Facets (album)

Facets is a self-published studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in 1966. (See 1966 in music). Croce had five hundred copies of the album pressed, financed with a $500 cash wedding gift that he and his wife to be, Ingrid Croce, received from his parents. Croce's parents were certain that Jim would fail completely at selling the record, and realizing that he couldn't support his family as a singer, would abandon music and finish his college education. To their surprise, he not only sold every last record but also turned a profit of almost $2500. The majority of those records were sold at Croce's shows. Original vinyl copies of Facets are extremely rare today; well-preserved copies are known to fetch as much as $1,000 from collectors. Shout! Factory released an expanded two-disc version in 2004.

Facets
Studio album by
Released1966
March 23, 2004 (2004 reissue)
RecordedJuly 1966, RPL Studios, Camden, NJ
GenreFolk rock
LabelCroce Records; Shout! Factory
ProducerJoe Salviuolo
Jim Croce chronology
Facets
(1966)
Jim & Ingrid Croce
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

Original release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Steel Rail Blues"Gordon Lightfoot2:17
2."Coal Tattoo"Billy Edd Wheeler2:17
3."Texas Rodeo"Jim Croce1:44
4."Charley Green, Play That Slide Trombone"Traditional2:27
5."The Ballad of Gunga Din"Words: Rudyard Kipling, Music: Jim Croce4:05
6."Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)"Milton Ager, Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates1:58
7."Sun Come Up"Jim Croce, Richard Croce2:06
8."The Blizzard"Harlan Howard2:54
9."Running Maggie"Traditional1:52
10."Until It's Time for Me to Go"Buffy Sainte-Marie3:05
11."Big Fat Woman"Traditional2:00
2004 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Child of Midnight"Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce2:51
13."It's All Over, Mary Ann"Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce2:35
14."Railroads and Riverboats"Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce3:13
15."Hard Times Be Over"Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce1:52
16."Railroad Song"Jim Croce2:55
17."Maybe Tomorrow"Jim Croce2:30
18."Pa (Song for a Grandfather)"Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce1:51

Personnel

  • Jim Croce – guitar, vocals
  • Richard Croce – percussion
  • Mike DiBenedetto – keyboards
  • Karl Fehrenbach – guitar, banjo
  • Ken Cavender – bass

Production

References

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