IN THE POCKET BY TAYLOR,JAMES (CD)

Bgp ( March 11, 2008 ), Genre: R&B

Legacy Recordings ( July 13, 2004 ), Genre: Rock & Pop

Personnel: James Taylor (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, background vocals); Danny Kortchmar (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, congas); John Hartford (banjo); Richard Greene (fiddle); Kevin Kelly (accordion, piano); Andrew Love (saxophone, horns); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, horns); The Memphis Horns (horns); Carole King (piano, background vocals); Leland Sklar (bass instrument); Russ Kunkel (drums, congas, cymbals, tambourine, bells); Peter Asher (tambourine, background vocals); Gail Haness, Joni Mitchell, Kate Taylor, Gale Harness (background vocals).Recording information: Crystal Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (01/03/1971-02/28/1971).Unknown Contributor Role: Russ Kunkel.For the follow up to his classic SWEET BABY JAMES, which rivals TAPESTRY's place in the boomer canon, archetypal sensitive singer-songwriter Taylor wisely elected not to stray too far from the approach that had worked so well on his previous album. He covers another Carole King tune ("You've Got A Friend, ") perfects

With ONE MAN BAND, James Taylor becomes the third major musical icon, after Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell, to sign with the Starbucks-affiliated music label Hear Music for a new releases. Unlike Mitchell and McCartney, Taylor is using his fresh start to take a well-deserved retrospective look over the course of his career. ONE MAN BAND is a two-disc set incorporating a live concert and a documentary DVD. The DVD is an exhaustive work directed by filmmaker Sydney Pollack that mixes new live concert material and interviews with rare archival footage, including both vintage television appearances and, appropriately for a documentary about an artist who has treated his musical career as a lifelong running autobiography, home movies and personal photographs. True to the album's title, the live concert on the CD features just Taylor's warm, mellow voice and his soulful, folk-influenced acoustic guitar. Recorded live in front of a hometown crowd in the hills of western Massachusetts, these 19 songs stretch back o

Aware Records (USA)

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Personnel: James Taylor (vocals, guitar); Michael Landau (guitar); Don Grolnick (piano); Clifford Carter (keyboards); Jimmy Johnson (bass); Carlos Vega (drums); Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller (background vocals).Engineers: Nathaniel Kunkel, John Godenzi, Randy Hutson.Recorded live in the fall of 1992.Personnel: James Taylor (vocals, guitar); David Lasley, Arnold McCutler, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller, Valerie Carter (vocals); Michael Landau (guitar); Don Grolnick (piano); Clifford Carter, Cliff Carter (keyboards); Carlos Vega (drums).Audio Mixer: George Massenburg.Liner Note Author: Peter Asher.Photographer: Andrew Brucker.Although he is a seasoned and well-loved live performer, James Taylor had never made a live record before 1993, when he released this two-CD set. Culled from a series of 14 concerts, these 30 songs capture the genial Taylor digging into an impressively rich bag of songs, with crowd-pleasing results. It's an extremely faithful recording--no overdubs--and the

CLASSIC SONGS is a remastered 16 song collection featuring folk artist James Taylor, featuring "Fire And Rain, " "Mexico, " "You've Got A Friend, " and "Shower The People."Personnel: James Taylor (vocals, guitar).For a long time, Classic Songs was the only compilation to feature the original versions of all of James Taylor's classics from his debut up through 1985's That's Why I'm Here. Unfortunately, it was only available in Europe, yet it long remained the best, most comprehensive collection of his work. ~ Chris Woodstra

Bgp ( March 02, 2007 ), Genre: Jazz Instrument

Sony ( February 26, 2008 ), Genre: Folk