Selections from the Arista Years
1997 compilation album by Grateful Dead
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 1]
Selections from the Arista Years is a compilation album that chronicles the Grateful Dead 's studio and live albums during their time with Arista Records . This is a one-CD sampler sent to radio stations , record stores , and print media outlets by Arista to promote The Arista Years , which had come out several months earlier. As with The Arista Years , the album contains tracks from Terrapin Station , Shakedown Street , Go to Heaven , In the Dark , and Built to Last , and does not contain any new or expanded recordings.
Track listing
"Estimated Prophet" (Barlow , Weir ) – 5:37
"Passenger" (Lesh , Monk ) – 2:49
"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
"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 7–11 originally released on the album In the Dark .
"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
"Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove , Weir) – 6:40
"Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
Personnel
Grateful Dead
Additional performers
Jordan Amarantha – percussion on "Fire On The Mountain"
Matthew Kelly – harmonica, harp on "I Need A Miracle"
Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon on "Estimated Prophet"
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
References
Studio albums Live albums
Contemporary Retrospective
1990s 2000s 2010s
Crimson White & Indigo
Formerly the Warlocks
Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
Europe '72 Volume 2
Dark Star
Spring 1990
Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It
Winterland: May 30th 1971
May 1977
Sunshine Daydream
Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70
Live at Hampton Coliseum
Spring 1990 (The Other One)
Wake Up to Find Out
Houston, Texas 11-18-1972
30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995
30 Trips Around the Sun
Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77
July 1978: The Complete Recordings
Red Rocks: 7/8/78
July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada
May 1977: Get Shown the Light
Cornell 5/8/77
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989
Fillmore West 1969: February 27th
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 5/19/74
Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74
The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980
Fillmore West 1969: February 28th
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
Saint of Circumstance
Ready or Not
2020s
June 1976
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings
Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
Here Comes Sunshine 1973
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
Friend of the Devils: April 1978
Duke '78
View from the Vault Dick's Picks Road Trips Dave's Picks Download Series
Compilations Box sets Videos Side projects and spin-off bands Related topics Related people