The Arista Years

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
Producer	Jerry Garcia Lowell George
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 6 (1996) The Arista Years (1996) Selections From the Arista Years (1997)

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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

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
   • Tracks 1-4 originally released on the album Terrapin Station.
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
   • Tracks 5-8 originally released on the album Shakedown Street.
9. "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
10. "Far From Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
11. "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
    • Tracks 9-11 originally released on the album Go to Heaven.
12. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
13. "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
    • Tracks 12-13 originally released on the album Reckoning.
14. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:47
15. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 5:37
    • Tracks 14-15 originally released on the album Dead Set.

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
   • Tracks 1-5 originally released on the album In the Dark.
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
    • Tracks 6-10 originally released on the album Built to Last.
11. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:25
    • Track 11 originally released on the album Without a Net.

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 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
1996	Billboard 200	95

See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography