At Yankee Stadium
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At Yankee Stadium is the sixth studio album from NRBQ
NRBQ
NRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato,...

, released in 1978 on Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

. In keeping with the band's well-known sense of humor, the album's title is itself a bit of a joke. While it would appear the album is a live concert recording performed at the stadium, it is not; the album credits read "Recorded at Bearsville Studios
Bearsville Studios
Bearsville Studios was a recording studio at Bearsville, New York just west of Woodstock, New York.The studio was opened in 1969 by Albert Grossman, manager of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren....

, November 1977 (not at Yankee Stadium)". The packaging includes photographs of the band members in a Yankee Stadium devoid of any other visible human beings; these were taken when, as a special birthday treat for bass player and founding band member Joey Spampinato
Joey Spampinato
Joey Spampinato was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ. He was also one of the band's lead singers and chief songwriters. Before NRBQ he played in several bands, including The Seven of Us, which in 1967 while in Miami, Florida, met another band, The Merseybeats USA. The bands merged to form...

, his bandmates arranged a private visit to the ballpark. Spampinato, a Bronx native, is a lifelong Yankee
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 fan.

The album was released in two versions. Early copies included the song "Ridin' In My Car", which was subsequently omitted from the later version.

Track listing

  1. "Green Lights" (Terry Adams
    Terry Adams (musician)
    Terry Adams is an American pianist/composer and a founding member of the musical group NRBQ , known for decades of extensive touring, energetic and humorous live shows, and wide-ranging musical repertoire, including rock, blues, country, pop, and jazz...

    , Joseph Spampinato
    Joey Spampinato
    Joey Spampinato was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ. He was also one of the band's lead singers and chief songwriters. Before NRBQ he played in several bands, including The Seven of Us, which in 1967 while in Miami, Florida, met another band, The Merseybeats USA. The bands merged to form...

    ) – 2:54
  2. "Just Ain't Fair" (Spampinato) – 3:01
  3. "I Love Her, She Loves Me" (Spampinato) – 2:28
  4. "Get Rhythm
    Get Rhythm
    "Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:...

    " (Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash
    John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

    ) – 2:58
  5. "That's Neat, That's Nice" (Adams) – 3:09
  6. "Ain't No Free" (Adams) – 3:24
  7. "I Want You Bad" (Adams, Phil Crandon) – 2:32
  8. "The Same Old Thing" (Sherlie Matthews
    Sherlie Matthews
    Sherlie Matthews is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a backing vocalist for Pop, R&B and Rock groups from the mid 1960s to the present time.-Early life:...

    ) – 2:21
  9. "Yes, Yes, Yes" (Adams) – 2:53
  10. "It Comes to Me Naturally" (Al Anderson
    Al Anderson (NRBQ)
    Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...

    ) – 3:00
  11. "Talk to Me" (Adams) – 2:41
  12. "Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a prototypical twelve bar blues-form rock and roll song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets...

    " (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:10
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