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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for alt.music.james-taylor
Version 4.2
April 18, 1996
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New Since Last Revision
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Many small fixes
4.3.1 -- Added info on the Randy Newman "Faust" album with JT
4.3.2 -- Added more backup work for Jimmy Buffett
4.4.2 -- Added "Baby Boom Baby" music video
4.3.2 -- Added more work with Linda Ronstadt
4.3.3 -- Added "Spy" composition for Carly Simon
4.5 -- Added JT's work with John Sheldon and Blue Streak
4.6 -- Added set list for the "Not Fade Away" bootleg
4.6 -- Added "Homeless Children's Medical Benefit Concert" bootleg
5.4 -- Added U.K. TV appearance "James Taylor Sings James Taylor"
5.4 -- Added BBC "In Concert" TV appearance
5.9 -- Added "CBS This Morning" appearance
7.8 -- Added "B.S.U.R." song origin
6.2 -- Added another Rolling Stone article
8.9 -- Added tidbit for the Flying Machine album
9.1.3 -- Added more info for Kate Taylor and her albums
9.1.4 -- Added info on Hugh's album
9.2.4 -- Added label info for Carole King's "One To One" album
9.2.4 -- Added more info on David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, and Rosemary
Butler
9.2.4 -- Added section for Valerie Carter
9.2.4 -- Added section for Clifford Carter
9.2.4 -- Added another Don Grolnick album
C O N T E N T S:
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION
2.1 JT World Wide Web Page
2.2 JT FTP Site
3.0 BIOGRAPHY/CHRONOLOGY
4.0 WORKS
4.1 Albums
4.1.1 U.S. Albums
4.1.2 Non-U.S. Albums
4.2 Singles
4.3 Work On Other Albums
4.3.1 Solos
4.3.2 Duets, Trios, and Backup
4.3.3 Other Compositions
4.4 Videos
4.4.1 Concert Videos
4.4.2 Single-Song Music Videos
4.4.3 Appearances In Other Videos
4.5 Miscellaneous Work
4.6 Bootlegs
5.0 APPEARANCES
5.1 "Saturday Night Live"
5.2 "The Tonight Show"
5.3 "Sesame Street"
5.4 Concerts on TV
5.5 Radio
5.6 Major Live Performances
5.7 "The Simpsons"
5.8 "Late Night With David Letterman"
5.9 "CBS This Morning"
6.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY
6.1 Biographies
6.2 Major Articles/Interviews
6.3 Sheet Music and Music Books
7.0 SONG ORIGINS
7.1 "Fire and Rain"
7.2 "Sweet Baby James"
7.3 "Mona"
7.4 "Suite for 20G"
7.5 "Mexico"
7.6 "Steamroller"
7.7 Quick Takes
7.8 "B.S.U.R."
8.0 TIDBITS
8.1 The Rock In Rio concerts
8.2 Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"
8.3 JT/Carly Simon breakup
8.4 JT's Guitars and Pickups
8.5 Randy Newman's Rock Opera
8.6 JT's Nicknames
8.7 Summer '94 Tour Set List
8.8 '95-'96 Symphonic Tour Set List
8.9 The Flying Machine Album
9.0 RELATED ARTISTS
9.1 JT's Family
9.1.1 Alex
9.1.2 Livingston
9.1.3 Kate
9.1.4 Hugh
9.1.5 Ben
9.2 JT Alumni
9.2.1 Carly Simon
9.2.2 Carole King
9.2.3 Joni Mitchell
9.2.4 Others
10.0 POINTERS
10.1 Where To Find JT's Albums
10.2 Fan Mail
10.3 How To Use the World Wide Web
11.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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1.0 I N T R O D U C T I O N
With a career that spans more than twenty-five years, it's no great
surprise that James Taylor's musical influence has reached just about every
corner of the globe. Since leading the singer-songwriter movement in the early
70s, JT has gone on to refine his style, changing over the years while still
maintaining the musical craftsmanship that garnered so much attention
early in his career.
