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DISCID=59084007
DTITLE=Arlo Guthrie / Alice's Restaurant
DYEAR=1967
DGENRE=Rock
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
EXTD= EXPERT REVIEW: Although he'd been a fixture on the East Coast fo
EXTD=lk circuit for several years, Arlo Guthrie did not release this d
EXTD=ebut album until mid-1967. A majority of the attention directed a
EXTD=t Alice's Restaurant focuses on the epic 18-plus-minute title tra
EXTD=ck, which sprawled over the entire A-side of the long-player. How
EXTD=ever, it is the other half-dozen Guthrie compositions that provid
EXTD=e an insight into his uniformly outstanding -- yet astoundingly o
EXTD=verlooked -- early sides on Warner Bros.. Although arguably 100 p
EXTD=ercent factual, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" -- which was recor
EXTD=ded in front of a live audience -- is rooted in a series of real 
EXTD=incidents. This decidedly anti-establishment saga of garbage dump
EXTD=s closed on Thanksgiving, good ol' Officer Obie, as well as Guthr
EXTD=ie's experiences with the draft succeeds not only because of the 
EXTD=unusual and outlandish situations that the hero finds himself in;
EXTD= it is also his underdog point of view and sardonic delivery that
EXTD= maximize the effect in the retelling. After decades of refusing 
EXTD=to perform the work in concert, he trotted it back out in the lat
EXTD=e '80s, adding fresh perspectives and side stories about the cons
EXTD=equences that the song has had, such as the uncanny role that the
EXTD= track played in the Watergate tape cover-up. In terms of artisti
EXTD=c merit, the studio side is an equally endowed effort containing 
EXTD=six decidedly more traditional folk-rock compositions. Among the 
EXTD=standouts are the haunting "Chilling of the Evening," which is gi
EXTD=ven an arrangement perhaps more aptly suited to a Jimmy Webb/Glen
EXTD= Campbell collaboration. There is a somewhat dated charm in "Ring
EXTD=-Around-a-Rosie-Rag," a sly, up-tempo, and hippie-friendly bit of
EXTD= jug band nostalgia. "I'm Going Home" is an underrated minor-chor
EXTD=d masterpiece that is not only reminiscent of Roger McGuinn's "Ba
EXTD=llad of Easy Rider," but also spotlights a more sensitive and int
EXTD=ricate nature to Guthrie's craftsmanship. Also worth mentioning i
EXTD=s the first installment of "Motorcycle Song" -- which was updated
EXTD= and discussed further on the live self-titled follow-up release 
EXTD=Arlo (1968) -- notable for the extended discourse on the "signifi
EXTD=cance of the pickle." None of the performances on this disc were 
EXTD=used in for the Alice's Restaurant (1969) film. However, the soun
EXTD=dtrack -- which was issued on CD by Rykodisc in 1998 -- contains 
EXTD=a full-length studio version of the "Massacree." In 1995 Guthrie 
EXTD=marked the 30th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving Day inci
EXTD=dent which sparked the need for a Massacree in the first place. H
EXTD=e re-recorded this entire album to uniformly superior results. Al
EXTD=ice's Restaurant: 30th Anniversary Edition is a fun update as wel
EXTD=l as a stirring reminder of what a national treasure Guthrie's mu
EXTD=sic and lyrics really are. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide\n\nA
EXTD=mazon.com Editorial Review\nWhile the title track may seem, by no
EXTD=w, a rather obvious and nostalgic relic, we'd do well to remember
EXTD= that an entire post-baby boom generation has likely never heard 
EXTD=it. At 18 minutes, the song remains one of the most hysterical th
EXTD=ings ever recorded, and many of its politcal barbs can still stin
EXTD=g. But the record also contained two far more lyrical pieces: "Ch
EXTD=illin' of the Evening" and the gorgeous, sweeping "Highway in the
EXTD= Wind." Some will turn to this countercultural classic for side o
EXTD=ne's epic, but it's the exceptional songs on side two that will o
EXTD=ffer finer rewards. --Roy Francis Kasten \n\nAmazon.com Customer 
EXTD=Review\nSorrow and Hilarity, November 4, 2000 \nReviewer:  A musi
EXTD=c fan  \nWritten with moving candour, the songs on this album giv
EXTD=e glimpses of a character at once despairing and unconquered that
EXTD= must excite sympathy, or at least pity. Arlo sings of homelessne
EXTD=ss, travelling our "Highway in the Wind", when sometimes we feel 
EXTD=like going and sometimes we'd like to stay; of transience, as all
EXTD= changes with time, "Going Home" to death; of restlessness as des
EXTD=ires motivate "Now and Then"; and of the need for companionship t
EXTD=o "Keep me from the Chillin' of the Evening" in all of this empti
EXTD=ness where the raging winds that blow inside us make it impossibl
EXTD=e to "keep believing". "Motorcycle Song", "Ring-Around-the-Rosy R
EXTD=ag", and the brilliant "Alice's Restaurant" demonstrate how humor
EXTD=, which can convey delight, can also be the final expression of d
EXTD=espair. You may have the comfort of seeing in this album another 
EXTD=who thinks as you do, but you will certainly find a beautiful lam
EXTD=ent for the world's emptiness and a defiant humor that struggles 
EXTD=to relieve it. And "Alice's Restaurant" is halarious. \n\nHalf.co
EXTD=m Album Credits\nFred Hellerman, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonn
EXTD=el includes: Arlo Guthrie (vocals).\n\nA product of the hippie/pr
EXTD=otest movement of the mid-'60s, Arlo Guthrie, son of perennial fo
EXTD=lk icon Woody Guthrie, found himself with not so much a hit as a 
EXTD=whole movement on his hands with the eponymous 18-minute saga of 
EXTD=his arrest for littering and its deleterious effect on his chance
EXTD=s of being selected for active duty in the Vietnam War. "Alice's 
EXTD=Restaurant" may have lost some of its counter-culture appeal over
EXTD= the years, but its story of blinkered officialdom is as relevant
EXTD= today as it was when it was first performed.\n\nThough few of th
EXTD=e other cuts match it in terms of sheer hummability, ALICE'S REST
EXTD=AURANT contains several understated high points, notably "Highway
EXTD= in the Wind" and "I'm Going Home," both fine examples of mid-'60
EXTD=s folk pop. "The Motorcycle Song" is another instance of Guthrie'
EXTD=s talent for constructing almost childishly simple yet fiendishly
EXTD= catchy melodies, a skill he obviously inherited from his father.
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