View from the Vault is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead 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 in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2001. The soundtrack was released as a 3-CD set.

Track listing

Disc one First set: "Touch of Grey" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 6:36 → "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) – 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) – 2:32 → "Mexicali Blues" (John Barlow, Weir) – 5:31 "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 6:13 "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:15

Disc two Second set: "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) – 7:38 → "Space" (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 9:04 →

Disc three Second set, continued: "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:28 → "Wang Dang Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 5:20 → "Black Peter" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:42 → "Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:22 → "Turn On Your Lovelight" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 8:39 Encore: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:07 July 6, 1990 – second set: "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, 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

See also View from the Vault II View from the Vault III View from the Vault IV Backstage Pass

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