Shakedown Street

Infobox Album
Name = Shakedown Street
Type = studio
Artist = the Grateful Dead


Released = November 15, 1978
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Pop rock, country rock
Length = 39:04
Label = Arista
Producer = Lowell George
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oq4tk6gx9kr0 link]
* Robert Christgau (C) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1445&name=Grateful+Dead link]
* Rolling Stone (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegratefuldead/albums/album/181260/review/5940913/shakedown_street link]
Chronology = Grateful Dead
Last album = "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been"
(1977)
This album = "Shakedown Street"
(1978)
Next album = "Go to Heaven"
(1980)

"Shakedown Street" is the tenth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was released on November 15, 1978 by Arista.Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t2j97iojg78r|title="Shakedown Street" review|accessdate=2007-02-03|publisher=All Media Guide, LLC|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|work=Allmusic]

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. 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 for "Shakedown Street" was drawn by Gilbert Shelton, creator of "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and other popular titles from the San Francisco underground comics scene.

"Shakedown Street" is also the name given to the vendors tent set up area at an outdoor music festival. Vendors tents are most commonly the "E-Z up" style tent sold at wholesale stores. They are usually lined up in a long row at the music festivals, resembling a street.

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

Track listing

ide one

#"Good Lovin'" (Clarke, Resnick) – 4:51
#"France" (Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 4:03
#"Shakedown Street" (Jerry Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
#"Serengetti" (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 1:59
#"Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46

ide two

#"I Need a Miracle" (John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 3:36
#"From the Heart of Me" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 3:23
#"Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:25
#"All New Minglewood Blues" (Traditional) – 4:12
#"If I Had the World to Give" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50

2004 reissue

#"Good Lovin'" (Clarke, Resnick) – 4:50
#"France" (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 4:04
#"Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
#"Serengetti" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 2:02
#"Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:48
#"I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:35
#"From the Heart of Me" (Godchaux) – 3:25
#"Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:28
#"All New Minglewood Blues" (Traditional) – 4:16
#"If I Had the World to Give" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:00
#"Good Lovin'" (studio outtake) – 4:56
#"Ollin Arageed" (live) (Hamza El Din) – 6:30
#"Fire on the Mountain" (live) – 13:43
#"Stagger Lee" (live) – 6:39
#"All New Minglewood Blues" (live) – 4:34

Personnel

Grateful Dead

*Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
*Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
*Keith Godchaux – vocals, keyboards
*Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
*Phil Lesh – bass
*Bill Kreutzmann – percussion
*Mickey Hart – percussion

Other musicians

*Jordan Amarantha – percussion
*Robert Hunter – lyricist
*Matthew Kelly – harmonica

Production

*Brett Cohen – engineering
*Bob Matthews – engineering
*Lowell George – producer

Bonus tracks production details

*"Good Lovin'" – studio outtake featuring Lowell George on vocals, July 28, 1978
*"Ollin Arageed" by Hamza El Din – recorded live at Gizah Sound and Light Theatre in Cairo, Egypt on September 16, 1978
*"Fire on the Mountain" – recorded live at Gizah Sound and Light Theatre in Cairo, Egypt on September 16, 1978
*"Stagger Lee" – recorded live at Gizah Sound and Light Theatre in Cairo, Egypt on September 15, 1978
*"All New Minglewood Blues" – recorded live at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on November 24, 1978

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 - BillboardRIAA Certification

ee also

*Grateful Dead
*Grateful Dead discography

References