The shows included in the box set were part of the Grateful Dead's first concert tour following a year-and-a-half period during which they performed live only a few times. This tour also marked the return of Mickey Hart after a five year absence from the band.
In June 1976 the Grateful Dead played a concert tour, their first since October 1974. They performed shows at these venues:
- Paramount Theatre, Portland, Oregon – June 3, 4
- Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts – June 9, 10, 11, 12
- Beacon Theatre, New York, New York – June 14, 15
- Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey – June 17, 18, 19
- Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania – June 21, 22, 23, 24
- Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Illinois – June 26, 27, 28, 29
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Disc 1
Boston Music Hall, June 10, 1976 – first set:
"Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:51
"Sugaree" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 9:52
"Cassidy" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 5:00
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:29
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:47
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 2:56
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:26
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:23
"Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:28
"Mission in the Rain" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:27
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:08
Disc 2
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:11
Boston Music Hall, June 10, 1976 – second set:
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:18
"Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:47
"Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 6:59
"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 11:17
"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 11:36
"Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:11
Disc 3
"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 14:37
"Dancing in the Street" > (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 11:02
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49
Disc 4
Boston Music Hall, June 11, 1976 – first set:
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:09
"Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard) – 3:24
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:06
"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28
"Big River" (Cash) – 6:18
"Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:16
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:53
"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:11
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 2:53
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:21
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:09
Disc 5
"Promised Land" (Berry) – 3:56
Boston Music Hall, June 11, 1976 – second set:
"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 9:49
"Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, I. J. Hunter) – 11:58
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:42
"Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:11
Disc 6
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:09
"Sugaree" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:05
"Sugar Magnolia" > (Weir, Hunter) – 6:04
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:13
"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:49
"Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:29
Boston Music Hall, June 11, 1976 – encore:
"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:15
Disc 7
Beacon Theatre, June 14, 1976 – first set:
"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:49
"Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 3:45
"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:13
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:08
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:26
"Big River" (Cash) – 6:21
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00
"Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 2:56
"Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:53
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:57
Disc 8
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 19:40
Beacon Theatre, June 14, 1976 – second set:
"The Wheel" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:09
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 6:36
"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:52
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:26
"Crazy Fingers" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:33
Disc 9
"Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, I. J. Hunter) – 12:37
"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:47
"Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:55
"Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 13:00
"Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 11:03
"Around and Around" (Berry) – 7:18
Beacon Theatre, June 14, 1976 – encore:
"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:52
Disc 10
Beacon Theatre, June 15, 1976 – first set:
"Promised Land" (Berry) – 4:26
"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:44
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:58
"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:54
"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:16
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:06
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:44
"Let It Grow" > (Weir, Barlow) – 13:14
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:26
Disc 11
Beacon Theatre, June 15, 1976 – second set:
"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 11:11
"Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 12:15
"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:53
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 6:25
"Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 8:24
Disc 12
"Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, I. J. Hunter) – 13:01
"The Wheel" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:44
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:05
"Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:48
"Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:39
Beacon Theatre, June 15, 1976 – encore:
"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:12
Disc 13
Capitol Theatre, June 19, 1976 – first set:
"Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
"Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 6:30
"Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:38
"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:05
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:27
"Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:55
"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:02
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:29
Disc 14
"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 19:14
Capitol Theatre, June 19, 1976 – second set:
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:25
"Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:07
"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:38
Disc 15
"Let It Grow" > (Weir, Barlow) – 13:09
"Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, I. J. Hunter) – 10:20
"Cosmic Charlie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11
"Around and Around" > (Berry) – 6:28
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:16
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:58
Capitol Theatre, June 19, 1976 – encore:
"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 8:03
