It Ain't Me Babe (album)

It Ain't Me Babe
Studio album by the Turtles
Released	October 1965
Recorded	1965
Genre	Folk rock
Length	27:04
Label	White Whale
Producer	Bones Howe Lee Lasseff Ted Feigin
The Turtles chronology
It Ain't Me Babe (1965) You Baby (1966)
Singles from It Ain't Me Babe
"Let Me Be" Released: August 1965

It Ain't Me Babe is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Turtles. It was released in October 1965 on White Whale Records.

Background

Prior to recording, the band members required written permission from their parents due to being underage. Included on the album is original work from the band's high school performing days and their own interpretations of popular songs from other musicians. The most successful track "It Ain't Me Babe" reached #8 on the national charts.

Sundazed Records licensed the rights to the Turtles' library and has re-released most of the group's early albums. In 2016, a remastered edition was issued as part of the box set The Complete Original Album Collection featuring both the mono and stereo mixes of the album on a single CD; this edition was also issued separately in 2017.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Tom Hull	B+ ()

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wanderin' Kind"	Howard Kaylan	2:06
2.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake	1:55
3.	"Your Maw Said You Cried"	Stephen Schlaks B. Glazer	1:43
4.	"Eve of Destruction"	P.F. Sloan	2:40
5.	"Glitter and Gold"	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	2:08
6.	"Let Me Be"	P.F. Sloan	2:20

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let the Cold Winds Blow"	Kaylan	2:18
2.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	Bob Dylan	2:09
3.	"A Walk in the Sun"	Kaylan	2:13
4.	"Last Laugh"	Kaylan Nita Garfield	1:45
5.	"Love Minus Zero/No Limit"	Dylan	2:53
6.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Dylan	3:15

Sundazed CD edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wanderin' Kind"	Howard Kaylan	2:06
2.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake	1:55
3.	"Your Maw Said You Cried"	Stephen Schlaks B. Glazer	1:43
4.	"Eve of Destruction"	P.F. Sloan	2:40
5.	"Glitter and Gold"	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	2:08
6.	"Let the Cold Winds Blow"	Kaylan	2:18
7.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	Dylan	2:09
8.	"A Walk in the Sun"	Kaylan	2:13
9.	"Last Laugh"	Kaylan Nita Garfield	1:45
10.	"Love Minus Zero/No Limit"	Dylan	2:53
11.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Dylan	3:15
12.	"We'll Meet Again"	Hughie Charles Ross Parker	2:30
13.	"Grim Reaper of Love"	Al Nichol Chuck Portz	2:43
14.	"So Goes Love"	Carole King Gerry Goffin	2:40

Personnel

• Al Nichol – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, bass guitar
• Jim Tucker – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Mark Volman – guitar, tambourine, vocals
• Don Murray – drums
• Howard Kaylan – keyboards, lead vocals
• Chuck Portz – bass guitar, vocals

Charts

Billboard 200-

• It Ain't Me Babe- No. 98

Billboard Hot 100-

• It Ain't Me Babe- No. 8
• The Grim Reaper of Love- No. 81