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Nightfall of Diamonds

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Released
  
September 25, 2001

Length
  
140:39

Release date
  
25 September 2001

Recorded
  
October 16, 1989

Artist
  
Grateful Dead

Label
  
Grateful Dead Records

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Nightfall of Diamonds (2001)
  
Dick's Picks Volume 23 (2001)

Genres
  
Psychedelic rock, Jam band, Folk rock

Similar
  
Grateful Dead albums, Jam band albums, Other albums

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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.

Contents

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.

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

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

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

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard

    Songs

    Picasso Moon7:06
    Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodeloo6:43
    Feel Like a Stranger7:34

    References

    Nightfall of Diamonds Wikipedia
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