Gatefold cover.
Recorded at United Recording Studio, Los Angeles, on January 20-24, 1969.
A1 Dear Prudence 2:37
A2 Sealed With A Kiss 2:41
A3 Both Sides Now 2:54
A4 Walk Away Renee 2:42
A5 You Won’t See Me 3:31
A6 Michael From Mountains 3:56
B1 Stormy 3:12
B2 In My Life 2:25
B3 I’ve Just Seen A Face 4:30
B4 Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:18
B5 Somewhere I Belong 3:33
Recorded at: Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, CA. Take One Studio, Burbank, CA. Can Am Studio, Tarzana, CA. Mixed At: Media Sound, NYC. Album and Cassette Originally Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC. Made in U.S.A.
GHS24148 on label and on spine.
Inner sleeve has original “banned” cover art on one side and lyrics/credits on the other
The initial pressings came with a cross sticker.
Sticker on shrink wrap reads:
‘Includes The Hit Single “SWEET CHILD O’ MINE”
Also “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE”
As Featured In THE DEAD POOL
Contains Language Which May Be
Unsuitable for Some Listeners
GHS/XXXG 24148′
G
A1 Welcome To The Jungle 4:31
A2 It’s So Easy 3:21
A3 Nightrain 4:26
A4 Out Ta Get Me 4:20
A5 Mr. Brownstone 3:46
A6 Paradise City 6:46
R
B1 My Michelle 3:39
B2 Think About You 3:50
B3 Sweet Child O’ Mine 5:55
B4 You’re Crazy 3:25
B5 Anything Goes 3:25
B6 Rocket Queen 6:13
Printed in USA on the front cover, back cover, inside sleeve and labels.
A1 Another Day, Another Town 2:27
A2 Vespers 2:00
A3 Big Wheel 1:50
A4 Age 2:12
A5 What Do People Do 1:51
B1 Just Another Day 2:35
B2 What The Hell 3:07
B3 The Man That Is Me 2:50
B4 Spin, Spin, Spin 2:43
Re-pressing variant with the green “Time In A Bottle” box on the front, has the album title in a thinner font on the labels, but more more tightly spaced than [r=5102606], all on 1 line.
Other differentiations:
-Side 1/2 are mixed upper/lower case font.
-Track listings are center-justified.
-“?1972…” text is in standard text on the last line at the bottom, not along the perimeter.
Gatefold sleeve.
Recorded at the Hit Factory, New York
Two cover variations exist
1st Pressing : May 1972 : normal cover
2nd Pressing : Later 1972 : green box with “Featuring Time In A Bottle” on cover
Label variation (see image).
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) 3:45
B2 Time In A Bottle 2:24
B3 Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) 2:40
B4 Box #10 2:22
B5 A Long Time Ago 2:18
B6 Hey Tomorrow 2:40
Original matrix number; catalog number; recording date; recording location
A1: BS-74820-1; 24200-A; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A2: BS-74821-1; 24200-B; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A3: BS-74822-1; 24204-B; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A4: BS-74823-2; 24204-A; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A5: CS-74877-3; 36084-B; Dec. 21, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A6: CS-74878-2; 36084-A; Dec. 21, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
A7: BS-74891-1; 24245-A; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B1: BS-74892-1; 24233-A; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B2: BS-74893-1; 24233-B; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B3: BS-74894-1; 24245-B; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B4: BS-74895-1; 24232-B; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B5: BS-74896-1; 24257-A; Jan. 26, 1933, Chicago
B6: BS-75102-1; 24257-B; Jan. 27, 1933, Chicago
B7: BS-75103-1; 24351-B; Jan. 27, 1933, Chicago
B8: BS-75104-1; 24369-B; Jan. 27, 1933, Chicago
C1: BS-75105-1; 24569-A; Jan. 28, 1933, Chicago
C2: BS-75106-1; 24369-A; Jan. 28, 1933, Chicago
C3: BS-75107-1; Bluebird B 10225; Jan. 28, 1933, Chicago
C4: BS-75420-1; 24335-A; Apr. 24, 1933, Chicago
C5: BS-75421-1; 24321-A; Apr. 24, 1933, Chicago
C6: BS-75422-1; 24363-A; Apr. 24, 1933, Chicago
C7: BS-75423-1; 24363-B; Apr. 24, 1933, Chicago
C8: BS-75424-1; 24320-B; Apr. 24, 1933, Chicago
D1: BS-75476-1; 24335-B; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D2: BS-75477-1; 24351-A; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D3: BS-75478-1; 24321-A; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D4: BS-75479-1; 24425-A; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D5: BS-75480-1; 24320-A; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D6: BS-75481-1; 24425-B; Apr. 26, 1933, Chicago
D7: BS-74820-2; Unissued; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
D8: BS-74822-2; Unissued; Dec. 8, 1932, Camden, New Jersey
Runout info is stamped except last letter sides A, B and D is etched; side C last AIA is etched.
A1 That’s My Home 3:10
A2 Hobo You Can’t Ride This Train 3:01
A3 I Hate To Leave You Now 3:12
A4 (You So And So) You’ll Wish You’d Never Been Born 3:19
Medley 4:34
Medley 4:23
A7 I’ve Got The World On A String 3:12
B1 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 2:59
B2 Hustlin’ And Bustlin’ For Baby 3:07
B3 Sittin’ In The Dark 3:00
B4 High Society 3:24
B5 He’s A Son Of The South 2:38
B6 Some Sweet Day 3:00
B7 Basin Street Blues 3:24
B8 Honey Do 2:35
C1 Snow Ball 3:11
C2 Mahogany Hall Stomp 2:34
C3 Swing You Cats 2:36
C4 Honey Don’t You Love Me Anymore 3:00
C5 Mississippi Basin 3:05
C6 Laughin’ Louie 3:26
C7 Tomorrow Night (After Tonight) 3:16
C8 Dusky Stevedore 2:54
D1 There’s A Cabin In The Pines 3:17
D2 Mighty River 2:42
D3 Sweet Sue, Just You 2:44
D4 I Wonder Who 3:07
D5 St. Louis Blues 2:40
D6 Don’t Play Me Cheap 2:54
D7 That’s My Home 3:08
D8 I Hate To Leave You Now 3:10
This version is the Rockaway pressing variation and can be identified by the “R” stamped in the runout grooves and by the labels, which have deep grooves, and different typesetting (compare [url=https://www.discogs.com/Meters-The-Meters/release/372121]here[/url]).
A1 Cissy Strut 3:00
A2 Here Comes The Meter Man 2:49
A3 Cardova 4:30
A4 Live Wire 2:35
A5 Art 2:30
A6 Sophisticated Cissy 2:50
B1 Ease Back 2:55
B2 6V6 LA 2:20
B3 Sehorns Farm 2:25
B4 Ann 2:40
B5 Stormy 3:32
B6 Simple Song 2:56
A1 Blue Kentucky Girl 2:27
A2 Then And Only Then 2:22
A3 I Still Miss Someone 2:11
A4 Night Girl 2:40
A5 Love’s Been Here And Gone 2:35
A6 Farther To Go 2:24
B1 The Race Is On 2:22
B2 I Won’t Forget You 2:03
B3 Two Steps Forward 2:09
B4 Send Me The Pillow You Dream On 1:59
B5 The Beginning Of The End 2:22
B6 Today 2:00
An early Columbia “six eye” stereo release, with flush left track titles.
A1 Nomad
A2 Brandenburg Gate
A3 The Golden Horn
B1 Thank You (“Dziekuje”)
B2 Marble Arch
B3 Calcutta Blues