''Dick's Picks Volume 19'' is the 19th
live album in the
''Dick's Picks'' series of releases by the
Grateful Dead. The album is on three CDs, and contains the complete concert recorded on October 19, 1973 at the
Fairgrounds Arena
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in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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.
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Enclosure
The release includes two sheets of paper stapled together in the middle, yielding an eight-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD and the back shows the outline of a white circular stealie superimposed on a color photograph of the prairie
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with a fence stretching out into the distance and a tornado forming in the sky above it.
The first two pages inside the enclosure feature a collage of memorabilia from the tour and the band's recent studio album Wake of the Flood
''Wake of the Flood'' is the sixth studio album (tenth overall) by rock band the Grateful Dead. Released October 15, 1973, it was the first album on the band's own Grateful Dead Records label. Their first studio album in nearly three years, it ...
. The middle two pages feature a photomontage
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of eight photos, three in color and five in black-and-white, of the band members performing on stage. The penultimate
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page contains a single black-and-white photo of the band on stage backed by a color photo showing lightning bolts, and the last page lists the contents of and credits for the release.[Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 19, 1973, 2000.]
Caveat emptor
Each volume of ''Dick's Picks'' has its own " caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for ''Volume 19'' reads:
"Despite a rather skeevy ouverture, the sound quality of this release quickly settles into a nice, warm groove. Listen closely, however, for you may just find that your mind will be blown by the music contained herein."
Track listing
Disc one
:''First set:''
#"Promised Land
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" (Chuck Berry
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) – 3:44
#"Sugaree
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" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 8:18
#" Mexicali Blues" ( Bob Weir, John Barlow) – 3:58
#"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:00
#"Looks like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:05
#"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:24
#"Jack Straw
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" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:32
#"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:44
#"El Paso
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" (Marty Robbins
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) – 4:51
#"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:23
Disc two
#"Playing in the Band
"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...
" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 18:23
:''Second set:''
#"China Cat Sunflower
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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11 >
#"I Know You Rider
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" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:18
#" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:34
#"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:30
#" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 4:52
Disc three
#" Dark Star" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
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, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972.
McKernan grew up he ...
, Weir, Hunter) – 15:45 >
#"Mind Left Body Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 10:41 >
#"Morning Dew
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" (Bonnie Dobson
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, Tim Rose
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) – 13:55
#" Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:10
:''First encore:''
#"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:31 >
#"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57
:''Second encore:''
#" Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:08
Personnel
*Jerry Garcia – lead guitar
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, vocals
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*Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
*Phil Lesh – bass guitar
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, vocals
*Keith Godchaux
Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979.
Biography
Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California ...
– piano
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*Donna Godchaux
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People
*Donna (given name); includes name origin and list of people and characters with the name
* Roberto Di Donna (born 1968), Ita ...
– vocals
*Bill Kreutzmann – drums
Production
*Bill Candelario – recording
*Dick Latvala Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 – 6 August 1999) was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series ''Dick's Picks'', a series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of ''Dick's Picks'' w ...
– tape archivist
*David Lemieux – tape archivist
*Jeffrey Norman – mastering
*Eileen Law – archival research
*Jack Seaman – photography
* Byron Nygreen – photography
*Tina Carpenter – cover art, design
*David DeNoma – cover photography
Notes
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