James Taylor

The Flying Machine ♦ ...and siblings:  Livingston ♦ Kate ♦ Alex

All writing credits are for James Taylor, unless otherwise indicated

Brighten Your Night With My Day / Night Owl Taylor (2:28) / Taylor (2:30) Rainy Day 45-8001, 6/67 JT's first single—remainder of tracks released in 1971 (see below)

	James Taylor
	Apple SKAO-3352
	2/69 BB [UK: 12/68]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Don't Talk Now	Taylor	2:36
Link: Greensleeves, James Taylor, guitar
Something's Wrong	Taylor	3:08
Link: Aeolian String Quartet
Knocking 'Round The Zoo	Taylor	3:25
Sunshine Sunshine	Taylor	2:49
Link: Skaila Kanga, harp
Taking It In	Taylor	3:05
Link: Don Schinn, harpsichord
Something In The Way She Moves	Taylor	3:01
Side Two
Carolina In My Mind	Taylor	3:37
Brighten Your Night With My Day	Taylor	2:27
Link: Brass conducted by Richard Hewson
Night Owl	Taylor	4:15
Link: Bishop O'Brien, James Taylor, and Peter Asher, percussion
Rainy Day Man	Taylor	3:00
Circle Round The Sun	arr Taylor	3:24
Link: Conducted by Richard Hewson
The Blues Is Just A Bad Dream	Taylor	3:43

Note: James' first album went absolutely nowhere for almost two years (entered chart 10/3/70), pulled up by Sweet Baby James.
Don Schinn should be Shinn
 

Carolina On My Mind / Taking It In Taylor (3:37) / Taylor (2:25) Apple 1805, 3/69 note mispelling!

Carolina On My Mind / Something's Wrong Taylor (3:36) / Taylor (3:00) Apple 1805, 3/69 almost immediately yanked and replaced with different B-side (didn't fix spelling on A-side, tho!)

Newport Folk Festival(7/20/69) James

	Sweet Baby James
	Warner Brothers MS-1843
	2/70 T20 RS500 [UK: 11/70] T20
	Back Cover   Poster On One Side   Lyrics On The Other

Side One
Sweet Baby James	Taylor	2:48
Lo And Behold	Taylor	2:34
Sunny Skies	Taylor	2:15
Steamroller	Taylor	2:55
Country Road	Taylor	3:21
Oh Susanna	Foster, arr Taylor	1:58
Side Two
Fire And Rain	Taylor	3:20
Blossom	Taylor	2:10
Anywhere Like Heaven	Taylor	3:23
Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me	Taylor	1:45
Suite for 20 G	Taylor	4:45

Sweet Baby James / Suite For 20 G² Taylor (2:48) / Taylor (4:45) Warner Bros 7387, 5/70

	Livingston Taylor
	Atco SD33-334
	7/70 BB [UK: 7/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
Sit On Back	L Taylor	2:19
Doctor Man	L Taylor	2:49
Six Days On The Road	Greene-Montgomery	2:33
Packet Of Good Times	L Taylor	3:01
Hush A Bye	L Taylor	2:33
Side Two
Carolina Day	L Taylor	3:01
Can't Get Back Home	L Taylor	2:22
In My Reply	L Taylor	2:44
Lost In The Love Of You	L Taylor	2:56
Good Friends	L Taylor	2:59
Thank You Song	L Taylor	1:07

Fire And Rain / Anywhere Like Heaven Taylor (3:20) / Taylor (3:23) Warner Bros 7423, 8/70 T20 UK

Philadelphia Folk Festival(8/30/70) Livingston

 ➜ Live: 10/16/70, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver; released 2009: Amchitka 

10/25/70: London Palladium, London with Matthews' Southern Comfort

Carolina Day / Sit On Back L Taylor (3:00) / L Taylor (2:15) Capricorn C-8012, 12/70 BB

	And The Original Flying Machine
	Euphoria EST-2
	1/71 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Night Owl	Taylor	2:36
Brighten Your Night With My Day	Taylor	4:10
Kootch's Song	Taylor	3:11
Knocking Around The Zoo*	Taylor	3:17
Side Two
Rainy Day Man	Taylor	3:07
Knocking Round The Zoo	Taylor	4:48
Something's Wrong	Taylor	2:58

Note: Recorded in 1967, released in 1971 to cash-in on later success, UK released in 1976.
 

