Wanted: Live in Concert

Wanted: Live in Concert (also known as Wanted/Richard Pryor - Live In Concert) is the twelfth album by American comedian Richard Pryor. Produced by Richard Pryor and Biff Dawes. Released as a double-LP in 1978, it includes performances from Pryor's concert tour in 1978. Two performances from that tour were filmed in Long Beach, California for theatrical release.

Wanted: Live in Concert
Live album by
Richard Pryor
ReleasedNovember 17, 1978
Recorded1978
GenreComedy
Length86:31
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRichard Pryor, Biff Dawes
Richard Pryor chronology
Bicentennial Nigger
(1976)		 Wanted: Live in Concert
(1978)		 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]

The album was one of the nominees for the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[3] In 2017, Wanted: Live in Concert was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Richard Pryor.

Side A
  1. "New Year's Eve" - 3:54
  2. "White and Black People" - 7:59
  3. "Black Funerals" - 2:55
  4. "Discipline" - 8:00
Side B
  1. "Heart Attacks" - 8:11
  2. "Ali" - 4:11
  3. "Keeping in Shape" - 6:48
  4. "Leon Spinks" - 5:09
Side C
  1. "Dogs and Horses" - 5:50
  2. "Jim Brown" - 4:43
  3. "Monkeys" - 4:05
  4. "Kids" - 3:50
Side D
  1. "Nature" - 3:31
  2. "Things in the Woods" - 3:13
  3. "Deer Hunter" - 3:02
  4. "Chinese Food" - 3:23
  5. "Being Sensitive" - 7:54

Recording locations
  • Tracks A2, B3, C1, C3-C4, D1-D2 and D5 recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, September 3, 1978.
  • Tracks A1-A3, B1-B2, B4, C2 and D4 recorded at the City Center of Music and Drama in New York, New York, September 19, 1978.
  • Tracks A4 and D3 recorded at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, September 28, 1978.
  • Location recording by Wally Heider Recording, Biff Dawes, and Paul Sandweiss engineers.

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Gallucci, Michael. Wanted: Live in Concert at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980". Awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "National Recording Registry Picks Are "Over the Rainbow"". Library of Congress. March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  5. "American album certifications – Richard Pryor – Wanted: Live in Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 22, 2022.


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