JIM CROCE YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM VERTIGO (SWI
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Jim Croce – You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Label: Vertigo – 6360 700 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock Style: Country Rock, Pop Rock
Tracklist?
A1 You Don't Mess Around With Jim A2 Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day A3 New York's Not My Home A4 Hard Time Losin' Man A5 Photographs And Memories A6 Walkin' Back To Georgia B1 Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) B2 Time In A Bottle B3 Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) B4 Box #10 B5 A Long Time Ago B6 Hey TomorrowCredits?
- Acoustic Guitar [Lead] – Maury Muehleisen
- Arranged By [Strings] – Pete Dino*
- Backing Vocals – Ellie Greenwich (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Maury Muehleisen (tracks: B1), Tasha Thomas (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Terry Cashman (tracks: B1), Tommy West (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2, B6)
- Bass – Jim Ryan (tracks: B4), Joe Macho (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3, B5, B6), Tommy West (tracks: A5, A6, B2)
- Drums – Gary Chester (2)
- Electric Guitar – H.J. Boyle* (tracks: B6)
- Keyboards – Tommy West
- Photography By – Paul Wilson (15)
- Producer – Terry Cashman & Tommy West*
- Rhythm Guitar, Words By, Music By – Jim Croce
- Sleeve [Sleeve Styled By] – Design Machine
Notes?
Released on a Vertigo ''swirl'' label in a fold-out cover.
GATEFOLD COVER AND RECORD ARE IN EX COND.
HAS THE SWIRL LABELS. INNER HAS SWIRL PRINTED ON.
Jim Croce was an American singer who died in 1973 in a plane crash. Before his death, he released four studio albums and five singles. After his death, a fifth studio album was released that he had been working on prior to the plane crash. Six additional singles were released; several of those were from previous albums. His popularity continued long after his passing and many compilation albums have been released, with "new" material being released as well featuring unreleased recordings. Two live albums were also released.
Croce's first two studio albums did not chart, but his third, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 following his death. This album featured three singles, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels), and Time in a Bottle. His fourth album Life and Times peaked at number two in the United States, but reached number one in Canada in late December 1973. It featured the singles One Less Set of Footsteps, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, and It Doesn't Have to Be That Way.
Time in a Bottle and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown would both achieve much success by both reaching the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100. His fifth album, I Got a Name, was released in December 1973 and reached the number two position in both the United States and Canada. This album would feature the title song "I Got a Name", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", and "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The song, I Got a Name was released as a single during Croce's lifetime, but "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" became a posthumous number one hit when it reached the top position on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles in 1974.
Several compilation albums such as Down the Highway and The Faces I've Been were released in the mid 1970s containing unreleased and demo recordings for a future album. Two songs from Down the Highway were released as singles, Chain Gang Medley and Mississippi Lady. They would be his final singles released. Another compilation album, Photographs & Memories became a successful release by reaching number one on the Canadian charts, and number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It also achieved a platinum certification in the United States, and a Gold certification in Hong Kong.
Even after his death, his popularity continued and a demand for unreleased material caused a live album to be released, Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour. This album was recorded during the summer of 1973 during Jim Croce's tour. More demo recordings were released in 2003 on the album Home Recordings: Americana. A DVD featuring live concert footage was also released in 2003 on the album Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live which later spawned a CD featuring the audio from the concert footage.
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