View from the Vault, Volume One explained

View from the Vault, Volume One
Type:	Live album
Longtype:	/ soundtrack
Artist:	Grateful Dead
Cover:	Grateful Dead - View from the Vault, Volume 1.jpg
Released:	June 2000
Recorded:	July 6–8, 1990
Genre:	Folk rock Psychedelic rock Jam
Length:	211:16
Label:	Grateful Dead Records
Prev Title:	Dick's Picks Volume 18
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Dick's Picks Volume 19
Next Year:	2000

View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2001.^[1] The soundtrack was released as a 3-CD set.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Touch of Grey" > (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 6:36
2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) – 4:44
3. "Jack-a-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:09
4. "New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:18
5. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:50
6. "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:32
7. "Mexicali Blues" (John Barlow, Weir) – 5:31
8. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 6:13
9. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:15

Disc two

1. "Samson and Delilah" > (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:05
2. "Eyes of the World" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 15:14
3. "Estimated Prophet" > (Barlow, Weir) – 11:40
4. "Terrapin Station" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 14:56
5. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 4:46
6. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:38
7. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:04

Disc three

1. "I Need a Miracle" > (Barlow, Weir) – 5:28
2. "Wang Dang Doodle" > (Willie Dixon) – 5:20
3. "Black Peter" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:42
4. "Throwing Stones" > (Barlow, Weir) – 9:22
5. "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 8:39
6. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:07

Bonus tracks from July 6, 1990:

7. "Standing on the Moon" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:44
8. "He's Gone" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:41
9. "KY Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 13:42

Personnel

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
• Brent Mydland – Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
• Len Dell'Amico - co-producer, director
• Dan Healy – recording
• Dick Latvala – tape archivist
• David Lemieux – tape archivist
• Jeffrey Norman – mastering
• Lindsay Planer – booklet notes
• Bob Minkin, – graphic design, photography

See also

• View from the Vault, Volume Two
• View from the Vault, Volume Three
• View from the Vault, Volume Four
• Backstage Pass

Notes and References

1. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum database-View from the Vault. February 28, 2009.