In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969

In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969
Live album by Rick Nelson
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
Perspective (1969) In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 (1970) Rick Sings Nelson (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

Reception

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]

Track listing

1. "Come on In" (Rick Nelson)
2. "Hello Mary Lou" (Gene Pitney)
3. "Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen)
4. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises" (Nelson)
5. "She Belongs to Me" (Bob Dylan)
6. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (Dylan)
7. "I'm Walkin'" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew)
8. "Red Balloon" (Tim Hardin)
9. "Louisiana Man" (Doug Kershaw)
10. "Believe What You Say" (Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette)
11. "Easy to Be Free" (Nelson)
12. "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan)

2011 Ace Records reissue

Disc one

1. "Come on In" (Nelson) - 2:40
2. "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" (Gene Pitney) – 2:35
3. "Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen) – 3:25
4. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises" (Nelson) – 5:42
5. "She Belongs to Me" (Bob Dylan) – 2:54
6. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (Dylan) – 2:52
7. "I'm Walkin'" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 1:56
8. "Red Balloon" (Tim Hardin) – 3:20
9. "Louisiana Man" (Doug Kershaw) – 3:07
10. "Believe What You Say" (Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Burnette) – 2:03
11. "Easy to Be Free" (Nelson) – 3:22
12. "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 4:06
13. "Violets of Dawn" (Andersen) – 3:12
14. "Travelin' Man" (Jerry Fuller) - 2:16
15. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" (Dylan) – 2:41
16. "I'm Walkin'" (Domino, Bartholomew) – 2:01
17. "Louisiana Man" (Doug Kershaw) – 2:59
18. "She Belongs to Me" (Dylan) – 2:46
19. "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:48
20. "Lady Came From Baltimore" (Hardin) - 2:21
21. "Poor Little Fool" (Sharon Sheeley) - 2:18
22. "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" (Pitney) – 2:34

Tracks 1-12 are from the original 1970 album; Tracks 13-22 are newly mixed alternate performances.

Disc two

1. "Intro/Come on In" (Nelson) - 2:39
2. "Hello Mary Lou" (Pitney) – 2:47
3. "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:43
4. "Don Everly Intro/Bye Bye Love" (B. Bryant, F. Bryant) - 2:25
5. "I'm Walkin'" (Domino, Bartholomew) – 1:54
6. "Red Balloon" (Hardin) – 3:11
7. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" (Clarence Williams) - 2:16
8. "Easy to Be Free" (Nelson) – 3:13
9. "Louisiana Man" (Kershaw) – 2:55
10. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" (Dylan) – 2:48
11. "Travelin' Man" (Fuller) - 2:09
12. "She Belongs to Me" (Dylan) – 2:50
13. "Poor Little Fool" (Sheeley) - 2:20
14. "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" (Randy Newman) - 3:18
15. "Believe What You Say" (D. Burnette, J. Burnette) – 2:04
16. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises" (Nelson) – 5:36
17. "Lady Came From Baltimore" (Hardin) - 2:16
18. "Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen) – 3:25
19. "It's Late" (Dorsey Burnette) - 2:10
20. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (Dylan) – 3:18

All tracks on disc two are newly mixed alternate performances from the 1969 Troubadour shows.

Personnel

• Rick Nelson - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Randy Meisner - bass guitar, vocals
• Allen Kemp - lead guitar, vocals
• Tom Brumley - steel guitar
• Patrick Shanahan - drums

Production

• Producer: Rick Nelson, Randy Meisner [Joe Sutton, Rick's manager at the time, was also credited]^[9]
• Production coordination: John Walsh
• Art Direction: Unknown
• Photography: Bill Levy
• Liner notes: Eric Andersen

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "Rick Nelson - In Concert: The Troubadour, 1969: Ratings & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
4. DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (1992). The Rolling stone album guide : completely new reviews : every essential album, every essential artist. Random House. p. 498. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
5. "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
6. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 556. ISBN 0898201179.
7. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
8. "Pop Spotlight: In Concert" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 7. February 7, 1970. p. 58.
9. Andersen, Eric (2011). Rick Nelson in Concert, The Troubadour, 1969. Geffen Records. p. 8. UPC 029667044622.