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Disc 01
01. "Uncle John's Band"
02. "High Time"
03. "Dire Wolf"
04. "New Speedway"
Disc 02
01. "Cumberland Blues"
02. "Black Peter"
03. "Easy Wind"
04. "Casey Jones"
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2 |
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.. 50th Anniversary / 180gr./ 45rpm/ Numbered |
| | Description: | On June 14, 1970, the Grateful Dead released Workingman??s Dead, an album that was unlike anything they??d ever done, one that showed the world a new side of the Dead. It was clearly the same band as before, but now with a distinctly different sound and approach to the music, pivoting from psychedelic improvisation to folk-rock storytelling for the ??everyman,? as the album??s title suggests. Workingman??s Dead will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with two new releases.
WORKINGMAN??S DEAD: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the band??s previously unreleased live performance from 1971 at the Capitol Theatre. The show featured a plethora of songs from both Workingman??s Dead and the band??s follow-up album, American Beauty, which was released in November 1970. Some highlights include Weir??s moving vocal take on ??Me and Bobby McGee,? Pigpen??s whiskey-seasoned growl on ??Easy Wind? and a stellar run through ??Uncle John??s Band? to close out the show.
In the set??s liner notes, acclaimed music journalist David Fricke tells the tale behind the album and also adds some context for the Capitol Theatre show. ??The complete Port Chester evening in this 50th-anniversary edition of Workingman??s Dead?was a great night in what has long been deemed a legendary run, another turning point as the band entered a live era combining the focus of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty with the exploratory verve of Live/Dead. Many of the classic songs spread across Dead LPs in 1971 and ??72?were introduced that week at the Capitol, and many of them are in this concert, still fresh off the griddle.?
WORKINGMAN??S DEAD: 50th ANNIVERSARY VINYL PICTURE DISC will be available the same day. Produced in a limited edition of 10,000 copies, it features the newly remastered version of the original album. - .. 50TH ANNIVERSARY / 180GR./45RPM/NUMBEREDSublime, Stripped-Down 1970 Americana Classic Steeped in Country, Blues, and Folk You've Never Heard This Roots-Based Marvel Sound Better: Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Given Extra-Wide Grooves on 45RPM LP Ranked #264 on Rolling Stone's List of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Airy Harmonies, Simple Structures, Concise Arrangements, and Burnished Tones Anchor Songs Bookend to 1970's American Beauty, Also Available on 180g 45RPM 2 LP from Mobile Fidelity Workingman's Dead defies the erroneous belief that the Grateful Dead never attained brilliance in the recording studio. Forever prized for natural sonics, Workingman's Dead attains audiophile reference status courtesy of this first-ever 45RPM version. As flawless as any rustic album ever releases, the 1970 set now brims with soaring harmonies, organic execution, intertwined textures and uncomplicated structures that furnish the songs a transcendence associated with timeless American music. Colorful, relatable characters seemingly torn from working-class histories and old-time fables inhabit the narratives. Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LPs at RTI, Mobile Fidelity's numbered limited edition of this period-defining recording renders the stripped-down fare with immense detail, rich airiness, and reach-out-and touch-it realism. Longtime Deadheads and newcomers alike will hear significantly more information, experience wider and deeper soundstages, and become swept away by incredible tonal and vocal balances - traits made possible by the format's wider grooves. Instrumental melds and refined accents, such as guest David Nelson's nimble fills on "Cumberland Blues," are part of a larger whole that gives the impression you are witness to the world's coziest campfire session. Frontier tales and refined performances further this feeling. The first Grateful Dead album to eschew cosmic jams and complex signatures, Workingman's Dead stakes it's existence to great songs, homespun warmth, and bare essentials. It's wistful, relaxed state - immediately apparent via the innocent album-opening invitation 'Will you come with me?" on "Uncle John's Band" - owes to the circumstances and conditions surrounding it's creation. At the time, the Dead owed a considerable financial debt to Warner Bros. And were hobbled by a recent drug bust and financial scandal. Most significantly, the band was recovering from - and reacting to - the tragic events of the Altamont Music Festival and symbolic end of the peace and love era. As such, Workingman's Dead acts as a retreat from chaos and uncertainty, it's songs emblems of simpler times and pleas for compassion in the face of hardship. Lyricist Robert Hunter said he aimed to capture the vintage elements of late 1940s country-and-western jukebox singles as well as old blues classics. In that vein, fare such as the the Bakersfield-leaning "Cumberland Blues," pastoral ballad "Dire Wolf," and bluesy "Easy Wind" hit the mark. Leader Jerry Garcia's occasional pedal-steel underpinnings arrive as a bonus. Of course, aside from the economical concision and thematic consistency, the genius of Workingman's Dead resides in the group's expressive harmonies. Taught by Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Dead produce live "air blends" of multi-part vocal harmonies that provide the foundations of nearly ever track. "Uncle John's Band," "High Time," "New Speedway Boogie" (with the iconic refrain "One way or another/This darkness has got to give" referencing the ill wind that greeted the new decade), and the radio favorite "Casey Jones" practically float on the ensemble's communal vocal beds. Mobile Fidelity's 45RPM edition renders these invigorating, refreshing, and engaging characteristics in three-dimensional sound that transports you to the event. Recordings don't get more lifelike. Workingman's Dead - an iconic, ageless record that drew countless listeners to the band's unique style because of it's accessibility and charm - deserves nothing less. Neither do you.Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA on THE GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM?
Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes
Sourcing info from the Mofi website: 1/4" / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe
Special thanks to John Dawson
Special thanks to David Nelson
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab gratefully acknowledges and thanks these individuals and companies for their technical support and expertise: Tim de Paravicini, Edmund Meitner, Pass Labs, Lipinski Sound, EgglestonWorks, Sound Application, Linn & Z-Systems. Any sonic artifacts present are a product of the original master tape. Attempts to eliminate them would have negatively impacted the integrity of the presentation. | | | Manufacturer No.: |
MFSL 2-428 |
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