I knew many ‘Dead Heads’. They wore out their vinyl records and didn’t care for the CD concept/versions of the Dead albums. Today, reissues of the Grateful Dead albums sell well. I was never a ‘Deadhead.’ I own some of their original albums, and they are in perfect condition.

Released in 1977, Tearrpin Station is the first Grateful Dead album on Arista Records and their first studio album in over 2-years. The album reached No. 28 on the Billboard Album Chart and achieved gold album status in 1987. 

  

“Dancin’ in the Street” is the second cut side 1. It is a cover of Martha & the Vandellas’ Dancing in the Street, but with a new arrangement that prominently features Grateful Dead band member/singer 1972-79 Donna Godchaux.