• Entire original WBCN, WXRT, KSAN, WNEW Broadcasts
• Covering performances from five incredible shows
• Music Hall 1976, Auditorium Theater 1976, Orpheum Theatre 1976
• Capitol Theatre 1978, Oakland Coliseum 1980
• On 12 CDs with over 95 tracks
• Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos
When the Dead hit the road in June 1976, they'd been on hiatus for almost two years. None of their power had been lost however, as is demonstrated on the three performances from that summer offered in this set.
Also included are a gig from late 1978 (which finds them on fiery form despite tour fatigue and Jerry Garcia's sore throat) and a fine benefit show from January 1980.
Originally recorded for FM broadcast, all the performances typify the band's stupendous interplay and are presented with background notes and images.
TRACKS
MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, JUNE 12TH 1976 - WBCN-FM
Disc One
1. Samson & Delilah
2. Row Jimmy
3. The Music Never Stopped
4. Brown-Eyed Woman
5. Big River
6. Mission In The Rain
7. Looks Like Rain
8. Friend Of The Devil
9. Lazy Lightning
10. Supplication
Disc Two
1. High Time
2. The Promised Land
3. Cassidy
4. Tennessee Jed
5. Let It Grow
6. Wharf Rat
7. Comes A Time
8. Dancin' In The Street
9. Around & Around
Disc Three
1. DJ Intro - Tuning
2. Sugar Magnolia
3. U.S. Blues
4. Sunshine Daydream
5. DJ Outro
AUDITORIUM THEATER, CHICAGO, JUNE 29TH 1976 - WXRT-FM
Disc Four
1. Tennessee Jed
2. Cassidy
3. Peggy-O
4. Mama Tried
5. Mission In The Rain
6. Looks Like Rain
7. Brown-Eyed Woman
8. Lazy Lightning
9. Supplication
10. Row Jimmy
11. The Music Never Stopped
12. Might As Well
Disc Five
1. Samson & Delilah
2. Candyman
3. Playin' In The Band - Drums - Playin' In The Band
4. Saint Stephen
5. Not Fade Away
6. Saint Stephen (Reprise)
7. One More Saturday Night
ORPHEUM THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 18TH 1976 - KSAN-FM
Disc Six
1. Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleoo
2. Cassidy
3. Row Jimmy
4. Mama Tried
5. Scarlet Begonias
6. Looks Like Rain
7. Tennessee Jed
8. New Minglewood Blues
9. Loser
10. The Music Never Stopped
Disc Seven
1. Might As Well
2. Samson & Delilah
3. Candyman
4. Lazy Lightning
5. Supplication
6. Let It Grow - Drums - Let It Grow (Reprise)
7. Wharf Rat
Disc Eight
1. The Other One
2. Saint Stephen
3. Not Fade Away
4. Saint Stephen (Reprise)
5. The Wheel
6. The Other One (Reprise)
7. Stella Blue
8. Sugar Magnolia
9. Johnny B. Goode
CAPITOL THEATRE, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 24TH 1978 - WNEW-FM
Disc Nine
1. Jack Straw
2. Sugaree
3. Me & My Uncle
4. Big River
5. Stagger Lee
6. Passenger
7. Candyman
8. New Minglewood Blues
9. From The Heart Of Me
Disc Ten
1. Loser
2. The Promised Land
3. I Need A Miracle
4. Good Lovin'
5. Friend Of The Devil
Disc Eleven
1. Estimated Prophet
2. Shakedown Street
3. Drum Solo
4. Ollin Arageed (With Hamza E-Din)
5. Fire On The Mountain
6. Sugar Magnolia
7. Johnny B. Goode (Encore)
OAKLAND COLISEUM, JANUARY 13TH 1980 - KSAN-FM
Disc Twelve
1. Franklyn's Tower
2. New Minglewood Blues
3. Tennessee Jed
4. Looks Like Rain
5. Don't Ease Me In
6. Playin' In The Wind - Drums - Jam
7. Not Fade Away
8. Sugar Magnolia