''At Yankee Stadium'' is the sixth studio

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from

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(New Rhythm and Blues Quartet), released in 1978 on

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. In keeping with the band's sense of humor, the album's title is a joke; the album credits read "Recorded at

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, November 1977 (not at Yankee Stadium)". The packaging includes photographs of the band members in an otherwise empty Yankee Stadium; these were taken as a birthday treat for bass player and founding band member

Joey Spampinato Joseph Nicholas Spampinato (born August 16, 1948) is a multi-instrumentalist and was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ. He was also one of the band's lead singers and chief songwriters. Before NRBQ he played in several bands, includin ...

, when his bandmates arranged a private visit to the ballpark. Spampinato, a Bronx native, is a lifelong

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fan. The album was released in two versions. Early copies included the song "Ridin' In My Car", which had been previously released on ''All Hopped Up,'' an album N.R.B.Q. released on their own record label (

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) the previous year. "Ridin' in My Car" was subsequently omitted from later versions of ''At Yankee Stadium."

Track listing

# "Green Lights" ( Terry Adams, Joseph Spampinato) – 2:54 # "Just Ain't Fair" (Spampinato) – 3:01 # "I Love Her, She Loves Me" (Spampinato) – 2:28 # "

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" (

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) – 2:58 # "That's Neat, That's Nice" (Adams) – 3:09 # "Ain't No Free" (Adams) – 3:24 # "I Want You Bad" (Adams, Phil Crandon) – 2:32 # "The Same Old Thing" (

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) – 2:21 # "Yes, Yes, Yes" (Adams) – 2:53 # "It Comes to Me Naturally" ( Al Anderson) – 3:00 # "Talk to Me" (Adams) – 2:41 # "

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" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:10 # "Ridin' in My Car" (Al Anderson) - 2:52

Personnel

;NRBQ * Terry Adams - vocals, piano, organ, Hohner Clavinet * Al Anderson - guitar, vocals *

- bass, acoustic guitar, vocals *Tom Ardolino - drums *The Whole Wheat Horns - horns *Keith Spring - saxophone *Donn Adams - trombone

Notes

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