Yer' Album

Yer' Album
Studio album by The James Gang
Released	March 29, 1969
Recorded	January 1969
Genre	Rock, Hard rock
Length	49:40
Label	Bluesway/ABC BLS 6034
Producer	Bill Szymczyk
The James Gang chronology
Yer' Album (1969) James Gang Rides Again (1970)

Yer' Album is the first album by the James Gang, recorded at The Hit Factory in NYC and released in March 1969. This is the only album featuring the bassist Tom Kriss.

In the locked groove at the end of side 1 of the LP version of the album (which is normally silent on most phonograph records), the spoken phrase "Turn me over" repeats in a loop, while the locked groove at the end of side 2 repeats the phrase "Play me again".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote the album "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."^[1]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Introduction" (Bert de Coteaux, Jim Fox, Bill Szymczyk) – 0:40
2. "Take a Look Around" (Joe Walsh) – 6:18
3. "Funk #48" (Fox, Tom Kriss, Walsh) – 2:46
4. "Bluebird" (Stephen Stills) – 6:02
5. "Lost Woman" (Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 9:06

Side Two

1. "Stone Rap" (Fox, Kriss, Szymczyk, Walsh) – 1:00
2. "Collage" (Patrick Cullie, Walsh) – 4:02
3. "I Don't Have the Time" (Fox, Walsh) – 2:49
4. "Wrapcity in English" (Walsh) – 0:57
5. "Fred" (Walsh) – 4:09
6. "Stop" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 12:04

Personnel

• Joe Walsh – guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals.
• Tom Kriss – bass guitar, flute, vibraphone, vocals.
• Jim Fox – drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals.

Production

• Joe Walsh, Bill Szymczyk: Producer.
• James Gang, Bill Szymczyk, Bert de Coteaux: Arrangers.
• Bill Szymczyk: Engineer.
• Denis Minervini: Assistant engineer.
• Henry Epstein: Cover design.
• Ladimer Jeric: Cover Art.
• Bill Szymczyk: Photography.

References