Yellow Fever (album)
1975 studio album by Hot Tuna
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Yellow Fever is the sixth album by the American blues rock band Hot Tuna, recorded and released in 1975 as Grunt BFL1-1238. The album was also released in Quadraphonic as Grunt BFD1-1238. The album rose to #97 on the Billboard charts.
ReleasedNovember 1975
RecordedJune – August 1975 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
GenresBlues rock, hard rock
Length39:36
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| Released | November 1975 | |||
| Recorded | June – August 1975 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco | |||
| Genres | Blues rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Grunt | |||
| Producers | Hot Tuna Mallory Earl | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[3] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby What You Want Me to Do" | Jimmy Reed | 6:42 |
| 2. | "Hot Jelly Roll Blues" | George Carter | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Free Rein" | Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Ziegler | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Sunrise Dance with the Devil" | Kaukonen | 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Song for the Fire Maiden" | Kaukonen, Greg Douglass | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Bar Room Crystal Ball" | Kaukonen | 6:52 |
| 3. | "Half/Time Saturation" | Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Bob Steeler | 4:45 |
| 4. | "Surphase Tension" | Kaukonen | 3:58 |
Personnel
- Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitars
- Jack Casady – bass
- Bob Steeler – drums
Additional personnel
- Nick Buck – synthesizer on "Bar Room Crystal Ball"
- John Sherman – 2nd guitar on "Baby What You Want Me to Do"
Production
- Hot Tuna – producer
- Mallory Earl – producer, engineer
- Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
- Steve Malcolm – assistant engineer
- Michael Casady – equipment
- Bill Thompson – manager
- Acy Lehman – art direction
- Gribbitt – design
- Mick Haggerty – illustration
- Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
- Mastered by Rick Collins, Kendun Recorders, Burbank