Live at the Paramount

Live at the Paramount
Live album by The Guess Who
Released	August 1972
Recorded	May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Rock
Length	48:32 (LP version)
Label	Nimbus 9 4779 (Canada & UK) RCA Victor 4479 (US) Buddha (CD re-release)
Producer	Jack Richardson (for Nimbus Nine)
The Guess Who chronology
Wild One (1972) Live at the Paramount (1972) Artificial Paradise (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	[1]
Rolling Stone -	(favorable)[2]

Live at the Paramount is a live album released by Canadian rock group The Guess Who. It was recorded on May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington. 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. Live at the Paramount was the first Guess Who album to feature Donnie McDougall on guitar and the last to feature Jim Kale on bass guitar.

Track listing

Original album

1. "Albert Flasher" (Burton Cummings) - 2:59
2. "New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:26
3. "Glace Bay Blues" (featuring Don McDougall) (Blair MacLean, Gary MacLean, Don McDougall) - 3:19
4. "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" (Cummings, Kurt Winter) - 6:52
5. "Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 7:00
6. "American Woman" (Randy Bachman, Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson) - 16:53
7. "Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (Cummings, Kale, McDougal, Peterson, Winter) - 7:21

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" (featuring Don McDougall) (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

• Burton Cummings: Lead Vocals, Piano, Flute, Guitar and Harmonica
• Kurt Winter: Lead Guitar, Backing vocals
• Don McDougall: Guitar, Backing vocals
• Jim Kale: Bass, Backing vocals
• Garry Peterson: Drums, Backing vocals
• Brian Christian - Engineer
• Dennis Smith - Engineer
• Jack Richardson - Producer^[4]

Charts

Album

Singles

References

The Guess Who
Jim Kale Laurie MacKenzie Garry Peterson Derek Sharp Leonard Shaw Chad Allan Randy Bachman Burton Cummings Carl Dixon Terry Hatty Greg Leskiw Donnie McDougall Domenic Troiano Bill Wallace Kurt Winter
Studio albums	Shakin' All Over Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) It's Time Wheatfield Soul Canned Wheat American Woman Share the Land So Long, Bannatyne Rockin' Artificial Paradise #10 Road Food Flavours Power in the Music Guess Who's Back All This for a Song Now and Not Then Liberty
Live albums	Live at the Paramount Together Again The Best of the Guess Who Live The Spirit Lives On Down the Road Running Back Thru Canada The Best of Running Back Thru Canada Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
Compilations	The Best of The Guess Who The Best of The Guess Who, Vol. 2 The Greatest of The Guess Who Track Record Wild One The Guess Who: Anthology
Singles	"Shakin' All Over" "Tossin' and Turnin'" "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" "Hurting Each Other" "Believe Me" "Clock on the Wall" "His Girl" "These Eyes" "Laughing" "Undun" "No Time" "American Woman" "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" "Hand Me Down World" "Share the Land" "Hang On to Your Life" "Albert Flasher" "Rain Dance" "Sour Suite" "Heartbroken Bopper" "Guns, Guns, Guns" "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" "Follow Your Daughter Home" "Glamour Boy" "Star Baby" "Clap for the Wolfman" "Dancin' Fool"
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