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
 * 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) *Tracks 1–4 originally released on the album Terrapin Station.
 * 6) "Good Lovin'" (Resnick, Clark) – 4:48
 * 7) "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
 * 8) "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 3:46
 * 9) "I Need a Miracle" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:33
 * 10) *Tracks 5–8 originally released on the album Shakedown Street.
 * 11) "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:35
 * 12) "Far from Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
 * 13) "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
 * 14) *Tracks 9-11 originally released on the album Go to Heaven.
 * 15) "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:21
 * 16) "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
 * 17) *Tracks 12–13 originally released on the album Reckoning.
 * 18) "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:47
 * 19) "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 5:37
 * 20) *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
 * 6) *Tracks 16–20 originally released on the album In the Dark.
 * 7) "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
 * 8) "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
 * 9) "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:41
 * 10) "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
 * 11) "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
 * 12) *Tracks 21–25 originally released on the album Built to Last.
 * 13) "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:25
 * 14) *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