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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 [ edit ]
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
"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
"Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
"Far from Me" (Mydland ) – 3:39
"Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
"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
"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:25
Personnel [ edit ]
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
Album – Billboard
References [ edit ]
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Box sets
Videography
Side projects and
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