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Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album (twelfth album overall) by the Grateful Dead. It was released on September 1, 1975, and was the band's third album released through their own Grateful Dead Records label. The album was recorded between February and May of 1975 during an extended hiatus from touring.
The band released four vinyl LPs on the label in the mid-1970s: Wake of the Flood in 1973, From the Mars Hotel in 1974, Blues for Allah in 1975, and a live double album, Steal Your Face, in 1976. Album distribution was negotiated and contracted by the band's label through United Artists Records.
The albums included in the box set are Wake of the Flood (originally released in 1973), From the Mars Hotel (1974), Blues for Allah (1975), and Steal Your Face (a live double album recorded in 1974 and released in 1976).
The tracks on Sage & Spirit were excerpted from the albums Workingman's Dead (1970), American Beauty (1970), Europe '72 (1972), Wake of the Flood (1973), From the Mars Hotel (1974), Blues for Allah (1975), Shakedown Street (1978), and Go to Heaven (1980). Sage & Spirit was a cross-marketing promotion with Dogfish Head Brewery.
Originally released on the 1975 album Blues for Allah "Estimated Prophet" (John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 5:38 Originally released on the 1977 album Terrapin Station "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20 Originally released on the 1973 album Wake of the Flood "Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:20 Originally released on American Beauty
Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the Heart of Gold Band in 1980, but Godchaux died from injuries sustained in a car accident shortly after their first concert.
In August 1975, the Dead had just finished recording the album Blues for Allah when they decided to perform it for a select audience in a live setting, a month before the LP was to be released. To promote the album, the band rented GAMH, and issued private invitations to radio industry people who were attending the Radio Programmers Forum, a ...
Dick's Picks Volume 8 is the eighth live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead.It was recorded on May 2, 1970, at Harpur College (now Binghamton University) in Binghamton, New York.