First Base (album)

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First Base
File:Babe Ruth-First Base.jpg
Studio album by
Babe Ruth
ReleasedNovember 1972
RecordedJune–September 1972
EMI Studios, London
Genre
Length41:36
LabelHarvest EMI (Capitol Records in the US)
ProducerAlan Shacklock, Nick Mobbs
Babe Ruth chronology
First Base
(1972) 		Amar Caballero
(1973)
Singles from First Base
  1. "Wells Fargo"
    Released: November 3, 1972
  2. "The Mexican"
    Released: 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
CreemB−[3]
The Rolling Stone Record GuideStarStar[4]

First Base is the debut album by English rock band Babe Ruth. Produced by guitarist Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs, and engineered by Tony Clark at the EMI's Abbey Road Studios between June and September 1972, it was released November that year.

The album track "Wells Fargo" — a hard rock song named after the cash-transporting stagecoach line of the American Old West, with lyrics evoking the era's cowboy legend — was released as a single and became an FM radio hit.[5]

The album went gold in Canada (#87[6]), sold well in the US, but had disappointing sales by comparison in the UK. The song "The Mexican" has been covered and remixed many times. Among them, it was covered in 1984 by John "Jellybean" Benitez with vocals by Janita Haan. "The Mexican" was also mixed into the third track of The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 1999 and covered by GZA in 2015.

The sleeve design, painting and photography were by Roger Dean.

Track listing

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  1. "Wells Fargo" (Alan Shacklock) – 6:14
  2. "The Runaways" (music: Alan Shacklock, words: David Whiting) – 7:12
  3. "King Kong" (Frank Zappa) – 6:40, recorded in one take, no overdubs
  4. "Black Dog" (Jesse Winchester) – 8:03
  5. "The Mexican" (Alan Shacklock) – 5:48 - interpolates Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu (For a Few Dollars More, music by Ennio Morricone)
  6. "Joker" (Alan Shacklock) – 7:42
  7. "Wells Fargo" (single version, CD only; Shacklock) – 3:35
  8. "Theme from For a Few Dollars More" (CD only; Morricone) – 2:19

Personnel

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Babe Ruth
Other musicians

Charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 87
US Billboard 200[8] 178

Releases

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  • 1972: LP US/Canada, Harvest SW-11151
  • 1972: LP UK, Harvest SHSP 4022
  • 1972: LP Spain, EMI/Harvest 1J 062-05.159
  • 1972: LP Italy, EMI/Harvest 3C 064-05159
  • 1972: LP Japan, Odeon
  • 1991: CD Canada, One Way 57343
  • 1995: CD Germany, Repertoire REP 4554-WP
  • 2001: CD Repertoire REP4554[9]

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  8. ^ "Babe Ruth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
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