JAMES GANG 'YER ALBUM' NEAR MINT VINYL ORIGINAL 1969 GATEFOLD PROMO WALSH DEBUT
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JAMES GANG 'YER ALBUM' NEAR MINT VINYL ORIGINAL 1969 GATEFOLD PROMO! THE JOE WALSH DEBUT!
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Yer' Album Review by William Ruhlmann
Courtesy of AllMusic.comThe James Gang's debut LP, Yer' Album, was very much a first record and very much a record of its time. The heavy rock scene of the period was given to extensive jamming, and four tracks ran more than six minutes each. The group had written some material, but they were still something of a cover band, and the disc included their extended workouts on Buffalo Springfield's "Bluebird" and the Yardbirds' "Lost Woman," the latter a nine-minute version complete with lengthy guitar, bass, and drum solos. But in addition to the blues rock there were also touches of pop and progressive rock, mostly from Walsh who displayed a nascent sense of melody, not to mention some of the taste for being a cutup that he would display in his solo career. Walsh's "Take a Look Around" must have made an impression on Pete Townshend during the period before the album's release when the James Gang was opening for the Who since Townshend borrowed it for the music he was writing for the abortive Lifehouse follow-up to Tommy. If "Wrapcity (i.e., Rhapsody) in English," a minute-long piano and strings interlude, seems incongruous in retrospect, recall that this was an eclectic era. But the otherwise promising "Fred," which followed, broke down into a pedestrian jazz routine, suggesting that the band was trying to cram too many influences onto one record and sometimes into one song. Nevertheless, they were talented improvisers, as the open-ended album closer, Jerry Ragavoy and Mort Shuman's "Stop," made clear. After ten minutes, Szymczyk faded the track out, but Walsh was still going strong. Yer' Album contained much to suggest that the James Gang, in particular its guitarist, had a great future, even if it was more an album of performances than compositions.
DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of DiscogsThe James Gang* – Yer' Album
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Label:
Bluesway – BLS 6034, Bluesway – BLS-6034Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, GatefoldCountry:
USReleased:
1969Genre:
RockStyle:
Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock A1 Tuning Part One (Introduction) Written-By – B. DeCoteaux*, B. Szymczyk*, J. Fox* 0:39 A2 Take A Look Around Written-By – Joe Walsh 6:20 A3 Funk #48 Written-By – Jim Fox (2), Joe Walsh, Tom Kriss 2:47 A4 Bluebird Written-By – Stephen Stills 6:01 A5 Lost Woman Written-By – C. Dreja*, J. Beck*, J. McCarty*, K. Relf*, P. Samwell-Smith* 9:06 B1 Stone Rap Written-By – B. Szymczyk*, J. Fox*, J. Walsh*, T. Kriss* 0:59 B2 Collage Written-By – J. Walsh*, P. Cullie* 4:03 B3 I Don't Have The Time Written-By – Jim Fox (2), J. Walsh* 2:50 B4a Wrapcity In English Written-By – J. Walsh* 0:57 B4b Fred Written-By – J. Walsh* 4:11 B5 Stop Written-By – J. Ragovoy*, Mort Shuman 12:00- Record Company – ABC Records
- Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
- Published By – Stone Rap Music
- Published By – Pamco Music
- Published By – Stone Rap Music Co.
- Published By – Cotillion Music, Inc.
- Published By – Ten East Music
- Published By – Springalo Toones
- Published By – Yardbird Music Inc.
- Published By – Rumbalero Music, Inc.
- Published By – Ragmar Music Corp.
- Engineered At – The Hit Factory
- Engineered At – Cleveland Recording Company
- Engineered At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Longwear Plating
- Arranged By – Bill Szymczyk, The James Gang*
- Arranged By [Strings] – Bert "Super Chart" De Coteaux*
- Bass – Tom Kriss
- Choir – The Dunn Chorus
- Design [Cover] – Byron Goto, Henry Epstein
- Drums – Jim Fox (2)
- Engineer [Assistants] – Dennis Minervini, Ken Hamann, Woody Davis
- Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Joe Walsh
- Lacquer Cut By – LH*
- Photography By [Front] – Bill Szymczyk
- Photography By [Rear Collage] – Byron Goto
- Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
First release gatefold variation with Bluesway logo on front cover
Engineering - The Hit Factory, Cleveland Recording, Regent Sound
Longwear Plating (LW) responsible for the metalwork during the vinyl mastering process.
Publishers:
A1 - Stone Rap Music/Pamco Music
A4 - Cotillion Music Inc./Ten East Music/Springalo Toones
A5 - Yardbird Music Inc.
B1 - Stone Rap Music Co./Pamco Music
B5 - Rumbalero Music Inc./Ragmar Music Corp.
All other selections - Stone Rap Music Co.
1st catalog #: rear cover/liner; 2nd: front cover
Producers note, inner cover: "...Those of you with manual turntables, don't tell your friends about the last grooves as they will break their automatic turntables trying to listen to them." At the end of Side 1, you hear "Turn me over." At the end of Side 2, you hear "Play me again."
- Rights Society (A5): ASCAP
- Rights Society (All other selections): BMI
- Matrix / Runout (A side label): BLS-6034-A
- Matrix / Runout (B side label): BLS-6034-B
- Matrix / Runout (A side runout): BLS 6034 A LW SS
- Matrix / Runout (B side runout): BLS 6034 B LW SS LH
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