The Arista Years (Grateful Dead album)
The Arista Years is a compilation album that chronicles the Grateful Dead's studio and live albums during their time with Arista Records. The album was released on two-CD and two cassette tapes on October 15, 1996. It contains tracks from Terrapin Station, Shakedown Street, Go to Heaven, Reckoning, Dead Set, In the Dark, Built to Last, and Without a Net. The set does not contain any new or expanded recordings. A media outlet sampler, Selections from the Arista Years, was released by Arista in January 1997.
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Released | October 15, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1990 | |||
Genre | Rock, jam band, folk rock | |||
Length | 152:07 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Jerry Garcia, Lowell George | |||
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Track listing
- Disc one
- "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:37
- "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 2:49
- "Samson and Delilah" (traditional) – 3:27
- "Terrapin Station [medley]" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:20
- Tracks 1–4 originally released on the album Terrapin Station.
- "Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) – 4:48
- "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
- "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46
- "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:33
- Tracks 5–8 originally released on the album Shakedown Street.
- "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
- "Far from Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
- "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
- Tracks 9-11 originally released on the album Go to Heaven.
- "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
- "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
- Tracks 12–13 originally released on the album Reckoning.
- "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:47
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 5:37
- Tracks 14–15 originally released on the album Dead Set.
- Disc two
- "Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
- "Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:36
- "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:37
- "Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:19
- "Black Muddy River" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57
- Tracks 16–20 originally released on the album In the Dark.
- "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
- "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
- "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:41
- "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
- "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
- Tracks 21–25 originally released on the album Built to Last.
- "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:25
- Track 26 originally released on the album Without a Net.
Personnel
- Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
- Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
- Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals
- Mickey Hart – drums
- Bill Kreutzmann – drums
- Phil Lesh – bass
- Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
- Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
- Additional performers
- Jordan Amarantha – percussion
- Branford Marsalis – saxophone (soprano, tenor)
- Matthew Kelly – harmonica, harp
- Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
- Production
- Jerry Garcia, Lowell George – producers
- Bob Bralove – programming, associate producer
- Betty Cantor-Jackson, John Cutler, Dan Healy, Gary Lyons, Keith Olsen – producers, engineers
- Guy Charbonneau, David DeVore, Tom Flye, Justin Kreutzmann, Bob Matthews, Peter Miller, Jeffrey Norman, David Roberts, Jeff Sterling, Pete Thea, Chris Wiskes – engineers
- Amy Finkle, Stanley Mouse, Gilbert Shelton, Jim Welch – art directors
- Joe Gastwirt – remastering, digital remastering
- Rick Griffin – illustrations
- John Kahn – associate producer, horn arrangements
- Cameron Sears – coordination
- Bob Seidemann – photography
- Christopher Stern – design
- Robbie Taylor – production manager
Charts
Album – Billboard
Year | Chart | Position |
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1996 | Billboard 200 | 95[2] |
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References
- Ruhlman, William. "The Arista Years". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
- "Billboard album chart history-Grateful Dead". Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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