Blues For Allah

Recorded 4 Jun to 13 Jul 1975. Released 1 Sep 1975. Six instrumental studio outtakes were issued as bonus tracks on the version included in the 2004 box set Beyond Description (1973-1990). A 50th Anniversary edition was released in 2025 with the original tracks remastered and with rehearsal and other live performance material.

Original album
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 And Spirit 
Blues For Allah 
      -    Blues For Allah
      -    Sand Castles And Glass Camels
      -    Unusual Occurrences In The Desert
The bonus tracks issued as part of the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990) were:
Groove #1 instrumental studio outtake 27 Feb 1975
Groove #2 instrumental studio outtake 27 Feb 1975
Distorto instrumental studio outtake 28 Feb 1975 (note 1)
A To E Flat Jam instrumental studio outtake 27 Feb 1975
Proto 18 Proper instrumental studio outtake 27 Feb 1975
Hollywood Cantata studio outtake  7 May 1975
Notes
(1) an early instrumental version of "Crazy Fingers" (thanks to Todd for pointing this out)

The additional material included in the 50th Anniversary re-issue was:
CD2
12 August 1975 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
(soundcheck/rehearsal)
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 
23 March 1975 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco (note 2)
Blues For Allah >
King Solomon's Marbles > (note 3) 
Drums > 
King Solomon's Marbles > 
Blues For Allah
 
CD3
21-22 June 1976 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
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
Notes
(2) these tracks were previously issued on the bonus disc included with orders direct to Grateful Dead Productions
(3) listed as "Stronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin' The Turkey)"


Further Information
For more information on this recording see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography

 


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