Grateful Dead

#264 On Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: Airy Harmonies, Simple Structures, Concise Arrangements, And Burnished Tones 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe

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.