Live at the Paramount (The Guess Who album)
Live at the Paramount is a live album released by Canadian rock group The Guess Who in 1972. It was recorded on May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Live at the Paramount was the first Guess Who album to feature Donnie McDougall on rhythm guitar and the last to feature original bassist Jim Kale.
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Released | August 1972 | |||
Recorded | May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 48:32 (LP version) | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Jack Richardson (for Nimbus Nine) | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic - | [1] |
Rolling Stone - | (favorable)[2] |
The album reached #39 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.[3] This was the group's only live album until the reunion in 1983.
The 2000 re-release on Compact Disc was remixed and added six bonus tracks from the same concert which did not fit on LP. Four tracks from the show remain unreleased: "Get Your Ribbons On" (the original show opener), "Heartbroken Bopper", "Guns Guns Guns", and "Follow Your Daughter Home".
Track listing
Original album
- Side one
- "Albert Flasher" (Burton Cummings) - 2:31
- "New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:18
- "Glace Bay Blues" (Blair MacLean, Gary MacLean, Don McDougall) - 2:51
- "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings, Kurt Winter) - 6:16
- "Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:10
- Side two
- "American Woman" (Randy Bachman, Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson) - 16:52
- "Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (Cummings, Kale, McDougal, Peterson, Winter) - 7:03
2000 Buddha CD re-release
- "Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 7:00
- "Albert Flasher" (Cummings) - 2:59
- "New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:26
- "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:52
- "Rain Dance" (Cummings, Winter) - 2:53
- "These Eyes" (Bachman, Cummings) - 4:29
- "Glace Bay Blues" (Blair MacLean, Gary MacLean, Don McDougall) - 3:19
- "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 3:58
- "Hand Me Down World" (Winter) - 3:53
- "American Woman" (Bachman, Cummings, Kale, Peterson) - 16:53
- "Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (The Guess Who) - 7:21
- "Share the Land" (Cummings) - 4:46
- "No Time" (Bachman, Cummings) - 6:06
Personnel
- The Guess Who
- Burton Cummings - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, flute
- Kurt Winter - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Donnie McDougall - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Glace Bay Blues"
- Jim Kale - bass
- Garry Peterson - drums
- Additional personnel
- Brian Christian - engineer
- Dennis Smith - engineer
- Jack Richardson - producer[4]
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1972 | Billboard 200 | 39 |
1972/1973 | Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 55 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1972 | "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" | Canada | 9 |
Billboard Hot 100 | 96 | ||
References
- Eder, Bruce. "The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- Niester, Alan (12 Oct 1972). "The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Chart Position Retrieved March 19, 2015
- The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Credits Retrieved March 19, 2015
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 130. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.