In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969


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. In his cover of Doug Kershaw's "Louisiana Man," he personalizes the song by singing "Gunnar and Matthew are the family twins," referring to his own twins, who would go on to form the rock band Nelson in the 1990s. 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.
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, 1970, and remained on the chart for 12 weeks, peaking at number 54. it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated February 28, 1970, and remained on the chart for in a total of 11 weeks, peaking at 63.

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic's described the album as "excellent," noting that it is a "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'."
Billboard gave a positive review, saying it features "top treatments of Dylan's 'I Shall Be Released' and Tim Hardin's 'Red Balloon,' among others."

Track listing

  1. "Come on In"
  2. "Hello Mary Lou"
  3. "Violets of Dawn"
  4. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises"
  5. "She Belongs to Me"
  6. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"
  7. "I'm Walkin'"
  8. "Red Balloon"
  9. "Louisiana Man"
  10. "Believe What You Say"
  11. "Easy to Be Free"
  12. "I Shall Be Released"

2011 Ace Records reissue

Disc one

  1. "Come on In" – 2:40
  2. "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" – 2:35
  3. "Violets of Dawn" – 3:25
  4. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises" – 5:42
  5. "She Belongs to Me" – 2:54
  6. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" – 2:52
  7. "I'm Walkin'" – 1:56
  8. "Red Balloon" – 3:20
  9. "Louisiana Man" – 3:07
  10. "Believe What You Say" – 2:03
  11. "Easy to Be Free" – 3:22
  12. "I Shall Be Released" – 4:06
  13. "Violets of Dawn" – 3:12
  14. "Travelin' Man" – 2:16
  15. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" – 2:41
  16. "I'm Walkin'" – 2:01
  17. "Louisiana Man" – 2:59
  18. "She Belongs to Me" – 2:46
  19. "I Shall Be Released" – 3:48
  20. "Lady Came From Baltimore" – 2:21
  21. "Poor Little Fool" – 2:18
  22. "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart" – 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" – 2:39
  2. "Hello Mary Lou" – 2:47
  3. "I Shall Be Released" – 3:43
  4. "Don Everly Intro/Bye Bye Love" – 2:25
  5. "I'm Walkin'" – 1:54
  6. "Red Balloon" – 3:11
  7. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" – 2:16
  8. "Easy to Be Free" – 3:13
  9. "Louisiana Man" – 2:55
  10. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" – 2:48
  11. "Travelin' Man" – 2:09
  12. "She Belongs to Me" – 2:50
  13. "Poor Little Fool" – 2:20
  14. "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" – 3:18
  15. "Believe What You Say" – 2:04
  16. "Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises" – 5:36
  17. "Lady Came From Baltimore" – 2:16
  18. "Violets of Dawn" – 3:25
  19. "It's Late" – 2:10
  20. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" – 3:18
''All tracks on disc two are newly mixed alternate performances from the 1969 Troubadour shows.''

Personnel

Production