Dick's Picks Volume 13


Dick's Picks Volume 13 is a live album by American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete show recorded on May 6, 1981, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
Bob Weir dedicated "He's Gone" to Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on a hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze 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.

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 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
  1. "Alabama Getaway" – 5:01
  2. "Greatest Story Ever Told – 4:25
  3. "They Love Each Other" – 7:08
  4. "Cassidy" – 5:17
  5. "Jack-A-Roe" – 4:55
  6. "Little Red Rooster" – 9:32
  7. "Dire Wolf" – 3:26
  8. "Looks Like Rain" – 9:05
  9. "Big Railroad Blues" – 3:54
  10. "Let It Grow" – 10:07
  11. "Deal" – 7:33
;Disc two
  1. "New Minglewood Blues" – 7:15
  2. "High Time" – 9:48
  3. "Lost Sailor" – 6:14 →
  4. "Saint of Circumstance" – 6:35
Disc three
  1. "He's Gone" – 11:53 →
  2. "Caution / Spanish Jam" – 15:24 →
  3. "Drums" – 7:23 →
  4. "Jam" – 3:42 →
  5. "The Other One" – 6:04 →
  6. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 5:32 →
  7. "Wharf Rat" – 9:18 →
  8. "Good Lovin'" – 7:45
  10. "Don't Ease Me In" – 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