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Encyclopedia > Workingman's Dead
Workingman's Dead
Album cover
Album by The Grateful Dead
Released June 14, 1970
Recorded February, 1970
Genre Rock, Country, Folk
Record label Warner Brothers
Length 35 min 33 sec
Producer The Grateful Dead, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Bob Matthews
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com review 5 stars out of 5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040406301342131744&sql=Amxoibkj96akb)
RollingStone review Very positive (no stars given) link  (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=321401)
Grateful Dead Chronology
Live/Dead
(1969)
Workingman's Dead
(1970)
American Beauty
(1970)

Workingman's Dead (Warner Brothers 1969) is one of the most commercially successful albums by the American rock/folk group the Grateful Dead. Recording sessions took place in February 1970, and the album was released June 14, 1970. Cover of the Grateful Dead album Workingmans Dead. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article describes a type of political entity. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Warner Bros. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... Live/Dead is a 1969 live album by the Grateful Dead. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... American Beauty is the sixth album by the Grateful Dead, released in November of 1970 (see 1970 in music). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Warner Bros. ... Jerry Garcia later in life The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


Track listing

  1. "Uncle John's Band"
  2. "High Time"
  3. "Dire Wolf"
  4. "New Speedway Boogie"
  5. "Cumberland Blues"
  6. "Black Peter"
  7. "Easy Wind"
  8. "Casey Jones"

It is also worth noting that a re-release of the album in 2003 featured seven extra tracks: an alternative mix of "New Speedway Boogie," and live recordings of "Dire Wolf," "Black Peter," "Easy Wind," "Cumberland Blues," "Mason's Children," and "Uncle John's Band," as well as a radio spot for the album, as a hidden track. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...



 

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