New York City (You're A Woman) - Original 1971 US Columbia label 13-track LP

Original 1971 US Columbia labels 11-track LP - Koopers 4rth album recorded in two separate sessions in Los Angeles and London with two seperate bands.

Vinyl has the generic red company labels with black centre print and orange company name and camera eye logo rimprint - housed in an inner pasted gatefold picture cover.

Condition: VG+(+) (Vinyl and Labels)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is wonderfully shiny - Side 1 has a little sleeve wear... a little too much for a near perfect grading. Side 2 is mint. Side 1 label is perfect, Side 2 label has a single short and light spindletrace - vinyl is overall at least close to near perfect/excellent.

Cover has a top back left handwritten buying date... dark blue ballpoint on black - not very visible - a very slight mid-back crease and touch of seam and corners wear but is otherwise perfect - graded straight near mint - a simply very decent copy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. New York City (You're a Woman) (Al Kooper) - 5:20
2. John the Baptist (Holy John) (Kooper, Phyllis Major) - 3:34
3. Can You Hear It Now (500 Miles) (Traditional, arranged by Kooper) - 3:27
4. The Ballad of the Hard Rock Kid (Kooper) - 4:19
5. Going Quietly Mad (Kooper) - 3:54

Side 2:
1. Medley
a Wee Baby, I Love You (Richard Parker) - 1:59
b Love Is A Man's Best Friend (Irwin Levine, Kooper) - 2:24
2. Back on My Feet (Kooper) - 3:22
3. Come Down in Time (Bernie Taupin, Elton John) - 4:39
4. Dearest Darling (Bo Diddley) - 3:55
5. Nightmare #5 (Kooper) - 3:00
6. The Warning (Someone's on the Cross Again) (Kooper, Phyllis Major) - 3:00

Recorded At Trident Studios, London and at Columbia Studios, Hollywood

Credits:
Al Kooper: piano, organ, guitars, Mellotron, harmonium, singer vocals

Additional Mussicians:
Paul Humphries - drums (LA)
Roger Pope - drums (London)
Bobbye Hall Porter - percussion (LA)
Lou Shelton - guitar (LA)
Terry Kath - guitar solo (Can You Hear It Now) (LA)
Carol Kaye (LA), Herbie Flowers (London) - electric bass
Bobby West - acoustic and electric basses (LA)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel ('The Ballad of the Hard Rock Kid' and 'The Warning') (LA)
Caleb Quaye: guitar ('Going Quietly Mad' and 'Nightmare #5') (London)

Various combinations of Rita Coolidge, Vanetta Fields, Clydie King, Donna Weiss, Julia Tillman, Edna Wright, Maxine Willard, Lorna Willard, Edna Woods, Claudia Lennear, Dorothy Morrison, Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith, Robert John, Mike Gately and Jay Seigal - backing vocals

Technical Credits:
Al Kooper - Production
Robert Gratz, Mark Friedman, Sy Mitchell, Frank Laico - Engineers
Ken Scott, Doug Pomeroy - Engineers, Remix Engineers
Mike Ruschack - Masterring

Artwork:
John Berg - Cover Design
Brian Hennessey - Inside Spread Photography
Richard Avedon - Cover Photography