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Grateful Dead - Ticket To New Year's (1987)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 16 May 2015 09:47:03

Prior to being issued in the VHS and DVD home video formats, this New Year's Eve performance – featuring the Grateful Dead and special guests the Neville Brothers – was simulcast as a pay-per-view event for North American cable and closed-circuit television subscribers. The video festivities also included several surreal skits featuring bandmembers – such as a cooking segment with Jerry Garcia or Mickey Hart as Star Trek's Mr. Spock. However, as always, the main impetus is the music. Included on Ticket to New Year's are two of the three full-length sets that the Grateful Dead performed on December 31, 1987/January 1, 1988, at the Oakland Coliseum Arena as well as the "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" encore – which also features contributions from the Neville Brothers. the Grateful Dead were at the height of their popularity in the mid- to late '80s, having come off of their biggest (and only) Top Ten hit, "Touch of Grey." The band's symbiotic relationship with their audience is evident through their consistently stellar performances during this era. This show is no exception. They mix old favorites such as "Bertha," "Uncle John's Band," and "Wharf Rat" with newer material from In the Dark (1987) – including a pair from Bob Weir ("Hell in a Bucket" and "Throwin' Stones") as well as the rarely played Garcia track "When Push Comes to Shove." While the entire show is pulled off with considerable aplomb, the unabashed highlight is the extended "Lady With a Fan"/"Terrapin Station" suite. All of the various elements flawlessly coalesce into an inspired reading so perfunctory that the band incorporated much of this exact performance footage into their So Far (1988) home video. Inclined enthusiasts will find much to enjoy and revisit in this audio-visual time capsule.

by Lindsay Planer, AMG

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Grateful Dead - Ticket To New Year's (1987):

Tracklist:

Set One
INTRO
BERTHA
COLD RAIN AND SNOW
LITTLE RED ROOSTER
WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE
BIRD SONG
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED

Intermission
JERRY'S KITCHEN
G.D. Q&A
SANTA CLAUS MEETS SPOCK
MORE Q&A

Set Two
HELL IN A BUCKET/HAPPY NEW YEAR
UNCLE JOHN'S BAND
LADY WITH A FAN
TERRAPIN STATION
DRUMS AND…
…SPACE
THE OTHER ONE
WHARF RAT
THROWING STONES
NOT FADE AWAY
END CREDITS

Encore
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

Bonus Features
•Visible Lyrics Option
•Bios
•Special "Dead Facts" Fan Quiz

DVDInfo

Title: Grateful Dead 1987 - Ticket To New Year's
Size: 4.32 Gb ( 4 529 558,00 KBytes ) - DVD-5
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Musicians:

Jerry Garcia: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart: Drums
Bill Kreutzmann: Drums
Bob Weir: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Phil Lesh: Electric Bass, Vocals
Brent Mydland: Keyboards, Vocals
with Special Guests