Dick's Picks Volume 13 is the thirteenth live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

. It contains the complete show recorded on May 6, 1981 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, United States. Home to the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League, the Coliseum is located approximately east of New York City on Long Island...

 in Uniondale, New York

Uniondale, New York

Uniondale is a hamlet as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census.-Geography:...

.

Caveat emptor

Each volume of Dick's Picks has its own "caveat emptor

Caveat emptor

Caveat emptor is Latin for "Let the buyer beware". Generally, caveat emptor is the property law doctrine that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing.- Explanation :...

" 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."

Disc one

1. “Alabama Getaway” (Jerry Garcia
   Jerry Garcia
   Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
   
   , Robert Hunter
   Robert Hunter (lyricist)
   Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
   
   ) – 5:01
2. “Greatest Story Ever Told (Mickey Hart
   Mickey Hart
   Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
   
   , Hunter, Bob Weir
   Bob Weir
   Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
   
   ) – 4:25
3. “They Love Each Other” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:08
4. “Cassidy” (John Barlow
   John Perry Barlow
   John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
   
   , Weir) – 5:17
5. “Jack-A-Roe” (traditional) – 4:55
6. “Little Red Rooster
   Little Red Rooster
   "Little Red Rooster" is a song that is a classic of the blues. Howlin' Wolf recorded "The Red Rooster" in 1961, a song credited to blues arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon, although earlier songs have been cited as inspiration...
   
   ” (Willie Dixon
   Willie Dixon
   William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
   
   ) – 9:32
7. “Dire Wolf” (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:26
8. “Looks Like Rain” (Barlow, Weir) – 9:05
9. “Big Railroad Blues” (Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 3:54
10. “Let It Grow” (Barlow, Weir) – 10:07
11. “Deal” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33

Disc two

1. “New Minglewood Blues” (traditional) – 7:15
2. “High Time” (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:48
3. “Lost Sailor” > (Barlow, Weir) – 6:14
4. “Saint of Circumstance” (Barlow, Weir) – 42:47

Hidden tracks — November 1, 1979 — Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York:

• "Scarlet Begonias
  Scarlet Begonias
  "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead in 4/4 time. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The song first appears on the 1974 release Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel....
  
  " > (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Fire on the Mountain
  Fire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead song)
  "Fire on the Mountain" is a song by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by drummer Mickey Hart. It was commercially released on the album Shakedown Street in November 1978. An earlier instrumental version of this song titled "Happiness is Drumming" appeared in...
  
  " (Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart
  Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
  
  , Hunter)

Disc three

1. “He's Gone” (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:53
2. “Caution / Spanish Jam” > (Grateful Dead) – 15:24
3. “Drums” > (Hart, Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
   
   ) – 7:23
4. “Jam” > (Grateful Dead) – 3:42
5. “The Other One” > (Grateful Dead) – 6:04
6. “Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad” > (traditional) – 5:32
7. “Wharf Rat” > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:18
8. “Good Lovin'” (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 7:45
9. “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