Blues for Allah
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Released	September 1, 1975
Recorded	February 27 – May 7, 1975
Genre
Length	44:13
Label	Grateful Dead, United Artists[1]
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
From the Mars Hotel (1974) Blues for Allah (1975) Steal Your Face (1976)

1. Grateful Dead

Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded February 27 – May 7, 1975, and released September 1, 1975. It was the band's third album on their own Grateful Dead Recordslabel and their third studio album in a row. Though it has not received RIAA certification as of 2019, Blues for Allah was the group's highest-charting album until 1987's In the Dark, reaching No. 12 during a thirteen-week stay on the Billboard Album Chart.^[2]

Recording[edit]

Blues for Allah was recorded after the Dead began a then-indefinite band hiatus in October 1974. Conscious of needing a new album release for their independent label, the band initiated the project in January 1975. In contrast to the commercial studios employed for their previous studio albums, the band used the studio that rhythm guitarist Bob Weir had built at his new home in Mill Valley, California.^[3] Rather than their usual approach of recording studio versions of songs that had matured on stage, the tracks were developed in the studio setting. According to manager Rock Scully, this was in part an attempt by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia to ensure more involvement in the writing process from other band members.^[4] In creating material from scratch, the band were able to progress beyond the previous genres in which they had played. Garcia explained 'We're working on creating styles, rather than just being eclectic or synthesizing other styles. Thus, it's a little bit more difficult, and considerably more experimental.'^[5] The main riff of 'Franklin's Tower' was partly inspired by the chorus of Lou Reed's 1973 hit 'Walk on the Wild Side.'^[6]

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A discernable Middle Eastern theme emerged, supported by Robert Hunter's lyrics. A lack of western time signatures on some of the material added to the concept, as well as experiments with instrumentation, such as flute on the Bach-inspired 'Sage & Spirit' (named for manager Rock Scully's daughters). Garcia said he was 'creating scales that generated their own harmony in ways that weren't symmetrical in regular, classical major-minor relationships.'^[4]

Bassist Phil Lesh recalled 'Jerry brought in a strange, almost atonal melodic entity that would evolve into the title song and sequence for the album, and I had sketched out a little Latin-flavored, seven-beat instrumental number inspired by Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias' called 'King Solomon's Marbles'. Besides 'Crazy Fingers,' his marvelous essay in smoky ambiguity, Jerry also contributed a triptych of already written tunes ('Help on the Way', 'Slipknot', and 'Franklin's Tower') that would become, in live performance, one of our finest exploratory vehicles. Bob had a beautiful guitar instrumental, 'Sage and Spirit', and one of his stompin-est self-congratulatory rockers, 'Music Never Stopped', to round out the album.'^[7]

'Crazy Fingers' sets music to Hunter's series of haiku. 'The Music Never Stopped' began life as 'Hollywood Cantata', a Weir-Hunter composition. Weir later used lyrics composed by his main writing partner, John Barlow. Original credits list 'King Solomon's Marbles' and 'Stronger than Dirt or Milkin' the Turkey' as individual songs. However later credits list 'Stronger than Dirt' and 'Milkin' the Turkey' as composed in two parts and combined to make 'King Solomon's Marbles'. The first section was so-named by Lesh because, like the end of the Doors' 'Touch Me', a four-note cadence was reminiscent of a contemporary advertisement jingle (unlike the Doors track, the Dead did not vocalize the slogan).^[3]

Describing the atmosphere, Lesh said 'Bob's home studio was just large enough to hold all of us … with various guests, notably Mickey [Hart], David Crosby, and John Cipollina, coming and going. We managed to finish the recording of Allah to our satisfaction, and took the tapes into [Artisan Sound Recorders, San Francisco] for the final mix.'^[7] Band sound man Dan Healy engineered the project, assisted by Robbie Taylor.^[4]

Percussionist Mickey Hart, who had sat in at the band's 'farewell' concert on October 20, 1974, was invited to the sessions by Garcia and Lesh. Hart had left the band in February 1971. He contributed to the songwriting of 'King Solomon's Marbles' and played occasional percussion parts (including the recording of crickets heard on the three-part title suite). Following the release of the album, he was officially reinstated as a band member shortly before the group resumed touring in 1976. Along with contributing as a background singer, Donna Godchaux emerged as a co-vocalist on 'The Music Never Stopped' and the vocal sections of the title suite ('Blues for Allah' and the two-pieced 'Unusual Occurrences in the Desert'). The guest flautist was Steve Schuster, a former equipment manager for Quicksilver Messenger Service who also played saxophone in the contemporaneous Keith & Donna Band.

