Blues for Allah

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Blues for Allah
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Studio album by The Grateful Dead
Released September 1, 1975
Recorded February 27 - May 7, 1975
Genre Folk rock, Jazz rock, Rock
Length 44:13
Label Grateful Dead Records
Producer(s) Grateful Dead
Professional reviews
The Grateful Dead chronology
From the Mars Hotel
(1974)		 Blues for Allah
(1975)		 Steal Your Face
(1976)


Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between February 27 and May 7, 1975 and originally released on September 1, 1975. It was the third release under the bands own label, Grateful Dead Records, after fulfilling their contract with Warner Bros. Records.

It was the first album with Mickey Hart in over four years, and the band's first album since their short hiatus from touring in 1974.

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1995 by Arista before being remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989) 12-CD box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD on March 7, 2006 by Rhino Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

[edit] Side one

  1. "Help on the Way/Slipknot!" (Garcia, Godchaux, Hunter, Kreutzmann, Lesh) – 7:18
  2. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 4:32
  3. "King Solomon's Marbles" (Lesh) – 5:20
  4. "Part I: Stronger Than Dirt" (Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh)
  5. "Part II: Milkin' The Turkey" (Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh)
  6. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:35

[edit] Side two

  1. "Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41
  2. "Sage & Spirit" (Weir) – 3:07
  3. "Blues for Allah" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:31
  4. "Sand Castles and Glass Camels" (Garcia, Godchaux, D. Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir)
  5. "Unusual Occurrences in the Desert" (Garcia, Hunter)

[edit] 2004 reissue

  1. "Help on the Way/Slipknot!" (Garcia, Godchaux, Hunter, Kreutzmann, Lesh) – 7:21
  2. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 4:33
  3. "King Solomon's Marbles" (Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh) – 5:16
  4. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:36
  5. "Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:42
  6. "Sage & Spirit" (Weir) – 3:06
  7. "Blues for Allah" (Garcia, Godchaux, D. Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir, Hunter)– 12:44
  8. "Groove #1" (studio track, instrumental) – 5:45
  9. "Groove #2" (studio track, instrumental) – 7:35
  10. "Distorto" (Garcia) (studio track, instrumental) – 8:14
  11. "A to E Flat Jam" (studio track, instrumental) – 4:39
  12. "Proto 18 Proper" (studio track, instrumental) – 4:18
  13. "Hollywood Cantata" (Hunter, Weir) (studio outtake) – 4:14

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

Additional performers:

  • Steven Schuster - flute, reeds
  • Robert Hunter - lyre, lyricist

Production:

  • Philip Garris - Cover, illustrations
  • Joe Gastwirt - remastering
  • Dan Healy - engineer, mixing
  • Robert Taylor - assistant engineer

[edit] Bonus tracks production details

[edit] Reissue production credits

  • David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
  • Reggie Collins - annotation
  • David Fricke - liner notes
  • Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
  • Rob Zi Taylor - assistant engineer
  • Cameron Sears - executive producer
  • Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
  • Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
  • Eileen Law - research
  • Ed Perlstein, Richard McCaffrey - photography
  • Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - design, reissue art directors
  • Vanessa Atkins, Steven Brown, Betty Cantor, Steven Chean, Brett Cohen, Bill Inglot, Bob Matthews, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1975 Pop Albums 12

Singles - Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1975 "The Music Never Stopped" Pop Singles 81

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

    The Grateful Dead
    Members
    Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
    Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Godchaux • Vince Welnick • Tom Constanten
    Spin-off bands
    Jerry Garcia Band • Ratdog • Phil Lesh and Friends • Rhythm Devils • The Other Ones • The Dead
    Related articles
    Grateful Dead songs
    Eric Andersen • John Perry Barlow • Dark Star Orchestra • Deadhead • Bob Dylan • Bill Graham • Gerrit Graham • The Grateful Dead Movie • Grateful Dead Records • Rick Griffin • David Grisman • Bruce Hornsby • Robert Hunter • Jazz Is Dead • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band • Alton Kelly • Steve Kimock • Ned Lagin • Dick Latvala • Legion of Mary • Branford Marsalis • Stanley Mouse • New Riders of the Purple Sage • Old and in the Way • Reconstruction • Merl Saunders • Owsley Stanley • Sunshine Daydream • Howard Wales • Wall of Sound • Wharf Rats
    Discography
    Studio albums
    The Grateful Dead | Anthem of the Sun | Aoxomoxoa | Workingman's Dead | American Beauty | Wake of the Flood | Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel | Blues for Allah | Terrapin Station | Shakedown Street | Go to Heaven | In the Dark | Built to Last
    Live albums
    Live/Dead | Grateful Dead | Europe '72 | History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) | Steal Your Face | Reckoning | Dead Set | Without a Net | One From the Vault | Infrared Roses | Two from the Vault | Grayfolded | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) | Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69 | Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | View From The Vault, Volume One | View From The Vault, Volume Two | Nightfall of Diamonds | Postcards of the Hanging | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | Birth of the Dead | View from the Vault, Volume Four | The Closing of Winterland | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 | Truckin' Up to Buffalo | Fillmore West 1969 | Live at the Cow Palace | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
    Compilations and box sets
    Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead | What a Long Strange Trip It's Been | Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) | The Arista Years | Selections from the Arista Years | So Many Roads (1965-1995) | So Many Roads (1965-1995) Sampler | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969
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