(Best Live)

~ Release by James Taylor (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Sweet Baby James
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau
live recording of:
Sweet Baby James (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
4:15
2Handy Man
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
electric guitar:
Michael Landau
piano:
Don Grolnick
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live cover recording of:
Handy Man (in 1992-11)
writer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) and Jimmy Jones (writer of “Good Timin’” and “Handy Man”)
publisher:
Bess Music Company, EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Metric Music Company (publisher), Shalimar Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
3:31
3Your Smiling Face
live recording of:
Your Smiling Face
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:55
4Shed a Little Light
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1993)
live recording of:
Shed a Little Light
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1991)
4:16
5Steamroller Blues
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
solo electric guitar:
Michael Landau
solo keyboard:
Clifford Carter
solo piano:
Don Grolnick
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live recording of:
Steamroller Blues (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
5:29
6Mexico
live recording of:
Mexico (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:26
7Walking Man
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
electric guitar:
Michael Landau
keyboard:
Clifford Carter
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live recording of:
Walking Man (James Taylor song) (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1974)
4:07
8Country Road
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
bass:
Jimmy Johnson (US session bassist)
drums (drum set):
Carlos Vega
electric guitar:
Michael Landau
keyboard:
Clifford Carter
piano:
Don Grolnick
live recording of:
Country Road (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
5:44
9Fire and Rain
live recording of:
Fire and Rain (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
4:34
10How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
live cover recording of:
How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You) (in 1992-11)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
7:01
11Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
live recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI April Music Inc. and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
3:20
12Shower the People
live recording of:
Shower the People (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Vernon Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
5:02