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.

Track listing

;Disc one
#"Estimated Prophet" ( Barlow, Weir)  – 5:37
#"Passenger" (Lesh, Monk)  – 2:49
#"Samson and Delilah" (traditional)  – 3:27
#"Terrapin Station edley ( 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 16–20 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 21–25 originally released on the album '' Built to Last''.
#"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter)  – 16:25
#*Track 26 originally released on the album '' Without a Net''.

Personnel

; Grateful Dead
* Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
*Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
*Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals
* Mickey Hart – drums
*Bill Kreutzmann – drums
* Phil Lesh – bass
*Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
* Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

;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''

References

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Grateful Dead compilation albums
1996 compilation albums
Arista Records compilation albums