"The music in this collection, chronicling eight shows from April of 1978, captures the band in an intense period of accelerated evolution. While often overlooked in favor of earlier (Englishtown!) or later (Red Rocks!) shows at larger venues, the Dead’s month-long excursion through intimate concert halls in the South proved to be nothing less than a laboratory of the band’s future. Among the innovations introduced on this tour was the template for “Drums” and “Space”—the intervals of free playi