''Ticket to New Year's'' is a concert video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at the Oracle Arena, Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California on December 31, 1987. It was released on VHS video tape and on Laserdisc in 1996, and on DVD in 1998.

Cooking with Jerry

The December 31, 1987 concert was broadcast on pay-per-view TV. The broadcast included several sketches that had been recorded in advance with members of the Grateful Dead. These are included in ''Ticket to New Year's'', between the first and second sets. First we see Tom Davis (comedian), Tom Davis, explaining to the camera that nowadays many of us don't need to use drugs or alcohol to have a good time on New Year's Eve. As an example of this he interviews Jerry Garcia who, in a short satire of a cooking show, explains how to make hors d’œuvre, hors d'oeuvres and non alcoholic punch. Next, all six members of the band answer pre-recorded questions from Deadheads. Some of the questions and especially the answers are less than perfectly serious. After that is a brief scene of Mickey Hart as Spock, Mr. Spock using a Vulcan (Star Trek)#Mind melds, Vulcan mind meld to read the thoughts of Jerry Garcia as Santa Claus. The sketches conclude with the band answering more questions from Deadheads. Then, back at the concert, the clock has struck midnight, and as the second set begins, Bill Graham (promoter), Bill Graham can briefly be seen, riding in over the audience on a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Track listing

:''First set:'' * "Bertha (song), Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Garcia, Robert Hunter (lyricist), Hunter) * "Cold Rain And Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) * "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon, Dixon) * "When Push Comes To Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) * "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan, Dylan) * "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) * "The Music Never Stopped" (Bob Weir, Weir, John Perry Barlow, Barlow) :''Second set:'' * "Hell In A Bucket/Happy New Year" (Weir, Brent Mydland, Mydland, Barlow) → * "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) → * "Lady With a Fan" (Garcia, Hunter) → * "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) → * "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Kreutzmann) → * "Space" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Lesh, Mydland, Weir) → * "The Other One" (Kreutzmann, Weir) → * "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) → * "Throwing Stones" (Weir, Barlow) → * "Not Fade Away (song), Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Hardin, Norman Petty, Petty) :''Encore:'' * "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) — with The Neville Brothers, David Nelson (musician), David Nelson, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Concert set list

At the December 31, 1987 show at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, the second song of the first set was "Promised Land (Chuck Berry song), Promised Land", which does not appear on ''Ticket to New Year's''. The concert also had a third set, the first four songs of which are not included in the video — "Man Smart, Woman Smarter", "Iko Iko", "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Day-O" and "Do You Wanna Dance?". The Grateful Dead performed these songs with members of The Neville Brothers. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" concluded the show. On the video, it is presented as the encore. At the concert, it was the fifth and final song of the third set.

Credits

Grateful Dead

* Jerry Garcia – electric guitar, guitar * Mickey Hart – drum kit, drums, percussion instrument, percussion * Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion * Phil Lesh – bass guitar, bass * Brent Mydland – keyboard instrument, keyboards * Bob Weir – guitar

Production

* Len Dell'Amico – director, producer * John Cutler and Phil Lesh – post production, audio mix * Candace Brightman – lighting director * Dan Healy – concert sound * Allen Newman – line producer * Jeffrey Norman – audio post editing * Bill Weber, Western Images – video post editing * Justin Kreutzmann – second unit director

References

* * * * Scott, John W; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. ''DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists'', 1999, DeadBase, {{Grateful Dead Grateful Dead video albums Concert films 1996 films 1990s English-language films