Nightfall of Diamonds

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Nightfall of Diamonds
Nightfall of Diamonds cover
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released September 25, 2001
Recorded October 16, 1989
Genre Country rock
Folk-rock
Psychedelic rock
Jam
Length 140:39
Label Grateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
View From The Vault, Volume Two
(2001)
Nightfall of Diamonds
(2001)
Dick's Picks Volume 23
(2001)

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. More music from this period can be found on Without a Net.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Picasso Moon" (John Barlow, Bob Bralove, Bob Weir) – 7:10
  2. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 6:40
  3. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:38
  4. "Never Trust a Woman" (Brent Mydland) – 7:15
  5. "Built to Last" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:20
  6. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Bob Dylan) – 9:20
  7. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 11:59
  8. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:39

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir) – 11:55
  2. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 8:02
  3. "Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:36
  4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 9:15
  5. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 6:05
  6. "Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:01
  7. "I Will Take You Home" (Mydland) – 4:27
  8. "I Need A Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:02
  9. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 5:20
  10. "Attics of My Life" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:45
  11. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 4:00
  12. "And We Bid You Goodnight" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 3:10

[edit] 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 Kreutzman – 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