This document--and the newsgroup that spawned it--are testaments to JT's
unusually long and successful career, and also to the worldwide following
that career has created. Just a quick scan of the contributors to this
document makes it obvious that JT is much more than an American star.
The readers of alt.music.james-taylor come from just about everywhere--
Europe, Asia, South America, Australia--and they all share a love for JT's
music.
This document is constantly being expanded, so you'll probably notice some
holes. If you can fill in some of the missing information, please send it
along to the address below. Also, if you find any errors, please let me
know so I can correct them.
If your site doesn't carry alt.music.james-taylor, ask your system
administrator to add it. Sometimes all it takes is a single request.
Enjoy.
-= Joel Risberg =-= jrisberg@shore.net =-
2.0 W H E R E T O G E T M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
2.1 JT World Wide Web Page
Users with access to a World Wide Web browser such as Mosaic or Lynx can
connect to the JT WWW Home Page for the current FAQ, archive of articles on
the newsgroup, tour dates, lyrics files, GIFs, and sound samples. The URL is:
http://www.shore.net/~jrisberg/JT/
2.2 JT FTP Site
The current FAQ, graphics files, lyrics, tour schedule, and the amj-t newsgroup
archive can all be found at the JT FTP site. Be sure to use binary mode
for the graphics and sound files. Thanks to Greg DeBruyn for donating and
maintaining the site.
ftp.vcu.edu in pub/music/JT
The URL is:
ftp://ftp.vcu.edu/pub/music/JT
3.0 B I O G R A P H Y / C H R O N O L O G Y
James Vernon Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 1948 in
Boston General Hospital at 5:06 p.m.
Adult JT stands 6'3" and weighs about 155 pounds.
His mother's name is Gertrude. His father's is Isaac.
Brothers: Alex (1947-1993), Livingston (born 1951), and Hugh (born 1952?)
Sister: Kate (born 1949)
All the siblings have recorded songs.
1951 - Family moves to Chapel Hill, NC
- His father, Dr. Isaac Taylor, was the dean of the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill medical school.
1953 - JT begins attending Milton Academy, a prep school outside Boston.
1958? - JT hears someone play guitar and decides he wants to learn how.
- JT had studied cello when he was younger.
1960 - JT's parents buy him his first guitar.
1963 - JT meets Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar on Martha's Vineyard.
- JT and Kootch win a hootenanny contest.
- JT and Kootch play folk gigs locally.
1964 - Drops out of Milton Academy during his junior year.
- JT joins a band, The Fabulous Corsairs, with brother Alex and Zach
Wiesner. Wiesner was replaced a few months later by Jerry Burnham.
1965 - Moves to to New York City
- 17-year-old JT admits himself and spends ten months in McLean
Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts as a result of depression.
His song "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" was inspired by his stay there.
- Goes on a trip to Russia.
1966 - Graduates from high school in the McLean Psychiatric Hospital.
- Kootch and Joel O' Brien join JT to form The Flying Machine.
- Release one single: "Night Owl" / "Brighten Your Night With My Day"
- The Flying Machine makes studio recordings. Album wasn't released
until 1971 under the title "James Taylor and the Original
Flying Machine."
1967 - The Flying Machine breaks up.
1968 - Begins using heroin.
- Moves to Notting Hill Gate section of London and records demos.
Auditions them for record companies.
- Introduced to Paul McCartney by Peter Asher and signed to the Beatles'
record label, Apple Records. JT was the first outside artist signed to
that label.
- November: "James Taylor" released in U.K. with little commercial
success
- Returns to U.S.
- Enters Austin Riggs, another mental hospital in Massachusetts, partly
due to his heroin addiction.
1969 - February: "James Taylor" released in U.S.
- March: Single "Carolina In My Mind" / "Taking It In" released.
- July: Single "Something's Wrong" released.
- July: JT debuts at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.
- Breaks both his hands in a motorcycle accident and is forced to stop
playing for several months.
- Signs to Warner Brothers label and moves to California with Asher.
1970 - March: "Sweet Baby James" released on Warner Brothers label. Album
goes to number one and is a best-seller for two years.
