For the listener who traces every Grateful Dead jam back to its Delta and Chicago roots, and for the dedicated blues collector who wants LPs and CDs in one place, this is the page.
The 345-title collection spans formats, eras, and regional traditions. The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead (Vinyl LP, Shanachie) maps the source material directly. The Tedeschi Trucks Band's Revelator arrives as a Vinyl 2xLP on Sony Legacy. Dr. John's Solo Piano Live In New Orleans 1984 is pressed on 180g purple vinyl. Roy Buchanan's Live From Austin, TX comes on blue vinyl with a DVD. The North Mississippi Allstars' Still Shakin' is a signed opaque red LP. Muddy Waters' Hoochie Coochie Man: Live At The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club is a Record Store Day 2xLP release. B.B. King's Live In Japan is a 2xLP. On the CD side, Mississippi John Hurt's 1928 Sessions, Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band's Time, and Elvin Bishop's 100 Years Of Blues on Alligator Records are all here. Luther Dickinson's Dead Blues Volume 1 rounds out the vinyl shelf with a direct line between the Dead's world and the blues tradition that shaped it.
Why buy from Relix
Relix has covered the Grateful Dead, Phish, and the wider roots music world since 1974. That history means the blues has always been part of the conversation here, not an afterthought. The store carries the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, alongside titles from Shanachie, Smithsonian Folkways, Alligator Records, Sony Legacy, and dozens of other labels. Every title is chosen because it belongs in a serious collection, not because an algorithm surfaced it.
Records here are new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. Vinyl ships in protective packaging designed for LPs. CDs ship in protective packaging.
Go deeper into the catalog by browsing Blues Vinyl Records for LP-only browsing, the full Alligator Records Vinyl, CDs and Cassettes collection, or the broader CDs Straight from the Vault page for titles across genres.