''Dick's Picks Volume 5'' is the fifth live album in the ''Dick's Picks'' series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on December 26, 1979, at the Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland Auditorium Arena in Oakland, California. It was released in May 1996. This concert was a benefit for the Seva Foundation, an organization started by Ram Dass and Wavy Gravy. Bob Weir still sits on the advisory board today. ''Volume 5'' was the first of the ''Dick's Picks'' to contain a complete concert. It was also the first release of a full concert to feature keyboard instrument, keyboardist Brent Mydland. Another Grateful Dead album that was recorded at the December 1979 run of concerts at the Oakland Auditorium is ''Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1''.

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 contains a black-and-white photograph showing the entire scene: two skeletons on top of the stage, the sound system and lights above the band, the band on stage, and finally, at the bottom of the image, a portion of the crowd watching them. The two pages inside feature a black-and-white photograph of the band on stage along with lists of the contents of and credits for the release.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 5, 1996.

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 label for ''Volume 5'' reads: "This compact disc has been digitally remastered directly from the original half track stereo analog tape. It is a snapshot of history, not a modern professional recording, and may therefore exhibit some technical anomalies and the unavoidable effects of the ravages of time."

Track listing

Disc one :''First set:'' #"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional) – 6:44 #"C.C. Rider" (traditional) – 6:43 #"Dire Wolf (song), Dire Wolf" (Jerry Garcia, Garcia, Robert Hunter (lyricist), Hunter) – 3:58 #"Me and My Uncle" → (John Phillips (musician), Phillips) – 2:59 #"Big River (Johnny Cash song), Big River" (Johnny Cash, Cash) – 5:59 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20 #"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional) – 7:41 #"Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 9:37 #"Looks Like Rain" (Bob Weir, Weir, John Perry Barlow, Barlow) – 8:14 #"Alabama Getaway" → (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58 #"Promised Land (Chuck Berry song), Promised Land" (Chuck Berry, Berry) – 4:26 Disc two :''Second set:'' #"Uncle John's Band" → (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:14 #"Estimated Prophet" → (Barlow, Weir) – 14:11 #"Jam" → (Grateful Dead) – 6:01 #"He's Gone" → (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:03 #"The Other One" → (Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Kreutzmann) – 8:38 #"Drums" → (Mickey Hart, Hart, Kreutzmann) – 6:03 Disc three #"Drums" → (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 4:22 #"Jam" → (Grateful Dead) – 6:03 #"Not Fade Away (song), Not Fade Away" → (Norman Petty, Petty, Buddy Holly, Hardin) – 11:52 #"Brokedown Palace" → (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:49 #"Around and Around" → (Berry) – 3:57 #"Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:28 :''Encore:'' #

"Shakedown Street (song), Shakedown Street" → (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:52 #"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 2:54

Personnel

Grateful Dead *Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, singing, vocals *Mickey Hart - drum kit, drums *Bill Kreutzmann - drums *Phil Lesh - bass guitar, electric bass *Brent Mydland - keyboard instrument, keyboards, vocals *Bob Weir - electric guitar, guitar, vocals Production *Betty Cantor-Jackson - recording *Dick Latvala - tape archivist *Jeffrey Norman - CD mastering *Jay Blakesberg - photo *Gecko Graphics - design

References

{{Authority control Dick's Picks albums, 05 1996 live albums