The Arista Years (Grateful Dead album)
1996 compilation album by Grateful Dead
The Arista Years | ||||
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Compilation album by Grateful Dead | ||||
Released | October 15, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1977–1990 | |||
Genre | Rock, jam band, folk rock | |||
Length | 152:07 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Jerry Garcia, Lowell George | |||
Grateful Dead chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
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.
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] |
References
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- The Grateful Dead
- Anthem of the Sun
- Aoxomoxoa
- Workingman's Dead
- American Beauty
- Wake of the Flood
- From the Mars Hotel
- Blues for Allah
- Terrapin Station
- Shakedown Street
- Go to Heaven
- In the Dark
- Built to Last
- Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
- What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
- The Arista Years
- Selections from the Arista Years
- The Very Best of Grateful Dead
- Flashback with the Grateful Dead
- The Best of the Grateful Dead
- Long Strange Trip
- The Best of the Grateful Dead Live
- Sage & Spirit
- Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987)
- So Many Roads (1965–1995)
- The Golden Road (1965–1973)
- Beyond Description (1973–1989)
- The Warner Bros. Studio Albums
- All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection
- Grateful Dead Records Collection
- The Story of the Grateful Dead
- The Grateful Dead Movie
- Dead Ahead
- So Far
- Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey
- Backstage Pass
- Infrared Sightings
- Ticket to New Year's
- Downhill from Here
- Anthem to Beauty
- Sunshine Daydream
- Long Strange Trip
spin-off bands
- The Other Ones
- The Dead
- Furthur
- Dead & Company
- Jerry Garcia Band
- RatDog
- Phil Lesh and Friends
- Rhythm Devils
- Donna Jean Godchaux Band
- Heart of Gold Band
- Missing Man Formation
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Old & In the Way
- Legion of Mary
- Reconstruction
- Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
- JGB
- Kingfish
- Bobby and the Midnites
- SerialPod
- BK3
- 7 Walkers
- Billy & the Kids
- Acid Tests
- Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.
- Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
- Dark Star Orchestra
- Day of the Dead
- Deadhead
- Deadheads for Obama
- Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
- Fare Thee Well (album)
- Fare Thee Well (concert tour)
- Grateful dead
- Grateful Dead Archive
- The Grateful Dead Channel
- Grateful Dead Comix
- Grateful Dead discography
- The Grateful Dead Family Album
- Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies
- Grateful Dead Origins
- Grateful Dead Records
- Jazz Is Dead
- List of Grateful Dead members
- Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
- The Music Never Stopped (album)
- The Music Never Stopped (film)
- Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute
- The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
- Relix
- Reunions of the Grateful Dead
- Rex Foundation
- Shakedown Street (vending area)
- Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
- Unfinished Grateful Dead album
- Wall of Sound
- Wharf Rats
- Eric Andersen
- Bob Bralove
- Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
- Candace Brightman
- Betty Cantor-Jackson
- Bob Dylan
- Carolyn Garcia
- Bill Graham
- Gerrit Graham
- Rick Griffin
- David Grisman
- Lenny Hart
- Dan Healy
- Bruce Hornsby
- Alton Kelley
- Steve Kimock
- Ned Lagin
- Dick Latvala
- David Lemieux
- Branford Marsalis
- Stanley Mouse
- Ronald Leon Rakow
- Merl Saunders
- Rock Scully
- Bob Seidemann
- Laurence Shurtliff
- Owsley Stanley
- Howard Wales
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