Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
2019 live album by Grateful Dead
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead . It contains five complete concerts on 14 CDs. The shows were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 12, 1987, July 9 and 10, 1989, and June 16 and 17, 1991. The album also includes a video of the June 17, 1991 performance, on two DVDs or one Blu-ray disc. It was released on September 27, 2019, in a limited edition of 10,000 numbered copies.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The June 17, 1991 concert was also released as a separate album called Saint of Circumstance , on three CDs or five LPs.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The video of the June 17, 1991 concert was shown in theaters on August 1, 2019, as that year's Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies .[ 4]
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package .[ 5]
The Giants Stadium concerts
The July 12, 1987 concert was part of the Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour . The two sets of music by the Grateful Dead included in Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 were followed at that show by one set by Bob Dylan , performing with the Dead as his backup band.[ 6] Dylan & the Dead is a live album recorded on that tour.
At the 1989 concerts the opening act was Los Lobos . At the 1991 concerts the opening act was Little Feat .[ 6]
From 1978 to 1995 the Grateful Dead performed a total of 14 concerts at Giants Stadium.[ 6]
Track listing
July 12, 1987
Disc 1
First set:
"Hell in a Bucket" (Bob Weir , Brent Mydland , John Perry Barlow ) – 6:25
"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Jerry Garcia , Robert Hunter ) – 8:11
"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Mickey Hart , Hunter) – 4:24
"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:46
"Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 6:24
"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55
"When I Paint My Masterpiece " (Bob Dylan ) – 4:55
"When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
"Promised Land " (Chuck Berry ) – 3:54
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:01
Disc 2
Second set:
"Morning Dew " (Bonnie Dobson , Tim Rose ) – 10:08
"Playing in the Band " > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:12
"Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann ) – 7:14
"Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh , Weir) – 3:22
"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:28
"Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
"Throwing Stones " > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:11
"Not Fade Away " (Buddy Holly , Norman Petty ) – 9:08
July 9, 1989
Disc 3
First set:
"Shakedown Street " (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:31 [ a]
"Jack Straw " (Weir, Hunter) – 5:49
"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:26
"Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham ) – 7:55
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56
"Queen Jane Approximately " (Dylan) – 6:46
"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:42
Disc 4
Second set:
"China Cat Sunflower " > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58
"I Know You Rider " (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
"Samson and Delilah " (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:28
"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29
"Truckin' " > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 10:00
Disc 5
"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:06
"Gimme Some Lovin' " > (Steve Winwood , Spencer Davis , Muff Winwood ) – 5:15
"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:33
"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:12
"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 13:38
Encore:
"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
July 10, 1989
Disc 6
First set:
"Feel Like a Stranger" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:20 [ b]
"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:13
"Walkin' Blues " (Robert Johnson , arranged by Weir) – 7:08
"Jack-a-Roe " (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:50
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 6:59
"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28
"The Music Never Stopped" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:19
"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:42
Disc 7
Second set:
"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01
"Just a Little Light" (Mydland, Barlow) – 5:16
"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:42
"Uncle John's Band " > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:54
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:15
Disc 8
"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:11
"Iko Iko " > (James Crawford ) – 8:01 [ c]
"All Along the Watchtower " > (Dylan) – 5:41 [ c]
"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 10:43 [ c]
"Sugar Magnolia " (Weir, Hunter) – 10:30 [ c]
Encore:
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door " (Dylan) – 7:58 [ c]
June 16, 1991
Disc 9
First set:
"Picasso Moon" (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove ) – 7:23
"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
"Little Red Rooster " (Willie Dixon ) – 9:30
"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again " (Dylan) – 8:46
"Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28
"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:43
Disc 10
Second set:
"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:25
"Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:05
"I Know You Rider" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:37
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:17
Disc 11
"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 13:47
"I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:35
"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:35
"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:06
"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 10:37
Encore:
"Box of Rain " (Lesh, Hunter) – 6:14
June 17, 1991
Disc 12
First set:
"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:26
"Walkin' Blues" (Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:01
"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10
"Dark Star " > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan , Weir, Hunter) – 1:32
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 5:28
"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16
"Cassidy " (Weir, Barlow) – 7:11
"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41
Disc 13
Second set:
"Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:55
"Ship of Fools" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01
"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:14
"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 6:55
"New Speedway Boogie" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:12
"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 0:55
"Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:18
"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 8:05
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:30
Disc 14
"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:47
"China Doll" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:35
"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:53
Encore:
"The Weight " (Robbie Robertson ) – 6:20
Notes
Personnel
Grateful Dead
Production
Produced by Grateful Dead
Produced for release by David Lemieux
Recording: John Cutler
Mixing: Jeffrey Norman
Mastering: David Glasser
Art direction, design: Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson
Dylan and the Dead – July 12, 1987
At the July 12, 1987 concert, after the Grateful Dead played two sets of music, Bob Dylan performed a set of songs with the Dead as his backup band. This music is not included in Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 . The song list was:[ 6]
Third set:
Encore:
Charts
References
^ a b Blistein, Jon (August 1, 2019). "Grateful Dead Tease 'Giants Stadium' Box Set with 'Uncle John's Band' " . Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ a b Bernstein, Scott (August 1, 2019). "Grateful Dead Announces 'Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991' Box Set" . JamBase . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ a b Berenson, Sam (August 1, 2019). "Grateful Dead Announce 'Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991' Box Set" . Live for Live Music . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ Lello, Michael (July 26, 2019). "Grateful Dead Truckin' into Movie Theaters with 1991 Giants Stadium Show" . New York Post . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ Hill, James (November 25, 2020). "Grammy Nominees for Best Record Package 2020" . Unified Manufacturing . Retrieved September 6, 2021 .
^ a b c d Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists . Cornish, New Hampshire: DeadBase. pp. 69, 77, 83, 231. ISBN 1-877657-22-0 .
^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)" . Billboard on Twitter . Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
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