Nightfall of Diamonds
2001 live album by Grateful Dead
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Nightfall of Diamonds is a double live album by the Grateful Dead released in 2001. It was recorded on October 16, 1989 at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford and includes the full concert. This was the final date of a five-day run at the venue.
The artwork depicts the Manhattan skyline from the Hudson Waterfront of New Jersey. This show took place on Bob Weir's 42nd birthday and the band briefly plays "Happy Birthday to You " between "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" and "Let it Grow." More music from this period can be found on Without a Net , Postcards of the Hanging , and Formerly the Warlocks .
The liner notes give a memorial dedication to Adam Katz, a Deadhead who was mysteriously found dead after the band's show at the same venue two nights earlier.
Track listing
Disc one
First set:
"Picasso Moon" (John Barlow , Bob Bralove, Bob Weir ) – 7:10 →
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodelloo" (Robert Hunter , Jerry Garcia ) – 6:40 →
"Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:38
"Never Trust a Woman" (Brent Mydland ) – 7:15
"Built to Last" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:20
"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again " (Bob Dylan ) – 9:20
"Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 11:59 →
"Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:39
Disc two
Second set:
"Dark Star " (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart , Bill Kreutzmann , Phil Lesh , Ron McKernan , Weir) – 11:55 →
"Playing in the Band " (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 8:02 →
"Uncle John's Band " (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:36 →
"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:15 →
"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 6:05 →
"Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:01 →
"I Will Take You Home" (Mydland) – 4:27 →
"I Need A Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:02 →
"Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 5:20 →
"Attics of My Life" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:45 →
"Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 4:00
Encore:
"And We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 3:10
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
John Cutler – engineer
Rudson Shurtliff – assistant engineer
Jeffrey Norman – mixing
David Lemieux – tape archivist
Cassidy Law – album coordination
Eileen Law – archival research
Randy Tuten – cover design
Charts
Chart (2001)
Peak position
US Billboard 200[ 3]
196
Chart (2024)
Peak position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ )[ 4]
36
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The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980
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