[LP] The Grateful Dead - WORKINGMAN'S DEAD

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The Grateful Dead - WORKINGMAN'S DEAD

Format: LP Vinyl

Label: MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB [821797242813]

RELEASE DATE: January 6, 2015

Opis:

Americana Classic Is Steeped in Country, Blues, and Folk: Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead Ranked on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

You've Never Heard This 1970 Record Sound Better: Given Wide Grooves on Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP

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 released, 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 its existence to great songs, homespun warmth, and bare essentials. Its 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 its 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, its 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 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 every 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 its accessibility and charm - deserves nothing less. Neither do you.

1/4'' / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Uncle John's Band

2. High Time

Side B

3. Dire Wolf

4. New Speedway

Side C

5. Cumberland Blues

6. Black Peter

Side D

7. Easy Wind

8. Casey Jones

2023 pressing/printing with mastering chain printed on the back cover.

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

Rear Cover States: 1/4" / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master > Analog Console > Lathe

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.

See this edition for none mastering chain back cover [r6508246]

Tracklista:

• A1 Uncle John's Band (4:42)
• A2 High Time (5:13)
• B1 Dire Wolf (3:13)
• B2 New Speedway Boogie (4:05)
• C1 Cumberland Blues (3:15)
• C2 Black Peter (5:42)
• D1 Easy Wind (4:59)
• D2 Casey Jones (4:24)