Nightfall of Diamonds

Nightfall of Diamonds Artist: Grateful Dead
Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 081227894320
EAN: 0081227894320
ASIN: B0002SPPW8


Release Date: 2004-08-31

Nightfall of Diamonds


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Tracks:

  1. Picasso Moon
  2. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo
  3. Feel Like a Stranger
  4. Never Trust a Woman
  5. Built to Last
  6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
  7. Let It Grow
  8. Deal

Tracks:

  1. Dark Star
  2. Playing With the Band
  3. Uncle John's Band
  4. Jam
  5. Drums
  6. Space
  7. I Will Take You Home
  8. I Need a Miracle
  9. Dark Star
  10. Attics of My Life
  11. Playing in the Band
  12. We Bid You Goodnight

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars the beginning of the end.......2006-07-12

The Dead were in a strange position in 1989, the year Nighfall of Diamonds was recorded live. 'ATouch of Gray' had landed them their first certified hit, they were never more popular, loved by their fans, admired by all others. The problem was the entire band had a lean and hungry sound, except the one band member who was absolutely indispenible. Jerry Garcia, only 47 years old, looked old and tired, worse he sounded old and tired.

The album itself is quite good. But though the album was good, anyone who heard the band then, and anyone who listens to this album now, can see the problems. Garcia's guitar playing is uneven, worse it was often uninspired.His voice cracked when he sang, and his voice, even at it's finest, had a sound of a much older man.This was an era when Bob Weir singing was superior to Garcia's. This by no means a put-down on Bob Weir. An entire book could be written that he propelled the Dead to stardom. Bob Weir suffers in comparison to Jerry Garcia. But then, anyone would suffer in the comparison.

But back to the album. The first disc is forgettable, save for a very good. 'Picaso Moon,' a Bob Weir song by the way. The second disc is very good indeed. It just doesn't measure up to what the Band had done just 5 years before. Death claims us all. But we need not rush to it; and with Jerry Garcia we find someone who did rush to it because on the road to death were good times. A shame. He should be here now.

4 out of 5 stars Nothing special.......2006-03-07

I'll dissent on this one... this is a pretty typical 1989 show... why was it released? The dark star? 'Without a Net', IMHO, has better versions of some of these songs, and is a better starting point for this era. The sound quality on here is quite good. But this show didn't blow me away like I had expected. Get Without a Net, or the DVDs from this era 'Truckin up to Buffalo' and 'Downhill from Here'.

5 out of 5 stars Sweet Surprise.......2006-02-16

I have many many Grateful Dead CDs...and the vast majority
of them are from the years 1968 through 1977. So the fact that
Nightfall of Diamonds is from 1989 caused me to not buy it for
the longest time...but then I went ahead and bought it beccause
I was curious about the Dark Star. Guess what? It's GREAT.
Dark Star, Playing in the Band, Jam, Space...all GREAT.
The Dead were most certainly ON that New Jersey night in 1989.
And, while I tend to listen to jams rather than vocals...there
are some really fine vocals on CD 1. The "Deal" is one of the
best versions ever, with a fine long jam at the end. The
"Mississippi Half Step" has something other versions don't have;
that is, instead of singing that "across the Rio Grand-ee-oh" part, Jerry just jams beautifully. And guess what...this
live version of "Built to Last" is tremendous. So all in all
I very highly recommend Nightfall of Diamonds. Buy it for the
Dark Star--Playing in the Band--Space--Jam sequence on CD two,
then discover the vocals on CD one. Nightfall is now one of

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