The Grateful Dead YouTube channel has released their second installment of All the Years Live with a 30 minute barn-burner from the 1978 New Year’s Eve show at the Winterland. This historical show, marked the closing of the Winterland which lasted well past midnight.

“This is the opening sequence from one of the most famous, and highly regarded, Grateful Dead shows of all time, the Closing Of Winterland. With opening acts the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Blues Brothers, the Dead didn’t hit the stage until midnight, and played until the sun rose. Bill Graham served breakfast to everyone after the show.” – David Lemieux

The first installment of All the Years Live was also showcased the Dead at the Winterland five years earlier in their supposed “Farewell Show.”

Jerry and the gang rang in the new year with a rocket ship, a massive ballon drop and a super-charged version of “Sugar Magnolia.” The n the Dead really got 1979 started off the right way with a proper “Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain.”

Thanks to the Grateful Dead channel for the awesome footage!