Album Number Two Hundred Ninety One “You Don't Mess Around with Jim” is the third studio album by #jimcroce , released in April 1972. My copy is a gatefold on #abcrecords - ABCX 756 The album was recorded over a three to four-week period for approximately $18,000, with most funding coming from the #polygram Group in Baarn, the Netherlands, on the basis of hearing an 8-song demo tape assembled by production team Cashman & West. The deal with PolyGram was made after team attorney Phil Kurnit approached a contact within the record company who then had PolyGram executives listen to the demo tape. After having the finished album rejected by up to 40 record labels, Croce was signed to ABC Records after Cashman & West had a chance meeting with ABC promotion man #martykupps . Kupps urged label head Jay Lasker to sign Croce after hearing cuts from a cassette tape of the finished album. #theseventies #youdontmessaroundwithjim #timeinabottle #photographsandmemories https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGaWozOh7Q/?utm_medium=tumblr