Arlo

This album is not for everyone, but for those who lived through the hell of the Vietnam war and some of the craziness of the late 1960's, here is one great album full of timely humor on the issues of those days. This is not for fans whose picture of Arlo Guthrie is what they heard him do with "City of New Orleans."The live version of "Motorcycle Song" with Arlo's humorous monologue is purely hilarious. He pulls out an Ernest Tubb classic, "Try Me One More Time" with a dedication taking a swipe at then president, Lyndon Johnson.Nothing could better capture the insanity and paranoia of the time better than "The Pause of Mr. Claus." Oh yes, Santa Claus could have been a subversive!

There is no doubt this is one of the best albums ever released by Arlo, who is a "talking blues" genius and wrote some of the most memorable folk songs of the '60's, including "Alice's Restaurant". However this CD (his second entitled "ARLO") is NOT out of print and can be ordered from his website for $13.50 --- which is less than 1/2 of what CD Ltd charges forthe same CD (a digitally remastered reissue on Arlo's own label Rising Son Records). Looks like CD Ltd bought a bunch from Arlo's website and is advertising them on Amazon as "rare and out of print". I ordered it from CD Ltd only to later find I could get it at Arlo's site but CD Ltd does not accept refunds or returns.

2nd to "Hobo's Lullaby" as my fave Arlo album. SO glad it's on CD.

I had this in vinyl and haven't heard it in years. So happy to have found it and relive those old memories. The Pause for Mr Clause is great.

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Fast shipping and great product.

What a gem. Forgotten or hidden in space. Arlo brings humour to his fans with his Motorcycle song, his political satire with Try Me One More Time (LBJ) and poignant view on the era of police attitude to protestors with The Pause of Mr Claus, and his jibe at the FBI with Standing at the Threshold. I recommend this to anyone with a satirical bent to their music appreciation.

This is Arlo Guthrie's second best album after Alice's Restaurant. The song Meditation, wave upon wave, is worth the price alone. This has actually become a fairly hard album to locate in recent years. Glad I found it again.