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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
Released	November 17, 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Comedy
Length	86:31
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Richard 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[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 artistically significant."[4]

Track listing

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.

References

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