Don McLean's final album for United Artists was a musical tour de force, and the best self-contained account of the full breadth of McLean's talent. Recorded live in England, in Manchester, Bristol, London, and Oxford, the 26 songs encompassed not only the artist's best-known work, but also many of his personal favorites, among them works by other composers (including Bob Dylan's "Masters of War"). All the songs are done solo by McLean on acoustic guitar and banjo, performing in a loose, freewheeling style more appropriate to a folk performance at a small club than a rock concert -- except that McLean was doing these performances to tens of thousands of people at a time. ~ Bruce Eder
01 Magdalene lane - 4:09 02 Masters of war - 2:59 03 Wonderful baby - 2:04 04 Where were you baby? - 3:22 05 Empty chairs - 3:35 06 Geordie's lost his penker - 3:50 07 Babylon - 6:24 08 And i love you so - 4:40 09 Mactavish is dead - :19 10 Cripple creek/ muleskinner blues - 4:08 11 Great big man - 3:24 12 Bronco bill's lament - 3:12
13 Happy trails - :26 14 Circus song - 4:27 15 Birthday song - 2:46 16 On the amazon - 3:53 17 American pie - 9:02 18 Disc 2 19 Over the waterfall/ arkansas traveller - 2:49 20 Homeless brother - 4:17 21 Castles in the air (three flights up) - 9:09 22 Lovesick blues - 3:35 23 Winter has me in its grip - 3:15 24 The legend of andrew mccrew - 7:37 25 Dreidel - 3:41 26 Vincent - 4:23 27 Till tomorrow - 2:55