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DISCID=55084107
DTITLE=Arlo Guthrie / Alice's Restaurant
DYEAR=1967
DGENRE=Folk
TTITLE0=Alice's Restaurant Massacree
TTITLE1=Chilling Of The Evening
TTITLE2=Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag
TTITLE3=Now And Then
TTITLE4=I'm Going Home
TTITLE5=The Motorcycle Song
TTITLE6=Highway In The Wind
EXTD=Originally Released 1967\nCD Edition Released January 1987\n\nAMG EXPERT 
EXTD=REVIEW: Although he'd been a fixture on the East Coast folk circuit for s
EXTD=everal years, Arlo Guthrie did not release this debut album until mid-196
EXTD=7. A majority of the attention directed at Alice's Restaurant focuses on 
EXTD=the epic 18-plus-minute title track, which sprawled over the entire A-sid
EXTD=e of the long-player. However, it is the other half-dozen Guthrie composi
EXTD=tions that provide an insight into his uniformly outstanding -- yet astou
EXTD=ndingly overlooked -- early sides on Warner Bros.. Although arguably 100 
EXTD=percent factual, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" -- which was recorded in 
EXTD=front of a live audience -- is rooted in a series of real incidents. This
EXTD= decidedly anti-establishment saga of garbage dumps closed on Thanksgivin
EXTD=g, good ol' Officer Obie, as well as Guthrie's experiences with the draft
EXTD= succeeds not only because of the unusual and outlandish situations that 
EXTD=the hero finds himself in; it is also his underdog point of view and sard
EXTD=onic delivery that maximize the effect in the retelling. After decades of
EXTD= refusing to perform the work in concert, he trotted it back out in the l
EXTD=ate '80s, adding fresh perspectives and side stories about the consequenc
EXTD=es that the song has had, such as the uncanny role that the track played 
EXTD=in the Watergate tape cover-up. In terms of artistic merit, the studio si
EXTD=de is an equally endowed effort containing six decidedly more traditional
EXTD= folk-rock compositions. Among the standouts are the haunting "Chilling o
EXTD=f the Evening," which is given an arrangement perhaps more aptly suited t
EXTD=o a Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell collaboration. There is a somewhat dated cha
EXTD=rm in "Ring-Around-a-Rosie-Rag," a sly, up-tempo, and hippie-friendly bit
EXTD= of jug band nostalgia. "I'm Going Home" is an underrated minor-chord mas
EXTD=terpiece that is not only reminiscent of Roger McGuinn's "Ballad of Easy 
EXTD=Rider," but also spotlights a more sensitive and intricate nature to Guth
EXTD=rie's craftsmanship. Also worth mentioning is the first installment of "M
EXTD=otorcycle Song" -- which was updated and discussed further on the live se
EXTD=lf-titled follow-up release Arlo (1968) -- notable for the extended disco
EXTD=urse on the "significance of the pickle." None of the performances on thi
EXTD=s disc were used in for the Alice's Restaurant (1969) film. However, the 
EXTD=soundtrack -- which was issued on CD by Rykodisc in 1998 -- contains a fu
EXTD=ll-length studio version of the "Massacree." In 1995 Guthrie marked the 3
EXTD=0th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving Day incident which sparked t
EXTD=he need for a Massacree in the first place. He re-recorded this entire al
EXTD=bum to uniformly superior results. Alice's Restaurant: 30th Anniversary E
EXTD=dition is a fun update as well as a stirring reminder of what a national 
EXTD=treasure Guthrie's music and lyrics really are. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Mus
EXTD=ic Guide\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nWhile the title track may seem, 
EXTD=by now, a rather obvious and nostalgic relic, we'd do well to remember th
EXTD=at an entire post-baby boom generation has likely never heard it. At 18 m
EXTD=inutes, the song remains one of the most hysterical things ever recorded,
EXTD= and many of its politcal barbs can still sting. But the record also cont
EXTD=ained two far more lyrical pieces: "Chillin' of the Evening" and the gorg
EXTD=eous, sweeping "Highway in the Wind." Some will turn to this countercultu
EXTD=ral classic for side one's epic, but it's the exceptional songs on side t
EXTD=wo that will offer finer rewards. --Roy Francis Kasten \n\nAmazon.com Cus
EXTD=tomer Review\nSorrow and Hilarity, November 4, 2000 \nReviewer:  A music 
EXTD=fan  \nWritten with moving candour, the songs on this album give glimpses
EXTD= of a character at once despairing and unconquered that must excite sympa
EXTD=thy, or at least pity. Arlo sings of homelessness, travelling our "Highwa
EXTD=y in the Wind", when sometimes we feel like going and sometimes we'd like
EXTD= to stay; of transience, as all changes with time, "Going Home" to death;
EXTD= of restlessness as desires motivate "Now and Then"; and of the need for 
EXTD=companionship to "Keep me from the Chillin' of the Evening" in all of thi
EXTD=s emptiness where the raging winds that blow inside us make it impossible
EXTD= to "keep believing". "Motorcycle Song", "Ring-Around-the-Rosy Rag", and 
EXTD=the brilliant "Alice's Restaurant" demonstrate how humor, which can conve
EXTD=y delight, can also be the final expression of despair. You may have the 
EXTD=comfort of seeing in this album another who thinks as you do, but you wil
EXTD=l certainly find a beautiful lament for the world's emptiness and a defia
EXTD=nt humor that struggles to relieve it. And "Alice's Restaurant" is halari
EXTD=ous. \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nFred Hellerman, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\n
EXTD=Personnel includes: Arlo Guthrie (vocals).\n\nA product of the hippie/pro
EXTD=test movement of the mid-'60s, Arlo Guthrie, son of perennial folk icon W
EXTD=oody Guthrie, found himself with not so much a hit as a whole movement on
EXTD= his hands with the eponymous 18-minute saga of his arrest for littering 
EXTD=and its deleterious effect on his chances of being selected for active du
EXTD=ty in the Vietnam War. "Alice's Restaurant" may have lost some of its cou
EXTD=nter-culture appeal over the years, but its story of blinkered officialdo
EXTD=m is as relevant today as it was when it was first performed.\n\nThough f
EXTD=ew of the other cuts match it in terms of sheer hummability, ALICE'S REST
EXTD=AURANT contains several understated high points, notably "Highway in the 
EXTD=Wind" and "I'm Going Home," both fine examples of mid-'60s folk pop. "The
EXTD= Motorcycle Song" is another instance of Guthrie's talent for constructin
EXTD=g almost childishly simple yet fiendishly catchy melodies, a skill he obv
EXTD=iously inherited from his father.\n
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