Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1975/2025)

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Date: Sept. 11, 2025

Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1975/2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1,11 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 465 Mb | 03:18:37
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Grateful Dead Records, Rhino Entertainment

BLUES FOR ALLAH is the Dead’s unique vision, a deeply humane parable that framed their own artistic renewal in the most inclusive, expansive terms. Fifty years later, it remains one of their most musically successful and resolutely experimental albums. - Nicholas G. Meriwether, Executive Director of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, BLUES FOR ALLAH (50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) Liner Note Writer

When the Grateful Dead took a self-imposed hiatus in 1974 after their farewell run at Winterland, they left the road with no clear sense of when—or if—they’d return. A year later, the band surprised everyone when they reemerged with BLUES FOR ALLAH, one of the most forward-thinking, sonically adventurous albums of their career.

The BLUES FOR ALLAH (50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) features a newly remastered version of the original album by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer David Glasser, sourced from the original analog tapes with speed correction and tape restoration by Plangent Processes.

The set also features almost two hours of unreleased recordings. Among the highlights are rehearsals from the band’s August 12, 1975, soundcheck at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, including the album tracks “Sage & Spirit,” “Help On The Way,” “Slipknot!,” and “Franklin’s Tower.” The collection continues with performances from the June 21, 1976, show at the Tower Theatre in Pennsylvania, spotlighting five BLUES FOR ALLAH songs alongside favorites like “Eyes Of The World.” Rounding out the set are selections from Bill Graham’s SNACK (Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks) Benefit at Kezar Stadium on March 23, 1975. Previously only available on the 2004 Beyond Description box set’s Bonus Disc, the recordings include one of only three known performances of “King Solomon’s Marbles.”

BLUES FOR ALLAH saw the Grateful Dead attempt something they never had before—and never would again. They would make the record almost entirely without pre-written material.

Working at Bobby Weir’s home studio—just big enough to hold the band and their gear—the sessions took on an intimate, exploratory feel. Robert Hunter was back in the thick of it, writing lyrics on the spot as the songs took shape. Keith Godchaux’s keys gave the album its spacious texture, while Donna Jean’s harmony vocals elevated songs like “The Music Never Stopped.” “Crazy Fingers” became, in Phil Lesh’s words, “a marvelous essay in smoky ambiguity.” The mostly instrumental title suite pushed even further out, with Bill Kreutzmann saying it “bordered on acid-jazz composition.” Mickey Hart’s role was central, weaving percussion—and slowed-down field recordings of crickets—into a rich, immersive tapestry of sound.
Tracklist:
CD1
01 Help on the Way (2025 Remaster)
02 Franklin's Tower (2025 Remaster)
03 King Solomon's Marbles (2025 Remaster)
04 The Music Never Stopped (2025 Remaster)
05 Crazy Fingers (2025 Remaster)
06 Sage & Spirit (2025 Remaster)
07 Blues for Allah_ Sand Castles and Glass Camels _ Unusual Occurrences in the Desert (2025 Remaster)

CD2
01 Help on the Way _ (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
02 Slipknot! (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
03 Franklin's Tower (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
04 Help on the Way _ (Reprise) (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
05 Slipknot! (Reprise) (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
06 Franklin's Tower (Reprise) (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
07 King Solomon's Marbles (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
08 Crazy Fingers (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
09 Sage and Spirit (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Soundcheck_Rehearsal, 8_12_1975)
10 Blues for Allah (Live at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 3_23_75)
11 Stronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin' the Turkey) (Live at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 3_23_75)
12 Drums (Live at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 3_23_75)
13 Stronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin' the Turkey) [Reprise] (Live at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 3_23_75)
14 Blues for Allah (Reprise) (Live at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA, 3_23_75)

CD3
01 The Music Never Stopped (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_21_1976)
02 Help on the Way _ (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_21_1976)
03 Slipknot! (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_21_1976)
04 Franklin's Tower (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_21_1976)
05 Crazy Fingers (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_22_1976)
06 Comes a Time (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_22_1976)
07 Eyes of the World (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_22_1976)
08 Dancing in the Street (Live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA, 6_22_1976)

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