- April: Single "Sweet Baby James" / "Suite For 20G" released.
- April 24: Performs at Harvard College. Recorded and circulated among
tape collectors.
- August: Single "Fire and Rain" / "Anywhere Like Heaven" released.
Eventually hits number one on the charts.
- October 16: "Sweet Baby James" album certified platinum.
- November: Single "Carolina In My Mind" / "Something's Wrong" released.
- Performs with Joni Mitchell on BBC radio show. Recordings of the show
are often bootlegged under the titles "In Perfect Harmony" or "You Can
Close Your Eyes." See section 4.6.
1971 - January: Single "Country Road" / "Sunny Skies" released.
- JT on the cover of _Time Magazine_, touted as originator of the
"singer/songwriter era" (March 1 issue date).
- "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine" released.
- March 23: Plays Anaheim Civic Center. Show recorded and used for
two early bootlegs: "Taylor Made" and "Isn't It Nice To Be Home
Again." See Section 4.6.
- March: Appears in film "Two Lane Blacktop."
- Parents separate.
- "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" released. Goes platinum.
- Plays to sold-out audiences in 27-city tour. Band includes Carole
King and Kootch's band, Jo Mama.
- May: Single "You've Got a Friend" / "You Can Close Your Eyes"
released. Single goes gold.
- September: Single "Long Ago and Far Away" / "Let Me Ride" released.
1972 - Wins Grammy, "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male" for "You've Got A
Friend." Song also earns Carole King the "Song of the Year" Grammy.
- October: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" single released.
- Nov. 3: Marries Carly Simon. Son Ben and daughter Sally from that
marriage. Sally is the subject of his song "Sarah Maria."
- "One Man Dog" released.
1973 - February: "One Man Parade" / "Hymn" single released.
- March: "Hymn" / "Fanfare" single released.
1974 - "Mockingbird" duet with C. Simon released as a single (million-seller)
and on Simon's "Hotcakes" album.
- April 30: Four-week U.S. tour to promote "Walking Man."
- June: "Walking Man" released.
- July: "Daddy's Baby" / "Let It All Fall Down" single (inspired by
Watergate) unsuccessful when Nixon resigns the day after its
release.
- July 13: Three-week tour with the Manhattan Dirt Riders and Linda
Ronstadt.
- August: "Walking Man" / "Daddy's Baby" single released.
1975 - April 30: Four-week tour.
- May: "Gorilla" released.
- "How Sweet It Is" / "Sarah Maria" single released.
- May 30: Plays Carnegie Hall in NYC with guests Carole King and
David Crosby. "You've Got a Friend" duet with King released on her
"The Ode Years" collection in 1994.
- July 2: Four-week U.S. tour.
- August: "Mexico" / "Gorilla" single released.
- September: Solo tour of 8 cities.
1976 - April 21: Two-week tour.
- May: "In the Pocket" released.
- "Shower the People" / "I Can Dream of You" single released.
- July 3: Four-week tour with David Sanborn.
- October: "You Make It Easy" / Woman's Got To Have It" single
released.
- November: "Greatest Hits" released (goes platinum).
- December: Leaves Warner Brothers for Columbia Records.
1977 - June 3: "Handyman" / "Bartender's Blues" single released.
- June 24: "JT" released on CBS label (goes platinum).
- June 26: One-month tour with 22 shows.
- August: Produces and performs for Kate Taylor's single "It's In His
Kiss."
- September 20: "Your Smiling Face" / "If I Keep My Heart Out of
Sight" single released.
- November: Tour of California followed by two shows in Honolulu.
1978 - January 31: "Honey Don't Leave L.A." single released.
- February: Wins "Best Pop Vocal Performance" Grammy for "Handyman."
- Peter Asher wins "Producer of the Year" Grammy.
- JT produces and performs on Kate Taylor's self-titled album. Also
composed the song "Happy Birthday Sweet Darling" on that album.
- Wrote "Millworker," "Brother Trucker," and the music for "Un Mejor
Dia Vendra" for the Broadway musical "Working." The show bombed.
