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Grateful Dead – Blues For Allah (3-CD)

$ 39.95
$ 39.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Recorded during the Dead's extended hiatus from touring, Blues For Allah found Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and the rest of the band retreating to a home studio in Stinson Beach, free from the road and genuinely experimenting with form. The title suite, a sprawling meditation that closes the original album, remains one of the most adventurous pieces the band ever committed to tape. This 50th anniversary edition pulls from analog masters to restore what that creative freedom actually sounded like.

Grateful Dead Blues For Allah (50th Anniversary Remaster) "To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead's ambitious 1975 album Blues For Allah, we have produced what we feel is the most eclectic 50th Anniversary reissue since this series began in 2017. 

The 3-disc special release features the original album on Disc 1, remastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, with tape restoration and speed correction by Plangent Processes. On Disc 2, we have nearly 45 minutes of nearly-live material from August 12, 1975, at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, the soundcheck the day before the Dead's famous show at the venue on August 13, 1975, all mixed from the 16-track analog masters. 

Additionally, we have included the full Blues For Allah suite from the March 23, 1975, SNACK Benefit at Kezar Stadium, where the Dead played their first of four 1975 shows by debuting one of their wildest pieces of music they'd ever composed. Disc 3 features 75 minutes of live material recorded in June 1976 at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA, on the Dead's first tour after the release of Blues For Allah.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1-1. Help On The Way / Slipknot! (7:23)
1-2. Franklin's Tower (4:35)
1-3. King Solomon's Marbles: Stronger Than Dirt / Milkin' The Turkey (5:16)
1-4. The Music Never Stopped (4:37)
1-5. Crazy Fingers (6:42)
1-6. Sage & Spirit (3:07)
1-7. Blues For Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert (12:34)
2-1. Help On The Way (3:21)
2-2. Slipknot! (4:19)
2-3. Franklin's Tower (3:27)
2-4. Help On The Way (2:05)
2-5. Slipknot! (4:06)
2-6. Franklin's Tower (7:13)
2-7. King Solomon's Marbles (6:21)
2-8. Crazy Fingers (9:02)
2-9. Sage & Spirit (3:31)
2-10. Blues For Allah (10:00)
2-11. Stronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin' The Turkey) (6:29)
2-12. Drums (3:22)
2-13. Stronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin' The Turkey) (9:44)
2-14. Blues For Allah (3:38)
3-1. The Music Never Stopped (7:04)
3-2. Help On The Way (3:45)
3-3. Slipknot! (9:29)
3-4. Franklin's Tower (11:16)
3-5. Crazy Fingers (12:56)
3-6. Comes A Time (8:06)
3-7. Eyes Of The World (12:23)
3-8. Dancing In The Street (12:21)

UPC: 603497816200
Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Release Date: 9.12.25
Format: CD