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

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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