Shakedown Street

Shakedown Street
Studio album by the Grateful Dead
Released November 15, 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Pop rock, country rock, Hard rock
Length 39:04
Label Arista (original release)
Rhino (2006 reissue)
Producer Lowell George
Grateful Dead chronology
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
(1977)		 Shakedown Street
(1978)		 Go to Heaven
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (C) [2]
Rolling Stone (not rated) [3]

Shakedown Street is the tenth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was released on November 15, 1978 by Arista.[4]

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records[4] before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International.[4] It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the band's Beyond Description (1973-1989) box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD on March 7, 2006 by Rhino Records. This is the band's second album on the Arista label after releasing three albums on its own Grateful Dead Records.

The album cover art was by underground comics artist Gilbert Shelton.

The record was produced by Lowell George, of Little Feat fame (also formerly of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention.)

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 4:51
  2. "France" (Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 4:03
  3. "Shakedown Street" (Jerry Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
  4. "Serengetti" (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 1:59
  5. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46
  6. "I Need a Miracle" (John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 3:36
  7. "From the Heart of Me" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 3:23
  8. "Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:25
  9. "All New Minglewood Blues" (Traditional) – 4:12
  10. "If I Had the World to Give" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50

2004 reissue

  1. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, 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. "All 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

Band

Grateful Dead

Other musicians

Production

The album was recorded and mixed at Club Le Front, and mastered by George Horn at the Automat, San Francisco. "Serengetti" was recorded by MERT at Meta Tantay, Carlin, Nevada

Bonus tracks production details

Reissue production credits

  • David Lemieux – reissue producers
  • James Austin – reissue producers
  • Reggie Collins – liner notes
  • 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

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 41

RIAA Certification

Certification Date
Gold[5] September 4, 1987

See also

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Shakedown Street at Allmusic
  2. ^ Grateful Dead album ratings at RobertChristgau.com
  3. ^ Von Tersch, Gary (March 8, 1979). Shakedown Street, Rolling Stone
  4. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Shakedown Street review". Allmusic. All Media Guide, LLC. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r8571. Retrieved 2007-02-03. 
  5. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database-Shakedown Street". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=shake&artist=grateful%20dead&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 28, 2009.