''One from the Vault'' is a live album by the Grateful Dead, recorded on August 13, 1975 at the

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, and released April 15, 1991 on Grateful Dead Records, the personal

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of the band. The concert was broadcast on FM radio, widely traded by fans on cassettes, and sold in

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LP versions under the titles ''Urubouros Deedni Mublasaron'' and ''Make Believe Ballroom''. But it was not until the Grateful Dead released it on their

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ous record label, Grateful Dead Records, that high quality versions of the songs appeared. It was the first complete concert recording released commercially by the band. The concert also marked the first time that the then recently released album ''

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'' was performed live in its entirety, albeit with a few other songs thrown in.

Track listing

;Disc one :''First set:'' #Introduction by Bill Graham > – 0:46 #"Help on the Way" / "Slipknot!" > ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:52 #"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia,

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, Hunter) – 6:58 #"The Music Never Stopped" (Weir,

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) – 5:29 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:05 #"Eyes of the World" / "Drums" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:32 #"King Solomon's Marbles" (Lesh) – 6:36 :''Second set:'' #

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" (

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) – 5:59 ;Disc two :''Second set, continued:'' #"

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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:56 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 4:50 #"Crazy Fingers" / "Drums" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:08 #"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 5:33 #"Sage and Spirit" > (Weir) – 3:24 #"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:13 #"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29 #"Blues for Allah" (Garcia, Hunter) – 21:01

Personnel

* Jerry Garcia –

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, vocals * Bob Weir – guitar, vocals *

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–

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, vocals *

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– vocals * Phil Lesh –

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, vocals *

– drums and

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* Mickey Hart – percussion and crickets

Charts

References

{{Authority control Grateful Dead live albums 1991 live albums Albums produced by Dan Healy (soundman) Grateful Dead Records live albums Albums recorded at the Great American Music Hall

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

See also

References