| Live: You Get What You Play For | ||||
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| Released | March 1977[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Venue | Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building, Kansas City, Kansas; Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana; Kiel Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri; Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 77:47 (LP edition) 68:35 (CD edition) 80:34 (Two-CD edition) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | John Stronach, Gary Richrath, John Henning | |||
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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 omitting "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "Little Queenie"). It was recorded at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building 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.[2] The song "Ridin' the Storm Out" reached #94 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, but has since become a classic rock radio staple. The album went platinum on December 14, 1978.
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 "Little Queenie", 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.
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- ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 685.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Albums (Seventh ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. REO Speedwagon: Live: You Get What You Play For at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.