Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead (Rhino High Fidelity) Numbered Limited Edition Indie Exclusive 180g LP

Grateful Dead

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SKU:

RHILP80492

UPC:

081227804923

Description

Coming July 31, 2026 pre-order your copy today!

Brick & Mortar/Indie Retail Exclusive! Can only ship to USA address!

Numbered, Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP!
AAA Cut from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray!
Pressed at Optimal Media!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 409/500!

On June 14, 1970, the Grateful Dead released Workingman's Dead, an album that was unlike anything they'd ever done, one that showed the world a new side of the Dead. It was clearly the same band as before, but now with a distinctly different sound and approach to the music, pivoting from psychedelic improvisation to folk-rock storytelling for the "everyman," as the album's title suggests.

While the Dead's first three studio albums appealed to many, the group didn't yet have the mass breakthrough that would make the entire world take notice of this band of misfits from the Bay Area. Workingman's Dead changed all that. With eight perfect songs – like "Casey Jones" and "High Time" – the album solidified the Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter songwriting tandem as one of the best and most important 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.

Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart recorded the album in about 10 days at Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco with Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor – the band's live-sound engineers – as producers.

Rhino is synonymous with high-quality reissues, setting the standard with award-winning audio releases for the past 45 years. Now they've raised the bar with a premium vinyl series, Rhino High Fidelity. These high-end, limited edition vinyl reissues of classic albums represent the pinnacle of sound and packaging.

To ensure consistent sonic excellence, Kevin Gray will cut lacquers for all Rhino Hi-Fi releases, and Optimal will press the 180-gram vinyl records. The releases boast high-quality glossy covers and "tip-on" jackets, an old-school aesthetic that evokes the golden age of vinyl.

Features

Numbered, Limited Edition
Rhino High Fidelity Series
180g Vinyl LP
AAA Cut from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Pressed at Optimal Media
Heavyweight Glossy Gatefold Jacket with Obi Strip
Exclusive Insert Featuring Liner Notes by David Gans