First Pull Up, Then Pull Down

First Pull Up, Then Pull Down is the second album by Hot Tuna, released in 1971 as RCA Victor LSP-4550. The album was recorded live with electric instruments, instead of the acoustic instruments used on the previous album, Hot Tuna. The album rose to #43 on the Billboard charts. In 1996, RCA released the CD box set Hot Tuna in a Can, which included a remastered version of this album, along with remasters of the albums Hot Tuna, Burgers, America's Choice and Hoppkorv. In Canada, the album reached #30 in the RPM Magazine charts where it was shown as Hot Tuna Electric Recorded Live.[3]

First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
Live album by
ReleasedJune 1971
RecordedApril, 1971 at Chateau Liberte, Los Gatos, California
GenreBlues rock
Length43:27
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJorma Kaukonen
Hot Tuna chronology
Hot Tuna
(1970)
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
(1971)
Burgers
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."John's Other" (instrumental)Papa John Creach8:12
2."Candy Man"Rev. Gary Davis5:44
3."Been So Long"Jorma Kaukonen3:42
4."Want You to Know"Bo Carter4:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"Davis8:08
2."Never Happen No More"Blind Blake3:47
3."Come Back Baby"traditional, arranged by Kaukonen9:28

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Will Scarlett – harmonica

Production

  • Pat "Maurice" Ieraci – master of the machines
  • Allen Zentz – engineer
  • Margareta Kaukonen – drawings
  • Mike Frankel – interior photograph
  • Jack Casady – pin-up photo
  • RCA – cage
  • Recorded at the Chateau Liberté (deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains), Los Gatos, CA
  • Mixed down at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
  • A Fishobaby Production

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. First Pull Up, Then Pull Down at AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  2. Bangs, Lester (November 11, 1971). First Pull Up, Then Pull Down, Rolling Stone
  3. "RPM Top 100 Albums - August 7, 1971" (PDF).
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