CASEY JONES: WORKINGMAN'S DEAD / GRATEFUL DEAD: 1ST Press WS 1869 Upside Down
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CASEY JONES: WORKINGMAN'S DEAD / GRATEFUL DEAD: 1ST Press WS 1869 Upside Down
We are pleased to offer Grateful Dead / Workingman's Dead: This is the original 1st Pressing on Warner Bros Label.
THE VINYL: EX+ : There are no scratches on the disc. Any mark keeps a record from NM, & this one is about as close as a disc can get. There are some dusty fingerprints, & what may be some very light rubs, but then again they could be small washable smears from cannibis THC.
In any event the sound quality will be better than excellent, as the disc is lightly played, & has its original deep gloss. Hand-etched in the runout is the "KD" Artisan mark.
THE COVER: EX+ : Minor cornerwear. All seams are intact; no writing, paper loss, stains; the corners are fairly sharp.
As is the case with the 1st pressing, the back cover is upside down. The front cover is textured with no visible scuffing. Included is the original inner sleeve.
In all this copy is one of the best original, genuine 1st pressings of this release by The Dead
The popularity of Workingman's Dead is such that it rates its own page on Wikipedia. Some excerpts:
"Workingman's Dead is the fifth album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14, 1970.
"In 2003, the album was ranked number 262 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
"The title of the album comes from a comment from Jerry Garcia to lyricist Robert Hunter about how "this album was turning into the Workingman's Dead version of the band"."The band returned to the Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco to record the album and spent just nine days there. Garcia noted that "let's do it all in three weeks and get it the hell out of the way".Besides the weight of their debt in producing their previous album, Aoxomoxoa, the band was also dealing with the stress of a recent drug bust in New Orleans—which could have possibly resulted in jail time—and their manager Lenny Hart (father of drummer Mickey Hart) skipping town with a sizable chunk of the band's wealth. "In midst of all this adverse stuff that was happening ... [recording the album] was definitely an upper," said Garcia in an interview.
"Garcia has commented that much of the sound of the album comes both from his pairing with Hunter as well as the band's friendship with Crosby, Stills and Nash. "Hearing those guys sing and how nice they sounded together, we thought, 'We can try that. Let's work on it a little,'" commented Garcia.
"Songs such as "Uncle John's Band", "High Time", and "Cumberland Blues" were brought to life with soaring harmonies and layered vocal textures that had not been a part of the band's sound until then. According to the 1992 Dead oral history, Aces Back To Back, in the summer of 1968, Stephen Stills vacationed at Mickey Hart's ranch in Novato. "Stills lived with me for three months around the time of CSN's first record," recalls Hart, "and he and David Crosby really turned Jerry and Bobby onto the voice as the holy instrument. You know, 'Hey, is this what a voice can do?' That turned us away from pure improvisation and more toward songs."
"Warner Bros. released "Uncle John's Band" backed with "New Speedway Boogie" as a single, but it received limited airplay. This was neither, as once postulated, because of length issues nor concerns about profanity, since the single issue had been edited to a very radio-friendly three-minute length and the word "goddamn" removed. "Casey Jones" was also released as a single, but did not chart in the U.S.
"Lyricist Robert Hunter appears as the seventh member on the cover of the album.
"The album was voted by readers of Rolling Stone as the best album of 1970, in front of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Déjà Vu and Van Morrison's Moondance."
TRACKLIST :
A1 Uncle John's Band Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 4:42 A2 High Time Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 5:13 A3 Dire Wolf Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 3:13 A4 New Speedway Boogie Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 4:05 B1 Cumberland Blues Acoustic Guitar – David Nelson Written-By – Garcia*, Lesh*, Hunter* 3:15 B2 Black Peter Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 5:42 B3 Easy Wind Written-By – Hunter* 4:59 B4 Casey Jones Written-By – Garcia*, Hunter* 4:24- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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RECORD GRADING DESCRIPTION:
THIS RECORD IS SIGHT-GRADED ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, ACCORDING TO THESE DEFINITIONS:
SEALED: RECORD IS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC & UNOPENED.
NM-: RECORD HAS LITTLE OR NO INDICATION THAT IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.
EX: MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE (LIGHT SCRATCHING/PAPER SCUFFS), BUT IN ALL A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN WELL-CARED FOR.
VG+: LESS CARE THAN EX, LIGHT SCRATCHING OR SCUFFING IS MORE EXTENSIVE. STILL VERY PLAYABLE & WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A QUALITY SOUND.
VG & BELOW: WHILE PLAYABLE, THIS RECORD HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK. OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR & SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A LOW GRADE. A RECORD GRADED BELOW VG MAY HAVE A VALUE BASED UPON ITS RARITY OR UNIQUENESS.
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