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, released as a

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-LP in 1977 (and years later as a single CD omitting "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "Little Queenie"). It was recorded at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building in

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and Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in

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. It peaked at number #72 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1977. The album went

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on December 14, 1978. This album's live version of the song "Ridin' the Storm Out" (an earlier studio version of this song appeared on the band's third album

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) reached #94 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and has since become a classic rock radio staple. The song refers to the band being stuck in a harsh winter blizzard, after a show in

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at a bar named Tulagi (now closed). The band had decided to prank its tour manager by intentionally getting lost, but then inadvertently became genuinely lost as a dangerous winter storm approached. Producer John Stronach was fired by the band after his mix of this album "sounded like a studio album". The band then did its own mix of this album, which became their first album to sell over a million records. Afterward, the band continued to mix its own albums, all of which reached either

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sales results. The Japanese CD reissue, released in 2011, restores the album and songs to its original full length by including both "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "

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", which were omitted in the original single CD release due to time constraints. Sony Music also released the unedited double LP Epic master on its Legacy Label for Compact Disc in 2011 as well.

Track listing

All songs written by

Gary Richrath Gary Dean Richrath (October 18, 1949 – September 13, 2015) was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989. Early life Richrath was born in Peoria, Illinois, on Octob ...

, except where noted. ;Side one #"Like You Do" – 6:43 #"Lay Me Down" (

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, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin, Richrath) – 3:34 #"Any Kind of Love" – 3:33 #"Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)" (

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) – 6:27 ;Side two #

"Keep Pushin'" (Cronin) – 3:59 #"(Only A) Summer Love" – 6:06 #"Son of a Poor Man" – 5:25 #"(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come" (Cronin) – 4:46 ;Side three #

"Flying Turkey Trot" – 2:34 #"Gary's Guitar Solo"+ – 6:10 #"

157 Riverside Avenue "157 Riverside Avenue" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their first album, ''REO Speedwagon'', released in 1971. It was written by all five band members at the time, Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty, and Alan Gratzer. ...

(Doughty, Gratzer, Luttrell, Philbin, Richrath) – 7:35 #"Ridin' the Storm Out" – 5:34 ;Side four: Encores #

"Music Man" (Cronin) – 2:29 #"Little Queenie"+ (

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) – 4:45 #"Golden Country" – 8:12 Total length – 77:18 (+) Appeared on the original double-LP release of the album, but omitted from the original single CD release. They are included on the 2011 Japanese "remaster" two-CD release.

Personnel

– lead vocals (except on "Only a Summer Love"), rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, lead vocals on "Any Kind of Love" and "Only a Summer Love" *

– keyboards *Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals *Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals ;Production Production as listed in album liner notes. *John Stronach - production, engineering *John Henning - production, engineering, mixing *Gary Richrath - production, mixing *Bruce Hensal - engineering *Pete Carlson - engineering *Jack Crymes - engineering *Kelly Kotera - engineering *Rick Sanchez - engineering *Mike Klink - engineering *Vartán Kurjian - illustration *Justin Carroll - illustration *Tom Steele - design *Lorrie Sullivan - photography

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

References

{{Authority control REO Speedwagon albums 1977 live albums Epic Records live albums Albums produced by Gary Richrath