Guess Who, The – 1974.05.06 – Sour Suite – Ambassador Theatre – St. Louis, MO – FM 2CDS A+

Disc One – 61:07
01. Intro 0:36
02. Bus Rider 2:41
03. New Mother Nature 4:45
04. Artificial Flowers 4:40
05. Sour Suite 4;18
06. >> interlude 0:16
07. Undun 3:38
08. Albert Flasher 2:45
09. Runnin’ Back To Saskatoon 6:38
10. Glamour Boy 5:53
11. Self Pity 5:07
12. Clap For The Wolfman 5:08
13. These Eyes 4:23
14. Star Baby 2:54
15. >> interlude 0:32
16. Straighten Out 3:56
17. Bye Bye Babe 2:57

Disc Two – 40:15
01. Medley: American Woman /
Truckin’ Off Across The Sky /
No Sugar Tonight 20:55
02. Share The Land 4:58
03. No Time 5:30
04. (Applause) > Orly 5:45
05. (/KSHE Analysis) >
Leave It To Beaver Theme 3:09

The Band:
Gary Peterson, Bill Wallace, Burton Cummings, Kurt Winter, Donnie McDougall

One of the last concerts of the spring tour before Kurt and Donnie were kicked
out of the band. “Artificial Flowers” and “Sour Suite” were played solo by Burton
because of equipment trouble.

Mark Doble’s authoritative and comprehensive essay “Burton Through The Bootlegs” has the
following to say about this particular recording:

“The Live At The Ambassador Theatre bootleg may in fact be the finest bootleg of the Guess
Who in existence. Recorded from a stereo FM Broadcast, the recording includes 19 songs, all
of the hits as well as some notable gems such as an impromptu rendition of Bobby Darin’s
“Artificial Flowers” by Burton while Bill’s bass amp was being repaired. (One wonders if it was
opportunities like this that provided Burt with the idea of performing in his UP CLOSE AND
ALONE format of the mid-1990s.) The performances on this recording are outstanding. Of
particular note are the versions of “Straighten Out”, “Self Pity” and “Orly”, where Burton lets loose
as only Burton can. At the conclusion of the broadcast, the announcer played back a short a
cappella excerpt of the Leave It To Beaver television theme sung by Burton and the boys in
the studio the previous day. Overall, the sound quality of this bootleg is spectacular. If there
is a “Must Have” in the collection of Guess Who bootlegs, this is it! This show was also one of
the last concerts the Guess Who would play with Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall in the
lineup. The pressures between the folks had been boiling over for a while now, and they
would shortly depart from the band to be replaced by guitarist extraordinaire Domenic
Troiano…” – Info thanks to “rocksteady1”