The Arista Years (Grateful Dead album)

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.

The Arista Years
Compilation album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
Recorded1977–1990
GenreRock, jam band, folk rock
Length152:07
LabelArista
ProducerJerry Garcia, Lowell George
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 6
(1996)		 The Arista Years
(1996)		 Selections from the Arista Years
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

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
  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
    • 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 16–20 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
  11. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter)  – 16:25

Personnel
Grateful Dead
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[2]

References
  1. Ruhlman, William. "The Arista Years". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  2. "Billboard album chart history-Grateful Dead". Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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