Live: You Get What You Play For

Live: You Get What You Play For
Live album by REO Speedwagon
Released January 1977
Recorded 1976
Genre Hard rock
Length 74:72 (LP edition)
68:35 (CD edition)
80:34 (Two-CD edition)
Label Epic
Producer John Stronach, Gary Richrath, John Henning
REO Speedwagon chronology

R.E.O.
(1976)		 Live: You Get What You Play For
(1977)		 You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish
(1978)

Live: You Get What You Play For is a live album by rock band REO Speedwagon, released as a double-LP in 1977 (and years later as a single CD). It was recorded at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, the Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kiel Auditorium in Saint Louis, Missouri and Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in Atlanta, Georgia. It peaked at number #72 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1977.[1] The song "Ridin' the Storm Out" reached #94 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.[2] The album went platinum on December 14, 1978.[3]

The Japanese CD reissue released in 2011 restores all the songs to their original full lengths, including both "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "Little Queenie".

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Track listing

Vinyl version

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Like You Do"  Gary Richrath 6:43
2. "Lay Me Down"  Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin 3:34
3. "Any Kind of Love" (Lead vocals: Cronin (verses), Richrath (chorus)Gary Richrath 3:33
4. "Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)"  Kevin Cronin 6:27
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "Keep Pushin'"  Kevin Cronin 3:59
6. "(Only A) Summer Love" (Lead vocals: Richrath)Gary Richrath 6:06
7. "Son of a Poor Man"  Gary Richrath 5:25
8. "(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come"  Kevin Cronin 4:46
Side three
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
9. "Flying Turkey Trot" (Instrumental)Gary Richrath 2:34
10. "Gary's Guitar Solo" (Instrumental) (+)Gary Richrath 6:10
11. "157 Riverside Avenue"  Gary Richrath, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin 7:35
12. "Ridin' the Storm Out"  Gary Richrath 5:34
Side four: Encores
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "Music Man"  Kevin Cronin 2:29
14. "Little Queenie" (+)Chuck Berry 4:45
15. "Golden Country"  Gary Richrath 8:12
Total length:
 74:72

(+) Appeared on the original double-LP release of the album, but omitted from the original single CD release. They are included on the new 2011 Japanese "remaster" two-CD release.

Single CD version

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Like You Do"  Gary Richrath 6:54
2. "Lay Me Down"  Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin 3:38
3. "Any Kind of Love" (Lead vocals: Cronin (verses), Richrath (chorus)Gary Richrath 3:34
4. "Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)"  Kevin Cronin 6:36
5. "Keep Pushin'"  Kevin Cronin 4:06
6. "(Only A) Summer Love" (Lead vocals: Richrath)Gary Richrath 6:05
7. "Son of a Poor Man"  Gary Richrath 5:30
8. "(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come"  Kevin Cronin 4:49
9. "Flying Turkey Trot" (Instrumental)Gary Richrath 2:35
10. "157 Riverside Avenue"  Gary Richrath, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin 7:38
11. "Ridin' the Storm Out"  Gary Richrath 5:47
12. "Music Man"  Kevin Cronin 2:58
13. "Golden Country"  Gary Richrath 8:25
Total length:
 68:35

2011 Japanese "remaster" two-CD release

Personnel

REO Speedwagon
Production (as listed in CD liner notes)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position[1]
1977 The Billboard 200 72

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position[2]
1977 "Ridin' the Storm Out" The Billboard Hot 100 94

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog #
USA January 1977 Epic Records Stereo Vinyl E-34494
USA 1977 Epic Records Tape EGT-34494
USA 1977 Epic Records 8 Track E34494
USA 1988 Epic Records CD EK34494
Japan 2011 Sony Music 2-CD (DSD-Remaster) EICP 1486-7

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Live: You Get What You Play For (Billboard Albums)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ridin' the Storm Out (Billboard Singles)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  3. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by R.E.O. Speedwagon. Retrieved 2015-01-17.