It Ain't Me Babe (album) - Misplaced Pages

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

References

Segretto, Mike (2022). "1965". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 77. ISBN 9781493064601.
Eder, Bruce. "The Turtles: It Ain't Me Babe > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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Studio albums	It Ain't Me Babe You Baby Happy Together The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands Turtle Soup
Compilations	Golden Hits More Golden Hits Wooden Head
Singles	"It Ain't Me Babe" "Let Me Be" "You Baby" "Happy Together" "She'd Rather Be with Me" "You Know What I Mean" "She's My Girl" "Elenore" "You Showed Me" "Grim Reaper of Love" "Eve of Destruction"
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