You Don't Mess Around With Jim

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A1	You Don't Mess Around With Jim	3:00
A2	Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day	2:49
A3	New York's Not My Home	3:05
A4	Hard Time Losin' Man	2:23
A5	Photographs And Memories	2:03
A6	Walkin' Back To Georgia	2:47
B1	Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) Backing Vocals – Maury Muehleisen, Terry Cashman	3:45
B2	Time In A Bottle	2:24
B3	Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)	2:40
B4	Box #10 Bass – Jim Ryan	2:22
B5	A Long Time Ago	2:18
B6	Hey Tomorrow Guitar [Electric] – H.J. Boyle*	2:40

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Record Club Of America, Inc.
• Licensed To – Record Club Of America, Inc.
• Marketed By – Record Club Of America, Inc.
• Distributed By – Record Club Of America, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – RCA Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
• Published By – Blendingwell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Wingate Music Corp.
• Recorded At – The Hit Factory

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings] – Pete Dino*
• Backing Vocals – Ellie Greenwich (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Tasha Thomas (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B6), Tommy West (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2, B6)
• Bass – Joe Macho (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3, B5, B6), Tommy West (tracks: A5, A6, B2)
• Drums – Gary Chester*
• Engineer [Recording And Mixing] – Bruce Tergersen*
• Guitar [Acoustic] – Maury Muehleisen
• Keyboards – Tommy West
• Photography By – Paul Wilson*
• Producer – Terry Cashman & Tommy West*
• Written-By, Rhythm Guitar – Jim Croce

Notes

Original black ABC "Rainbow box" label. Cover w/o any hype for "Time In A Bottle"
Cat # ABCX-756 appears on the label.
Cat # ABCX 756 appears on the spine and front sleeve, top-right.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Etched): ABCX 756-A-RE-2
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Etched): ABCD 756-B -RE-1
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ABCX 756	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album)	ABC Records	ABCX 756	US	1972
ABCX 756, SMAS-94785	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Club, Gat)	ABC Records, ABC Records	ABCX 756, SMAS-94785	US	1972
ABCX-756	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	ABC Records	ABCX-756	US	1972
CQD-40006	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album, Quad, RP)	ABC Command Quadraphonic	CQD-40006	US	1976
TRC 3101	Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around With Jim ‎(LP, Album)	Lifesong	TRC 3101	US	1972