Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 [14 CD, 2019]

 

Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains five complete concerts on 14 CDs. The shows were recorded at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 12, 1987, July 9 and 10, 1989, and June 16 and 17, 1991. 

The July 12, 1987 concert was part of the Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour. The two sets of music by the Grateful Dead included in Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 were followed at that show by one set by Bob Dylan, performing with the Dead as his backup band. Dylan & the Dead is a live album recorded on that tour.

At the 1989 concerts the opening act was Los Lobos. At the 1991 concerts the opening act was Little Feat.

From 1978 to 1995 the Grateful Dead performed a total of 14 concerts at Giants Stadium.

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Mickey Hart – drums
  • Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (1987, 1989)
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1991)
  • Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, vocals (1991)


Disc 1

July 12, 1987 – first set:

  1. "Hell in a Bucket" (Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, John Perry Barlow) – 6:25
  2. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 8:11
  3. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 4:24
  4. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:46
  5. "Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 6:24
  6. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55
  7. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan) – 4:55
  8. "When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
  9. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:54
  10. "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:01

Disc 2

July 12, 1987 – second set:

  1. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:08
  2. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:12
  3. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:14
  4. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 3:22
  5. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:28
  6. "Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
  7. "Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:11
  8. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 9:08

Disc 3

July 9, 1989 – first set:

  1. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:31 [a]
  2. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:49
  3. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:26
  4. "Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 7:55
  5. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56
  6. "Queen Jane Approximately" (Dylan) – 6:46
  7. "Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:42

Disc 4

July 9, 1989 – second set:

  1. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58
  2. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
  3. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:28
  4. "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29
  5. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
  6. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 10:00

Disc 5

July 9 1989 – second set, continued:

  1. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:06
  2. "Gimme Some Lovin'" > (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) – 5:15
  3. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:33
  4. "Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:12
  5. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 13:38

July 9, 1989 – encore:

  • "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53

Disc 6

July 10, 1989 – first set:

  1. "Feel Like a Stranger" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:20 [b]
  2. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:13
  3. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:08
  4. "Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:50
  5. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 6:59
  6. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28
  7. "The Music Never Stopped" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:19
  8. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:42

Disc 7

July 10, 1989 – second set:

  1. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01
  2. "Just a Little Light" (Mydland, Barlow) – 5:16
  3. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:42
  4. "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:54
  5. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:15

Disc 8

July 10, 1989 – second set, continued:

  1. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:11
  2. "Iko Iko" > (James Crawford) – 8:01 [c]
  3. "All Along the Watchtower" > (Dylan) – 5:41 [c]
  4. "Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 10:43 [c]
  5. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:30 [c]

July 10, 1989 – encore:

  • "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:58 [c]

Disc 9

June 16, 1991 – first set:

  1. "Picasso Moon" (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove) – 7:23
  2. "Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
  3. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 9:30
  4. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
  5. "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Dylan) – 8:46
  6. "Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28
  7. "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:43

Disc 10

June 16, 1991 – second set:

  1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:25
  2. "Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32
  3. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:05
  4. "I Know You Rider" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:37
  5. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:17

Disc 11

June 16, 1991 – second set, continued:

  1. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 13:47
  2. "I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:35
  3. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:35
  4. "Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:06
  5. "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 10:37

June 16, 1991 – encore:

  • "Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 6:14

Disc 12

June 17, 1991 – first set:

  1. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:26
  2. "Walkin' Blues" (Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:01
  3. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10
  4. "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:32
  5. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 5:28
  6. "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16
  7. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:11
  8. "Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41

Disc 13

June 17, 1991 – second set:

  1. "Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:55
  2. "Ship of Fools" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01
  3. "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:14
  4. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 6:55
  5. "New Speedway Boogie" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:12
  6. "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 0:55
  7. "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:18
  8. "Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 8:05
  9. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:30

Disc 14

June 17, 1991 – second set, continued:

  1. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:47
  2. "China Doll" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
  3. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:35
  4. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:53

June 17, 1991 – encore:

  • "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:20