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Duke '78

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Duke '78
A skeleton holding a concert ticket, a devil with drumsticks, and a black cat
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2024
RecordedApril 12, 1978
VenueCameron Indoor Stadium
GenreRock
Length176:19
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Friend of the Devils: April 1978
(2024)
Duke '78
(2024)
Dave's Picks Volume 52
(2024)

Duke '78 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at Cameron Indoor Stadium, on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, on April 12, 1978. It was released on September 20, 2024, as a three-disc CD and a four-disc LP.[1][2][3][4]

The April 12 concert recording was also released on September 20, 2024, as part of the eight-show, 19-CD box set Friend of the Devils: April 1978.

Critical reception

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In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "Fortunately, the recording by Betty Cantor-Jackson is the usual definition of sonic clarity up and down the dynamic range (and all across the stereo spectrum as mastered by Jeffrey Norman). At the heart of the audio's impact, of course, is the playing of the band at large, and, with a day off from touring to follow immediately, the group often plays with unusual abandon..."[5]

Track listing

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Disc 1

First set:
  1. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 6:29
  2. "Dire Wolf" (Jerry 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" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:29
  6. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, John Perry 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 2

Second set:
  1. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
  2. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:59
  3. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 8:55
Encore:
  1. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00

Disc 3

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

Personnel

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Grateful Dead

Production

  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release by David Lemieux
  • Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
  • Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
  • CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman
  • Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
  • Tape restoration and speed correction: Jamie Howarth, John Chester
  • Art direction, package design: Steve Vance
  • Art direction, original art: Matthew Brannon
  • Photos: James R. Anderson
  • Liner notes: Steve Silberman, Eric Mlyn

Charts

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Chart performance for Duke '78
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 30

References

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  1. ^ Sissler, James (July 31, 2024). "Grateful Dead Detail 'Friend of the Devils: April 1978' Box Set Highlighting Emergence Of "Drums" > "Space"". Live for Live Music. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Kahn, Andy (July 31, 2024). "Grateful Dead Details Massive 'Friend of the Devils: April 1978' Box Set Featuring 8 Unreleased Shows". JamBase. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. ^ DeRiso, Nick (July 31, 2024). "Grateful Dead's 'Friend of the Devils' to Feature 8 Unheard Shows". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  4. ^ Marchese, Joe (August 1, 2024). "Must Have Been the Roses: Newest Grateful Dead Box Set Covers April 1978, from "Drums" to "Space"". The Second Disc. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Collette, Doug (September 19, 2024). "Grateful Dead's 'Duke '78' Uncovers Complete Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 4/12/78 Show". Glide Magazine. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2024. 39. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 2, 2024.