The Grateful Deads celebrate 50 years of “Blues for Allah”
The 1975 album of Grateful Dead, “Blues for Allah”he turned 50 and was celebrated with the publication of a deluxe edition. It is available in 3 CD and vinyl box box, one in translucent green. The box contains a remastered version of the original album edited by the sound technician David Glasserobtained from the original analogue ribbons with the speed correction and restoration of the tape.
This is reported by the press release: “When the Gratteful Deads took a break in 1974 after their farewell concert at Winterland, they left the tour without having a clear idea of when, or if, they would return. A year later, the band surprised everyone by re -emerging with” Blues for Allah “, one of the most innovative and adventurous albums from the sound point of view of their career. of unpublished recordings. among the salient moments, the evidence of the Soundcheck of 12 August 1975 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, with the songs taken from the album “Sage & Spirit”, “Help on the way”, “Slipknot!” Pennsylvania, with five songs of “Blues for Allah” next to some of their most loved successes, such as “Eyes of the World”. “Beyond Description” of 2004, the recordings include one of the only three notes notes of “King Solomon’s Marbles” “.
The new remastered version of
“The Music Never Stopped”
It is the first single of the original album. “This imaginative interpretation of life on the road, of the journey of the Dead Heads and the magic that the grateful Deads brought from cities to the city, was one of the favorites of fans every time it was played,” he said
David Lemieux
responsible and archivist of
Grateful Dead
.
“‘Blues for Allah’ is the unique vision of the Deads, a profoundly human parable that has framed their artistic renewal in the most inclusive and expansive terms,” he writes
Nicholas G. Meriwether
executive director of the
Grateful Dead Studies Association
and author of the hook cover notes. “Fifty years later, he remains one of their most successful and decidedly experimental musical albums”.
Tracklist:
Disc one
2025 Remaster
“Help on the way” / “Slipknot!”
“Franklin’s Tower”
“King Solomon’s Marbles”
Part I: “Stronger than dirt”
Part II: “Milkin ‘The Turkey”
“The Music Never Stopped”
“Crazy Fingers”
“Sage & Spirit”
“Blues for Allah”
“Sand Castles & Glass Camels”
“UNUSUAL WCRURECES IN THE DEVERT”
Disc two
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, Ca Soundcheck/Rehearsal (8/12/75)
“Help on the way”
“Slipknot!”
“Franklin’s Tower”
“Help on the way”
“Slipknot!”
“Franklin’s Tower”
“King Solomon’s Marbles”
“Crazy Fingers”
“Sage and Spirit”
Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, Ca (3/23/75)
“Blues for Allah”
“Stronger Than Dirt (or Milkin ‘The Turkey)”
“Drums”
“Stronger Than Dirt (or Milkin ‘The Turkey)”
“Blues for Allah”
Disc three
Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA (6/21/76 and 6/22/76)
“The Music Never Stopped”
“Help on the way”
“Slipknot!”
“Franklin’s Tower”
“Crazy Fingers”
“Comes a time”
“Eyes of the World”
“Dancing in the Street”
