View from the Vault, Volume Four

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View from the Vault, Volume Four (or View from the Vault IV) is the fourth release in the "View from the Vault" series of rock concert recordings by the Grateful Dead. Like the other entries in the series, it was released simultaneously as an album on CD and as a concert performance video on DVD. This volume contains two consecutive complete shows — July 24, 1987, at Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. The album was released as a 4-CD set.

These concerts were recorded during the "Dylan & the Dead" tour. On this brief tour, each Grateful Dead show was followed by a performance by Bob Dylan, with the Dead providing accompaniment. Songs from those performances are documented on the album Dylan & the Dead.

View from the Vault IV was the first "View from the Vault" that was not also released on VHS videotape. It was the first DVD of the series that included the option of either a two-channel stereo or a Dolby 5.1 channel surround sound soundtrack. It was also the last one with "view from the vault" in its title, and was followed eight months later by The Closing of Winterland.

Track listing

Disc one

• "Jack Straw" > (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter)
• "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Jerry Garcia, Hunter)
• "My Brother Esau" (Weir, John Barlow)
• "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter)
• "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips)
• "Big River" (Johnny Cash)
• "When Push Comes To Shove" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Far From Me" (Brent Mydland)
• "Cassidy" > (Weir, Barlow)
• "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)

Disc two

• "Hell In A Bucket" > (Weir, Barlow)
• "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter)
• "Drums" > (Bill Kreutzmann, Hart)
• "Space" > (Grateful Dead)
• "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Dear Mr. Fantasy" > (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood)
• "I Need A Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow)
• "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter)

Disc three

• "Iko Iko" (James Crawford)
• "New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis)
• "Tons Of Steel" (Mydland)
• "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan)
• "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow)
• "Bird Song" > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry)

Disc four

• "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
• "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Drums" > (Kreutzmann, Hart)
• "Space" > (Grateful Dead)
• "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann)
• "Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow)
• "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)

Track listing notes

• "Friend of the Devil", "Me and My Uncle", and "Big River" do not appear on the DVD.
• "Funiculì, Funiculà" and "Tico-Tico no Fubá" tuning before "Jack Straw"

Credits

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
• Bill Kreutzman – drums, percussion
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

See also

• View from the Vault, Volume One
• View from the Vault, Volume Two
• View from the Vault, Volume Three