''Alice's Restaurant'' is the debut

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Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gut ...

released in October 1967 by

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. It features one of his most famous songs, "

Alice's Restaurant Massacree "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album '' Alice's Restaurant''. The song is a deadpan prote ...

". A steady seller, the album peaked at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in March 1968. The album re-entered the chart in October 1969 and reached No. 63 in November of that year. Alice's Restaurant went gold (500,000 units sold) in September 1969 and Platinum (1,000,000 sold) in October 1986. In 1996, Guthrie recorded the same material live for the album '' Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie. Side one # "

" – 18:20 Side two #

"Chilling of the Evening" – 3:01 # "Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag" – 2:10 # "Now and Then" – 2:15 # "I'm Going Home" – 3:12 # "The Motorcycle Song" – 2:58 # "Highway in the Wind" – 2:40

Personnel

*Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar *The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, standup bass, and drums *Al Brown – assistant production *Richard Chalfin – cover concept *Diana J. Davies – photography *

Fred Hellerman Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Hellerman was an original member of the seminal American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronn ...

– production *Harold Leventhal –

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Ed Thrasher Edward Lee Thrasher Jr. (March 7, 1932 – August 5, 2006), known as Ed Thrasher, was an American art director and photographer. He was the recipient of numerous Grammy Award nominations for his work on album covers and won a Grammy for Best Album ...

– art direction *Sherman Weisburd – cover photography *John S. Wilson –

References

External links

* * 1967 debut albums Albums produced by Fred Hellerman Arlo Guthrie albums Reprise Records albums {{1960s-folk-album-stub