Live at the Paramount [Import] [Live]

1. Pain Train

2. Albert Flasher

3. New Mother Nature

4. Runnin' Back to Saskatoon

5. Rain Dance [#]

6. These Eyes [#]

7. Glace Bay Blues

8. Sour Suite [#]

9. Hand Me Down World [#]

10. American Woman

11. Truckin' off Across the Sky

12. Share the Land [#]

13. No Time [#]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Recorded Live in Seattle, Washington on May 22, 1972. Features an Extended, Sixteen Minute plus Jam Version of 'american Woman', 'albert Flasher', 'truckin' off Across the Sky' and Four More.

Tracks:

Pain Train
Albert Flasher
New Mother Nature
Runnin' Back To Saskatoon
Rain Dance
These Eyes
Glace Bay Blues
Sour Suite
Hand Me Down World
American Woman
Truckin' Off Across The Sky
Share The Land
No Time

Customer Reviews:

A Very Addictive CD.......2007-07-10

Since I got this Saturday before last, I must have played this thing at least 20 times (much to the detriment of my neighbors, but I'm trying to enlighten them, right?). This has to rank as one of the best live albums ever. Here the Guess Who had gone through three personnel shifts in as many years, and they still sound tight. This is a document of a seriously kick-butt rock and roll band, and to hear it freshly remastered (with a bunch of extra material) is a revelation. Winter and McDougal play so well off of each other, Cummings is in top form, and Kale and Peterson drive the band along with clockwork precision. What I always enjoyed about the original release was (like The Allman's 'Live At The Fillmore') is that they threw in new material, so you weren't just getting a live 'greatest hits' package. 'Runnin' Back To Saskatoon' is one of my all-time favorites from these guys, and 'Truckin' Off Across The Sky' is a happily demented piece and 'Glace Bay Blues' puts the new guy in the spotlight- and that there is what I think made this band so good- it wasn't one or two people running the show- everybody was involved and had a stake in the band's success. 'Pain Train' is a much better opener than 'Albert Flasher' on the cassette I had for years (started buying those in '71- I always thought 8-tracks were too Rube Goldbergian). 'Albert', though, is a great piece of piano rock, and it gets a good showing here . Of the new material, 'Rain Dance' and 'Sour Suite' are my favorites, 'Hand Me Down World'and 'No Time' showcase some great harmonys, while 'These Eyes' and 'Share The Land' are kinda weak sounding, but, hey, I love this CD nonetheless. If you want to hear a touring band at top form, this is one of the best.

This Tune is Homegrown...It's the Great Northern: Guess Who Live!.......2007-06-19

This was one of my favorite records back in high school. In LP format, RCA tried to cram most of the concert onto one piece of vinyl. For its' time the single LP clocked in at nearly 70 minutes, and it easily could have been turned into a double live package. Happily, this 2000 Buddah re-issue adds six songs left off of the original release. Hailed by the late Lester Bangs as a proto-punk masterpiece when it was originally released, Live at the Paramount, after 35 years, has clearly stood the test of time for being simply one of the greatest live rock records by a legendary Canadian band that was at the the top of their game. Listening to this cd now for me, brings back fond memories of having seen The Guess Who for the first time at the old Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium in October 1972. Even without Randy Bachman, and maybe because of his absence, The Guess Who were freed to rock and sing out with a brash, devil may care and uniquely proud Canadian attitude. The audience was rowdy and their enthusiastic shouts and comments are preserved on this crisp sounding live performance. John Einarson's liner notes are informative about the makings of this record. The Guess Who, with Burton Cummings at the helm from 1971 to 1975, were a very versatile and tight combo, able to move seamlessly from accousic folk and blues, to piano jazz, to ballads, to flat out hard rock anthems. It's no accident that this record is at the top of my best of Canadian rock records list. The extended blues/rock/scat jam "American Woman" is raunchy and powerful and as others have noted, it's worth the price of admission alone! A live strident glorious rock and punk performance that captures the real essence of one of the greatest Canadian rock bands at their musical best, Live at the Paramount is a must for Guess Who fans and it is an indispensible record to add to any essential rock collection. The "roast" beef on this one is that good!

