album as to anything the Grateful Dead had been associated with. 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. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() The disc was likewise the third to be issued on their own Grateful Dead Records label. 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.
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