''Dick's Picks Volume 13'' is a live album by American rock band the
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, Folk music, folk, country music, country, bluegrass music, bluegrass, roc ...
. It contains the complete show recorded on May 6, 1981, at
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City, a ...
in
Uniondale, New York
Uniondale is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in central Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead, within the New York metropolitan area. The population was 32,473 at the time of the 2020 United States census ...
.
[
Bob Weir dedicated "He's Gone" to ]Bobby Sands
Robert Gerard Sands (; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to plan the 1976 Balmoral Furnit ...
, a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on a hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze
HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000. On 15 ...
on May 5, 1981.
Enclosure
Included with the release is a single sheet folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD, and the back is mostly black, with a white stripe across the bottom above a circular grey outline of a skull with the number 13 inside.
Inside the enclosure, the page on the left contains a single black-and-white photograph of the band on stage, taken looking down on them from an elevated position. The page on the right lists the contents of and credits for the release.[Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 13, 1981, 1999.]
Caveat emptor
Each volume of ''Dick's Picks'' has its own "caveat emptor
''Caveat emptor'' (; from ''caveat'', "may he/she beware", a subjunctive form of ''cavēre'', "to beware" + ''ēmptor'', "buyer") is Latin for "Let the buyer beware". It has become a proverb in English. Generally, ''caveat emptor'' is the contra ...
" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for ''Volume 13'' reads:
"This release was digitally remastered directly from the original cassette tapes. It is a snapshot of history, not a modern professional recording, and may therefore exhibit some minor technical anomalies and the unavoidable effects of the ravages of time."
Track listing
;Disc one
:''First set:''
#"Alabama Getaway" (Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...
, Robert Hunter) – 5:01
#"Greatest Story Ever Told (Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
, Hunter, Bob Weir
Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...
) – 4:25
#"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:08
#"Cassidy" ( John Barlow, Weir) – 5:17
#"Jack-A-Roe" (traditional) – 4:55
#"Little Red Rooster
"Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as it was first titled) is a blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf in the Chicago blues style. Hi ...
" (Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...
) – 9:32
#"Dire Wolf
The dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'' ) is an Extinction, extinct species of Caninae, canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four y ...
" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:26
#"Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:05
#"Big Railroad Blues" ( Noah Lewis) – 3:54
#"Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 10:07
#"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
;Disc two
:''Second set:''
#"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional) – 7:15
#"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:48
#"Lost Sailor" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:14 →
#"Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:35
:''Hidden tracks recorded November 1, 1979:''
::*"Scarlet Begonias
"Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia.
Background
The song begins in Grosvenor Square in London and also references " Tea for Two" from ''No, No, Nanette'' by ...
" (Garcia, Hunter) – 18:30 →
::*" Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 16:42
Disc three
:''Second set, continued:''
#"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:53 →
#"Caution / Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 15:24 →
#"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 7:23 →
#"Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 3:42 →
#"The Other One" (Grateful Dead) – 6:04 →
#"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional) – 5:32 →
#"Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:18 →
#"Good Lovin'
"Good Lovin" is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966.
Original version
The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and writ ...
" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 7:45
:''Encore:''
#"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 3:27
Personnel
Grateful Dead:
*Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
*Bill Kreutzmann – percussion
*Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
*Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
*Mickey Hart – drums
*Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
Production:
*Dick Latvala – tape archivist
*Gecko Graphics – design
*Dan Healy – recording
*Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
*John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
*Jim Anderson – photography
References
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1999 live albums