The Very Best of Jerry Garcia

The Very Best of Jerry Garcia is a compilation album with recordings by Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Old & In the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, and Reconstruction. It is meant to showcase Jerry's non-Grateful Dead work.

The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
Compilation album by Jerry Garcia
Released	September 26, 2006
Recorded	1971 – 1990
Genre	Rock, folk
Label	Rhino
Jerry Garcia chronology
Pure Jerry: Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991 (2006) The Very Best of Jerry Garcia (2006) Live at the Boarding House (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]

Track listing

Disc One (Studio)

1. "Deal" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 3:14
2. "Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:26
3. "Sugaree" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:54
4. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:10
5. "The Wheel" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:12
   • (Originally released on the album Garcia.)
6. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:12
7. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) – 3:04
   • (Originally released on the album Compliments.)
8. "Might as Well" (Hunter, Garcia) – 3:54
9. "Mission in the Rain" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:04
10. "I'll Take a Melody" (Allen Toussaint) – 9:28
    • (Originally released on the album Reflections.)
11. "Reuben and Cérise" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:17
12. "Cats under the Stars" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:31
13. "Rhapsody in Red" (Hunter, Garcia, John Kahn) – 5:11
    • (Originally released on the album Cats Under the Stars.)
14. "Run for the Roses" (Hunter, Garcia) – 3:41
15. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 7:40
16. "Without Love" (Danny Small) – 4:26
    • (Originally released on the album Run for the Roses.)

Disc Two (Live)

1. "Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 4:06
   • (Originally released on the album Breakdown.)
2. "Deep Elem Blues" (Traditional) – 6:09
3. "Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:21
   • (Originally released on the album Almost Acoustic.)
4. "Positively 4th Street" (Dylan) – 10:46
   • (Originally released on the album Garcia Plays Dylan.)
5. "The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff) – 12:43
   • (Originally released on the album Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977.)
6. "Gomorrah" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:37
   • (Originally released on the album How Sweet It Is.)
7. "Dear Prudence" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 11:38
   • (Previously Unreleased Reconstruction - Live 1979-07-08)
8. "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (Dylan) - 7:45
   • (Originally released on the album Jerry Garcia Band.)
9. "Evangeline" (David Hidalgo, Louis Perez) – 4:47
   • (Originally released on the album Jerry Garcia Band.)
10. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) - 9:12
    • (Originally released on the album Way After Midnight.)

Personnel

See individual albums for musical personnel.

Production

• Compilation producers – James Austin, Joe Gastwirt, Blair Jackson, Peter McQuaid
• Product manager – Jimmy Edwards
• Tape research, liner notes – Blair Jackson
• Remastering – Joe Gastwirt
• Discographical annotation – Reggie Collins
• Editorial supervision – Dorothy Stefanski
• Art direction, design – Jean Krikorian
• Photography – Herb Greene, Jon Sievert, Richard E. Aaron, Dave Patrick
• Painting – Jerry Garcia
• Project assistance – Karen LeBlanc, James O'Toole

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "The Very Best of Jerry Garcia". AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
2. Metzger, John (November 2006). The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, The Music Box