Loudon Wainwright III: Album III / Attempted Mustache / Unrequited

RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2011

• Three albums recorded over a three-year period between 1972 and 1975, a period where Loudon Wainwright III experienced the very height of his popularity.

• Three albums on two CDs including three bonus tracks with detailed sleeve notes by Jerry Ewing

One of America’s truly great singer-songwriters, a man known for his humour and also for his acting ability; his father, Loudon Wainwright Jr, was a columnist for Life magazine, his sister, Sloan Wainwright is also a singer, while his children – Rufus and Martha – are both established singer/ songwriters. Their mother’s the late great Kate McGarrigle.

Still recording, acting and entertaining to this day, Wainwright’s is a rare talent who has endured for over five decades because of his cult appeal.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE - ALBUM III
1 DEAD SKUNK
2 RED GUITAR
3 EAST INDIAN PRINCESS
4 MUSE BLUES
5 HOMETEAM CROWD
6 B SIDE
7 NEEDLESS TO SAY
8 SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
9 NEW PAINT
10 TRILOGY (CIRCA 1967)
11 DRINKING SONG
12 SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME ATTEMPTED MUSTACHE
13 THE SWIMMING SONG
14 AM WORLD
15 BELL BOTTOM PANTS
16 LIZA
17 I AM THE WAY (NEW YORK TOWN)
18 CLOCKWORK CHARTREUSE
19 DOWN DRINKING AT THE BAR
20 THE MAN WHO COULDN'T CRY
21 COME A LONG WAY
22 NOCTURNAL STUMBLEBUTT
23 DILATED TO MEET YOU
24 LULLABY

DISC TWO - UNREQUITED
1 SWEET NOTHINGS
2 THE LOWLY TOURIST
3 KINGS AND QUEENS
4 KICK IN THE HEAD
5 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO US
6 CRIME OF PASSION
7 ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER
8 ON THE ROCKS (LIVE)
9 GURU (LIVE)
10 MR. GUILTY (LIVE)
11 THE UNTITLED (LIVE)
12 UNREQUITED TO THE NTH DEGREE (LIVE)
13 OLD FRIEND (LIVE)
14 RUFUS IS A TIT MAN (LIVE)
BONUS TRACKS
15 RUFUS IS A TIT MAN (ALTERNATE VERSION)
16 OVER THE HILL
17 HOLLYWOOD HOPEFUL