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The Grateful Dead To Reissue ‘Workingman’s Dead’ on vinyl

May 13, 2020 by Jamie Parmenter

The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead continue their 50th Anniversary reissue series with the pending release of seminal album Workingman’s Dead.

The album will be pressed onto a deluxe edition picture disc as well as an orange, black and white coloured vinyl edition. On top of this, if you want the extras you will unfortunately only be able to get these in CD format. The 3CD set includes a full live performance spread over two discs – from New York’s Capital Theatre in 1971. The CD set also comes with a specially produced booklet – whether this will be included with the vinyl edition is yet to be revealed.

The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead

Workingman’s Dead is an interesting record for The Grateful Dead as it was a change in direction for the band. Their previous psychedelic rock sound was stripped back for a more Americana/roots feel. It was a relative hit with fans and newcomers alike and often features as part of the band’s top ten records. Released in 1970, the album houses big hitters such as Casey Jones and High Time and famed for its portrayal of the band as old-timey factory workers on the album cover. The record proceeded the accompanying album American Beauty, which was recorded back to back and released a few months later with a similar music style.

The 50th-anniversary editions will be released on 10th July 2020, and the tracklisting can be found below, including the live concert on the CD edition:

Vinyl Release/CD1: Original Album Remastered
1. Uncle John’s Band
2. High Time
3. Dire Wolf
4. New Speedway Boogie
5. Cumberland Blues
6. Black Peter
7. Easy Wind
8. Casey Jones

CD2: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY ’71
1. Cold Rain and Snow
2. Me and Bobby McGee
3. Loser
4. Easy Wind
5. Playing in the Band
6. Bertha
7. Me and My Uncle
8. Ripple (False Start)
9. Ripple
10. Next Time You See Me
11. Sugar Magnolia
12. Greatest Story Ever Told
13. Johnny B. Goode

CD 3: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY ’71
1. China Cat Sunflower
2. I Know You Rider
3. Bird Song
4. Cumberland Blues
5. I’m a King Bee
6. Beat It On Down the Line
7. Wharf Rat
8. Truckin’
9. Casey Jones
10. Good Lovin’
11. Uncle John’s Band

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Always bothering people to tell a story about a record in their vinyl collection.

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