- July 20: Original cast album for "Working" released (Columbia
Masterworks).
- September: Duet of "Devoted To You" with Carly Simon on her "Boys In
the Trees" album.
1979 - April 26: "Flag" released. Includes recordings of "Millworker" and
"Brother Trucker" from the musical "Working."
- May 22: "Up On the Roof" / Chanson Francaise" single released.
- July 3: Six-week U.S. tour with 25 shows. 2 nights at Ohio's Blossom
Music Center taped for a Showtime special.
- September 19-23: Performs at a series of 5 antinuclear concerts called
"MUSE/No Nukes". See section 5.5 for more information on the album
and film.
- December: "No Nukes" 3-LP album released (Asylum). JT is heard on 6
tracks.
1980 - May 12: Performs at nuclear disarmament rally in New York's Central
park attended by over 1 million people. Other performers include
Springsteen, Browne, Ronstadt, and Baez. Concert broadcast
nationally on radio and filmed for "In Our Own Hands."
- July 18: "No Nukes" feature-length movie opens in New York. JT's
studio recording of "Stand and Fight" is added.
- August 3: Four-week tour with 23 shows.
1981 - "In Harmony" Sesame Street album wins "Best Children's Recording"
Grammy. See section 4.3.1.
- February 11: Five-week tour.
- February 20: "Her Town Too" / "Believe It Or Not" single released.
- February 26: "Dad Loves His Work" released.
- April 25: Two and a half-month tour with 47 shows.
- May 12: "Hard Times" / "Summer's Here" single released.
- May 13: Live performance at Fox Theater in Atlanta broadcast
nationally on radio. Title: "James Taylor Live In Concert."
- September 4: Plays role of truck driver in PBS TV production of
"Working."
- September 10: Month-long tour of Far East with 17 shows in Japan and
Australia..
1982 - February 1: Six-week tour with 30 shows.
- July 14: Five-week tour with Karla Bonoff opening.
- Divorces Carly Simon.
1983 - August 1: Six-week tour.
1984 - April 4: Four-week tour.
- August 1: Six-week tour with Randy Newman.
1985 - January 12 and 14: Performs at Rock in Rio concert in Brazil.
Song "Only a Dream In Rio" inspired by this visit.
- September 12: Two-week tour of Italy.
- October 15: "Everyday" / "Limousine Driver" single released.
- October 17: "That's Why I'm Here" released.
- October 25: Three-week tour.
- "Live In Rio" released by Columbia Brasil.
- Performs at first Moscow Rock festival. Highlights shown on Showtime
cable network.
- December 14: Marries Kathryn Walker at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine in New York City.
1986 - January 24: Two-week tour of Australia.
- March 16: Five-week tour of Europe.
- July 23: Six-week U.S. tour.
- September 29: One-week U.S. tour.
- October 11: Two-week tour of Brazil.
1988 - "Never Die Young" released.
- Two-week Australian tour.
1991 - "James Taylor" (JT's 1969 Apple debut album) re-released by EMI.
- "New Moon Shine" released.
1993 - "James Taylor (LIVE)" released (more than 1 million copies sold).
1994 - "James Taylor (Best LIVE) released (contains subset of LIVE).
1995 - April 12: Performs at Rainforest Action Network benefit at New
York's Carnegie Hall with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John,
Paul Simon, and others.
- May 7: Receives honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College
of Music in Boston. Also gives commencement speech. More info on
web site.
- Tours U.S. playing with major symphony orchestras.
- August 30: Performs rare joint concert with Carly Simon on Martha's
Vineyard. Dubbed "Livestock 95" since it was a behefit for the
Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society.
4.0 W O R K S
4.1 Albums
4.1.1 U.S. Albums
"James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine" -- Recorded 1966-67, released
1971 - Euphoria
Reference #: Z4RS-1335 (vinyl)
At least three versions with slight variations.
