Friend of the Devils: April 1978

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Friend of the Devils: April 1978
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Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2024
RecordedApril 6–16, 1978
Genre Rock
Label Rhino
Producer Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
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(2024)		Friend of the Devils: April 1978
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(2023)		Friend of the Devils: April 1978
(2024)

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]

Contents

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

April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – first set:
  1. "Bertha" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:18
  2. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:24
  3. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38
  4. "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips) – 3:08
  5. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:27
  6. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:53
  7. "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:26
  8. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14
  9. "Lazy Lightning" > (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:29
  10. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:31
April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – second set:
  2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 9:19
  3. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 6:25

Disc 2

  1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:50
  2. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:30
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:21
  4. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 16:15
  5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28
  6. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30
April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – encore:
  2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57

Disc 3

April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – first set:
  1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:14
  2. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:12
  3. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:32
  4. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:30
  5. "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:38
  6. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53
  7. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:37
  8. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:24
  9. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:33
April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – second set:
  2. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:08

Disc 4

  1. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54
  2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 7:05
  3. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:27
  4. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:14
  5. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:00
  6. "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 10:24
  7. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25
  8. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:48
April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – encore:
  2. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:12

Disc 5

April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – first set:
  1. "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
  2. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:04
  3. "Big River" (Cash) – 6:59
  4. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:35
  5. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:15
  6. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
  7. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:06
  8. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:38
  9. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:47
  10. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:31

Disc 6

April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – second set:
  1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:28
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:36
  3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 12:19
  4. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:47
  5. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:14

Disc 7

  1. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:56
  2. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:37
  3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 11:32
April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – encore:
  2. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:37

Disc 8

April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:
  1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:27
  2. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59
  3. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:29
  4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:03
  5. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:02
  6. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:33
  7. "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:05
  8. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:02
  9. "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 5:58
  10. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02
  11. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:44

Disc 9

April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:
  1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:12
  2. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
  3. "Dancing in the Street" > (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 12:04
  4. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 15:29
  5. "Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 16:25
  6. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:50
  7. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:18

Disc 10

April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:
  1. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22
  2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 5:46
  3. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 8:51
  4. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:12
  5. "Big River" (Cash) – 6:32
  6. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:04
  7. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:08
  8. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
  10. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7"33
April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:
  2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10

Disc 11

April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:
  1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:20
  2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:42
  3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 10:42
  4. "Sunrise" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:13

Disc 12

  1. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:47
  2. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:54
  3. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 2:18
  4. "Iko Iko" > (James Crawford, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 10:23
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:39
April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:
  2. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:17

Disc 13

April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – first set:
  1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:29
  2. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:41
  3. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 4:42
  4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:54
  5. "Mama Tried" > (Haggard) – 2:29
  6. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:03
  7. "Funiculi Funicula" (Luigi Denza) – 1:57
  8. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:50
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:47
  10. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59
  11. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:56
  12. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:43

Disc 14

April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – second set:
  1. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
  2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:59
  3. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 8:55
April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – encore:
  2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00

Disc 15

  1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:02
  2. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:21
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 25:54
  4. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:45
  5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:38
  6. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:20

Disc 16

April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – first set:
  1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:00
  2. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
  3. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:02
  4. "Big River" (Cash) – 5:45
  5. "Peggy-O" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
  6. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:53
  7. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:44
  8. "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack) – 8:03
  9. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
  10. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51
April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – second set:
  2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:35
April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – encore:
  2. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 5:04

Disc 17

  1. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04
  2. "Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter) – 16:47
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:23
  4. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 5:12
  5. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:10
  6. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58
  7. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:26

Disc 18

April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – first set:
  1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:18
  2. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37
  3. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:51
  4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:04
  5. "Mexicali Blues" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:29
  6. "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:53
  7. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36
  8. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:15
  9. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:59
  10. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 9:27
April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – second set:
  2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:06
  3. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54

Disc 19

  1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:33
  2. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
  3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:25
  4. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 4:32
  5. "Iko Iko" > (Crawford, B.A. Hawkins, R.L. Hawkins, Johnson) – 12:06
  6. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:23
April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – encore:
  2. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:35

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Friend of the Devils: April 1978
Chart (2024)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 196

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