The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead Remaster (1970-2003) Repost

The Grateful Dead's classic 1970 album gets even better on this Rhino remaster. Not only is the album more than doubled in length with bonus material, you also get a terrific live version of "Mason's Children," a band composition that was initially slated to to end side two but was left off the LP because (according to the liner notes) Garcia and Lesh thought the vocals sounded too "pop." The "hidden" bonus track is a 30-second radio spot promoting the album.

The rest of the bonus material is live versions of five of the original songs taken from concerts between 1969-1970. In addition there is an alternate mix of "New Speedway Boogie."

This single-disc release from Rhino is identical to the version included in 2001's pricey–but essential–box set The Golden Road (1965-1973). If you're going to own only one album from this legendary band, the nod would have to go to Workingman's Dead. This album sounds as fresh today as it did thirty-three years ago. Essential

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
9. New Speedway Boogie - (alternate mix)
10. Dire Wolf - (live)
11. Black Peter - (live)
12. Easy Wind - (live)
13. Cumberland Blues - (live)
14. Mason's Children - (live)
15. Uncle John's Band - (live)
16. Workingman's Dead Radio Spot - (hidden track)