1. Plain white cover with penciled titles.
2. Light blue cover with a sketch of JT.
3. Like second, only in black and white (probably counterfeit).
Only available on vinyl
Songs:
Rainy Day Man
Knocking 'Round the Zoo (lead vocal by JT)
Something's Wrong (backing track w/o vocals)
Night Owl
Brighten Your Night With My Day
Kootch's Song (Danny Kortchmar)
Knocking 'Round the Zoo (lead by Kortchmar)
"James Taylor" -- 1968 - Apple Records - Produced by Paul McCartney
Remastered and re-released on CD and tape by EMI Records in 1991
Reference #: CDP 7975772 (U.S.) / SAPCOR3 (U.K.)
Songs:
Don't Talk Now
Something's Wrong
Knocking 'Round the Zoo
Sunshine Sunshine
Taking It In
Something In the Way She Moves
Carolina In My Mind
Brighten Your Night With My Day
Night Owl (later recorded by Carly Simon and also Alex Taylor)
Rainy Day Man
Circle Round the Sun
The Blues Is Just a Bad Dream
"Sweet Baby James" -- 1970 - Warner Brothers Records
Reference #: 1843-2
Songs:
Sweet Baby James
Lo and Behold
Sunny Skies
Steamroller
Country Road
Oh, Susannah
Fire and Rain
Blossom
Anywhere Like Heaven
Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me
Suite For 20G
"Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" -- 1971 - Warner Bros.
Reference #: W2 2561
Songs:
Love Has Brought Me Around (Carole King - piano, Joni Mitchell - vocal)
You've Got A Friend (with Joni Mitchell)
Places In My Past
Riding On A Railroad
Soldiers
Mud Slide Slim (with Carole King, Kate Taylor, et al.)
Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox
You Can Close Your Eyes
Machine Gun Kelly (with Peter Asher)
Long Ago and Far Away (with Joni Mitchell)
Let Me Ride (with Kate Taylor)
Highway Song (with Kate Taylor and Peter Asher)
Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again
"One Man Dog" -- 1972 - Warner Brothers
Reference #: WAR 25933
Songs:
One Man Parade (with Carole King, Abigale Haness, Carly Simon,
Alex Taylor, Hugh Taylor, and Kate Taylor)
Nobody But You
Chili Dog
Fool For You
Instrumental I
New Tune
Back On the Street Again
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Woh, Don't You Know (with Alex and Hugh Taylor)
One Morning In May (with Linda Ronstadt)
Instrumental II
Someone
Hymn
Fanfare (with Abigail Haness and Carole King)
Little David
Mescalito (with Carole King and Abigail Haness)
Dance
Jig
"Walking Man" -- 1974 - Warner Brothers
Reference #: WAR 2794
Songs:
Walking Man
Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now (with Paul and Linda McCartney, Carly
Simon, and Rick Marotta)
Let It All Fall Down (with McCartneys and Simon)
Me and My Guitar (with Peter Asher and Simon)
Daddy's Baby (with Carly Simon)
Ain't No Song (with Carly Simon and Asher)
Hello, Old Friend
Migration
The Promised Land
Fading Away
"Gorilla" -- 1975 - Warner Bros.
Reference #: 2866-2
Songs:
Mexico (with Graham Nash and David Crosby)
Music
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - (with Carly Simon)
Wandering
Gorilla
You Make It Easy
I Was a Fool To Care
Lighthouse (with Nash and Crosby)
Angry Blues
Love Songs
Sarah Maria
"In the Pocket" -- 1976 - Warner Bros.
