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Newborn (album)

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Released
  
May 5, 1975

Length
  
33:34

Artist
  
James Gang

Producer
  
Tom Dowd

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock

Recorded
  
1974-1975

Newborn (1975)
  
Jesse Come Home (1976)

Release date
  
5 May 1975

Label
  
Atco Records

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Similar
  
Jesse Come Home, Straight Shooter, Passin' Thru, Yer' Album, Miami

Newborn is the eighth album by James Gang, released in 1975, and the only released on Atlantic Records.

Contents

Guitarist Tommy Bolin and singer Roy Kenner left the band, and were replaced by guitarist Richard Shack and vocalist Bubba Keith. This album is notable for being perhaps the most boogie-based James Gang release and for featuring a cover of the Elvis Presley classic "Heartbreak Hotel".

Both Newborn and its follow-up Jesse Come Home have been reissued on one CD by Wounded Bird Records.

The album cover artwork features a reproduction of Salvador Dalí's "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man"

Critical reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album "The record was another collection of mediocre songs—a problem that plagued the band ever since the departure of Joe Walsh in 1971."

Track listing

All songs by Bubba Keith and Richard Shack, except where noted.

Side One
  1. "Merry-Go-Round" – 3:05
  2. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  3. Richard Shack - guitars, backing vocals, guitar solo
  4. Dale Peters - bass, backing vocals
  5. Jim Fox - drums
  6. David Briggs - organ
  7. "Gonna Get By" (Bubba Keith, Mark Smith) – 3:59
  8. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  9. Richard Shack - electric guitar, backing vocals
  10. Dale Peters - bass, backing vocals
  11. Jim Fox - drums
  12. David Briggs - piano, organ
  13. "Earthshaker" (Keith) – 3:48
  14. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  15. Richard Shack - guitars, guitar solo
  16. Dale Peters - bass
  17. Jim Fox - drums
  18. Tom Dowd - cacophony
  19. Ken Hamann - synth-A
  20. "All I Have" – 2:17
  21. Bubba Keith - lead vocals
  22. Richard Shack - guitar
  23. Dale Peters - bass
  24. "Watch It" (Keith) – 3:32
  25. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  26. Richard Shack - guitars, guitar solo
  27. Dale Peters - bass, cowbell
  28. Jim Fox - drums
Side Two
  1. "Driftin' Dreamer" – 3:31
  2. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  3. Richard Shack - electric guitar, backing vocals
  4. Dale Peters - bass, backing vocals, tambourine
  5. Jim Fox - drums, organ
  6. "Shoulda' Seen Your Face" – 3:46
  7. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  8. Richard Shack - guitars, guitar solo
  9. Dale Peters - bass, triangle
  10. Jim Fox - drums
  11. "Come With Me" – 2:30
  12. Bubba Keith - lead vocals
  13. Richard Shack - guitar
  14. Donny Brooks - harmonica
  15. George Ricci - cello
  16. Arif Mardin - cello and harmonica arrangements
  17. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton & Tommy Durden) – 2:15
  18. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  19. Richard Shack - guitars, guitar solo
  20. Dale Peters - bass
  21. Jim Fox - drums, piano
  22. "Red Satin Lover" – 2:17
  23. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, guitar
  24. Richard Shack - guitars, guitar solo
  25. Dale Peters - bass, backing vocals, tambourine
  26. Jim Fox - drums
  27. "Cold Wind" – 2:34
  28. Bubba Keith - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  29. Richard Shack - electric guitar, guitar solo
  30. Dale Peters - bass
  31. Jim Fox - drums
  32. Al Perkins - steel guitar
  33. Tom Dowd - piano

Personnel

  • Bubba Keith – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
  • Richard Shack – electric guitars, backing vocals
  • Dale Peters – bass, backing vocals, percussion
  • Jim Fox – drums, organ, piano
  • Al Perkins – steel guitar
  • David Briggs – organ, piano
  • Kenneth Hamann – synthesizer
  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • George Ricci – cello

    • Songs

    1Merry-Go-Round3:06
    2Gonna Get By4:00
    3Earthshaker3:51

    References

    Newborn (album) Wikipedia
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