Rhino has teamed up with the Grateful Dead online shop, Dead.net, to offer another box set that promises to be an illuminating and exciting look into another chapter of their live career.  June 1976 is a 15-CD box set documenting 5 complete live shows from that month.  The limited edition collection will be pressed up in 12,000 numbered copies, due out March 20.

After two years away from the stage, Grateful Dead returned to touring.  Mickey Hart was back, the pricey and cumbersome Wall of Sound system was out, and the Grateful Dead were reinvigorated with an exciting new repertoire to draw from.  The June 1976 box set puts listeners right in the middle of these shows, with five previously unreleased complete concerts:  Boston Music Hall, Boston MA (6/10/76 and 6/11/76); Beacon Theatre, New York, NY (6/14/76 and 6/15/76); and Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (6/19/76).  Each has been sourced from the original two-track master tapes recorded by longtime engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson.  Jeffrey Norman has remastered them for HDCD using the Plangent Process to properly restore and speed-correct these legendary tapes.

David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and producer of the box set, remembers trading for cassette tapes of some of these 1976 shows.  "The performances were magnificent, A+ Dead throughout," he said in a statement.  "And the recordings were impeccable, crystal clear with a clarity to each instrument and vocal that was unlike any other tapes in my collection."  He promises even the most ardent fans of live Dead will find something new to enjoy in June 1976.  "Hearing these recordings mastered by Jeffrey is a whole new experience, newly discovered nuances to the sound, mix, and performances revealed on every song. We could not be happier with how it turned out..."

And with detailed liner notes by Jesse Jarnow and the usual impeccable packaging, this will be a box for Deadheads everywhere to treasure.

Pre-orders for June 1976 are now live on Dead.net.  You can purchase merch bundles to go along with the box, or if you prefer digital, all five shows will be available in 16-bit/44.1kHz Apple Lossless or hi-res 24-bit/192kHz FLAC.  No matter your preferred configuration, you'll gain access to special preview listening parties that will be unveiled over the coming weeks to whet your appetite for the big box.

Grateful Dead, June 1976 (Dead.net)

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (6/10/76)

Disc 1
1. Promised Land [3:51]
2. Sugaree [9:52]
3. Cassidy [5:00]
4. They Love Each Other [8:29]
5. The Music Never Stopped [5:47]
6. Brown-Eyed Women [5:37]
7. Lazy Lightning> [2:56]
8. Supplication [4:26]
9. Row Jimmy [9:23]
10. Big River [6:28]
11. Mission In The Rain [7:27]
12. Looks Like Rain [9:08]

Disc 2
1. Might As Well [6:11]
2. Samson And Delilah [7:18]
3. Help On The Way> [4:47]
4. Slipknot!> [6:59]
5. Franklin's Tower [11:17]
6. Let It Grow [11:36]
7. Friend Of The Devil [8:11]

Disc 3
1. Playing In The Band> [14:37]
2. Dancing In The Street> [11:02]
3. U.S. Blues [5:49]

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (6/11/76)

Disc 4
1. Might As Well [6:09]
2. Mama Tried [3:24]
3. Tennessee Jed [8:59]
4. Cassidy [5:06]
5. Candyman [8:28]
6. Big River [6:18]
7. Scarlet Begonias [10:16]
8. Looks Like Rain [8:53]
9. It Must Have Been The Roses [7:11]
10. Lazy Lightning> [2:53]
11. Supplication [5:21]
12. Brown-Eyed Women [5:09]

Disc 5
1. Promised Land [3:56]
2. St. Stephen> [9:49]
3. Dancing In The Street> [11:58]
4. The Music Never Stopped [5:42]
5. Ship Of Fools [7:11]

Disc 6
1. Samson And Delilah [7:09]
2. Sugaree [11:05]
3. Sugar Magnolia> [6:04]
4. Eyes Of The World> [13:13]
5. Stella Blue [10:49]
6. Sunshine Daydream [3:29]
7. Johnny B. Goode [4:15]

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY (6/14/76)

Disc 7
1. Cold Rain And Snow [6:49]
2. Mama Tried [3:45]
3. Row Jimmy [10:13]
4. Cassidy [5:08]
5. Brown-Eyed Women [5:26]
6. Big River [6:21]
7. Might As Well [6:00]
8. Lazy Lightning> [2:56]
9. Supplication [4:53]
10. Tennessee Jed [8:57]

Disc 8
1. Playing In The Band> [19:40]
2. The Wheel [6:09]
3. Samson And Delilah [6:36]
4. High Time [9:52]
5. The Music Never Stopped [5:26]
6. Crazy Fingers [11:33]

Disc 9
1. Dancing In The Street> [12:37]
2. Cosmic Charlie [8:47]
3. Help On The Way> [4:55]
4. Slipknot!> [13:00]
5. Franklin's Tower> [11:03]
6. Around And Around [7:18]
7. U.S. Blues [5:52]

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY (6/15/76)

Disc 10
1. Promised Land [4:26]
2. Sugaree [9:44]
3. Cassidy [4:58]
4. Candyman [7:48]
5. The Music Never Stopped [5:54]
6. It Must Have Been The Roses [7:16]
7. Looks Like Rain [7:06]
8. Tennessee Jed [9:44]
9. Let It Grow> [13:14]
10. Might As Well [5:26]

Disc 11
1. St. Stephen> [11:11]
2. Not Fade Away> [12:15]
3. Stella Blue [13:53]
4. Samson And Delilah [6:25]
5. Friend Of The Devil [8:24]

Disc 12
1. Dancing In The Street> [13:01]
2. The Wheel> [4:44]
3. Sugar Magnolia [6:05]
4. Scarlet Begonias> [4:48]
5. Sunshine Daydream [3:39]
6. Johnny B. Goode [4:12]

Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (6/19/76)

Disc 13
1. Help On The Way> [5:50]
2. Slipknot!> [6:30]
3. Franklin's Tower> [9:38]
4. The Music Never Stopped [6:05]
5. Brown-Eyed Women [5:27]
6. Cassidy [4:55]
7. They Love Each Other [7:34]
8. Looks Like Rain [8:02]
9. Tennessee Jed [8:29]

Disc 14
1. Playing In The Band [19:14]
2. Might As Well [6:25]
3. Samson And Delilah [7:07]
4. High Time [9:38]

Disc 15
1. Let It Grow> [13:09]
2. Dancing In The Street> [10:20]
3. Cosmic Charlie [9:11]
4. Around And Around> [6:28]
5. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad> [7:16]
6. One More Saturday Night [4:58]
7. Not Fade Away [8:03]