''Alice's Restaurant'' is the debut studio album by

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

released in October 1967 by

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. It features one of his most famous songs, " Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs 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. The cover depicts Guthrie sitting shirtless at a table set for a meal, holding his knife and fork and waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be served. He wears a black

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and has a napkin spread across his chest. 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 # " Alice's Restaurant Massacree" – 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

– vocals, guitar *The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, keyboards, harmonica, standup bass, tuned percussion 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 Ron ...

– production * Harold Leventhal –

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

References

External links

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