other" – 7:12
  4. "Looks Like Rain" – 7:59
  5. "Dire Wolf" – 3:49
  6. "It's All Over Now" – 8:22
  7. "Candyman" – 6:41
  8. "Lazy Lightning" > – 3:27
  9. "Supplication" –5:27
  11. "Deal" – 6:13
  12. "Samson and Delilah" – 7:08
  13. "Ship of Fools" – 7:41
Disc 2
  1. "Estimated Prophet" > – 12:42
  2. "Eyes of the World" > – 12:23
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > – 7:56
  4. "Space" > – 7:28
  5. "Wharf Rat" > – 9:43
  6. "Truckin'" > – 7:29
  7. "Iko Iko" > – 7:23
  8. "Around and Around" – 8:27
  10. "Promised Land" – 4:13

July 7, 1978 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado

Disc 1
  1. "Jack Straw" – 5:49
  2. "Candyman" – 6:41
  3. "Me and My Uncle" > – 3:00
  4. "Big River" – 5:53
  5. "Friend of the Devil" – 8:36
  6. "Cassidy" – 5:06
  7. "Tennessee Jed" – 9:11
  8. "Passenger" – 5:31
  9. "Peggy-O" – 9:10
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" – 8:13
Disc 2
  1. "Cold Rain and Snow" – 7:26
  2. "Beat It On Down the Line" – 3:38
  3. "Scarlet Begonias" > – 10:18
  4. "Fire on the Mountain" – 8:10
Disc 3
  1. "Dancing in the Street" > – 8:57
  2. "Rhythm Devils" > – 10:12
  3. "Space" > – 6:09
  4. "Not Fade Away" > – 11:04
  5. "Black Peter" > – 10:29
  6. "Around and Around" – 8:44
  8. "U.S. Blues" – 5:55
  9. "Johnny B. Goode" – 4:16

July 8, 1978 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado

Disc 1
  1. "Bertha" > > – 6:43
  2. "Good Lovin'" – 6:40
  3. "Dire Wolf" – 4:07
  4. "El Paso" – 4:25
  5. "It Must Have Been the Roses" – 7:16
  6. "New Minglewood Blues" – 6:09
  7. "Ramble On Rose" – 8:34
  8. "Promised Land" – 4:37
  9. "Deal" – 6:26
  11. "Samson and Delilah" – 7:44
  12. "Ship of Fools" – 7:45
Disc 2
  1. "Estimated Prophet" > – 13:08
  2. "The Other One" > – 8:51
  3. "Eyes of the World" > – 10:34
  4. "Rhythm Devils" > – 10:29
  5. "Space" > – 5:03
  6. "Wharf Rat" > – 8:43
  7. "Franklin's Tower" > – 10:39
  8. "Sugar Magnolia" – 9:31
Disc 3
  1. "Terrapin Station" > – 10:48
  2. "One More Saturday Night" – 5:13
  3. "Werewolves of London" – 6:44
Note: This show was simultaneously released as a stand-alone edition.

Personnel

;Grateful Dead
;Production