I.O.U. Live
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{{Infobox album
| name = I.O.U. Live
| type = live
| artist = Allan Holdsworth
| cover = Allan Holdsworth - 1997 - IOU Live.jpg
| released = {{start date|1997|4|15|df=y}}
| recorded = 14 May 1984
| venue = Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = 57:03
| label = Cleopatra
| producer =
| prev_title = Heavy Machinery
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Sixteen Men of Tain
| next_year = 2000
}}
I.O.U. Live is a live album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 15 April 1997 through Cleopatra Records.[https://www.allmusic.com/album/iou-band-live-mw0000231877 "I.O.U. Band Live - Allan Holdsworth"]. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 28 April 2020.[http://www.proggnosis.com/Release_Detail.aspx?RID=4203 "I.O.U. Live 1997 by Allan Holdsworth"]. ProGGnosis. Retrieved 28 April 2020. According to Holdsworth, the tracks were taken from video footage of a 1984 concert in Japan, which later became a bootleg circulating under the name of Tokyo Dream: Allan Holdsworth in Japan.Prasad, Anil (15 January 1993). [http://www.therealallanholdsworth.com/allansinterviewinner.htm "Creating imaginary backdrops"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505190751/http://www.therealallanholdsworth.com/allansinterviewinner.htm |date=5 May 2006}}. Innerviews. Retrieved 28 April 2020. He therefore considered it an unauthorised release and not part of his discography.Milkowski, Bill (5 October 2005). [http://www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=80 "A Conversation with Allan Holdsworth (#80)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212104358/http://www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=80|date=12 December 2009}}. Abstract Logix. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Allan Holdsworth, except where noted
| title1 = Road Games
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = White Line
| note2 = Holdsworth, Gerry Brown
| length2 = 7:02
| title3 = Panic Station
| note3 = lyrics: Paul Williams
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Letters of Marque
| length4 = 6:41
| title5 = Material Real
| length5 = 7:30
| title6 = Metal Fatigue
| note6 = lyrics: Paul Williams
| length6 = 5:10
| title7 = Where Is One?
| length7 = 8:02
| title8 = The Things You See
| length8 = 7:01
| title9 = Was There (Something)
| length9 = 6:58
| total_length = 57:03
}}
Personnel
- Allan Holdsworth – guitar
- Paul Williams – vocals
- Chad Wackerman – drums
- Jimmy Johnson – bass