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April 09, 2024

James Taylor is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on December 6, 1968, it was the first recording by a non-British artist released by Apple Records, and would also be Taylor's only release on that label. The album was released under the title First Album on the South African market.

James Taylor
Studio album by
James Taylor
ReleasedDecember 6, 1968 (1968-12-06)
RecordedJuly–October 1968
StudioTrident, London
Genre
Length38:30
LabelApple
ProducerPeter Asher
James Taylor chronology
James Taylor
(1968) 		Sweet Baby James
(1970)
Singles from James Taylor
  1. "Carolina in My Mind"
    Released: February 1969 (1969-02)
  2. "Knocking 'Round the Zoo"
    Released: 1969

Background edit

The album was produced by Peter Asher, who was A&R head for The Beatles' newly formed label Apple Records.[1] Taylor recorded the album from July to October 1968 at Trident Studios, at the same time as the Beatles were recording the White Album.[2][3] Trident was the most technologically advanced studio in England at the time and was in high demand; some session time booked by The Beatles was used instead to record Taylor's album. Paul McCartney and Peter Asher brought in arranger Richard Hewson to add orchestrations to several of the songs and unusual "link" passages in between them; these would receive a mixed reception at best.[4][5]

Songs edit

Notable songs include "Something in the Way She Moves", "Carolina in My Mind" and "Rainy Day Man". McCartney and an uncredited George Harrison guested on bass and backing vocals respectively on "Carolina in My Mind", the lyric of which, "holy host of others standing around me", made reference to The Beatles, while the title phrase of Taylor's "Something in the Way She Moves" provided the starting point for Harrison's "Something".[4][6] (Coincidentally, Taylor has said he had meant for the song to be called "I Feel Fine" – after a dominant line in the chorus – but the title had already been taken by a Beatles song.) Taylor also recorded a very early version of "Fire and Rain", which would be his breakthrough hit on his second album, but Asher did not choose it for the album release.[7]

Release and reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [9]
Mojo     [10]
MusicHound Rock3.5/5[11]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[5]
Rolling Stone Album Guide     [12]
Tom HullB−[13]

The album was released by Apple Records On December 6, 1968 in the UK and February 1969 in the US.[14] Critical reaction was generally good, including a very positive Jon Landau review in Rolling Stone Magazine that said "this album is the coolest breath of fresh air I've inhaled in a good long while. It knocks me out."[5] The record's commercial potential suffered from Taylor's inability to promote it due to his hospitalization for drug addiction and it sold poorly.[14] "Carolina in My Mind" b/w "Something's Wrong" was released as a single in the UK (APPLE 32) in February 1969, but failed to chart.[14] It was released as a single in the US (Apple 1805) in March 1969, but reached only number 118.[14] "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" was issued as a single in France (APF 506) backed with "Something's Wrong".[15]

Because of difficulties in obtaining licensing rights from Apple during the 1970s, "Something in the Way She Moves" and "Carolina in My Mind" were re-recorded in 1976 for Taylor's Greatest Hits album.

"Rainy Day Man" was re-recorded in 1979 for Taylor's Flag album.

Track listing edit

All tracks written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted. Times are from the original Apple LP vinyl label.

Side one

  1. "Don't Talk Now" – 2:36
  2. "Something's Wrong" – 3:00
  3. "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" – 3:26
  4. "Sunshine Sunshine" – 3:30
  5. "Taking It In" – 3:01
  6. "Something in the Way She Moves" – 2:26

Side two

  1. "Carolina in My Mind" – 3:36
  2. "Brighten Your Night With My Day" – 3:05
  3. "Night Owl" – 3:38
  4. "Rainy Day Man" (Taylor, Zach Wiesner) – 3:00
  5. "Circle Round the Sun" (Traditional; arranged by Taylor) – 3:24
  6. "The Blues Is Just a Bad Dream" – 3:42

CD bonus tracks (2010 remaster)

  2. "Sunny Skies" (Demo) – 2:12
  3. "Let Me Ride" (Demo) – 3:57
  4. "Sunshine Sunshine" (Demo) – 2:51
  5. "Carolina in My Mind" (Demo) – 3:06

