View from the Vault, Volume Two

View from the Vault, Volume Two (or View from the Vault II) is the second entry in the "View from the Vault" series by the Grateful Dead. It was released simultaneously as a three-disk CD and a one-disk DVD. This volume features the June 14, 1991 concert at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C., and bonus material from a show at the same venue on July 12, 1990. It is the only Grateful Dead video release featuring Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby.

View From The Vault, Volume Two
Live album by
ReleasedJune 2001
RecordedJuly 12, 1990 – June 14, 1991
GenreFolk rock
Psychedelic rock
Jam
Length207:44
LabelGrateful Dead Records
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 22
(2001)
View From The Vault, Volume Two
(2001)
Nightfall of Diamonds
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Music Box[2]

The DVD contains one track that is not on the CD, "Box of Rain", recorded at the 1990 show. It also includes a music video, "Liberty", directed by Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The video uses audio from March 30, 1994, Atlanta, which was previously released on So Many Roads (1965–1995).[3] The "Rubin and Cherise" on the DVD menu is from the show on June 9, 1991. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 27, 2003.[4]

Track listing

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Disc one

First set:

  1. "Cold Rain & Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:00
  2. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 6:39
  3. "Jack-a-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:48
  4. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:43 →
  5. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan) – 7:44
  6. "Row Jimmy" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 11:04
  7. "Black-Throated Wind" (John Barlow, Bob Weir) – 7:19
  8. "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:49
  9. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 8:55

Disc two

Second set:

  1. "Help On the Way" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:33 →
  2. "Slipknot!" (Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 8:30 →
  3. "Franklin's Tower" (Hunter, Garcia, Kreutzmann) – 12:27
  4. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 13:08 →
  5. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir) – 11:29 →
  6. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 9:54 →
  7. "Space" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:26 →

Disc three

Second set, continued:

  1. "Stella Blue" (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:10 →
  2. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 9:13

Encore:

  1. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) – 7:16

July 12, 1990 – second set:

  1. "Victim or the Crime" (Gerrit Graham, Weir) – 8:29 →
  2. "Foolish Heart" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:10 →
  3. "Dark Star" (Hunter, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 24:58

Personnel

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "View from the Vault II". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. ^ The Music Box review
  3. ^ "Liberty at Whitegum.com database". Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database-View from the Vault". Retrieved February 28, 2009.

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