The Grateful Dead will release a new box set July 1978: The Complete Recordings featuring 12 CDs and five complete shows on May 13. Today, the Wall Street Journal has premiered a pair of lengthy tracks from the box set, which is currently available for pre-order.

All five shows that are collected in the box set were taped by Betty Cantor-Jackson and are the first official release from the long-lost “Betty Boards” that were recently returned to the band’s vault. Included within are recordings of the Grateful Dead’s visits to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City (7/1/78), St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul (7/3/78), Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha (7/5/78) and the band’s debut at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado (7/7/78 and 7/8/78). Jeffrey Norman newly mastered Betty’s tapes for inclusion in July 1978: The Complete Recordings.

The Dead’s performance at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on July 1, 1978 came as part of Willie Nelson’s Fourth Of July Picnic. Jerry Garcia & Co. played one long set which included blistering versions of both “Terrapin Station” and “Playing In The Band” which you can stream below:

The set is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and features original artwork by esteemed cartoonist Paul Pope (D.C. and Marvel comics) and in-depth liner notes written by Nick Meriwether (Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz), as well as a producer’s note from producer David Lemieux. The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC via Dead.net on release day. A 3-CD set containing the Grateful Dead’s July 8th, 1978 performance is also due out May 13.

July 1978: The Complete Recordings Tracklist

Show #1 Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City, MO (7/1/78)

Disc 1

Bertha [7:02] Good Lovin’ [6:30] Tennessee Jed [8:49] Jack Straw [6:03] Friend Of The Devil [8:20] Me And My Uncle [2:56] Big River [5:16]

Disc 2

Terrapin Station > [11:01] Playing In The Band > [8:56] Rhythm Devils > [8:51] Space > [3:51] Estimated Prophet > [11:05] The Other One > [5:13] Wharf Rat > [10:01] Around And Around [8:25] Johnny B. Goode [4:15]

Show #2 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (7/3/78)

Disc 1

New Minglewood Blues [5:40] Loser [7:35] Looks Like Rain [7:51] Ramble On Rose [7:25] Mexicali Blues > [3:26] Mama Tried > [3:24] Peggy-O [8:09] Cassidy [5:08] Deal > [6:13] The Music Never Stopped [8:20]

Disc 2

Scarlet Begonias > [10:16] Fire On The Mountain [9:39] Dancing In The Street > [13:32] Rhythm Devils > [11:10] Not Fade Away > [6:46] Stella Blue > [10:51] Sugar Magnolia [9:19] Werewolves Of London [7:12]

Show #3 Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE (7/5/78)

Disc 1

Sugaree [9:51] Beat It On Down The Line [3:28] They Love Each Other [7:12] Looks Like Rain [7:59] Dire Wolf [3:49] It’s All Over Now [8:22] Candyman [6:41] Lazy Lightning > [3:27] Supplication [5:27] Deal [5:59] Samson and Delilah [7:18] Ship Of Fools [7:29]

Disc 2

Estimated Prophet > [12:42] Eyes Of The World > [12:23] Rhythm Devils > [7:56] Space > [7:28] Wharf Rat > [9:43] Truckin’ > [7:29] Iko Iko > [7:23] Around And Around [8:27] Promised Land [4:13]

Show #4 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (7/7/78)

Disc 1

Jack Straw [5:49] Candyman [6:40] Me And My Uncle > [3:00] Big River [5:53] Friend Of The Devil [8:36] Cassidy [5:06] Tennessee Jed [9:11] Passenger [5:31] Peggy-O [9:10] The Music Never Stopped [8:13]

Disc 2

Cold Rain And Snow [7:26] Beat It On Down The Line [3:38] Scarlet Begonias > [10:18] Fire On The Mountain [8:10]

Disc 3