Though they had not toured since September 1974, the Grateful Dead performed intermittently in San Francisco during the recording period. Testing the suite from the album, they performed at a March 1975 benefit for San Francisco schools organized by promoter Bill Graham, under the name 'Jerry Garcia & Friends' (released on the bonus disc of Beyond Description).

Consideration was given to naming the album after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, who was assassinated after recording began.^[8] The band had been told that he was a fan of the Grateful Dead. Ultimately, Hunter considered his lyrics for the title track a requiem for the ruler.^[9] The song also references One Thousand and One Nights.

Release and cover art[edit]

The front cover artwork features an iconic image of a frizzy-haired, fiddling skeleton, wearing a crimson thawb and sunglasses, sitting in the window of an ancient rock wall. The work, titled 'The Fiddler', was painted in the summer of 1974 by Phillip Garris, and was awarded both the Gold Medal and the Award of Merit, from the Society of Illustrators. For the cover of the contemporaneous debut album by Kingfish, Garris painted an image with similar elements. (During the Dead's hiatus, Kingfish featured Bob Weir). The back cover art features a similar background with a group portrait of band members, illustrated in relief. Original pressings had a single-sheet insert with lyrics in both English and Arabic.

Unusual for a Grateful Dead album are the number of instrumentals: 'Slipknot!', both parts of 'King Solomon's Marbles', Weir's 'Sage & Spirit' and the 'Sand Castles and Glass Camels' section of 'Blues for Allah'. The nearly structureless title suite that closes the album was performed three times in 1975 and then retired, while several other songs written for the album were performed regularly for the rest of the Dead's career; specifically 'Crazy Fingers', 'The Music Never Stopped' and the 'Help on the Way->Slipknot!->Franklin's Tower' sequence (the last section of which was often played separately).^[10]

–Dennis McNally (biographer)^[11]

Drummer Bill Kreutzmann recalled, 'Once we started performing them live … we turned a corner and it was a whole other ball game. Those songs are among our very best and they lived up to their potential. We had to play them live in front of an audience in order for that to happen. Once we let them outside and started taking them for walks, they each had a growth spurt during which they really discovered themselves. The album also contained a group of really experimental songs ('Stronger than Dirt', 'Unusual Occurrences in the Desert') that bordered on acid jazz composition. Wild stuff. Deep cuts.'^[12]

To celebrate the release of the album, the band played a small concert at the Great American Music Hall, featuring the album in its entirety. The performance was recorded on 16-track and released in 1991 as One from the Vault. This was the first complete show ever released by the Grateful Dead and the first of an ongoing stream of releases from the band's vault.

Two singles were released from the album, 'The Music Never Stopped' and 'Franklin's Tower', both backed with 'Help on the Way'. 'The Music Never Stopped' is shorter than the album version, with a differently-recorded ending. 'Franklin's Tower' is an edited version and 'Help on the Way' fades out before the segue to 'Slipknot!' (though fading later on the second single).

Blues for Allah was the final studio album on the Grateful Dead's original independent label. Grateful Dead Records' distribution partner United Artists Records had greater involvement in the rights and publication for this album than previously (e.g. releasing the album in foreign markets on the United Artists (UA) label). This was an attempt to combat counterfeiting and because UA was helping fund the completion of The Grateful Dead Movie in return for further distribution rights and the completion of a soundtrack album. Blues for Allah was in and out of print after the band's move to Arista Records. It was re-pressed in 1979 by UA's Liberty imprint. The album was first released on CD in 1987, after which it has remained in print. It was remastered and expanded for the Beyond Description box set, in October 2004. This version was released separately in 2006, by Rhino Records.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
Christgau's Record Guide	C–[14]