Personnel edit

Charts edit

Chart (1969/71) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 12

References edit

  1. ^ White, Timothy. James Taylor: Long Ago and Far Away, Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9193-6. pp. 134–135.
  2. ^ White, Long Ago and Far Away, pp. 136–137.
  3. ^ Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles: Recording Sessions. Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. p. 146.
  4. ^ a b White, Long Ago and Far Away, pp. 137–140.
  5. ^ a b c Landau, Jon (April 19, 1969). "James Taylor James Taylor > Album Review". Rolling Stone. No. 31. from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ Cross, Craig (2004). . Archived from the original on 2004-06-03. Retrieved 2004-06-03.
  7. ^ According to the liner notes on Apple's reissue of this album.
  8. ^ Planer, Lindsay. James Taylor at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2004.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  10. ^ Harris, John (November 2010). "Strange Fruit: Various, Original Apple albums, 1969–73". Mojo. p. 117.
  11. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1125. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  12. ^ Coleman, Mark; Edmonds, Ben (2004). "James Taylor". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 804–805. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Portions posted at . rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  13. ^ Hull, Tom (December 2010). "Recycled Goods". Static Multimedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  14. ^ a b c d White, Long Ago and Far Away, pp. 142–144.
  15. ^ "Knocking 'Round the Zoo". rateyourmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  16. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 305. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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James Taylor is the debut studio album by American singer songwriter James Taylor Released on December 6 1968 it was the first recording by a non British artist released by Apple Records and would also be Taylor s only release on that label The album was released under the title First Album on the South African market James TaylorStudio album by James TaylorReleasedDecember 6 1968 1968 12 06 RecordedJuly October 1968StudioTrident LondonGenreFolk rock art rockLength38 30LabelAppleProducerPeter AsherJames Taylor chronologyJames Taylor 1968 Sweet Baby James 1970 Singles from James Taylor Carolina in My Mind Released February 1969 1969 02 Knocking Round the Zoo Released 1969 Contents 1 Background 2 Songs 3 Release and reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 7 ReferencesBackground editThe album was produced by Peter Asher who was A amp R head for The Beatles newly formed label Apple Records 1 Taylor recorded the album from July to October 1968 at Trident Studios at the same time as the Beatles were recording the White Album 2 3 Trident was the most technologically advanced studio in England at the time and was in high demand some session time booked by The Beatles was used instead to record Taylor s album Paul McCartney and Peter Asher brought in arranger Richard Hewson to add orchestrations to several of the songs and unusual link passages in between them these would receive a mixed reception at best 4 5 Songs editNotable songs include Something in the Way She Moves Carolina in My Mind and Rainy Day Man McCartney and an uncredited George Harrison guested on bass and backing vocals respectively on Carolina in My Mind the lyric of which holy host of others standing around me made reference to The Beatles while the title phrase of Taylor s Something in the Way She Moves provided the starting point for Harrison s Something 4 6 Coincidentally Taylor has said he had meant for the song to be called I Feel Fine after a dominant line in the chorus but the title had already been taken by a Beatles song Taylor also recorded a very early version of Fire and Rain which would be his breakthrough hit on his second album but Asher did not choose it for the album release 7 Release and reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Mojo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 MusicHound Rock3 5 5 11 Rolling Stone favorable 5 Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Tom HullB 13 The album was released by Apple Records On December 6 1968 in the UK and February 1969 in the US 14 Critical reaction was generally good including a very positive Jon Landau review in Rolling Stone Magazine that said this album is the coolest breath of fresh air I ve inhaled in a good long while It knocks me out 5 The record s commercial potential suffered from Taylor s inability to promote it due to his hospitalization for drug addiction and it sold poorly 14 Carolina in My Mind b w Something s Wrong was released as a single in the UK APPLE 32 in February 1969 but failed to chart 14 It was released as a single in the US Apple 1805 in March 1969 but reached only number 118 14 Knocking Round the Zoo was issued as a single in France APF 506 backed with Something s Wrong 15 Because of difficulties in obtaining licensing rights from Apple during the 1970s Something in the Way She Moves and Carolina in My Mind were re recorded in 1976 for Taylor s Greatest Hits album Rainy Day Man was re recorded in 1979 for Taylor s Flag album Track listing editAll tracks written by James Taylor unless otherwise noted Times are from the original Apple LP vinyl label Side one Don t Talk Now 2 36 Something s Wrong 3 00 Knocking Round the Zoo 3 26 Sunshine Sunshine 3 30 Taking It In 3 01 Something in the Way She Moves 2 26Side two Carolina in My Mind 3 36 Brighten Your Night With My Day 3 05 Night Owl 3 38 Rainy Day Man Taylor Zach Wiesner 3 00 Circle Round the Sun Traditional arranged by Taylor 3 24 The Blues Is Just a Bad Dream 3 42CD bonus tracks 2010 remaster Sunny Skies Demo 2 12 Let Me Ride Demo 3 57 Sunshine Sunshine Demo 2 51 Carolina in My Mind Demo 3 06Personnel editJames Taylor lead vocals acoustic guitar all tracks electric guitar 9 percussion 1 Mick Wayne guitar 7 Louis Cennamo bass guitar 1 3 5 8 10 Paul McCartney bass guitar 7 Skaila Kanga harp 4 Richard Hewson orchestrations 2 4 7 9 11 12 Don Shinn misspelled Schinn organ 1 harpsichord 1 5 6 intro link electric piano 8 Freddie Redd organ 7 George Harrison backing vocals 7 uncredited Bishop O Brien drums 2 3 5 7 11 Peter Asher percussion 1 vocals 1 7 10 tambourine 7 Charts editChart 1969 71 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 16 12References edit White Timothy James Taylor Long Ago and Far Away Omnibus Press 2002 ISBN 0 7119 9193 6 pp 134 135 White Long Ago and Far Away pp 136 137 Lewisohn Mark 1988 The Beatles Recording Sessions Harmony Books ISBN 0 517 57066 1 p 146 a b White Long Ago and Far Away pp 137 140 a b c Landau Jon April 19 1969 James Taylor James Taylor gt Album Review Rolling Stone No 31 Archived from the original on 2 June 2007 Retrieved 20 April 2015 Cross Craig 2004 Beatles songs S Archived from the original on 2004 06 03 Retrieved 2004 06 03 According to the liner notes on Apple s reissue of this album Planer Lindsay James Taylor at AllMusic Retrieved 2 October 2004 Larkin Colin 2007 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4th ed Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0195313734 Harris John November 2010 Strange Fruit Various Original Apple albums 1969 73 Mojo p 117 Graff Gary Durchholz Daniel eds 1999 MusicHound Rock The Essential Album Guide Farmington Hills MI Visible Ink Press p 1125 ISBN 1 57859 061 2 Coleman Mark Edmonds Ben 2004 James Taylor In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide London Fireside pp 804 805 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 Portions posted at James Taylor gt Album Guide rollingstone com Archived from the original on 5 January 2013 Retrieved 6 November 2011 Hull Tom December 2010 Recycled Goods Static Multimedia Retrieved 8 July 2020 via tomhull com a b c d White Long Ago and Far Away pp 142 144 Knocking Round the Zoo rateyourmusic com Archived from the original on 2014 07 02 Retrieved 2014 06 30 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 305 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Taylor album amp oldid 1211698478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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