{"id":41594,"date":"2025-07-22T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/grateful-dead-to-release-50th-anniversary-blues-for-allah\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:20:09","slug":"grateful-dead-to-release-50th-anniversary-blues-for-allah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/grateful-dead-to-release-50th-anniversary-blues-for-allah\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead to Release 50th Anniversary ‘Blues for Allah’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Grateful Dead<\/a>\u00a0will release a 50th anniversary edition of their 1975 album, Blues for Allah<\/a><\/em>. The expanded, three-CD set will be released on Sept.\u00a012. Following a hectic 1974 tour, the band retreated and went on a self-imposed break that was interrupted in September 1975 by the release of their eighth album, the ambitious and experimental\u00a0Blues for Allah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can hear a remastered version of the original album’s first single, “The Music Never Stopped,” from the upcoming reissue below.<\/p>\n

Listen to Grateful Dead’s 2025 Remaster\u00a0of ‘The Music Never Stopped’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The three-CD 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition<\/em> of the album features a remastered version of the 1975 album, previously unreleased songs recorded during soundchecks and rehearsals, and live performances.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Grateful Dead Albums Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

Blues for Allah<\/em>\u00a0was recorded on the spot in\u00a0Bob Weir<\/a>‘s home studio and without any pre-written material for the first time in\u00a0the group’s career.<\/p>\n

“The whole idea was to get back to that band thing, where the band makes the main contribution to the evolution of the material,\u201d Jerry Garcia<\/a> once said of the album.<\/p>\n

What Is on Grateful Dead’s 50th Anniversary Edition of ‘Blues for Allah’?<\/h3>\n

In addition to the remastered version of the original 11-track album, the expanded Blues for Allah<\/em> includes almost two hours of unreleased rehearsal, soundcheck and concert recordings.<\/p>\n

Nine tracks \u2014 including the rarely performed “King Solomon’s Marbles” \u2014 from Grateful Dead’s rehearsal and soundcheck on Aug. 12, 1975, at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall are featured on the second disc, along with songs the band played at Bill Graham\u2019s Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks Benefit at San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium on March 23, 1975.<\/p>\n

Disc three includes live performances of songs recorded at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on June 21 and 22, 1976. Blues for Allah<\/em> tracks\u00a0“Help on the Way” and “Franklin’s Tower” are included\u00a0alongside older Dead songs like “Eyes of the World” and their concert favorite cover of Motown classic “Dancing in the Street.”<\/p>\n

The set will also be available on 180-gram black vinyl, picture disc and limited-edition “Midnight Fire” custom vinyl. A Blu-ray version includes Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, hi-resolution stereo and instrumental mixes of the album by Steven Wilson.<\/p>\n

You can see the track listing for the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition<\/em> below.<\/p>\n

Grateful Dead, ‘Blues for Allah (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’ Track Listing<\/strong>
Disc One<\/strong>
2025 Remaster<\/strong>
1. \u201cHelp On The Way\u201d \/ \u201cSlipknot!\u201d
2. \u201cFranklin\u2019s Tower\u201d
3. \u201cKing Solomon\u2019s Marbles\u201d
Part I: \u201cStronger Than Dirt\u201d
Part II: \u201cMilkin\u2019 The Turkey\u201d
4. \u201cThe Music Never Stopped\u201d
5. \u201cCrazy Fingers”
6. \u201cSage & Spirit\u201d
7. \u201cBlues For Allah\u201d
8. \u201cSand Castles & Glass Camels\u201d
9. \u201cUnusual Occurrences In The Desert\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Two<\/strong>
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA<\/strong>
Soundcheck\/Rehearsal (8\/12\/75)<\/strong>
1. \u201cHelp On The Way\u201d
2. \u201cSlipknot!\u201d
3. \u201cFranklin\u2019s Tower\u201d
4. \u201cHelp On The Way\u201d
5. \u201cSlipknot!\u201d
6. \u201cFranklin\u2019s Tower\u201d
7. \u201cKing Solomon\u2019s Marbles\u201d
8. \u201cCrazy Fingers\u201d
9. Sage And Spirit\u201d
Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (3\/23\/75)<\/strong>
10. \u201cBlues For Allah\u201d
11. \u201cStronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin\u2019 The Turkey)\u201d
12. \u201cDrums\u201d
13. \u201cStronger Than Dirt (Or Milkin\u2019 The Turkey)\u201d
14. \u201cBlues For Allah\u201d<\/p>\n

Disc Three<\/strong>
Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA (6\/21\/76 and 6\/22\/76)<\/strong>
1. \u201cThe Music Never Stopped\u201d
2. \u201cHelp On The Way\u201d
3. \u201cSlipknot!\u201d
4. \u201cFranklin\u2019s Tower\u201d
5. \u201cCrazy Fingers\u201d
6. \u201cComes A Time\u201d
7. \u201cEyes Of The World\u201d
8. \u201cDancing In The Street”<\/p>\n

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