Live at the Paramount (The Guess Who album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Live at the Paramount

| type = live

| artist = The Guess Who

| cover = Live at the Paramount.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1972

| recorded = May 22, 1972

| venue = Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=32}} (LP version)

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Jack Richardson (for Nimbus Nine)

| chronology = The Guess Who

| prev_title = Rockin'

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Artificial Paradise

| next_year = 1973

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic -

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8728|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount|last=Eder|first=Bruce|date=|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-10-11}}

|rev2 = Rolling Stone -

|rev2score = (favorable){{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theguesswho/albums/album/114078/review/5942017/live_at_the_paramount|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202060413/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theguesswho/albums/album/114078/review/5942017/live_at_the_paramount|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2007|title=The Guess Who — Live at the Paramount|last=Niester|first=Alan|date=12 Oct 1972|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2009-10-11}}

}}

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.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-paramount-mw0000654653/awards The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Chart Position] Retrieved March 19, 2015 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

  • Brian Christian - engineer
  • Dennis Smith - engineer
  • Jack Richardson - producer[http://www.discogs.com/Guess-Who-Live-At-The-Paramount/release/865185 The Guess Who, Live at the Paramount Credits] Retrieved March 19, 2015

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Chart (1972−1973)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=130}}

| align="center" | 55

{{album chart|Canada|17|artist=The Guess Who|album=Live at the Paramount|chartid=4220|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|39|artist=The Guess Who|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}

References

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Category:1972 live albums

Category:The Guess Who albums

Category:RCA Victor live albums

Category:Live albums by Canadian artists

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