A Live One (Loudon Wainwright III album)

Infobox Album |
Name = A Live One
Type = Live album
Artist = Loudon Wainwright III


Released = 1979
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 35:58
Label = flagicon|USA Rounder Records
flagicon|UK Radar Records
Producer = John Wood,
Loudon Wainwright III
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7tbsa9ugb23k link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=838&name=Loudon+Wainwright+III link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loudonwainwrightiii/albums/album/247961/review/5944109/a_live_one link]
Last album = "Final Exam"
(1978)
This album = "A Live One"
(1979)
Next album = "Fame and Wealth"
(1983)

"A Live One" is a live album by Loudon Wainwright III. The live performances included on the album were recorded on a tour of the British Isles in 1976 and at McCabe's in Los Angeles in 1978. It was released in 1979 on Rounder Records.

His first completely live album, it was released during the longest hiatus between studio albums so far in his career: his farewell to the 70's (1978's Final Exam) and his self-reinvention on 1983's Fame and Wealth.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated

#"Motel Blues" – 3:28
#"Hollywood Hopeful" – 1:25
#"Whatever Happened To Us" – 1:35
#"Natural Disaster" – 2:03
#"Suicide Song" – 2:22
#"School Days" – 3:16
#"Kings And Queens" (Loudon Wainwright III, George Gerdes) – 2:37
#"Down Drinking At The Bar" – 3:57
#"B-Side" – 2:08
#"Nocturnal Stumblebutt" – 4:19
#"Red Guitar" – 1:54
#"Clockwork Chartreuse" – 4:10
#"Lullaby" – 2:44

:Track 1 was recorded at Birmingham Town Hall, England; Autumn 1976.:Tracks 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 were recorded at McCabes Guitar Shop, Los Angeles, California during weekend engagement October 1978.:Tracks 3, 4, 5, and 12 were recorded at The New Vic, London, England; Autumn 1976.:Track 6 was recorded at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland; Autumn 1976.:Track 11 was recorded at Manchester Opera House, England; Autumn 1976.

Release history

*LP: Rounder 3050 (U.S.)
*LP: Radar RAD24 (UK)
*CD: Edsel EDCD223

External links

* [http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&musicalGroupId=774&catalog_id=4554 Rounder Records] , catalogue website for "A Live One"