The Very Best of Jerry Garcia

Infobox Album
Name = The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
Type = compilation
Artist = Jerry Garcia


Background = darkseagreen
Released = September 26, 2006
Recorded = 1971 - 1990
Genre = Rock, Folk
Label = Rhino Records
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfyxqudld6e link]
*The Music Box Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2006/very-best-of-jerry-garcia.html link]
Last album = "Coliseum, Hampton, VA, November 9, 1991
(2006)
This album = "The Very Best of Jerry Garcia"
(2006)
Next album =

"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 includes one previously unreleased track ("Dear Prudence", a Beatles cover by Reconstruction).

Track listing

Disc One (Studio)

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

Disc Two (Live)

#"Catfish John" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 4:06
#*(Originally released on the album Breakdown.)
#"Deep Elem Blues" (Traditional) – 6:09
#"Ripple" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:21
#*(Originally released on the album Almost Acoustic.)
#"Positively 4th Street" (Dylan) – 10:46
#*(Originally released on the album Garcia Plays Dylan.)
#"The Harder They Come" (Jimmy Cliff) – 12:43
#*(Originally released on the album Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977.)
#"Gomorrah" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:38
#*(Originally released on the album How Sweet It Is.)
#"Dear Prudence" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 11:39
#*(Previously unreleased. Recorded live in 1979.)
#"Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (Dylan) – 7:43
#"Evangeline" (David Hidalgo, Louis Perez) – 4:47
#*(Originally released on the album Jerry Garcia Band.)
#"Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:20
#*(Originally released on the bonus disc Way After Midnight included in early copies of the album .)

Credits

Musical personnel

See individual albums for musical personnel."Reconstruction" on the previously unreleased track "Dear Prudence" were:
*Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
*Merl Saunders – keyboards
*Ron Stallings – saxophones
*Ed Neumeister – trombone
*John Kahn – electric bass
*Gaylord Birch – drums

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