''Dick's Picks Volume 13'' is a live album by the 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 (IRA) 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.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 13, 1981, 1999.

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 :''First set:'' #"Alabama Getaway" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter) – 5:01 #"Greatest Story Ever Told (Mickey Hart, Hunter, Bob Weir) – 4:25 #"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:08 #"Cassidy" (John Perry Barlow, John Barlow, Weir) – 5:17 #"Jack-A-Roe" (traditional) – 4:55 #"Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 9:32 #"Dire Wolf (song), Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:26 #"Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 9:05 #"Big Railroad Blues" (Noah Lewis (musician), 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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 18:30 → ::"Fire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead song), 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, Bill Kreutzmann, 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' (The Young Rascals song), Good Lovin'" (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

{{Authority control Dick's Picks albums, 13 1999 live albums