Album of the Day
Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Edition)
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While the first three Grateful Dead studio albums appealed to many, the Bay Area band didn’t yet have the mass breakthrough that would make the entire world take notice – but the June 1970 release of WORKINGMAN'S DEAD changed all that. With eight perfect songs (“Casey Jones” and “High Time” among them), the album solidified the Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter songwriting tandem as one of the best songwriting collaborations in music history. The album reached the Top Thirty and included the single “Uncle John’s Band,” which climbed to #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Now available, the 3-CD WORKINGMAN’S DEAD: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION includes the original album with newly remastered sound, plus an unreleased concert recorded on February 21, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.