Country Road² / Sunny Skies Taylor (3:30) / Taylor (2:15) Warner Bros 7460, 1/71 BB

	Sister Kate
	Cotillion SD-9045
	3/71 BB [UK: 6/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Home Again	King	2:16
Ballad Of A Well Known Gun	John-Taupin	4:40
Be That Way	L Taylor	2:19
Handbags And Gladrags	D'Abo	3:21
You Can Close Your Eyes	Taylor	2:20
Look At Granny Run, Run	Ragavoy-Shuman	2:44
Side Two
Where You Lead	King-Stern	2:25
White Lightning	Richardson	2:40
Country Comfort	John-Taupin	3:36
Lo And Behold/Jesus Is Just All Right	Taylor/Reynolds	2:21
Do I Still Figure In Your Life	Dello	2:20
Sweet Honesty	Martyn	6:00

	With Friends & Neighbors
	Capricorn SD-860
	3/71 BB [UK: 5/71]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Highway Song	Taylor	3:17
Southern Kids	Boyer	2:31
All In Line	Talton	2:50
Night Owl	Taylor	3:20
C Song	Boyer	2:10
Side Two
It's All Over Now	Womack-Womack	3:41
Baby Ruth	Ryker	3:23
Take Out Some Insurance	Singleton	4:18
Southbound	Allman-Brown	8:30

Highway Song / C Song Taylor (3:17) / Boyer (2:10) Capricorn C-8013, 3/71

	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
	Warner Brothers MS-2561
	3/16/71 T20 [UK: 5/71] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Love Has Brought Me Around	Taylor	2:41
You've Got A Friend	King	4:29
Places In My Past	Taylor	2:01
Riding On A Railroad	Taylor	2:41
Soldiers	Taylor	1:13
Mud Slide Slim	Taylor	5:20
Side Two
Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox	Taylor	3:46
You Can Close Your Eyes	Taylor	2:31
Machine Gun Kelly	Kortchmar	2:37
Long Ago And Far Away	Taylor	2:20
Let Me Ride	Taylor	2:42
Highway Song	Taylor	3:51
Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again	Taylor	:55

You Can Close Your Eyes / Handbags And Gladrags Taylor (2:31) / D'Abo (3:21) Cotillion 45-44112, 4/71

You've Got A Friend / You Can Close Your Eyes King (4:29) / Taylor (2:31) Warner Bros 7498, 5/71  #1  T20

Baby Ruth³ / All In Line Wyker (2:40) / Talton (2:50) Capricorn C-8016, 6/71 as by Alex Taylor with Friends & Neighbours

	Two Lane Blacktop(7/7/71)
	JT is "The Driver" (a non-singin' role)

Lo And Behold/Jesus Is Just All Right / Home Again Taylor/Reynolds (2:20) / King (2:16) Cotillion 45-44124, 7/71

Long Ago And Far Away / Let Me Ride Taylor (2:20) / Taylor (2:42) Warner Bros 7521, 9/71 BB

Night Owl³ / Southern Kids Taylor (2:58) / Boyer (2:31) Capricorn C-8019, 10/71 as by Alex Taylor with Friends & Neighbours

	Liv
	Capricorn SD-863
	11/71 BB [UK: 12/71]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Get Out Of Bed	L Taylor	2:45
May I Stay Around	L Taylor	3:24
Open Up Your Eyes	L Taylor	2:45
Gentleman	L Taylor	3:08
Easy Prey	L Taylor	4:33
Side Two
Be That Way	L Taylor	3:00
Truck Driving Man	L Taylor	3:16
Mom, Dad	L Taylor	2:39
On Broadway	Leiber-Mann-Stoller-Weil	3:30
Caroline	L Taylor	2:12
I Just Can't Be Lonesome No More	L Taylor	2:38

JT had a great post-71 career, with mutiple albums and touring with Carole King. Liv released many albums thru 2010, Alex made Dinnertime (72) and died whilst recording third album (75), and Kate came back with two records in 78 and 79.

Carolina In My Mind	Melanie (Candles In The Rain)	4/70
	John Denver (Take Me To Tomorrow)	4/70
Country Road	Al Kooper (Easy Does It)	8/70
Fire And Rain	Blood, Sweat & Tears (3)	6/70
	John Denver (Poems, Prayers & Promises)	4/71
	Richie Havens (The Great Blind Degree)	10/71
Highway Song	Alex Taylor (With Friends & Neighbors)	3/71
Lo And Behold(part of medley)	Kate Taylor (Sister Kate)	3/71
	Mother Earth (Bring Me Home)	4/71
Night Owl	Alex Taylor (With Friends & Neighbors)	3/71
Rainy Day Man	Tom Rush (Tom Rush)	2/70
Riding On A Railroad	Tom Rush (Wrong End Of The Rainbow)	12/70
Sweet Baby James	Tom Rush (Wrong End Of The Rainbow)	12/70
Something In The Way She Moves	Tom Rush (The Circle Game)	3/68
Sunshine, Sunshine	Tom Rush (The Circle Game)	3/68
You Can Close Your Eyes	Kate Taylor (Sister Kate)	3/71
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