Live Stock Explained

Live Stock should not be confused with Livestock.

Live Stock
Type:Live
Artist:Roy Buchanan
Cover:Roybuchananlivestock.jpg
Released:1975
Recorded:November 27, 1974
Venue:Town Hall, New York City
Genre:Rock, blues
Label:Polydor PD 6048[1]
Producer:Jay Reich Jr.
Prev Title:In the Beginning
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:A Street Called Straight
Next Year:1976

Live Stock is a 1975 live album by Roy Buchanan released on Polydor. The album documents a show consisting of blues standards and a few originals[1] played in New York City, with an additional song ("I'm Evil") added from a later show in Evanston, Illinois. The cover photo was taken by Alan McDermott[2] and sent to Roy by Australian music commentator Glenn A. Baker.Live Stock is, reportedly, one of two Buchanan albums that influenced Jeff Beck, who dedicated a song to Buchanan on his 1975 album Blow by Blow. Buchanan's last album with Polydor, it was partly made to fulfill his contractual obligations so he could move on and accept Ahmet Ertegun's offer to sign with Atlantic.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Reelin' and Rockin'" (Roy Milton) - 2:21
  2. "Hot Cha" (Willie Woods) - 4:02
  3. "Further on Up the Road" (Bob Mack) - 3:50
  4. "Roy's Bluz" (Roy Buchanan) - 8:10
  5. "Can I Change My Mind" (Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk) - 6:32
  6. "I'm a Ram" (Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) - 4:19
  7. "I'm Evil" (Roy Buchanan) - 6:19[4]

Tracks 1-6 recorded at Town Hall, New York City, November 27, 1974; track 7 recorded at Amazingrace Coffeehouse, Evanston (IL).[5]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Billboard's Recommended LPs. 6 September 1975. Billboard. February 23, 2013.
  2. Web site: Alan McDermott (2) . Discogs.
  3. Book: Escott, Colin. Colin Escott. Tattooed on their tongues: a journey through the backrooms of American music. 1996. Schirmer. 9780028706795.
  4. Web site: Live Stock - Roy Buchanan | Credits . May 21, 2021. AllMusic.
  5. Book: Carson, Phil. Roy Buchanan: American Axe. registration. 23 February 2013. 2001. Hal Leonard. 9780879306397. 158, 167.