Grateful Dead Video:

		List Price: $24.95		Label: WEA/Rhino Salesrank: 45923 Released: April 8, 2003
		Our Price: $49.99
		Used Price: $34.88
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault IV Reviews:
Indeed a stellar performance...but pleasE
2008-01-09 - A stellar performance but PLEASE drop the kaleidoscope effects!!!
We just want see the band! Not those hokie kaleidoscopic hallucinations spawned by obviously silly hempipotic-impaired film makers!!!The Dead's interactions & musicianship is priceless...quit the academiac smudging! I felt Officer Sadenco (Stacy Keach) was gonna bust in the second set at any minute :) A HighSierraBassPlayer 5-Star.

Bob Weir's cut-off short-shorts will make you turn away...
2007-08-23 - Seriously, the music is great. Like others, I could do without the weirdo special effects, but I can live with them. But those shorts .. my God, it's like watching a gay porno. They're hideous. And it's two shows, two nights apart. Through the first one I kept thinking "well, the second show will be fine because he won't have on those shorts." But.. lo and behold, he wore the same damn ugly shorts for both shows! The best moment has to be right at first when Weir is having trouble tuning his guitar. He's been a professional musician for 20 years at that point, and he can't tune his guitar. Then he acts like it's the tuner's fault and gives it a heave. Meanwhile, Jerry is laughing at him. Of course, we don't really know if he's laughing at Weir's ineptitude or because of those silly damn shorts he's wearing...

Great set list
2006-07-10 - The 87 summer tour (six cities)was mostly played in large outdoor stadiums, which I believe was a first for the Dead. This tour followed up their only top ten hit Touch of Grey, and so they got a little more limelight, so to speak.

With that being said, the Oakland set list is comprised of some of my favorite songs and Brent locks it down with an awesome Dear Mr. Fantasy.

The Anaheim show again shows signs of the fact Dylan was touring with them with a nice Masterpiece.

The second set was on fire - but how can you go wrong with no break in the music, all the songs were played "into" one another, and for the most part - played real tight. The Throwing Stones (which was generally kind of walked through so often) was played with vigor and they end with a great ending song, Not Fade away.

The special effects were not added, they simply mimicked what was on the projection screens. My only gripe is those ugly tight shorts Bobby loved to wear are omnipresent again. And does anyone really like seeing the Dead in such a large stadium. They really seem disconnected from the crowd, which is a shame with such a great show. Place this show in a more intimate setting and this becomes a classic.

The one aspect that makes this DVD worth owning is the stellar performance of Brent. Watch his eyes and jaw and see if you can "name that drug" that he was on.

But - I miss the Dylan sets!
2006-06-12 - The Oakland show was my second Dead show. I got "on the bus" in Eugene - went to see Bob Dylan, LOVED the live Dead experience. Too bad they couldn't get clearance to put the third sets and encores with Dylan on these concerts (of course, then they would probably be two separate releases).

Memories -

"doses - get your ice cold doses!"

Bobby going nuts on "Hell in a Bucket"
- "least I'm enjoyin' the ride!"

The low-budget special effects on the Oakland A's big Jumbotron behind the stage - the colors would change, and I would change them back in my head.

A woman having a bummer trip in front of me on the ground - tore my heart out!

Frisbee in the parking lot for hours after the show.

The eyeball rolling back and forth across the dashboard of our vehicle as we drove south to where we were crashing - with the California Highway Patrol following us for a few miles before passing us by.


Fine Summer 87 presentations
2006-01-01 - This is a superb show from 1987 ( 2 shows ) that remind me of the wonderful privilige of seeing a ' good ' dead show. Because sometimes they were lacking energy.

Objectively I lived in the US for 16 years, saw 6 GD shows ( still own ) 1000 + hrs of their music on dat format. And saw and taped 17 Further festival / other ones shows between 96 & 98. I think the 98 tour was the best I ve seen / heard and did justice to what we the fans, needed to see and hear at that particular moment of GD history.

Back to this video; I m glad we got two shows on it. There is not one song that is below standard or doubtful ( in its delivery ). The first show - Oakland - is fantastic, but the second - Anaheim - just kicks a**, as we get a pre drums treatment that happenned a few times per year: Shakedown > LL Rain > Terrapin St. The post production remastering comes in nicely here, as we get what I would play for anyone to turn onto this band.

It also makes me remember excellent moments live that I experienced. Like on 23.07.94 at Soldier field. The fantastic Lucy in the sky, followed by a one of a kind Playin > Terrapin'. Being a christian, I have to share with you that we on earth receive spiritual blessings by our father ( god ). And on that night in Chicago in 94, we got some good spiritual blessings because the Lucy in the sky, and Playin > Terrapin were out of sight ( other worldly ). And if anyone reading here was there, you can maybe recall the image of Jesus that was flashed on the screens when the band was in the middle of a beautiful jam in Cassidy; which was washed by a gorgeous green light show with trees and really cool stuff = ) You re probably thinking, ' This guy remembers well that night '. Well, good Grateful Dead shows were always remembered with extremely positive opinions

So, to GD Productions..How about releasing 23.07.94 or 21.07 Deer Creek, which were mi first and second shows. At least one them = )

Additionally, how about some good 86, 85, or 84 shows that may have intriguing video feeds. 29.07.88 Laguna seca would be a good dvd. 15.06.85 ( !! ) Greeks. 20.08.87 Park city, UT,

Frost Amp. 27.04.85

Cheers