Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (1975)
Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (1975)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1988 | Grateful Dead Records, GDCD 4001 | ~ 262 or 121 Mb | Scans Included
Blues Rock / Folk Rock / Psychedelic Rock
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1988 | Grateful Dead Records, GDCD 4001 | ~ 262 or 121 Mb | Scans Included
Blues Rock / Folk Rock / Psychedelic Rock
The Grateful Dead went into a state of latent activity in the fall of 1974 that lasted until the spring of the following year when the band reconvened at guitarist/vocalist Bob Weir's Ace Studios to record Blues for Allah. The disc was likewise the third to be issued on their own Grateful Dead Records label. When the LP hit shelves in September of 1975, the Dead were still not back on the road – although they had played a few gigs throughout San Francisco. Obviously, the time off had done the band worlds of good, as Blues for Allah – more than any past or future studio album – captures the Dead at their most natural and inspired. The opening combo of "Help on the Way," "Slipknot!," and "Franklin's Tower" is a multifaceted suite, owing as much to Miles Davis circa the E.S.P. album as to anything The Grateful Dead had been associated with. "Slipknot!" contains chord changes, progressions, and time signatures which become musical riddles for the band to solve – which they do in the form of "Franklin's Tower." Another highly evolved piece is the rarely performed "King Solomon's Marbles," an instrumental that spotlights, among other things, Keith Godchaux's tastefully unrestrained Fender Rhodes finger work displaying more than just a tinge of Herbie Hancock inspiration. These more aggressive works contrast the delicate musical and lyrical haiku on "Crazy Fingers" containing some of lyricist Robert Hunter's finest and most beautifully arranged verbal images for the band. Weir's guitar solo in "Sage & Spirit" is based on one of his warm-up fingering exercises. Without a doubt, this is one of Weir's finest moments. The light acoustic melody is tinged with an equally beautiful arrangement. While there is definite merit in Blues for Allah's title suite, the subdued chant-like vocals and meandering melody seems incongruous when compared to the remainder of this thoroughly solid effort.by Lindsay Planer, AMG
Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (1975):
Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (1975)
Tracklist:
01. Help On The Way 03:15 Slipknot! 04:03 (Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh)
02. Franklin's Tower 04:33 (Roll Away The Dew) (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann)
03. King Solomon's Marbles (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh)
Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt Or 01:55
Part 2: Milkin' The Turkey 03:25
04. The Music Never Stopped 04:34 (John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir)
05. Crazy Fingers 06:42 (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
06 Sage & Spirit 03:07 (Bob Weir)
07.1 Blues For Allah 03:21 (Jerry Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir)
07.2. Sand Castles & Glass Camels 05:26 (Garcia, K.Godchaux, D.Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir)
07.3. Unusual Occurances In The Desert 03:48) (Hunter, Garcia)
Recorded at Weir's studio during the Dead's break from touring between February 27 and May 7, 1975
Musicians:
Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals
Mickey Hart – drums
Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Phil Lesh – bass guitar
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
Steven Schuster – flute, reeds
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Grateful Dead / Blues For Allah
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==== Log checksum 3511D7C31F95CB3B70D4A2A7C76C85C3E7F34BE2127DA46EDCD972B0707BDFEB ====
EAC extraction logfile from 8. September 2014, 18:48
Grateful Dead / Blues For Allah
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