Jim Croce - 1973-01-15 - Glassboro, NJ (SBD)

Jim Croce
1973-01-15
Glassboro College
Glassboro, NJ
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Operator
02. Roller Derby Queen
03. Next Time, This Time
04. Speedball Tucker
05. New York's Not My Home
06. Hard Time Losin Man
07. Ball Of Kerrymuir
08, You Don't Mess Around With Jim
09. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
10. Careful Man
11. Shopping For Clothes

Jim Croce - 1973-01-15 - Glassboro, NJ (SBD)

1970s - #3: In April 1972, Jim Croce released his first solo album on ABC records, entitled You Don’t Mess Around With Jim. Featuring tracks such as New York’s Not My Home, Photographs and Memories, Operator, and Time in A Bottle, the album showcased Croce’s songwriting talent and unique folk rock style. The title track, telling the tale of tough guy Big Jim Walker, features the memorable lyrics, "You don't tug on Superman's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger/And you don't mess around with Jim.” The song rose to #8 on the Billboard charts, putting Jim Croce on the musical map. Croce’s next album, Life and Times, would be released a year later, in July 1973, and would feature another song with a legendary character, the only and only Bad Bad Leroy Brown. That tune would go to #1 on the charts, and the future appeared to be unlimited for Croce. Tragically, just 2 months later, on September 20, 1973, the music world lost Jim Croce in a plane crash. In the wake of his death, his third album, I’ve Got A Name, which he completed just a week before his death, would reach the #2 position on the charts. In addition, the single Time in A Bottle, from his first album, was re-released, and became just the 3rd posthumous chart-topping song of the rock era following Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay and Janis Joplin's recording of Me and Bobby McGee. This soundboard recording captures Croce on January 15, 1973, 45 years ago today, right between the release of his first 2 albums. Download this one and take a moment to remember a great singer songwriter who was taken from us way too soon.