Go to Nassau

Go to Nassau is a two-CD live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 15 and 16, 1980, at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The album, released in 2002, presents half of the songs played on the final two nights of a three-day run at the venue. It is sequenced to represent a prototypical single Dead concert, similarly to Without a Net. The shows were recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour and selections were originally broadcast on FM radio stations, on June 22, 1980. The album's title is a syllepsis, referring figuratively to the band's then-current album, Go to Heaven (from which six songs are represented), and literally to the band going to Nassau County to perform.

Track listing

Disc One

"Jack Straw" > (Robert Hunter, Bob Weir) – 6:34

"Franklin's Tower" (Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann) – 11:58

"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arr. Weir) – 7:35

"High Time" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:52

"Lazy Lightnin' " > (John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 3:44

"Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:41

"Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:32

"Far From Me" (Brent Mydland) – 4:02

"Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 8:12

"China Cat Sunflower" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:16

"I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:30

Disc Two

"Feel Like A Stranger" > (Barlow, Weir) – 9:29

"Althea" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:22

"Lost Sailor" > (Barlow, Weir) – 5:49

"Saint Of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:45

"Alabama Getaway" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:50

"Playing In The Band" > (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 8:03

"Uncle John's Band" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:25

"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:26

"Space" > (Grateful Dead) – 2:46

"Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 4:52

"Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" > (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:49

"Good Lovin' " (Artie Resnick, Rudy Clark) – 7:23

Note

Recording dates

May 15, 1980: Disc 1 tracks 1–2 & 5–8, disc 2 tracks 5–12

May 16, 1980: Disc 1 tracks 3–4 & 9–11, disc 2 tracks 1–4

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals

Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Phil Lesh – electric bass

Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals

Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

Bill Kreutzmann – drums

Production

Jeffrey Norman – mixing

David Lemieux – compilation producer

Cassidy Law – album coordination

Eileen Law – archival research

Rudson Shurtliff – assistant engineer

Amy Finkle – package design

Robert Minkin – photography

Jim Anderson – photography

Notes

Grateful Dead live albums

2002 live albums

Arista Records live albums