First Pull Up, Then Pull Down

First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
Live album by Hot Tuna
Released	June 1971
Recorded	April, 1971 at Chateau Liberte, Los Gatos, California
Genre	Blues-rock
Label	RCA
Producer	Jorma Kaukonen
Hot Tuna chronology
Hot Tuna (1970) First Pull Up, Then Pull Down (1971) Burgers (1972)

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First Pull Up, Then Pull Down was the second album by Hot Tuna. The album was recorded live with electric instruments, instead of the acoustic instruments used on the previous album, Hot Tuna. The album rose to #43 on the Billboard charts. In 1996, RCA released the CD box set Hot Tuna in a Can which included a remastered version of this album, along with remasters of the albums Hot Tuna, Burgers, America's Choice and Hoppkorv.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"John's Other"	Papa John Creach	8:12
2.	"Candy Man"	Rev. Gary Davis	5:44
3.	"Been So Long"	Jorma Kaukonen	3:42
4.	"Want You to Know"	Bo Carter	4:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"	Davis	8:08
2.	"Never Happen No More"	Blind Blake	3:47
3.	"Come Back Baby"	traditional, arranged by Kaukonen	9:28

Personnel

• Jack Casady – bass
• Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, guitar
• Papa John Creach – electric violin
• Sammy Piazza – drums
• Will Scarlett – harmonica

Production

• Pat "Maurice" Ieraci – master of the machines
• Allen Zentz – engineer
• Margareta Kaukonen – drawings
• Mike Frankel – interior photograph
• Jack Casady – pin-up photo
• RCA – cage
• Recorded at the Chateau Liberte (deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains), Los Gatos, CA
• Mixed down at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
• A Fishobaby Production