Turntable Tuesday

Turntable Tuesday! Peter Frampton’s “I’m in You”

July 13, 2021

It’s Turntable Tuesday because life is too short not to listen to great music! Turn that TV off! Crank up your local speaker and listen to your favorite music! If you are traveling make sure you have your car audio cranked to help those miles melt away. This week the feature for Turntable Tuesday is the 1977 album from Peter Frampton called “I’m in You.”

This is a 1977 Japanese import version of the fifth multi-platinum studio album from Peter Frampton pressed in Tokyo on the A&M label resting on one of my piano stools this week.

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If you need the Japanese lyric sheet it is available in this version!
  • “The plane crash guitar” on the 2012 tour.
  • This was the tour with the Gregg Allman Band which was an amazing night.
From 1977 until the final tour I was able to see Peter Frampton on almost every one of his tours. I think my favorites were when he played the “Frampton Comes Alive” album when it was new with Bob Mayo on keyboards and then again I was 4 feet from him watching him do the album in full on the 35th anniversary of that 1977 album. Not only did he play the entire album he finished the show with a Humble Pie set that was incredible. Best of all you were able to purchase a recorded cd copy of that show which I have!
The back of the album with the Japanese OBI. An OBI strip is a paper band or a folded paper flap as an addition to your vinyl album sleeve. The OBI strips are best known from the Japanese import releases where they usually contain the release info in Japanese. Japanese pressings are typically higher quality presses featuring heavier weight vinyl than many 140 gram records. I really enjoy the Culture Factory vinyl releases as they use many of the OBI sleeves in their vinyl packages. Be sure to check them out. https://culturefactory-usa.com/product-category/vinyl/

Just this past week I stopped in the local vinyl shop called Hippo Records in Greensboro, North Carolina. I stopped in not because I needed any new vinyl as I still have a treasure trove from the first Record Store Day release last month and another RSD drop is coming on July 17! https://recordstoreday.com/ But I wanted to see if anything cool had found a temporary home on the shelf and yes I did find a couple or three things. One of the coolest things I saw was this Japanese import version of Peter Frampton’s May 1977 release titled “I’m in You.” It was Peter’s fifth studio album that came right after his 1976 smash “Frampton Comes Alive” album. As soon as I saw this album a ton of concert memories came to mind and I found myself looking at the contents of the album package. I did not have a vinyl copy of this record in my collection so I found that for some reason it just would not leave my hand! All that said I could spend hours talking about all the Peter Frampton concerts I have seen and I would go again right now. I have been reading his book and it is taking me too long to finish it but I will say it is funny and a great book to read. If you are a fan I would give this one a must-read and if you look around there are some signed by Peter copies you can pick up for face value.

My signed copy of Peter Frampton’s memoir on a piano stool in my listening room. I have made it halfway through the book and love the stories. I need to stop trying to read three books at once and this one has been competing with Booker T’s book. This book makes me smile and sometimes even laugh hard. Peter’s buddy Bill Wyman from the Rolling Stones got him in some real trouble once. Read the book! Love this one…

I will go through all the background of the artists involved with this album and the production credits as well as a story or two on the companion podcast. Be sure to check that out where ever you get your podcasts. In the meantime I will leave you with a couple of videos to check out. The first is the Frank Zappa “Sheik Yerbouti” cut “I Have Been in You” which pokes fun at Peter Frampton’s “I’m in You.” That entire double album from Frank is one funny package.

Frank Zappa. “I Have Been in You.” Drop me a line if you don’t at least smile listening to this track.
Peter Frampton on tour in 1977.
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” Vintage Peter Frampton covering the awesome Stevie Wonder song. Stevie played harmonica on the “I’m in You” album. There were also many other greats on this album from drummer Ritchie Hayward, Mick Jagger, and the awesome Bob Mayo on keyboards.

Tune into the podcast for much more about this album. Stay safe and keep on rocking. Until next time I’ll see you, down the road.