Best live CD ever - period........2007-05-22

Burton Cummings is in top voice, the band is in top form - anyone who doesnt own this is missing out on something incredibly good.

Had the 8 track long ago.......2007-04-24

I keep hearing bits from this album on Deep Tracks on my XM radio and they take me back to the 8 track I had in the 70's not knowing it was an edited recording. I just ordered this cd.Can't wait to have this expanded edition.

live at paramount.......2007-01-19

guess who is great. love american women live. jam forever. great cd

Average customer rating:

Canadian Rock At It's Finest!!!
the best live album ever!!!!
Rockin'
Great Live Recording
One of the all-time killer bee best!!!

Live at the Paramount
The Guess Who
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000070N5
Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

Pain Train
Albert Flasher
New Mother Nature
Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
Rain Dance [#]
These Eyes [#]
Glace Bay Blues
Sour Suite [#]
Hand Me Down World [#]
American Woman
Truckin' off Across the Sky
Share the Land [#]
No Time [#]

Album Details

Recorded Live in Seattle, Washington on May 22, 1972. Features an Extended, Sixteen Minute plus Jam Version of 'american Woman', 'albert Flasher', 'truckin' off Across the Sky' and Four More.

Customer Reviews:

Canadian Rock At It's Finest!!!.......2005-01-23

A greatlive CD by the best Canadian band ever. Runnin' Back To Saskatoon should be the anthem for Western Canada! Pain Train is a classic . I went to the "Runnin' Back Through Canada" concert in Craven,Sask. The music hasn't changed in over 30 years ,still a great band !

the best live album ever!!!!.......2003-11-16

Wow this rocks!!! If you want to hear what they sounded like live check them out here. Kurt winter is a underated guitar genuis and it shows here. A must for anyone who likes the guess who!!

Rockin'.......2000-02-14

This album makes you feel as if you were AT the Paramount during the concert - it has a great live sound. The guitar solos on "Pain Train" and "American Woman" are what 70s rock was all about. Burton and the boys sound a little wasted at times, but they knew how to power up a stage. Guess Who fans will love this one.

Great Live Recording.......1999-07-08

I bought this tape in 1973 when I was nine years old. I was a rockin' lil' kid, I was. I was also into Steppenwolf, too. Sly and the Family Stone, and James Brown. But back then, the music was just too good, now wasn't it. I'm not even sure if I fully understood what some of the references made to drugs, sex, etc. meant. Lost innocence wasn't far off anyway. But in some ways that's what this recording does for me these days (along with a lot of others). Return me to my childhood. Somethimes just a certain way the wind blows or a scent of a particular plant as it blooms will send memories rushing back. So too with music. I would have given it five stars but this live recording doesn't feature the band in its best line-up. What most people don't know is that Randy Bachman left the group in mid '70; nearly two years before this recording was made. Bachman, of course, went on to form a great and even more successful band of his own: Bachman-Turner Overdrive. But "Live at Paramount" is still a great album. I heartily recommend it. Thanks for allowing me to trip out a bit!

One of the all-time killer bee best!!!.......1999-04-30

The second Guess Who album that I bought, when it came out on 8-Track! This has got to be the best Guess Who album ever. Now that I have the CD all is well with the world. I still keep looking for the towns and places mentioned in 'Running back to Saskatoon'

Average customer rating:

Live at the Paramount
The Guess Who
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Pain Train
Albert Flasher
New Mother Nature
Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
Rain Dance [#]
These Eyes [#]
Glace Bay Blues
Sour Suite [#]
Hand Me Down World [#]
American Woman
Truckin' off Across the Sky
Share the Land [#]
No Time [#]

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