Dave's Picks Volume 55

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ReleasedJuly 25, 2025
RecordedOctober 28, 1990
VenueLe Zénith
GenreRock
Dave's Picks Volume 55
A skeleton with a flag leads a group of skeletons with microphones for concert taping, in a scene reminiscent of the painting Liberty Leading the People
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedJuly 25, 2025
RecordedOctober 28, 1990
VenueLe Zénith
GenreRock
Length222:26
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
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Dave's Picks Volume 55 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains a recording of the complete concert performed on October 28, 1990, at Le Zénith in Paris, France. It also includes bonus songs recorded at a concert two nights later at Wembley Arena in London, England. It was released on July 25, 2025, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.[1][2][3]

In October and November 1990 the Grateful Dead performed an 11-concert European tour, with shows in Sweden, Germany, France, and England.

From September 1990 to March 1992, the lineup of the band included two keyboardists – Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby. Volume 55 is the first in the Dave's Picks series to feature Welnick and Hornsby.

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "The newly developing Vince-Bruce interplay makes this one special, as does a Dylan two-fer ("Maggie's Farm" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door") and other highlights like "Touch of Grey", "Looks Like Rain", and the Hornsby cut "Stander on the Mountain"."[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

October 28, 1990 – Le Zénith – first set:
  1. "Touch of Grey" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:40
  2. "Walkin' Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:21
  3. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:11
  4. "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:39
  5. "Mexicali Blues" > (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 5:22
  6. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan) – 5:53
  7. "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:31
  8. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:55
  9. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:11
  10. "Stander on the Mountain" (Bruce Hornsby) – 7:15

Disc 2

October 28, 1990 – Le Zénith – second set:
  1. "Victim or the Crime" > (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 8:49
  2. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:41
  3. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:14
  4. "Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:56
  5. "Drums" (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 11:53
October 30, 1990 – Wembley Arena – bonus tracks:
  2. "Let It Grow" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:56
  3. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 5:00
  4. "Valley Road" (Hornsby) – 5:02

Disc 3

October 28, 1990 – Le Zénith – second set, continued:
  1. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 7:38
  2. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 7:45
  3. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28
  4. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:18
October 28, 1990 – Le Zénith – encore:
  2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 8:13
October 30, 1990 – Wembley Arena – bonus tracks:
  2. "Picasso Moon" > (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove) – 7:02
  3. "Foolish Heart" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:53
  4. "Looks Like Rain" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:28
  5. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:08

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