The Arista Years

Infobox Album |
Name = The Arista Years
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Grateful Dead


Released = October 15, 1996
Recorded = 1977 - 1990
Genre = Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock
Length = 152:07
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Jerry Garcia
Lowell George
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gq6htro9kl4x link]
Last album = "Dick's Picks Volume 6"
(1996)
This album = "The Arista Years"
(1996)
Next album = "Selections From the Arista Years"
(1997)

"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, and Built to Last. 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

#"Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:37
#"Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 2:49
#"Samson and Delilah" (traditional) – 3:27
#"Terrapin Station [medley] " (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:20
#*Tracks 1-4 originally released on the album Terrapin Station.
#"Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) – 4:48
#"Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
#"Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46
#"I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:33
#*Tracks 5-8 originally released on the album Shakedown Street.
#"Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
#"Far From Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
#"Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
#*Tracks 9-11 originally released on the album Go to Heaven.
#"Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
#"Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
#*Tracks 12-13 originally released on the album Reckoning.
#"Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:47
#"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 5:37
#*Tracks 14-15 originally released on the album Dead Set.

Disc two

#"Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:48
#"Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:36
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:37
#"Throwing Stones" (Barlow, Weir) – 7:19
#"Black Muddy River" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57
#*Tracks 1-5 originally released on the album In the Dark.
#"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
#"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
#"Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:41
#"Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
#"Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
#*Tracks 6-10 originally released on the album Built to Last.
#"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 - drumsAdditional performers:
*Jordan Amarantha - percussion
*Branford Marsalis - saxophone (soprano, tenor)
*Matthew Kelly - harmonica, harp
*Tom Scott - saxophone, lyriconProduction:
*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

ee also

*Grateful Dead
*Grateful Dead discography