Blues For Allah: 50th Anniversary LPsGrateful DeadInitial release : 2025Grateful Dead / Rhino A A number of limited edition vinyl editions of the Blues For Allah album were released to mark the 50th anniversary of the original release of the album. Versions include black vinyl, pictue disc vinyl, midnight fire vinyl and translucent emerald vinyl.
Tracks
- Help On The Way / Slipknot!
- Franklin's Tower
- King Solomon's Marbles: Stronger Than Dirt / Milkin' The Turkey
- The Music Never Stopped
- Crazy Fingers
- Sage & Spirit
- Blues For Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert
Musicians
Grateful Dead:
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
- Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
- Donna Godchaux - vocals
- Mickey Hart - percussion, crickets
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
- Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Guest musician:
- Steven Schuster - reeds, flute
Credits
Original album:
- Producer - Grateful Dead
- Engineer - Dan Healy
- Assistant engineer - Rob Taylor
- Mixing - Grateful Dead, Dan Healy
- Cover Painting - Philip Garris
- Production assistants - Ramrod, Steve Brown, Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews, Brett Cohen
- Special thanks to Steve Barncard, Joe Winslow, Frankie, Rondelle and Otis
- Recorded at Ace's, Mill Valley, CA, 6/4/75 - 7/13/75
- Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders
Notes
For more information about the Blues For Allah album see the page for the original album.
Related releases
A 3 CD 50th anniversary version of Blues For Allah was also released. This comprised a remastered version of the album plus live recordings from 1975 and 1976 that feature songs from the Blues For Allah album:
A digital-only release of outtakes from the Blues For Allah recording sessions was also released to mark the 50th anniversary:
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