Shakedown Street

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Shakedown Street
Shakedown Street cover
Studio album by The Grateful Dead
Released November 15, 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Country rock, Pop rock, Rock
Length 39:04
Label Arista
Producer(s) Lowell George
Professional reviews
The Grateful Dead chronology
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
(1977)
Shakedown Street
(1978)
Go to Heaven
(1980)


Shakedown Street is the tenth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was originally released on November 15, 1978.

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the band's Beyond Description (1973-1989) box set in October 2004. The remasted version was later released separately on CD on March 7, 2006 by Rhino Records. This is the bands second album on the Arista label after releasing three albums on its own Grateful Dead Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Good Lovin'" (Clarke, Resnick) – 4:15
  2. "France" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 4:03
  3. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
  4. "Serengetti" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 1:59
  5. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46

[edit] Side two

  1. "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:36
  2. "From the Heart of Me" (Godchaux) – 3:23
  3. "Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:25
  4. "New Minglewood Blues" (Traditional) – 4:12
  5. "If I Had the World to Give" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50

[edit] 2004 reissue

  1. "Good Lovin'" (Clarke, Resnick) – 4:50
  2. "France" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 4:04
  3. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
  4. "Serengetti" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 2:02
  5. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:48
  6. "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:35
  7. "From the Heart of Me" (Godchaux) – 3:25
  8. "Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:28
  9. "New Minglewood Blues" (Traditional) – 4:16
  10. "If I Had the World to Give" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:00
  11. "Good Lovin'" (studio outtake) – 4:56
  12. "Ollin Arageed" (live) (Hamza El Din) – 6:30
  13. "Fire on the Mountain" (live) – 13:43
  14. "Stagger Lee" (live) – 6:39
  15. "All New Minglewood Blues" (live) – 4:34

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

Additional preformers:

Production:

[edit] Bonus tracks production details

  • "Good Lovin'" - studio outtake featuring Lowell George on vocals, July 28, 1978
  • "Ollin Arageed" by Hamza El Din - recorded live in Cairo, Egypt on September 16, 1978
  • "Fire On The Mountain" - recorded live in Cairo, Egypt on September 16, 1978
  • "Stagger Lee" - recorded live in Cairo, Egypt on September 15, 1978
  • "All New Minglewood Blues" - recorded live at the Passaic in New Jersey on November 24, 1978

[edit] Reissue production credits

  • David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
  • Reggie Collins, Rip Rense - liner notes
  • Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
  • Cameron Sears - executive producer
  • Joe Gastwirt - mastering
  • Tom Flye - mixing
  • Jeffrey Boden, Billy Candelario, Robert Gatley, John Hagen, Steve Parish - mixing assistant
  • Hugh Brown, Gilbert Shelton, Steve Vance - art coordinator
  • Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
  • John Kahn - associate producer, horn arrangements
  • Steven Schuster - horn
  • Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
  • Eileen Law - research
  • Ed Perlstein, Robert Minkin, Bruce Polonsky, Ron Rakow - photography
  • Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
  • Harry Popick, Ram Rod, Sue Stephens, Robbie Taylor - assistant

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 41

RIAA Certification

Certification Date
Gold September 4, 1987

[edit] See also

[edit] References

    The Grateful Dead
    Jerry GarciaBob WeirVince WelnickPhil LeshBill KreutzmannMickey Hart
    Brent MydlandKeith GodchauxDonna Jean GodchauxRon "Pigpen" McKernanTom Constanten
    Discography
    Studio albums: The Grateful Dead | Anthem of the Sun | Aoxomoxoa | Workingman's Dead | American Beauty | Wake of the Flood | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel | Blues for Allah | Terrapin Station | Shakedown Street | Go to Heaven | In the Dark | Built to Last
    Live albums: Live/Dead | Grateful Dead | Europe '72 | History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) | Steal Your Face | Reckoning | Dead Set | Without a Net | One From the Vault | Infrared Roses | Two from the Vault | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 | Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | View From The Vault, Volume One | View From The Vault, Volume Two | Nightfall of Diamonds | Grateful Dead Documentary | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | The Closing of Winterland | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 | Truckin' Up to Buffalo | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
    Compilations/Box Sets: Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead | What a Long Strange Trip It's Been | Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) | The Arista Years | Selections from the Arista Years | So Many Roads (1965-1995) | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | Postcards of the Hanging | Birth of the Dead | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 | Grayfolded | Live at the Cow Palace |
    Lyricists
    Robert HunterJohn Perry BarlowGerrit Graham • Bobby Petersen
    Spin-off Bands
    Jerry Garcia BandRatdogPhil Lesh and FriendsRhythm Devils
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