''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 The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...

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 Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Buil ...

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on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at

Cardinal Stadium Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, is a football stadium located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the southern end of the campus of the University of Louisville. Debuting in 1998, it serves as the home ...

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

. The set was

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Gold by the

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on February 2, 2001. The soundtrack was released as a 3-CD set.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Touch of Grey" > ( Robert Hunter,

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

) – 6:36 #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hunter,

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

) – 4:44 #"Jack-a-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:09 #"New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:18 #"Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:50 #"Mama Tried" > (

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled a ...

) – 2:32 #" Mexicali Blues" ( John Barlow, Weir) – 5:31 #"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) – 6:13 #"Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:15

Disc two

#"Samson and Delilah" > (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:05 #"Eyes of the World" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 15:14 #"Estimated Prophet" > (Barlow, Weir) – 11:40 #"Terrapin Station" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 14:56 #"Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 4:46 #"Drums" > (Hart,

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

) – 7:38 #"Space" > (Garcia,

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...

, Weir) – 9:04

Disc three

#"I Need a Miracle" > (Barlow, Weir) – 5:28 #"

Wang Dang Doodle "Wang Dang Doodle" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon. Music critic Mike Rowe calls it a party song in an urban style with its massive, rolling, exciting beat. It was first recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960 and released by Chess Records in 1 ...

" > (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

) – 5:20 #"Black Peter" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:42 #"Throwing Stones" > (Barlow, Weir) – 9:22 #"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 8:39 #"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:07 :Bonus tracks from July 6, 1990: #

"Standing on the Moon" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:44 #"He's Gone" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:41 #"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 The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated ...

, 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

References