Grateful Dead - Save Your Face: Blues for Allah Rehearsals (Parts 1-3)

Grateful Dead
Save Your Face: "Blues for Allah" Rehearsals - 1975
Parts 1-3
By John Hilgart

https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/bl...

The objective of this set is to distill a vast swath of fairly unapproachable, overlapping Blues for Allah rehearsal bootlegs into something that you can just put on, enjoy, and get to know. The full mix is split up into six parts; included here are the first three. Visit the above URL for additional details and a download URL.

Check out parts 4-6 of this mix here:    • Grateful Dead - Save Your Face: Blues...  

Part 1: Sketch of Allah #1 (62 minutes)
1 - Help on the Way ＞ Slipknot ＞ Franklin's Tower ("stunning") 0:00
2 - Stronger Than Dirt (with conclusion) 14:45
3 - Primordial Crazy Fingers ("Distorto") 22:11
4 - The Music Was a Jam 30:25
5 - In Search of Allah 41:54

Part 2: Low-Key Investigations (76 minutes)
6 - Paging Getz & Gilberto 1:01:47
7 - Ace's Riff (parts 1 & 2) 1:02:48
8 - Sleepy Desert Jam 1:09:24
9 - Beautiful Song 1:23:49
10 - Descent into a Spacey Place 1:26:15
11 - Homeward Through the Haze (Garcia/Lesh/Lagin/Crosby/Kreutzmann) 1:33:27
12 - Supple Lightning 1:41:25
13 - Stronger Than Dirt (low key) 1:46:14
14 - Ace's Riffsong (edit of four pieces from three takes) 1:48:20
15 - Noodle on the Mountain 1:52:44
16 - The Music Almost Stopped 2:15:44
17 - The Drunk Lounge Band from Ipanema 2:16:29

Part 3: Grooves (79 minutes)
18 - Supplication Groove ("Groove #1" full length) 2:18:26
19 - Maybe This Town Has Got Some Heart ("Groove #2" full length) 2:33:20
20 - A to E-flat (full-length) 2:43:27
21 - Photo 18 Proper (full length) 3:00:04
22 - Funky Plunky (parts 1, 2, and 3) 3:11:34
23 - What If the Music Never Stops? 3:16:41

*Note: This account is not managed by John and I take no credit for his work. I am just making it available here for more people to enjoy. You can find more of John's great work at https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/.