Album
You Don't Mess Around With Jim
1972 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
You Don't Mess Around With Jim is a Rock album by Jim Croce, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 22 pressings tracked.
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You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in 1972. On release, the album spent 93 weeks on the US album charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album.
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Tracklist
- 1You Don't Mess Around with Jim3:02
- 2Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day2:53
- 3New York's Not My Home3:07
- 4Hard Time Losin’ Man2:28
- 5Photographs and Memories2:08
- 6Walkin’ Back to Georgia2:51
- 7Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49
- 8Time in a Bottle2:28
- 9Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)2:46
- 10Box #102:27
- 11A Long Time Ago2:21
- 12Hey Tomorrow2:46
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- earnest
- storytelling
The song was Croce's debut single when it was released in July 1972. It reached a peak of 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The lyrics tell story of "Big Jim Walker", a pool hustler who is not too bright but is very strong and respected because of his tough reputation and his skill at pool. A man named Willie McCoy who is also a pool player comes to the pool hall to get his money back from Big Jim after being hustled out of it the previous week. Willie McCoy is known as "Slim" back in his hometown in south Alabama. Big Jim comes into the pool room and is shot and killed by Willie McCoy. McCoy gets his money back and the regulars at the pool hall now have different advice as Willie McCoy now has all of the respect: "You don't mess around with Slim".
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Cashman & WestPRODUCER
- Terry CashmanPRODUCER
- Tommy WestPRODUCER
Songwriting
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 22 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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