Reference #: 2912-2
Songs:
Shower the People (with Carly Simon)
A Junkie's Lament (with Art Garfunkel)
Money Machine
Slow Burning Love (with Carly Simon)
Everybody Has the Blues
Daddy's All Gone
Woman's Gotta Have It
Captain Jim's Drunken Dream (with Art Garfunkel)
Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down (with Stevie Wonder)
Nothing Like a Hundred Miles (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
Family Man (with Carly Simon, Alex Taylor, and Bonnie Raitt)
Golden Moments
"Greatest Hits" - 1976 - Warner Brothers
Reference #: WAR3113
Songs:
Something In the Way She Moves (re-recording since debut album)
Fire and Rain
Carolina In My Mind (re-recording)
Country Road
You've Got A Friend
Shower the People
Mexico
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Sweet Baby James
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Walkin' Man
Steamroller Blues (live version)
"JT" -- 1977 - CBS Records
Reference #: CK 34811
Also available on a 24K gold CD with 20-bit recording
Reference #: CBS 53787
Songs:
Your Smiling Face (written for JT's daughter Sally)
There We Are
Honey Don't Leave L.A. (David Sanborn - saxophone)
Another Grey Morning
Bartender's Blues (with Linda Ronstadt)
Secret O' Life
Handyman
I Was Only Telling A Lie
Looking For Love On Broadway
Terra Nova (with Carly Simon)
Traffic Jam
If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight
"Flag" -- 1979 - CBS
Reference #: CD 36058
Songs:
Company Man (with Graham Nash)
Johnnie Comes Back
Day Tripper
I Will Not Lie For You (David Sanborn - sax)
Brother Trucker (with Alex Taylor)
Is That the Way You Look?
B. S. U. R. (with Carly Simon)
Rainy Day Man
Millworker
Up On the Roof
Chanson Francaise
Sleep Come Free Me
"Dad Loves His Work" -- 1981 - CBS
Reference #: CBS 37009
Songs:
Hard Times (with David Lasley and Arnold McCuller)
Her Town Too (with John David Souther)
Hour That the Morning Comes
I Will Follow (with Lasley and McCuller)
Believe It Or Not
Stand And Fight (with Lasley and McCuller)
Only For Me (with Lasley and McCuller)
Summer's Here
Sugar Trade (co-written by Jimmy Buffett)
London Town (with Lasley and McCuller)
That Lonesome Road (with Peter Asher, Jim Gilstrap, Bernard Ighner,
Lasley, McCuller, and Jennifer Warnes)
"That's Why I'm Here" -- 1985 - CBS
Reference #: CK 40052
Songs:
That's Why I'm Here
Song For You Far Away
Only A Dream In Rio
Turn Away
Going Around One More Time (written by Livingston Taylor)
My Romance (written by Rodgers & Hart - only on CD version)
Everyday
Limousine Driver
Only One (with Don Henley, Joni Mitchell, et al.)
Mona (with Graham Nash)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (with Graham Nash - written by
Bachrach-David)
That's Why I'm Here (reprise)
"Never Die Young" -- 1988 - CBS
Reference #: CK 40851
Songs:
Never Die Young
T-Bone
Baby Boom Baby
Runaway Boy
Valentine's Day
Sun On the Moon
Sweet Potato Pie
Home By Another Way
Letter In the Mail
First Of May
"New Moon Shine" -- 1991 - Columbia
Reference #: CK 46038
Songs:
Copperline
Down In the Hole
(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
Shed a Little Light
The Frozen Man
Slap Leather
Like Everyone She Knows (with Branford Marsalis)
One More Go Round
Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
Native Son
Oh Brother
The Water Is Wide
"James Taylor (LIVE)" -- 1993 - Columbia
Reference #: C2K 47056
Songs: (all new live versions recorded in concert)
Disc 1:
Sweet Baby James
Traffic Jam
Handy Man
Your Smiling Face
Secret O' Life
Shed a Little Light
Everybody Has the Blues
Steamroller Blues
Mexico
Millworker
Country Road
Fire and Rain
Shower the People
How Sweet It Is
New Hymn
Disc 2:
Walking Man
Riding On A Railroad
Something In the Way She Moves
Sun On the Moon
Up On the Roof
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
She Thinks I Still Care
Copperline
Slap Leather
Only One
You Make It Easy
Carolina In My Mind
I Will Follow
You've Got A Friend
That Lonesome Road
"James Taylor (Best LIVE)" -- 1994 - Columbia
Reference #: SON 66235
Note: Essentially a single-album version of the 1993 (LIVE) double album.
