JAMES GANG "Thirds" (Joe Walsh)

Label: ABC Dunhill

Format: 4-Track reel to reel tape

Tape Speed: 7 1/2 ips.

Country: US

Released: 1971

Genre: Classic Rock

Condition: THe Tape is Near Mint -No issues detected

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1. Walk Away 3:32
2. Yadig? 2:30
3. Things I Could Be 4:18
4. Dreamin' In The Country 2:57
5. It's All The Same 4:10
6. Midnight Man 3:28
7. Again 4:04
8. White Man / Black Man 5:39
9. Live My Life Again 5:26

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Thirds is the third studio album by the American rock band, James Gang. The album was released in mid-1971, on the label ABC Records. It is the last studio album featuring Joe Walsh. "Walk Away" was released as a single, making the Top 40 on at least one national chart, reaching #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, the best placement of a James Gang single. The album reached Gold status in July 1972.

On the liner notes to the LP version of this 1971 album, Joe Walsh is credited with "guitar, vocals, and train wreck", the latter for his work on the song "Walk Away" as a wry commentary on the multi-tracked, cascading lead guitars that clash as the song fades out. (Wiki)

AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

 "Walk Away," was the first single, and it climbed into the Top 40 in at least one national chart, the group's only 45 to do that well. "Midnight Man," the follow-up single, was another Walsh tune, and it also made the charts. The Fox and Peters compositions were a step down in quality, particularly Peters'. But the problem wasn't just material, it was also musical approach. James Gang Rides Again had emphasized the band's hard rock sound, which was its strong suit. But they had never given up the idea of themselves as an eclectic unit, and Thirds was their most diverse effort yet, with pedal steel guitar, horn and string charts, and backup vocals by the Sweet Inspirations turning up on one track or another. At a time when Walsh was being hailed as a guitar hero to rank with the best rock had to offer, he was not only submerging himself in a group with inferiors but also not playing much of the kind of lead guitar his supporters were raving about. As a result, though Thirds quickly earned a respectable chart position and eventually went gold, it was not the commercial breakthrough that might have been expected.

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns] – Tom Baker (3)
• Artwork [Back Cover Design] – Patrick Cullie, Tom Wright (7)
• Artwork [Front Cover Design] – Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes (2)
• Engineer – Bill Szymczyk, Eddie Youngblood, Ken Hamann
• Horns – Tom Baker And His Hashed-Out Jazz Freaks*
• Photography By – Phil Melnick*, Tom Wright (7)
• Producer – Bill Szymczyk, The James Gang*
• Remix [Engineer] – Bill "Kilowatt" Szymczyk*
• Technician [Live Sound] – Don Gehman

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