Reviewing in 1975 for Rolling Stone, Billy Altman wrote that the LP's first side 'works beautifully' for the most part, but side two is 'total washout'.^[15]Gramophone magazine's reviewer said the band has 'discarded their blues approach and opted for semi-country and jazz-rock. But there seems to be no real direction on Blues for Allah.'^[16]Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who had been a strong supporter of the band's music, was also disappointed by the record: 'This time I find the arch aimlessness of their musical approach neurasthenic and their general muddleheadedness worthy of Yes or the Strawbs.'^[14]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	'Help on the Way' 'Slipknot!'	Robert Hunter Garcia	Garcia instrumental	3:15 4:03
2.	'Franklin's Tower'	Garcia	4:32
3.	'King Solomon's Marbles' 'Part I. Stronger Than Dirt' 'Part II. Milkin' the Turkey'	Lesh Mickey Hart Kreutzmann Lesh	instrumental	1:55 3:25
4.	'The Music Never Stopped'	Weir, D. Godchaux	4:35
5.	'Crazy Fingers'	Garcia Hunter	Garcia	6:41
6.	'Sage & Spirit'	Weir	instrumental	3:07
7.	'Blues for Allah' 'Sand Castles & Glass Camels' 'Unusual Occurrences in the Desert'	Garcia Hunter Garcia D. Godchaux K. Godchaux Hart Kreutzmann Lesh Weir Garcia Hunter	Garcia, D. Godchaux, K. Godchaux, Weir instrumental Garcia, D. Godchaux, K. Godchaux, Weir	3:21 5:24 3:48

2004 Rhino bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
8.	'Groove #1' (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)	instrumental	5:42
9.	'Groove #2' (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)	Garcia K. Godchaux Hart Kreutzmann Lesh Weir	instrumental	7:32
10.	'Distorto' (instrumental studio outtake; February 28, 1975)	Garcia	instrumental	8:10
11.	'A to E Flat Jam' (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)	instrumental	4:35
12.	'Proto 18 Proper' (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)	Garcia K. Godchaux Hart Kreutzmann Lesh Weir	instrumental	4:16
13.	'Hollywood Cantata' (studio outtake; May 7, 1975)	Weir	4:14

Notes
Original release track listing:
Side 1

1. 'Help on the Way' – 3:15
2. 'Slipknot!' – 4:03
3. 'Franklin's Tower' – 4:37
4. 'King Solomon's Marbles' – 1:55
5. 'Stronger than Dirt or Milkin' the Turkey' – 3:25
6. 'The Music Never Stopped' – 4:35

Side 2

1. 'Crazy Fingers' – 6:41
2. 'Sage & Spirit' – 3:07
3. 'Blues for Allah' – 3:21
4. 'Sand Castles & Glass Camels' – 5:26
5. 'Unusual Occurrences in the Desert' – 3:48

Personnel[edit]

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals, production Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals, production Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals, production Mickey Hart – percussion, crickets, production Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion, production Phil Lesh – bass guitar, production Bob Weir – guitar, vocals, production Additional musicians Steven Schuster – flute, reeds Technical personnel Philip Garris – cover, illustrations Joe Gastwirt – remastering Dan Healy – engineer, mixing Robert Taylor – assistant engineering

Reissue personnel James Austin – production Hugh Brown – design, art direction Reggie Collins – annotation Jimmy Edwards – associate production Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision David Fricke – liner notes Joe Gastwirt – mastering, production consultation Robin Hurley – associate production Eileen Law – research David Lemieux – production Richard McCaffrey – photography Hale Milfgrim – associate production Scott Pascucci – associate production Ed Perlstein – photography Cameron Sears – executive production Rob Taylor – assistant engineering Steve Vance – design, art direction

Charts[edit]

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	12[17]

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	'The Music Never Stopped'	Pop Singles	81[17]

References[edit]

1. ^'Grateful Dead Records (1973–1976)', The Grateful Dead Family Discography
2. ^'Grateful Dead – Chart history – Billboard'.
3. ^ ^abBeyond Description (1973–1989); Rhino Records, 2004. Liner Notes: David Fricke
4. ^ ^abcMcNally, Dennis (2002). A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. Broadway Books; NY, NY. p. 482. ISBN0767911865.
5. ^Jackson, Blair (1999). Garcia: An American Life. Penguin Books; NY, NY. pp. 260–261. ISBN0140291997.
6. ^Browne, David (26 April 2016). 'So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead'. Da Capo Press – via Google Books.
7. ^ ^abLesh, Phil (2005). Searching for the Sound. Little, Brown & Co.; NY, NY. Chapter 17. ISBN978-0-316-00998-0.
8. ^McNally, Dennis (2002). A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. Broadway Books; NY, NY. p. 483. ISBN0767911865.
9. ^Hunter, Robert (1993). Box Of Rain. Penguin Books. ISBN9780140134513.
10. ^'The Annotated 'Blues For Allah''.
11. ^Beyond Description (1973–1989); Rhino Records, 2004. Liner Notes: Dennis McNally
12. ^Kreutzmann, Bill (2015). Deal. St. Martin's Press, NY, NY. Chapter 13. ISBN978-1-250-03380-2.
13. ^Planer, Lindsay. 'Blues for Allah'. AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
14. ^ ^abChristgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: G'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
15. ^Altman, Billy (October 9, 1975). 'Blues for Allah'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
16. ^The Gramophone, Volume 53. p. 1258. 1975.
17. ^ ^ab'Album Search for 'blues for allah''.

External links[edit]

Track List:
Disc 1: Wake of the Flood
1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 5:43

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2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (Hunter, Keith Godchaux) - 3:19
3. Row Jimmy (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:15
4. Stella Blue (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:27
5. Here Comes Sunshine (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:40
6. Eyes of the World (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:21
7. Weather Report Suite
Prelude (Bob Weir) - 1:22
Part I (Eric Andersen, Weir) - 4:14
Part II: Let It Grow (John Barlow, Weir) - 7:08
8. Eyes of the World (live at NASSAU COLISEUM, Uniondale, NY 9/7/73) (Hunter, Garcia) - 17:02
9. Weather Report Suite (studio acoustic demo 8/4/73)
Prelude (Weir) - 2:16
Part I (Andersen, Weir) - 3:18
Part II: Let It Grow (Barlow, Weir) - 7:02
10. China Doll (studio outtake 8/8/73) (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:02
Disc 2: From the Mars Hotel
1. U.S. Blues (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:42
2. China Doll (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:11
3. Unbroken Chain (Bobby Petersen, Phil Lesh) - 6:47
4. Loose Lucy (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:22
5. Scarlet Begonias (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:19
6. Pride of Cucamonga (Petersen, Lesh) - 4:18
7. Money Money (Barlow, Weir) - 4:23
8. Ship of Fools (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:28
9. Loose Lucy (studio outtake 8/7/73) (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:41
10. Scarlet Begonias (live at WINTERLAND ARENA, San Francisco, CA 10/16/74) (Hunter, Garcia) - 9:09
11. Money Money (live at PNE COLISEUM, Vancouver, BC 5/17/74) (Barlow, Weir) - 4:20
12. Wave That Flag (live at SPRINGFIELD CIVIC CENTER ARENA, Springfield, MA 3/28/73) (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:34
13. Let It Rock (live at JAI-ALAI FRONTON, Miami, FL 6/23/74) (Chuck Berry) - 3:19
14. Pride of Cucamonga (studio acoustic demo 8/4/73) (Petersen, Lesh) - 4:24
15. Unbroken Chain (studio acoustic demo 8/11/73) (Petersen, Lesh) - 6:21
Disc 3: Blues for Allah
1. Help on the Way / Slipknot! (Hunter, Grateful Dead) - 7:20
2. Franklin’s Tower (Hunter, Garcia, Bill Kreutzman) - 4:37
3. King Solomon’s Marbles: Pt. I) Stronger Than Dirt / Pt. II) Milkin’ The Turkey (Mickey Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh) - 5:13
4. The Music Never Stopped (Barlow, Weir) - 4:35
5. Crazy Fingers (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:41
6. Sage & Spirit (Weir) - 3:07
7. Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert (Hunter, Grateful Dead) - 12:33
8. Groove #1? (instrumental studio outtake 2/27/75) (Grateful Dead) - 5:42
9. Groove #2? (instrumental studio outtake 2/27/75) (Grateful Dead) - 7:32
10. Distorto (instrumental studio outtake 2/28/75) (Garcia) - 8:10
11. A to E Flat Jam (instrumental studio outtake 2/27/75) (Grateful Dead) - 4:35
12. Photo 18 Proper (instrumental studio outtake 2/27/75) (Grateful Dead) - 4:16
13. Hollywood Cantata (early version of The Music Never Stopped, studio outtake 5/7/75) (Hunter, Weir) - 4:14
Disc 4: Terrapin Station
1. Estimated Prophet (Barlow, Weir) - 5:37
2. Dancin’ in the Streets (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson) - 3:17
3. Passenger (Peter Monk, Lesh) - 2:48
4. Samson and Delilah (traditional, arr. Weir) - 3:39
5. Sunrise (Donna Godchaux) - 4:04
6. Terrapin Station Part I
Lady with a Fan (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:38
Terrapin Station (Hunter, Garcia) - 1:55
Terrapin (Garcia) - 2:14
Terrapin Transit (Hart, Kreutzman) - 1:17
At a Siding (Hunter, Hart) - 1:01
Terrapin Flyer (Hart, Kreutzman) - 2:55
Refrain (Garcia) - 2:19
7. Peggy-O (instrumental studio outtake 11/2/76) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 4:42
8. The Ascent (instrumental studio outtake 11/2/76) (Grateful Dead) - 1:58
9. Catfish John (studio outtake Fall/76) (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) - 4:40
10. Equinox (studio outtake 2/17/77) (Lesh) - 5:14
11. Fire on the Mountain (studio outtake 2/77) (Hunter, Hart) - 6:25
12. Dancin’ in the Streets (live at CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77) (Gaye, I. Hunter, Stevenson) - 16:17
Disc 5: Shakedown Street
1. Good Lovin’ (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) - 4:51
2. France (Hunter, Hart, Weir) - 4:03
3. Shakedown Street (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:59
4. Serengetti (Hart, Kreutzman) - 1:59
5. Fire on the Mountain (Hunter, Hart) - 3:46
6. I Need a Miracle (Barlow, Weir) - 3:36
7. From the Heart of Me (D. Godchaux) - 3:23
8. Stagger Lee (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:25
9. New Minglewood Blues (trad., arr. Weir) - 4:14
10. If I Had the World to Give (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:50
11. Good Lovin’ (studio outtake featuring Lowell George 7/28/78) (Resnick, Clark) - 4:54
12. Ollin Arageed (live at GIZAH SOUND & LIGHT THEATER, Cairo, Egypt 9/16/78) (Hamza El Din) - 6:30
13. Fire on the Mountain (live at GIZAH SOUND & LIGHT THEATER, Cairo, Egypt 9/16/78) (Hunter, Hart) - 13:41
14. Stagger Lee (live GIZAH SOUND & LIGHT THEATER, Cairo, Egypt 9/15/78) (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:36
15. All New Minglewood Blues (live at CAPITOL THEATRE, Passaic, NJ 11/24/78) (trad., arr. Weir) - 4:34
Disc 6: Go to Heaven
1. Alabama Getaway (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:36
2. Far From Me (Brent Mydland) - 3:41
3. Althea (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:54
4. Feel Like a Stranger (Barlow, Weir) - 5:10
5. Lost Sailor (Barlow, Weir) - 5:54
6. Saint of Circumstance (Barlow, Weir) - 5:39
7. Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber) (Hart, Kreutzman) - 0:40
8. Easy to Love You (Barlow, Mydland) - 3:41
9. Don’t Ease Me In (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 3:16
10. Peggy-O (studio outtake 7/16/79) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 5:49
11. What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79) (Hunter) - 4:08
12. Jack-A-Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 4:51
13. Althea (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:17
14. Lost Sailor (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/25/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 6:42
15. Saint of Circumstance (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/25/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 6:35
Disc 7: Reckoning Disc 1
1. Dire Wolf (Hunter, Garcia) - 3:20
2. The Race is On (Don Rollins) - 2:58
3. Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (Elizabeth Cotton) - 6:28
4. It Must Have Been the Roses (Hunter) - 6:56
5. Dark Hollow (Bill Browning) - 3:49
6. China Doll (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:22
7. I’ve Been All Around This World (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 4:31
8. Monkey and the Engineer (Jesse Fuller) - 2:37
9. Jack-A-Roe (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 4:05
10. Deep Elem Blues (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 4:51
11. Cassidy (Barlow, Weir) - 4:38
12. To Lay Me Down (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:59
13. Rosalie McFall (Charlie Monroe) - 2:54
14. On the Road Again (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 3:15
15. Bird Song (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:34
16. Ripple (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:38
Recorded live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA (9/25/80-10/14/80) & RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY (10/22/80-10/31/80)
Disc 8: Reckoning Disc 2
1. To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal 9/14/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 9:12
2. Iko Iko (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/7/80) (trad., Sugarboy Crawford) - 4:23
3. Heaven Help the Fool (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/25/80) (Weir) - 6:18
4. El Paso (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/13/80) (Marty Robbins) - 4:41
5. Sage & Spirit (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/31/80) (Weir) - 3:14
6. Little Sadie (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/31/80) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 2:45
7. It Must Have Been the Roses (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Hunter) - 7:01
8. Dark Hollow (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Browning) - 4:30
9. Jack-A-Roe (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 5:08
10. Cassidy (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 5:06
11. China Doll (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:52
12. Monkey and the Engineer (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Fuller) - 2:37
13. Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Cotton) - 7:13
14. Ripple (alternate live version at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/23/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:37
15. Tom Dooley (live at RAMBLER ROOM - LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL 11/17/78) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 3:33
16. Deep Elem Blues (alternate live version at RAMBLER ROOM - LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL 11/17/78) (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 3:42
Disc 9: Dead Set Disc 1
1. Samson and Delilah (trad., arr. Weir) - 5:02
2. Friend of the Devil (John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) - 7:28
3. New Minglewood Blues (trad., arr. Weir) - 4:41
4. Deal (trad., arr. Hunter, Garcia) - 4:36
5. Candyman (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:15
6. Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon) - 4:31
7. Loser (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:45
8. Passenger (Monk, Lesh) - 3:21
9. Feel Like a Stranger (Barlow, Weir) - 5:41
10. Franklin’s Tower (Hunter, Garcia, Kreutzman) - 5:22
11. Rhythm Devils (Hart, Kreutzman) - 4:02
12. Space (Grateful Dead) - 2:29
13. Fire on the Mountain (Hunter, Hart) - 6:30
14. Greatest Story Ever Told (Hunter, Hart, Weir) - 4:04
15. Brokedown Palace (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:42
Recorded live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA (9/25/80-10/14/80) & RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY (10/22/80-10/31/80)
Disc 10: Dead Set Disc 2
1. Let It Grow (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/26/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 9:38
2. Sugaree (live at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City, NY 10/26/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 9:51
3. C.C. Rider (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/13/80) (trad., arr. Weir) - 7:17
4. Row Jimmy (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 10:14
5. Lazy Lightnin’ (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/13/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 2:53
6. Supplication (live at WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/13/80) (Barlow, Weir) - 5:50
7. High Time (live at WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:40
8. Jack Straw (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/10/80) (Hunter, Weir) - 6:17
9. Shakedown Street (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/7/80) (Hunter, Garcia) - 10:42
10. Not Fade Away (live at the WARFIELD THEATRE, San Francisco, CA 10/4/80) (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) - 4:50
Disc 11: In the Dark
1. Touch of Grey (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:47
2. Hell in a Bucket (Barlow, Mydland, Weir) - 5:35
3. When Push Comes to Shove (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:05
4. West L.A. Fadeaway (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:39
5. Tons of Steel (Mydland) - 5:15
6. Throwing Stones (Barlow, Weir) - 7:18
7. Black Muddy River (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:58
8. My Brother Esau (single b-side 6/16/87) (Barlow, Weir) - 4:17
9. West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version 3/84) (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:08
10. Black Muddy River (studio rehearsal 12/5/86) (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:38
11. When Push Comes to shove (studio rehearsal 12/5/86) (Hunter, Garcia) - 4:21
12. Touch of Grey (studio rehearsal 8/82) (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:44
13. Throwing Stones (live at SCHAEFER STADIUM, Foxboro, MA 7/4/87) (Barlow, Weir) - 9:36
Disc 12: Built to Last
1. Foolish Heart (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:11
2. Just a Little Light (Barlow, Mydland) - 4:43
3. Built to Last (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:04
4. Blow Away (Barlow, Mydland) - 6:11
5. Victim or the Crime (Gerrit Graham, Weir) - 7:35
6. We Can Run (Barlow, Mydland) - 5:32
7. Standing on the Moon (Hunter, Garcia) - 5:20
8. Picasso Moon (Barlow, Bob Bralove, Weir) - 6:42
9. I Will Take You Home (Barlow, Mydland) - 3:45
10. Foolish Heart (live at ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATER, East Troy, WI 7/19/89) (Hunter, Garcia) - 11:31
11. Blow Away (live at JFK STADIUM, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89) (Barlow, Weir) - 12:02
12. California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On) (live at THE SPECTRUM, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/89) (Rodney Crowell) - 5:59
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