…contains 3 CDs: the remastered album, rehearsals/soundcheck from their Aug. 12, 1975, show at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, and performances from their June 21, 1976, concert at Pennsylvania’s historic Tower Theatre.
Blues for Allah came on the heels of the Dead’s self-imposed (and ultimately) brief hiatus which began in October 1974 following a run of five shows at San Francisco’s Winterland. After recharging in November and December, the band began thinking about a new album in January. Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux, and Keith Godchaux would set up camp at Weir’s home studio in Mill Valley, California. Rather than perfecting songs in the studio which had been…

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