Released yesterday.
Link
https://workupload.com/file/4kspMvj7FpR
"To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead's ambitious 1975 album Blues For Allah, we have produced what we feel is the most eclectic 50th anniversary reissue since this series began in 2017. The 3-disc special release features the original album on Disc 1, remastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, with tape restoration and speed correction by Plangent Processes. On Disc 2, we have nearly 45 minutes of nearly-live material from August 12, 1975 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, the soundcheck the day before the Dead's famous show at the venue on August 13, 1975, all mixed from the 16-track analog masters. Additionally, we have included the full Blues For Allah suite from the March 23, 1975 SNACK Benefit at Kezar Stadium, where the Dead played their first of four 1975 shows by debuting one of their most wild pieces of music they'd ever composed. Disc 3 features 75 minutes of live material recorded in June 1976 at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA, on the Dead's first tour after the release of Blues For Allah, and features all five of the Blues For Allah songs the Dead were performing live at the time: "The Music Never Stopped," "Help On The Way>Slipknot!>Franklin's Tower," and "Crazy Fingers," along with a half hour of additional material from the shows. This 50th anniversary reissue is packed with three hours of studio, soundcheck, and live material. It's a reissue unlike any other, just as Blues For Allah is an album unlike any other." — David Lemieux
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| Such a long, long time to be gone And a short time to be there… |
I count myself as a "fan" of the Dead, but strangely enough I had never heard Blues For Allah until I acquired it online the other day. By the mid-70s I had become disenchanted with what I considered the diminishing returns with each album release (and I still hold that Live/Dead and Workingman's Dead outstrips all the competition), but these days I find that there is much to appreciate in just about all the GD's output.
ReplyDeleteThanks Babs! Looking forward to listening to this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the .gif.
ReplyDeleteIn '67-'68, it was night and day between what the press was telling us about the Dead and their first 3 albums. And voilà, Live Dead. Indeed, they're a live band, in the studio, meh. Never get tired of listening Dick's and Dave's picks. Thanks again.
I'll add my thanks, although the blotter art makes me question a few of my choices since this era (as in, why don't I have anything of quality to drop while listening to this?) ;^)
ReplyDeleteI maintain that there's a very good case to make that the "best year" for the Dead was 1975 -- simply because I haven't heard a tape from that year that isn't outstanding for what it is. I know, lack of quantity has a lot to do with that. Anyway, that's why the soundcheck whets my appetite -- I know that I really like the SNACK tape! Thank you again, for this and everything else you do.
D in California
Thanks Babs. Saw'em for the first time at 13 in 1971 at Golden Gate Park the day after I heard'em for the first time and despite a whole lot in between and other preferences they abide.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Babs. I was hooked on the Dead since saw them on their 1972 Europe tour. Since then I knew, that the Dead are very special and unique. Being a little disappointed about "From the Mars Hotel" (with the exception of the Phil Lesh Songs) "Blues from Allah" was a revelation that showed, that they (still) could produce very exiting and innovative experimental albums. My first Dead Bootleg featured the concert at the Great American Music Hall in S.F. 1975, were they played most songs from the album and the exquisite "Eyes of the World".
ReplyDeleteThanks muchly, Babs. One thing the Dead never did was skimp on album art. It's a shame that now that technologies exist for animated album art, there really isn't any album art, just 400x400px mp3 tags.
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