The Very Best of Jerry Garcia

The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
Greatest hits album by Jerry Garcia
Released	September 26, 2006
Recorded	1971 - 1990
Genre	Rock, Folk
Label	Rhino Records
Jerry Garcia chronology
Pure Jerry: Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991 (2006) The Very Best of Jerry Garcia (2006) Live at the Boarding House (2008)

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The Very Best of Jerry Garcia is a compilation album with recordings by Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, and Reconstruction. It is meant to showcase Jerry's non-Grateful Dead work.

Track listing

Disc One (Studio)

1. "Deal" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 3:14
2. "Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:26
3. "Sugaree" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:54
4. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:10
5. "The Wheel" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:12
   • (Originally released on the album Garcia.)
6. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:12
7. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) – 3:04
   • (Originally released on the album Compliments.)
8. "Might as Well" (Hunter, Garcia) – 3:54
9. "Mission in the Rain" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:04
10. "I'll Take a Melody" (Allen Toussaint) – 9:28
    • (Originally released on the album Reflections.)
11. "Reuben and Cérise" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:17
12. "Cats under the Stars" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:31
13. "Rhapsody in Red" (Hunter, Garcia, John Kahn) – 5:11
    • (Originally released on the album Cats Under the Stars.)
14. "Run for the Roses" (Hunter, Garcia) – 3:41
15. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 7:40
16. "Without Love" (Danny Small) – 4:26
    • (Originally released on the album Run for the Roses.)

Disc Two (Live)

1. "Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 4:06
   • (Originally released on the album Breakdown.)
2. "Deep Elem Blues" (Traditional) – 6:09
3. "Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:21
   • (Originally released on the album Almost Acoustic.)
4. "Positively 4th Street" (Dylan) – 10:46
   • (Originally released on the album Garcia Plays Dylan.)
5. "The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff) – 12:43
   • (Originally released on the album Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977.)
6. "Gomorrah" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:37
   • (Originally released on the album How Sweet It Is.)
7. "Dear Prudence" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 11:38
   • (Previously Unreleased Reconstruction - Live 1979)
8. "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (Dylan) - 7:45
   • (Originally released on the album Jerry Garcia Band.)
9. "Evangeline" (David Hidalgo, Louis Perez) – 4:47
   • (Originally released on the album Jerry Garcia Band.)
10. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) - 9:12
    • (Originally released on the album Way After Midnight.)

Personnel

See individual albums for musical personnel.

Production

• Compilation producers – James Austin, Joe Gastwirt, Blair Jackson, Peter McQuaid
• Product manager – Jimmy Edwards
• Tape research, liner notes – Blair Jackson
• Remastering – Joe Gastwirt
• Discographical annotation – Reggie Collins
• Editorial supervision – Dorothy Stefanski
• Art direction, design – Jean Krikorian
• Photography – Herb Greene, Jon Sievert, Richard E. Aaron, Dave Patrick
• Painting – Jerry Garcia
• Project assistance – Karen LeBlanc, James O'Toole

References