Live at the Paramount (The Guess Who album)

Live at the Paramount
Live album by
The Guess Who
ReleasedAugust 1972
RecordedMay 22, 1972
VenueParamount Theater, Seattle, Washington
GenreRock
Length48:32 (LP version)
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJack Richardson (for Nimbus Nine)
The Guess Who chronology
Rockin'
(1972) 		Live at the Paramount
(1972) 		Artificial Paradise
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic -[1]
Rolling Stone -(favorable)[2]

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. It also includes performances of three exclusive songs not included on any of their studio albums: "Glace Bay Blues," "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon," and "Truckin' Off Across the Sky."

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 'classic lineup' reunion in 1983 (resulting in the album Together Again, released the following year).

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
  1. "Albert Flasher" (Burton Cummings) - 3:32
  2. "New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:39
  3. "Glace Bay Blues" (Blair MacLean, Gary MacLean, Don McDougall) - 3:21
  4. "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings, Kurt Winter) - 6:16
  5. "Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:10

Side two

  1. "American Woman" (Randy Bachman, Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson) - 17:05
  2. "Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (Cummings, Kale, McDougall, Peterson, Winter) - 7:15

2000 Buddha CD re-release

  1. "Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 7:00
  2. "Albert Flasher" (Cummings) - 2:59
  3. "New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:26
  4. "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:52
  5. "Rain Dance" (Cummings, Winter) - 2:53
  6. "These Eyes" (Bachman, Cummings) - 4:29
  7. "Glace Bay Blues" (Blair MacLean, Gary MacLean, Don McDougall) - 3:19
  8. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 3:58
  9. "Hand Me Down World" (Winter) - 3:53
  10. "American Woman" (Bachman, Cummings, Kale, Peterson) - 16:53
  11. "Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (The Guess Who) - 7:21
  12. "Share the Land" (Cummings) - 4:46
  13. "No Time" (Bachman, Cummings) - 6:06

Personnel

The Guess Who
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1972−1973) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 55
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 17
US Billboard 200[7] 39

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  2. ^ Niester, Alan (12 Oct 1972). "The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. ^ The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Chart Position Retrieved March 19, 2015
  4. ^ The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Credits Retrieved March 19, 2015
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4220". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "The Guess Who Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2023.


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