5 complete shows, 90 songs, 13 hours: The Grateful Dead's "July 1978 Complete" box set.

[Miles Archer]

Five Complete Shows on 12 discs
• 1978-07-01 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
• 1978-07-03 Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
• 1978-07-05 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
• 1978-07-07 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
• 1978-07-08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

The shows mark the first official recordings from the long lost Betty Boards that were recently returned to the Grateful Dead vault. Helmed by Betty Cantor-Jackson, the shows also feature the Dead's first ever appearance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.


Show #1
1978-07-01 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
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]
9. Johnny B. Goode [4:15]

Show #2
1978-07-03 Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN
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]
8. Werewolves Of London [7:12]

Show #3
1978-07-05 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE
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]
10. Deal [5:59]
11. Samson and Delilah [7:18]
12. Ship Of Fools [7:29]

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]
9. Promised Land [4:13]

Show #4
1978-07-07 Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
Disc 1
1. Jack Straw [5:49]
2. Candyman [6:40]
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]
7. U.S. Blues [5:55]
8. Johnny B. Goode [4:16]

Show #5
1978-07-08 Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
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]
10. Samson and Delilah [7:44]
11. Ship Of Fools [7:29]

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 > [10:54]
2. One More Saturday Night [5:13]
3. Werewolves Of London [6:44]