{"product_id":"workingmans_dead_2023_mickey_hart_mix","title":"Workingman's Dead - 2023 Mickey Hart Mix","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorkingman's Dead — 2023 Mickey Hart Mix presents the Grateful Dead's landmark 1970 studio album in a new Dolby Atmos remix created by the band's drummer Mickey Hart, which made its physical Blu-ray debut on April 24, 2026, via Rhino High Fidelity. The original album was recorded in just about 10 days at Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco by the classic lineup of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, with the band's live-sound engineers Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor serving as producers. Workingman's Dead had represented a pivotal stylistic shift for the Dead upon its original release, moving away from the extended psychedelic improvisation of their earlier records toward a leaner, harmony-rich blend of country, folk, and acoustic Americana influenced by Crosby, Stills \u0026amp; Nash and the Band. The album contains some of the band's most beloved and enduring songs, including \"Uncle John's Band,\" \"Casey Jones,\" \"Cumberland Blues,\" \"Dire Wolf,\" and \"New Speedway Boogie.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHart's 2023 Dolby Atmos remix — also available in a 2023 hi-res stereo mix and joined on the Blu-ray by Hart's earlier 2001 5.1 surround sound mix — was designed to reveal what Rhino describes as \"remarkable instrument separation and nuance in the album's harmonies and arrangements,\" expanding the sonic depth of the original recording while preserving its essential character. The immersive format is particularly well-suited to Workingman's Dead's signature sound, which centers on the interweaving three-part harmonies of Garcia, Weir, and Lesh and the album's unusually transparent, open production. Fan reaction to the mix, as reflected on Reddit, has been generally warm, with listeners praising the clarity and spatial separation it brings to the vocal arrangements. The Blu-ray release is part of the broader Rhino High Fidelity audiophile series, which also includes a limited vinyl pressing produced from the original master tapes and a reel-to-reel edition limited to 300 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Blu-ray \/ Album - Blu-Ray Audio","offer_id":53536404668730,"sku":"38126","price":20.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-29_at_12.41.09_PM.jpeg?v=1780073050","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/workingmans_dead_2023_mickey_hart_mix","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}