| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/warner Bros. | | UPC: 00075992743921 | | Release Date: 3/9/1989 | | Buy.com Sku: 60146569 | | Item#: MCVSSD | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2124 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Alice's Restaurant Massacree ~ Arlo Guthrie |  | | 2. Chilling Of The Evening ~ Arlo Guthrie | | | 3. Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag ~ Arlo Guthrie | | | 4. Now And Then ~ Arlo Guthrie | | | 5. I'm Going Home ~ Arlo Guthrie | | | 6. Motorcycle Song, The ~ Arlo Guthrie | | | 7. Highway In The Wind ~ Arlo Guthrie | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Arlo Guthrie (vocals). | | The cassette release is part of Rising Son's 25th Anniversary Edition series. | | This 30th Anniversary Edition is a re-recording of Arlo Guthrie's 1st album. | | Personnel: Arlo Guthrie (vocals, acoustic guitar); Steve Ide, David Grover (guitar); Abe Guthrie (keyboards); Sean Hurley (bass); Terry A La Berry (drums). | | Recorded at Derek Studios, Dalton, Massachusetts and live at The Church, Housatonic, Massachusetts. | | Personnel: Arlo Guthrie (vocals, guitar). | | Audio Remasterer: Lee Herschberg. | | Liner Note Authors: John S. Wilson ; Harold Leventhal. | | Photographers: Sherman Weisburg; Diana Davies. | | A product of the hippie/protest movement of the mid-'60s, Arlo Guthrie, son of perennial folk icon Woody Guthrie, found himself with not so much a hit as a whole movement on his hands with the eponymous 18-minute saga of his arrest for littering and its deleterious effect on his chances of being selected for active duty in the Vietnam War. "Alice's Restaurant" may have lost some of its counter-culture appeal over the years, but its story of blinkered officialdom is as relevant today as it was when it was first performed. | | Though few of the other cuts match it in terms of sheer hummability, ALICE'S RESTAURANT contains several understated high points, notably "Highway in the Wind" and "I'm Going Home," both fine examples of mid-'60s folk pop. "The Motorcycle Song" is another instance of Guthrie's talent for constructing almost childishly simple yet fiendishly catchy melodies, a skill he obviously inherited from his father. |
Producer: Fred Hellerman |
| | Artist Overview | | With the legendary folk singer and activist Woody Guthrie for a father, Arlo Guthrie had some big shoes to fill. It is a testament to the younger Guthrie's talent and charisma that he made a name for himself as a beloved folk singer in his own right and will most likely be remembered as a generational spokesperson for years to come. His 1967 anti-Vietnam song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" became radio fodder, and was even made into a cult film. Guthrie performed at Woodstock, and had a top-20 hit in 1972 with Steve Goodman's poignant "City of New Orleans." Guthrie has continued to perform and release albums regularly, but is also known as a spokesperson in the fight against Huntington's Disease, the ailment that killed his father. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/01/1987 | | Original Release Date : 1967 | | Catalog ID : 6267 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 34m : 36s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075992743921 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (11/9/67, p.20)
- "...Arlo Guthrie is eclectic....The lyrics are excellent....the songs, especially the gentler ones, are beautiful....It is his first album and it is without qualification excellent."Sing Out! (Vol.41 #1, pp.133-134)
- "...Over the years, Arlo has performed `The Massacree,' retired it, and performed it again. Now it is revisited, longer and funnier than ever. A major nostalgia piece....Buy this one for the title song." |
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