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Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead (Mobile Fidelity 180g 45RPM 2LP)
Ranked among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums, the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead (1970) captures the band at their most song-focused and harmony-driven. Trading psychedelic jams for country, blues, and folk traditions, the record brims with rustic warmth and timeless storytelling—from the gentle plea of “Uncle John’s Band” to the rollicking “Cumberland Blues” and the radio staple “Casey Jones.”
Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP, cut from the original analog master tapes, gives these Americana classics new life with expansive soundstages, vivid harmonies, and striking detail. Pressed with wide grooves for maximum fidelity, this definitive pressing makes Workingman’s Dead feel as intimate and immediate as a front-porch session.