Singer: Jim Croce
Title: You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Label: ABC Records ‎– ABCX 756
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: 1972
Category: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1353 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1438 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 AIFF VOX MP3 AHX MP2 AA RA FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	You Don't Mess Around With Jim	3:00
A2	Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day	2:49
A3	New York's Not My Home	3:05
A4	Hard Time Losin' Man	2:23
A5	Photographs And Memories	2:03
A6	Walkin' Back To Georgia	2:47
B1	Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) Backing Vocals – Maury Muehleisen, Terry Cashman	3:45
B2	Time In A Bottle	2:24
B3	Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)	2:40
B4	Box #10 Bass – Jim Ryan	2:22
B5	A Long Time Ago	2:18
B6	Hey Tomorrow Guitar [Electric] – H.J. Boyle*	2:40

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Hit Factory
• Copyright (c) – Blendingwell Music, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Wingate Music Corp.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Published By – Blendingwell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Wingate Music Corp.

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Maury Muehleisen
• Arranged By [Strings] – Pete Dino*
• Backing Vocals – Ellie Greenwich (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Tasha Thomas (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Tommy West (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2, B6)
• Bass – Joe Macho (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3, B5, B6), Tommy West (tracks: A5, A6, B2)
• Drums – Gary Chester
• Engineer [Recording And Mixing] – Bruce Tergersen*
• Keyboards – Tommy West
• Photography By – Paul Wilson
• Producer – Terry Cashman & Tommy West*
• Rhythm Guitar – Jim Croce
• Written-By – Jim Croce

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.

Recorded at the Hit Factory, New York

Two cover variations exist
1st Pressing : 1971 : normal cover
2nd Pressing : 1972 : green box with "Featuring Time In A Bottle" on cover

Label variation (see image).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Hand-Etched (Variant 1)): ABCX 756-A 3
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Hand-Etched (Variant 1)): ABCX-756-B 8 >
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Hand-Etched (Variant 2)): ABCX 756 A ①
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Hand-Etched, Stamped (Variant 3)): TX ABCX-756 B ④ V A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ABCX 756	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album)	ABC Records	ABCX 756	US	1972
ABCX 756, SMAS-94785	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Club, Gat)	ABC Records, ABC Records	ABCX 756, SMAS-94785	US	1972
ABCX-756	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	ABC Records	ABCX-756	US	1972
CQD-40006	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Quad, RP)	ABC Command Quadraphonic	CQD-40006	US	1976
TRC 3101	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album)	Lifesong	TRC 3101	US	1972

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