In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 | ||||
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Released | January 1970 | |||
Recorded | October 30–November 2, 1969 | |||
Genre | Country rock | |||
Length | 39:32 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer | Joe Sutton, Rick Nelson | |||
Rick Nelson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B− [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 is a live country rock album by Rick Nelson recorded in Los Angeles during four dates at The Troubadour in late 1969. The album featured the debut of the Stone Canyon Band, which included Randy Meisner, Tom Brumley, Allen Kemp, and Patrick Shanahan, and was Nelson's highest-charting release in three years. The album contains four songs written by Nelson and three Bob Dylan compositions, as well as other songs by Eric Andersen and Tim Hardin. The performances were attended by many fellow musicians and songwriters.
In 2011, the British label Ace Records issued a remastered version of In Concert at the Troubadour on two compact discs with 30 bonus tracks and a booklet containing detailed information about the shows and songs that were recorded. Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set. [5]
The album marked Nelson's first appearance on the Billboard album chart in 7 years when it debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated February 21 of that year and remained on the chart for 12 weeks, peaking at number 54. [6] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated February 28, of that year, and remained on the chart for in a total of 11 weeks, peaking at 63. [7]
Bruce Eder of AllMusic's described the album as "excellent", noted it "mix of the more enduring of his classic hits and some of the newer songs he was adding to his repertory, including a trio of Bob Dylan compositions and Tim Hardin's "Red Balloon" [1]
Billboard gave a postive review, saying it features "top treatments of Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and Tim Hardin's "Red Balloon" [8]
Tracks 1-12 are from the original 1970 album; Tracks 13-22 are newly mixed alternate performances.
All tracks on disc two are newly mixed alternate performances from the 1969 Troubadour shows.
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