STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - REO SPEEDWAGON - LIVE : YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 74th Birthday of Indiana born keyboardist and founding member of REO Speedwagon, Neal Doughty. Happy Birthday Neal ! To commemorate the date, we shine a light on their first live album, Live:  You Get What You Play For. The double LP 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, in 1976 and then released in January of 1977 on Epric Records. John Stronach, Gary Richrath, John Henning produced the discs ,  which peaked at #72 on the Billboard and the song "Ridin' the Storm Out, was released as a single, which reached #94 on the Hot 100. The record has been certified Platinum in the US.

"Like You Do" – 6:43

"Lay Me Down" (Neal Doughty, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin, Richrath) – 3:34

"Any Kind of Love" – 3:33

"Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)" (Kevin Cronin) – 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 (Doughty, Gratzer, Luttrell, Philbin, Richrath) – 7:35

"Ridin' the Storm Out" – 5:34

Side four
Encores

"Music Man" (Cronin) – 2:29

"Little Queenie"+ (Chuck Berry) – 4:45

"Golden Country" – 8:12

Kevin Cronin – lead vocals , rhythm guitar
Gary Richrath – lead guitar, lead vocals on "Any Kind of Love" and "Only a Summer Love"
Neal Doughty – keyboards
Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals
Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals

Production

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