Show Time (Ry Cooder album)

Show Time
Cover of the original US pressing, 1977[1]
Live album by
Ry Cooder
ReleasedJanuary 1977[citation needed]
Recorded14–15 December 1976
VenueThe Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
GenreAmericana, roots rock, blues, country, Tex-Mex
Length43:04
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRy Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Chicken Skin Music
(1976) 		Show Time
(1977) 		Jazz
(1978)
Alternate cover
The alternative cover used on subsequent reissues
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Show Time is the sixth album and first live album by guitarist Ry Cooder, produced by Cooder and released on the Warner Bros. record label in January[citation needed] 1977.

Track listing

Side A

  1. "School Is Out" (Frank Guida, Gary Anderson, Gene Barge, Joseph Royster) – 2:37
  2. "Alimony" (Brenda Lee Jones, Robert Higginbotham, Welton Young) – 4:44
  3. "Jesus on the Mainline" (Traditional; adapted by Ry Cooder) – 5:27
  4. "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 6:43

Side B

  1. "Viva Seguin/Do Re Mi" (Santiago Jiménez, Woody Guthrie) – 5:24
  2. "Volver, Volver" (Ray Maldonado) – 4:49
  3. "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" (Blind Alfred Reed) – 6:40
  4. "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 8:00

Personnel

Musicians

References

  1. ^ "Ry Cooder - Show Time". Discogs. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Show Time - Ry Cooder - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Ry Cooder – Show Time". Discogs. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ Show Time, (1977) Warner Bros. Records, Vinyl LP: BS 3059 – Liner Notes