open 12 to 7 today ! 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, Jerry Garcia conceived the idea for the song Terrapin Station Part One while driving across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.