The Arista Years

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The Arista Years
Compilation album by Grateful Dead
Released	October 15, 1996
Recorded	1977 - 1990
Genre	Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock
Length	152:07
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	Jerry Garcia Lowell George
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 6 (1996)	The Arista Years (1996)	Selections From the Arista Years (1997)

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, and Built to Last. 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 See also

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:37
2. "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 2:49
3. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional) – 3:27
4. "Terrapin Station [medley]" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:20
5. "Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) – 4:48
6. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
7. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46
8. "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:33
9. "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
10. "Far From Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
11. "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
12. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
13. "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
14. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:47
15. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 5:37

[edit] Disc two

1. "Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
2. "Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:36
3. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:37
4. "Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:19
5. "Black Muddy River" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57
6. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
7. "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
8. "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:41
9. "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
10. "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
11. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:25

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

Additional preformers:

• 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

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Billboard 200	95

[edit] See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography

The Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Vince Welnick • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart
Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom 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 Hunter • John Perry Barlow • Gerrit Graham • Bobby Petersen
Spin-off Bands
Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • The Other Ones • The Dead • Bobby and the Midnights
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