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ARLO GUTHRIE - 13 VERSIONS OF ALICE’S RESTAURANT

January 27, 2023 – 6:04 am

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ARLO GUTHRIE
13 Versions Of Alice’s Restaurant [Goody Remastered Edition, 4CD]
Various dates and venues. Mix of radio and audience recordings.

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“Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, commonly known as “Alice’s Restaurant”, is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice’s Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely true story from Guthrie’s own life: while visiting acquaintances in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, he is arrested and convicted of dumping trash illegally, which later endangers his suitability for the military draft. The title refers to a restaurant owned by one of Guthrie’s friends, artist Alice Brock; although she is a minor character in the story, the restaurant plays no role in it aside from being the subject of the chorus and the impetus for Guthrie’s visit.

The song was an inspiration for the 1969 film also named Alice’s Restaurant, which took numerous liberties with the story. The work has become Guthrie’s signature song and he has periodically re-released it with updated lyrics. In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or artistically significant”. - wikipedia

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Goody’s additional lineage:
Audition (Pitch Bender -47 cents; fade update) > iZotope RX8 Advanced (Azimuth adjustment) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries) > foobar2000 (tags)

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Track 01. 1966-xx-xx - Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY — early pre-draft prototype version (FM?) 13:47
Track 02. 1967-02-27 - The Bob Fass Show - WBAI-FM, New York, NY — slightly cut at end (FM) 17:07
Track 03. 1967-05-xx - The Bob Fass Show - WBAI-FM, New York, NY: “Alice’s Restaurant Multi-Colored Rainbow Roach Affair” (FM) (Piano-backed version) 12:56
Track 04. 1967-10-01 - Bitter End, NYC, NY, SBD 25:25
Track 05. 1968 or 1969 - ‘Folklore’ with Gene Shay, WDAS Studio, Phila., PA “Alice’s Restaurant Multi-Colored Rainbow Roach Affair (AKA ‘The Spy Tingler’) 19:36
Track 06. 1979-11-21 - Sarasota, FL 16:28
Track 07. 1982-07-21 - Valley Forge, PA 17:49
Track 08. 1984-07-15 - Longbranch Park, Liverpool, NY — lots of improvised lyrics (audience) 23:08
Track 09. 1988-08-29 - The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA (aud) 23:12
Track 10. 1992-11-27 - New York City, NY 21:46
Track 11. 2001-06-30 - Laytonville, CA 21:15
Track 12. 2005-10-15 - Beacon, NY 18:26
Track 13. 2007-11-12 - Harrisburg, PA 18:26
250 mins

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