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. It contains five complete concerts on 14 CDs. The shows were recorded at

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on July 12, 1987, July 9 and 10, 1989, and June 16 and 17, 1991. The album also includes a video of the June 17, 1991 performance, on two DVDs or one Blu-ray disc. It was released on September 27, 2019, in a limited edition of 10,000 numbered copies. The June 17, 1991 concert was also released as a separate album called '' Saint of Circumstance'', on three CDs or five LPs. The video of the June 17, 1991 concert was shown in theaters on August 1, 2019, as that year's Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies. ''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991'' was nominated for a

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The Giants Stadium concerts

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, 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

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. At the 1991 concerts the opening act was

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

Track listing

July 12, 1987

Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Hell in a Bucket" (

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) – 6:25 #"West L.A. Fadeaway" (

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, Robert Hunter) – 8:11 #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir,

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, Hunter) – 4:24 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:46 #"Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 6:24 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55 #"

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) – 4:55 #"When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07 #"

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) – 3:54 #"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:01 Disc 2 :''Second set:'' #"

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) – 10:08 #"

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" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:12 #"Drums" > (Hart,

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) – 7:14 #"Space" > (Garcia,

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, Weir) – 3:22 #"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:28 #"Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34 #"

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" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:11 #" Not Fade Away" (

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, Norman Petty) – 9:08

July 9, 1989

Disc 3 :''First set:'' #"Shakedown Street (song), Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:31 #"Jack Straw (song), Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:49 #"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:26 #"Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 7:55 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56 #"Queen Jane Approximately" (Dylan) – 6:46 #"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:42 Disc 4 :''Second set:'' #"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58 #"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10 #"Samson and Delilah (traditional song), Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:28 #"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29 #"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55 #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 10:00 Disc 5 #"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:06 #"Gimme Some Lovin'" > (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) – 5:15 #"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:33 #"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:12 #"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 13:38 :''Encore:'' #

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

July 10, 1989

Disc 6 :''First set:'' #"Feel Like a Stranger" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:20 #"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:13 #"Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:08 #"Jack Monroe (song), Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:50 #"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 6:59 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28 #"The Music Never Stopped" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:19 #"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:42 Disc 7 :''Second set:'' #"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01 #"Just a Little Light" (Mydland, Barlow) – 5:16 #"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:42 #"Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:54 #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:15 Disc 8 #"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:11 #"Iko Iko" > (James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, James Crawford) – 8:01 #"All Along the Watchtower" > (Dylan) – 5:41 #"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 10:43 #"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:30 :''Encore:'' #

"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:58

June 16, 1991

Disc 9 :''First set:'' #"Picasso Moon" (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove) – 7:23 #"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29 #"Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 9:30 #"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33 #"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Dylan) – 8:46 #"Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28 #"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:43 Disc 10 :''Second set:'' #"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:25 #"Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32 #"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:05 #"I Know You Rider" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:37 #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:17 Disc 11 #"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 13:47 #"I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:35 #"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:35 #"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:06 #"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 10:37 :''Encore:'' #

"Box of Rain" (Lesh, Hunter) – 6:14

June 17, 1991

Disc 12 :''First set:'' #"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:26 #"Walkin' Blues" (Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:01 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10 #"Dark Star (song), Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:32 #"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 5:28 #"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16 #"Cassidy (song), Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:11 #"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41 Disc 13 :''Second set:'' #"Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:55 #"Ship of Fools" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01 #"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:14 #"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 6:55 #"New Speedway Boogie" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:12 #"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 0:55 #"Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:18 #"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 8:05 #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:30 Disc 14 #"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:47 #"China Doll" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07 #"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:35 #"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:53 :''Encore:'' #

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

Personnel

Grateful Dead *

– guitar, vocals *

– bass, vocals *

– drums *

– keyboards, vocals (1987, 1989) *Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1991) *Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, vocals (1991) Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux (archivist), David Lemieux *Recording: John Cutler *Mixing: Jeffrey Norman *Mastering: David Glasser *Art direction, design: Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson

Dylan and the Dead – July 12, 1987

At the July 12, 1987 concert, after the Grateful Dead played two sets of music, Bob Dylan performed a set of songs with the Dead as his backup band. This music is not included in ''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991''. The song list was: :''Third set:'' *"Slow Train (Bob Dylan song), Slow Train" *"Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" *"Tomorrow Is a Long Time" *"Highway 61 Revisited (song), Highway 61 Revisited" *"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" *"Ballad of a Thin Man" *"John Brown (Bob Dylan song), John Brown" *"The Wicked Messenger" *"Queen Jane Approximately" *"Chimes of Freedom (song), Chimes of Freedom" *"Joey (Bob Dylan song), Joey" *"All Along the Watchtower" *"The Times They Are a-Changin' (song), The Times They Are a-Changin'" :''Encore:'' *"Touch of Grey" *"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Charts

References

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