Songs: (same performances as (LIVE) album)
Country Road
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Fire and Rain
Handy Man
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Mexico
Shed a Little Light
Shower the People
Steamroller Blues
Sweet Baby James
Walking Man
Your Smiling Face
4.1.2 Non-U.S. Albums
"Classic Songs" -- 1987 - CBS/WEA (Germany)
Reference #: iMi10985 (Pastel colors with photo from "JT" album)
Reference #: CBS 465643-2 (Australian version with a concert photo instead)
Also distributed as:
"Taylor Made" (not to be confused with the bootleg of the same name)
Columbia (Netherlands) - Reference #: B299581
Songs:
Fire and Rain
Mexico
You've Got a Friend
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Carolina In My Mind (alternate mix)
Something In the Way She Moves (alternate mix)
Shower the People
Sweet Baby James
That's Why I'm Here
Everyday
Up On the Roof
Your Smiling Face
Her Town Too
Handyman
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Only a Dream In Rio
"Best Classics" -- ? - ?
Reference #: ?
Songs:
?
"Star Box" -- ? - Sony (Import greatest hits collection)
Reference #: B355873 and SRCS 6898 (includes extensive liner notes in
English and Japanese)
Songs: (Note: No new material)
Your Smiling Face
Only One
Copperline
There We Are
Only A Dream In Rio
Stand And Fight
Down In the Hole
Up On the Roof
Summer's Here
Millworker
B. S. U. R.
Bartender's Blues
Handyman
Never Die Young
Hard Times
Terra Nova
Valentine's Day
That's Why I'm Here
I Will Follow
That Lonesome Road
"Live In Rio" -- 1985 - Columbia (Brasil)
Reference #: 700.060
Songs:
Long Ago and Far Away
Carolina In My Mind
Up on the Roof
You've Got A Friend
Shower the People
Fire and Rain
Mexico
Walking Man
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Knock on Wood
How Sweet it Is
"Steamroller" -- 1985 - Platinum (Germany)
Reference #: PLP 11/24023 (album) and PMC 11/24023 (cassette)
Notes: Just a bad reshuffling of "Sweet Baby James" songs.
Poor recording quality and no new material.
4.2 Singles
Carolina In My Mind / Taking It In (3/69)
Something's Wrong (7/69)
Sweet Baby James / Suite For 20-G (4/70)
Fire and Rain / Anywhere Like Heaven (8/70)
Carolina In My Mind / Something's Wrong (11/70)
Country Road / Sunny Skies (1/71)
You've Got A Friend / You Can Close Your Eyes (5/71)
Long Ago and Far Away / Let Me Ride (9/71)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (10/72)
One Man Parade / Hymn (2/73)
Hymn / Fanfare (3/73)
Mockingbird (duet with Carly Simon - 1974)
Daddy's Baby / Let It All Fall Down (7/74)
Walkin' Man / Daddy's Baby (8/74)
How Sweet It Is / Sarah Maria (5/75)
Mexico / Gorilla (8/75)
Shower the People / I Can Dream of You [written by Liv Taylor] (5/76)
You Make It Easy / Woman's Got To Have It (10/76)
Handy Man / Bartender's Blues (6/77)
Your Smiling Face / If I Keep My Heart Our of Sight (9/77)
Honey Don't Leave L.A. (1/78)
Up On the Roof / Chanson Francaise (5/79)
Her Town Too / Believe It Or Not (2/81)
Hard Times / Summer's Here (5/81)
Everyday / Limousine Driver (10/85)
Five-live single released in Belgium in 1994. Contained songs from
the "Live" album.
4.3 Work On Other Albums
4.3.1 Solos
"A League Of Their Own Soundtrack"
JT did two songs: "Paper Moon" (with Mark O'Connor on violin) and
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was." "I Didn't..." is heard very
faintly in the background during a bus scene and "Paper Moon"
doesn't appear in the movie at all.
