open today 12 to 7 ! on this date in 1977 ! Terrapin Station is the ninth studio alb** by the Grateful Dead, and was originally released on July 27, 1977. This is the first Grateful Dead alb** on Arista Records after releasing other alb**s on its own Grateful Dead Records and their previous label, Warner Bros. According to Dennis McNally,[4] Jerry Garcia conceived the idea for the song Terrapin Station Part One while driving across the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge.