METICULOUSLY MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES: LIMITED TO 2,500 NUMBERED COPIES, SACD FEATURES SUBLIME DYNAMICS, CLARITY, DETAIL, AND PRESENCE

"If you get confused, listen to the music play," counsels Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia on Blues for Allah. Surely, better advice has never been given. The band's only release during a self-imposed hiatus that lasted nearly 20 months, and the effort that witnessed the welcome return of percussionist Mickey Hart, the 1975 album marks the rebirth of a signature naturalism, spiritualism, and energy that had begun to fray because of ceaseless touring and financial pressures. And as experienced on this audiophile-caliber reissue, such inspired élan and elevated performance facets – embraced literally and figuratively on Bob Weir's hallmark "The Music Never Stopped" anthem – achieve transcendent heights.

Help on the Way/Slipknot!
Franklin's Tower
King Solomon's Marbles (Part I: Stronger Than Dirt, Part II: Milkin' the Turkey)
The Music Never Stopped
Crazy Fingers
Sage & Spirit

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