(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)
4:11
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)
3:34
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)
2:51
4Steamroller 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.
5:36
5Mexico
live recording of:
Mexico (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:17
6Walking 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)
4:08
7Country 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
8Fire 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)
4:33
9How Sweet It Is
live cover recording of:
How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
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)
6:57
10Riding On A Railroad
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
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live recording of:
Riding on a Railroad (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
2:42
11Something In The Way She Moves
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
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live recording of:
Something in the Way She Moves (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
3:59
12Sun On The Moon
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:
Sun on the Moon (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:51
13Up On The Roof
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 cover recording of:
Up on the Roof (in 1992-11)
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) 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) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:13
14Copperline
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
live recording of:
Copperline (in 1992-11)
writer:
Reynolds Price and James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1991)
4:40
15Slap Leather
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
live recording of:
Slap Leather (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1991)
2:14
16You've Got A Friend
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
background vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller
live cover recording of:
You’ve Got a Friend (in 1992-11)
lyricist and composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) 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) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
5:09
17That Lonesome Road
lead vocals:
Valerie Carter, David Lasley, Kate Markowitz, Arnold McCuller and James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
a cappella live recording of:
That Lonesome Road (in 1992-11)
lyricist:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
composer:
Don Grolnick and James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Songs of the Country, 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)
2:46