Mastered from the Original Master Tapes, Limited to 4,000 Numbered Copies: Mobile Fidelity 180g 45RPM 2LP Vinyl Set Features Sublime Dynamics, Clarity, Detail, and Presence. Soul-Nourishing 1975 Album Includes 'Help on the Way/Slipknot!' and 'Franklin's Tower': Prayerful Title Track Remains a Vital Plea for Peace and Call to Harmony. '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 йlan and elevated performance facets - embraced literally and figuratively on Bob Weir's hallmark 'The Music Never Stopped' anthem - achieve transcendent heights. Mastered from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI, and strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM vinyl 2LP set possesses seemingly limitless dynamics, reference-grade presence, expansive soundstages, and a wealth of previously obscured information. Strongly informed by jazz themes and organic progressions, the album's arrangements unfold as a series of interlocking puzzle pieces that, together, comprise an adventurous landscape informed by compound structures, angelic harmonies, chiming tones, and brilliant colors. Every member's vocals resound with tube-like clarity and remain entirely free of artificial ceilings or unintended blurring.
