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| Released | October 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock [1] | |||
| Length | 27:04 | |||
| Label | White Whale | |||
| Producer | Bones Howe Lee Lasseff Ted Feigin | |||
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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.
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 Music 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.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Tom Hull | B+ (  ) [3] |
| 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" |
| 1:43 |
| 4. | "Eve of Destruction" | P.F. Sloan | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Glitter and Gold" | 2:08 | |
| 6. | "Let Me Be" | P.F. Sloan | 2:20 |
| 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" |
| 1:45 |
| 5. | "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" | Dylan | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Like a Rolling Stone" | Dylan | 3:15 |
| 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" |
| 1:43 |
| 4. | "Eve of Destruction" | P.F. Sloan | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Glitter and Gold" |
| 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" |
| 1:45 |
| 10. | "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" | Dylan | 2:53 |
| 11. | "Like a Rolling Stone" | Dylan | 3:15 |
| 12. | "We'll Meet Again" | 2:30 | |
| 13. | "Grim Reaper of Love" |
| 2:43 |
| 14. | "So Goes Love" | 2:40 |
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