New York City (You're a Woman)

New York City (You're a Woman)
Studio album by Al Kooper
Released	June 1971
Recorded	1971; Trident Studios, London and Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock
Length	42:53
Label	Columbia
Producer	Al Kooper
Al Kooper chronology
Easy Does It (1970) New York City (You're a Woman) (1971) A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End (1972)

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New York City (You're a Woman) is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Al Kooper for Columbia Records, recorded and released in 1971.

Recorded with two separate groups, one in Los Angeles, California (which produced eight tracks) and the other in London, England (which produced three) and inspired by the likes of Elton John (whose "Come Down in Time" is covered), The Beatles and Neil Young, Kooper trotted out a more subdued sound than on his previous albums. Among the best-known tracks from the album is the title track, the only released portion of the presumably unfinished New York City: 6 A.M. to Midnight.

Track listing

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
6. Medley

   "Oo Wee Baby, I Love You" (Richard Parker) – 1:59

   "Love Is A Man's Best Friend" (Irwin Levine, Kooper) – 2:24

7. "Back on My Feet" (Kooper) – 3:22
8. "Come Down in Time" (Bernie Taupin, Elton John) – 4:39
9. "Dearest Darling" (Bo Diddley) – 3:55
10. "Nightmare #5" (Kooper) – 3:00
11. "The Warning (Someone's on the Cross Again)" (Kooper, Phyllis Major) – 3:00

Personnel

• Al Kooper: piano, organ, guitars, mellotron, harmonium, vocals

With

• Paul Humphries: drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11)
• Bobbye Hall Porter: percussion (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11)
• Lou Shelton: guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11)
• Terry Kath: guitar solo (track 3)
• Carol Kaye: electric bass (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9 and 11)
• Herbie Flowers: electric bass (tracks 1, 5, 8 and 10)
• Bobby West: acoustic and electric basses (tracks 3, 6 and 8)
• Roger Pope: drums (tracks 1, 5 and 10)
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel (tracks 4 and 11)
• Caleb Quaye: guitar (tracks 5 and 10)
• Various combinations of Rita Coolidge, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Donna Weiss, Julia Tillman Waters, Edna Wright, Maxine Willard Waters, Lorna Willard, Edna Woods, Claudia Lennear, Dorothy Morrison, Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith, Robert John, Michael Gately and Jay Siegel: backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11)
• Doug Pomeroy, Frank Laico, Ken Scott, Mark Friedman, Sy Mitchell - engineer
• Richard Avedon - cover photography

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