The first full 1973 concert to be released,and the first concert of their uniformlyexcellent Fall ’73 Midwest tour, Dick’s PicksVol. 19 captures the Dead a matter of daysafter the release of Wake of the Flood, thefirst release on their own Grateful DeadRecords label, and over half the tracksfrom the album appear here, highlightedby stellar (no pun intended) renditions of“Stella Blue” and “Eyes of the World.” Bothof those songs appear as the first encoreon Disc Three, which may well be one ofthe finest single discs in the entire Dick’s Pickscanon; the disc leads off with a 15-minute “Dark Star” which segues effortlessly to “MindLeft Body Jam” leading into a truly transcendent reading of “Morning Dew.” Add “SugarMagnolia” and a show-ending “Johnny B. Goode” to the set and you know everybodywent home happy. A superb sound mix on this one, too, and as always it’s presented inHDCD sound. Out of print for years!

• - 1 -

  • 1. Promised Land
  • 2. Sugaree
  • 3. Mexicali Blues
  • 4. Tennessee Jed
  • 5. Looks Like Rain
  • 6. Don't Ease Me In
  • 7. Jack Straw
  • 8. They Love Each Other
  • 9. El Paso
  • 10. Row Jimmy

• - 2 -

  • 1. Playing In the Band
  • 2. China Cat Sunflower
  • 3. I Know You Rider
  • 4. Me and My Uncle
  • 5. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • 6. Big River

• - 3 -

  • 1. Dark Star
  • 2. Mind Left Body Jam
  • 3. Morning Dew
  • 4. Sugar Magnolia
  • 5. Eyes of the World
  • 6. Stella Blue
  • 7. Johnny B. Goode