Released November 1972 First Base(1972) Amar Caballero(1973) Release date November 1972 | Length 41:36 LP (47:30 CD) Label Harvest Records | |
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Recorded June-September 1972EMI Studios, London Similar Babe Ruth albums, Progressive rock albums |
First Base is an album by the rock music group Babe Ruth. Produced by Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs, and engineered by Tony Clark at the EMI's Abbey Road Studios between June and September 1972, it was released that year.
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The album went gold in Canada, sold well in the US, but had disappointing sales by comparison in the UK. The song "The Mexican" has been covered and remixed many times. Among them, it was covered in 1984 by John "Jellybean" Benitez with vocals by Janita Haan. "The Mexican" was also mixed into the third track of The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 1999.
The sleeve design, painting and photography were by Roger Dean.
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Track listing
- "Wells Fargo" (Alan Shacklock) – 6:14
- "The Runaways" (music: Alan Shacklock, words: David Whiting) – 7:12
- "King Kong" (Frank Zappa, side 4 of Uncle Meat) – 6:40, recorded in one take, no overdubs
- "Black Dog" (Jesse Winchester) – 8:03
- "The Mexican" (Alan Shacklock) – 5:45, interpolates Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu (For a Few Dollars More, music by Ennio Morricone)
- "Joker" (Alan Shacklock) – 7:42
- "Wells Fargo" (single version, CD only; Shacklock) – 3:35
- "Theme from For a Few Dollars More" (CD only; Morricone) – 2:19
Personnel
Other musicians
Releases
Songs
1Wells Fargo6:17
2The Runaways7:28
3King Kong6:44
References
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