"Second Star To the Right" -- JT sang it on "Stay Awake," a collection of
Disney songs (A&M records number 3918)
"Jelly Man Kelly" -- Sang it on the 1979 Sesame Street album "In Harmony"
Co-written by JT's daughter, Sally. Also appears on "A Child's
Celebration of Song" (Warner Bros.) - 1992
"Sunny Skies" -- Performs it on Sesame Street "In Harmony II" album.
(Columbia PC 37641).
"Getting To Know You" -- Sang it on "For Our Children," a benefit album for
pediatric AIDS research.
"Riding On A Railroad" live version on 3-LP set "The Bitter End Years."
Released 1974. JT's contribution appears on LP 3.
"Your Smiling Face" -- On the soundtrack to the 1978 movie "FM."
"Captain Jim's Drunken Dream" and "Honey Don't Leave L.A." -- On the 1979
"No Nukes" album. JT also performs on four other songs.
"Dream Lover" -- On Manhattan Transfer's 1994 album "Tonin'".
"Faust" -- Sang the role of The Lord for the album version of Randy
Newman's rock opera. Songs featuring JT include "Glory Train,"
"How Great Our Lord," "Northern Boy," and "Relax, Enjoy Yourself."
The album also features Randy Newman, Don Henley, Elton John,
Bonnie Raitt, and Linda Ronstadt (Reprise 9 45672-2).
4.3.2 Duets, Trios, and Backup
- "Mockingbird" -- Duet with then-wife Carly Simon on her album, "Hotcakes,"
and also on her Greatest Hits album.
A live version appears on the 1979 "No Nukes" album.
- "Waited So Long" -- Duet with Carly Simon on her "No Secrets" album. JT
also sings backup on Carly's "Spy," "Come Upstairs," "Hotcakes," and
"Playing Possum."
- "Song of Long Ago" -- Carole King/JT duet on her album, "Music" - 1971
JT also plays guitar and does background vocals on her "Writer,"
"Tapestry," "Music," and "Thoroughbred" albums.
- "You've Got a Friend" -- Duet with Carole King on her 1994 2-CD
collection, "The Ode Years."
- Sang and played on "California" from Joni Mitchell's 1971 album, "Blue."
Also did background vocals on "In France They Kiss On Main Street"
from the "Hissing Of Summer Lawns" album. JT also performed on the
albums "For the Roses, "Dog Eat Dog," and "Wild Things Run Fast."
- "The Water is Wide" -- Duet with Karla Bonoff on her 1979 album "Restless
Nights" (J. D. Souther sang backup)
JT recorded it solo on "New Moon Shine."
Also on "Thirtysomething" soundtrack (Geffen 24413)
- "Perfect Love" -- Cohn/JT duet on Cohn's self-titled album
- "Old Blue" -- With violinist Mark O'Connor on his album "On the Mark" - 1987
- "City Lights" -- Duet with brother Liv on Liv's 1988 album "Life Is Good."
Also sang backup with Carly Simon on Livingston's 1978 album,
"3-Way Mirror" and on "Lovin' Be My New Horizon" from Liv's "Over
the Rainbow" album (also appears on Liv's "Echoes" album).
- "Back In the High Life" -- JT sang backup for Steve Winwood on this song
- "Wonderful World" recorded with Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel in 1978.
Included on Garfunkel's "Watermark" album.
- "It's In His Kiss" --Duet with sister Kate Taylor on her 1978 album, "Kate
Taylor."
See section 9.1 below.
- "Crying In the Rain" -- Duet with Art Garfunkel on his 1994 album,
"Up 'til Now." JT also plays on the song "It's All In the Game."
- "Gonna Work Out Fine" -- Duet with Linda Ronstadt on her album "Get Closer."
JT performed it during his 1981 Atlanta radio broadcast. JT
also appears on the song "Straighten Up and Fly Right" from her album
"For Sentimental Reasons."
- "Bartender's Blues" -- Sang backup for George Jones' 1977 cover of JT's
own song.
- "Devoted To You" -- duet with Carly Simon on her 1978 "Boys In the Trees"
album.
- "Only a Dream In Rio" -- Milton Nascimento (Brazilian artist) -- JT sings
backup on his 1994 album "Angelus."
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