''Live at the Paramount'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

released by Canadian rock group

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in 1972. It was recorded on May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theatre in

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. ''Live at the Paramount'' was the first Guess Who album to feature

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on rhythm guitar and the last to feature original bassist

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. It also includes performances of 3 exclusive songs not included on any of their studio albums: "Glace Bay Blues," "

Runnin' Back to Saskatoon "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter. The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972, for the album '' Live at the Paramount'' and is also included on their 1974 album ...

," and "Truckin' Off Across the Sky." The album reached #39 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in the United States. 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

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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 #"

Albert Flasher "Albert Flasher" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Initially released as the B-side of their "Broken" single in 1971, it was promoted to A-side status in mid-May of that year, according to th ...

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Burton Cummings Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career. Cummings has ...

) - 2:31 #" New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:18 #"Glace Bay Blues" ( Blair MacLean,

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, Don McDougall) - 2:51 #"

" (Cummings,

Kurt Winter Kurt Frank Winter (April 2, 1946 – December 14, 1997) was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who. Biography Winter was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He attended Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute. John Ei ...

) - 6:16 #"Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:10 ;Side two #

American Woman "American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released January 1970, from the album of the same name. It was later released in March 1970 as a single backed with "No Sugar Tonight", and it reached number one for three weeks ...

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Randy Bachman Randolph Charles Bachman (; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman recorded as a solo artist and was part of a num ...

, Cummings,

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) - 16:52 #"Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (Cummings, Kale, McDougall, Peterson, Winter) - 7:03

2000 Buddha CD re-release

#"Pain Train" (Cummings, Winter) - 7:00 #"

" (Cummings) - 2:59 #" New Mother Nature" (Cummings) - 4:26 #"

" (Cummings, Winter) - 6:52 #"

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" (Cummings, Winter) - 2:53 #"

These Eyes "These Eyes" is a song by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song was co-written by the group's lead guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings and originally included on the band's 1969 album '' Wheatfield Soul''. It was firs ...

" (Bachman, Cummings) - 4:29 #"Glace Bay Blues" ( Blair MacLean,

, Don McDougall) - 3:19 #"

Sour Suite "Sour Suite" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in Canada and #50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1972. The song was featured on their 1971 album, ''So Long, Bannatyne''. Cummings said it took be ...

" (Cummings) - 3:58 #"

Hand Me Down World "Hand Me Down World" is song written by Kurt Winter, performed and released in 1970 by The Guess Who, for whom Winter served as lead guitarist from 1970 to 1974 and 1977 to 1978. It reached #10 in Canada, #17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and #6 ...

" (Winter) - 3:53 #"

" (Bachman, Cummings, Kale, Peterson) - 16:53 #"Truckin' Off Across the Sky" (The Guess Who) - 7:21 #" Share the Land" (Cummings) - 4:46 #" No Time" (Bachman, Cummings) - 6:06

Personnel

;The Guess Who *

- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, flute *

- lead guitar, backing vocals *

- rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Glace Bay Blues" *

- bass *

- drums ;Additional personnel *Brian Christian - engineer *Dennis Smith - engineer * Jack Richardson - producerThe Guess Who, ''Live at the Paramount'' Credits
Retrieved March 19, 2015

Charts

Album Singles

References

1972 live albums The Guess Who albums RCA Victor live albums Live albums by Canadian artists {{1970s-rock-album-stub