Blues for Allah

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Blues for Allah
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
Producer(s)	Grateful Dead
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C-) link The Music Box 12/04 Rolling Stone (not rated) link
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 1 Track listing 1.1 Original release 1.1.1 Side one 1.1.2 Side two 1.2 2004 reissue 2 Personnel 3 Bonus tracks production details 4 Reissue production credits 5 Charts 6 See also 7 External links 8 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

[edit] Side one

1. "Help on the Way/Slipnot!" (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:

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

Additional preformers:

• 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

• "Groove #1" - instrumental studio outtake on February 27, 1975
• "Groove #2" - instrumental studio outtake on February 27, 1975
• "Distorto" - instrumental studio outtake on February 28, 1975
• "A To E Flat Jam" - instrumental studio outtake on February 27, 1975
• "Proto 18 Proper" - instrumental studio outtake on February 27, 1975
• "Hollywood Cantata" - studio outtake on May 7, 1975

[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

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography

[edit] External links

• The Annotated "Blues For Allah"

[edit] References

The Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia • Bob Weir • Vince Welnick • Phil Lesh • Bill Kreutzmann • Mickey Hart
Brent Mydland • Keith Godchaux • Donna Jean Godchaux • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan • Tom Constanten
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 | Hundred Year Hall | Dozin' at the Knick | Fallout from the Phil Zone | 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 | Grateful Dead Documentary | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 | View from the Vault, Volume Three | Go to Nassau | 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 | Dicks Picks (36 Volumes) | Digital Download Series (12 Volumes)
Compilations/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) | The Golden Road (1965-1973) | Postcards of the Hanging | Birth of the Dead | The Very Best of the Grateful Dead | Beyond Description (1973-1989) | The Complete Fillmore West 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 | Grayfolded
Lyricists
Robert Hunter • John Perry Barlow • Gerrit Graham • Bobby Petersen
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