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The Arista Years

Grateful Dead

Initial release : October 1996

Arista 18934-2

Double CD compilation of tracks taken from the eight Grateful Dead albums released on the Arista label between 1977 and 1990.

Tracks

The tracks are presented on the CD grouped by source album.

Disc 1

Terrapin Station

  • Estimated Prophet (Weir/Barlow)
  • Passenger (Lesh/Monk)
  • Samson and Delilah (Weir)
  • Terrapin Station:
    - Lady With A Fan (Garcia/Hunter)
    - Terrapin Station (Garcia/Hunter)
    - Terrapin (Garcia/Hunter)
    - Terrapin Transit (Hart/Kreutzmann)
    - At A Siding (Hart/Hunter)
    - Terrapin Flyer (Hart/Kreutzmann)
    - Refrain (Garcia)
Shakedown Street
  • Good Lovin' (Resnick/Clark)
  • Shakedown Street (Garcia/Hunter)
  • Fire On The Mountain (Hart/Hunter)
  • I Need A Miracle (Weir/Barlow)
Go To Heaven
  • Alabama Getaway (Garcia/Hunter)
  • Far From Me (Mydland)
  • Saint Of Circumstance (Weir/Barlow)
Reckoning
  • Dire Wolf (Garcia/Hunter)
  • Cassidy (Weir/Barlow)
Dead Set
  • Feel Like A Stranger (Weir/Barlow)
  • Franklin's Tower (Garcia/Kreutzmann/Hunter)
Disc 2

In The Dark

  • Touch Of Grey (Garcia / Hunter)
  • Hell In A Bucket (Weir / Barlow / Mydland)
  • West L.A. Fadeaway (Garcia / Hunter)
  • Throwing Stones (Weir / Barlow)
  • Black Muddy River (Garcia / Hunter)
Built To Last
  • Foolish Heart (Garcia/Hunter)
  • Built To Last (Garcia/Hunter)
  • Just A Little Light (Mydland/Barlow)
  • Picasso Moon (Weir/Barlow/Bralove)
  • Standing On The Moon (Garcia/Hunter)
Without A Net
  • Eyes Of The World (Hunter/Garcia)
Musicians

The Grateful Dead and guests on the tracks on this compilation are;

Terrapin Station

  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Donna Godchaux - vocals
  • Keith Godchaux - keyboards
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
  • Tom Scott - lyricon and saxophones on Estimated Prophet
  • Paul Buckmaster - orchestral arrangement
  • The Martyn Ford Orchestra conducted by Martyn Ford
  • The English Choral conducted by Robert Howes
Shakedown Street
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Donna Godchaux - vocals
  • Keith Godchaux - keyboards
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
  • Jordan Amarantha - percussion
  • Matthew Kelly - harp
Go To Heaven, Reckoning, Dead Set, In The Dark and Built To Last
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Billy Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass
  • Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Without A Net
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Billy Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass
  • Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
  • Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
  • Branford Marsalis - saxophones
Credits

Grateful Dead crew;

  • Ram Rod, Bill Candelario, Steve Parish, Harry Popick, Billy Grillo, Bob Bralove,
Grateful Dead Office;
  • Danny Rifkin, Eileen Law, Janet Knudsen, Sue Stephens, Mary Jo Meinolf, Maruska Nelson, Basia Raizene, Diane Geoppo, Nancy Malonee, Jeanni Rasmussen, Cassidy Law, Jan Simmons
General;
  • Tour management, album coordination - Cameron Sears
  • Art coordination - Amy Finkle
  • Design - Christopher Stern
  • Cover illustration - Kelley
  • CD booklet essay - Blair Jackson
  • CD booklet foreword - Richard Gehr
  • Digital remastering - Joe Gastwirt
  • Concert sound - Dan Healy
  • Production manager - Robbie Taylor
  • Production assistant - Eric Colby
  • Lighting design - Candace Brightman
  • Legal Counsel Hal Kent
  • Trucking - Mike Fischer
  • Sage - Willy Legate
  • Publicity - Dennis McNally
  • Ice Nine Publishing - Alan Trist, Annette Flowers
Special thanks to;
  • Grateful Dead Ticket Sales, Grateful Dead Merchandising, Bill Graham Presents Metropolitan Entertainment, Jon McIntire, Peter McQuaid, Dick Latvala, John Scher, Amy Polan-Clarke, Ken Viola, Bill Graham, Bob Barsotti, Ultra Sound, TravelQuest, Roy Lott, Milton Sincoff, Tom Ennis, Ken Levy
Related releases

The tracks on this compilation are taken from the following original albums;

A promotional sampler was distributed to promote this release; A double CD radio show, including music from the album and interviews with Lesh, Hart and Weir, was produced to promote the Arista Years compilation;
  • In The Studio #438, Interviews with Weir, Hart and Leash, music from The Arista Years, 1996
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