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Bootlegs & Non-U.S. Albums

See also U.S. Albums.

Non-U.S. Albums

"Listen With James" - Buy It

  • 2000 - Dressed To Kill Records
  • Combination of tracks from the Flying Machine album along with more modern recordings.

    Songs:

      Everyday
      The Letter
      You're The One I Love
      Rainy Day Man
      Knocking Round The Zoo
      Something's Wrong
      Night Owl
      Brighten Your Night With My Day
      Kootch's Song

"Classic Songs" - Buy It
  • 1987 - CBS/WEA (Germany)
  • Reference #: iMi10985 (Pastel colors with photo from "JT" album)
    Reference #: CBS 465643-2 (Australian version with a concert photo instead)
  • Also distributed as "Taylor Made" (not to be confused with the bootleg of the same name) by Columbia (Netherlands) - Reference #: B299581

    Songs:

      Fire and Rain
      Mexico
      You've Got a Friend
      How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
      Carolina In My Mind (alternate mix)
      Something In the Way She Moves (alternate mix)
      Shower the People
      Sweet Baby James
      That's Why I'm Here
      Everyday
      Up On the Roof
      Your Smiling Face
      Her Town Too
      Handyman
      Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
      Only a Dream In Rio

"Greatest Hits Vol. 2" - Buy It
  • 2000 - Sony (Japan)
  • Bonus track: "You Can Close Your Eyes" from the "Live at the Beacon Theater" DVD.

    Songs:


"Live In Rio" - Buy It
  • 1985 - Columbia (Brasil)
  • Reference #: 700.060
  • Two different cover designs
  • Relatively low recording quality

    Songs:

      Long Ago and Far Away
      Carolina In My Mind
      Up on the Roof
      You've Got A Friend
      Shower the People
      Fire And Rain
      Mexico
      Walking Man
      Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
      Knock On Wood
      How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved By You)

"Star Box"
  • Sony (Import greatest hits collection)
  • Reference #: B355873 and SRCS 6898 (includes extensive liner notes in English and Japanese)

    Songs:

      (Note: No new material)
      Your Smiling Face
      Only One
      Copperline
      There We Are
      Only A Dream In Rio
      Stand And Fight
      Down In the Hole
      Up On the Roof
      Summer's Here
      Millworker
      B. S. U. R.
      Bartender's Blues
      Handyman
      Never Die Young
      Hard Times
      Terra Nova
      Valentine's Day
      That's Why I'm Here
      I Will Follow
      That Lonesome Road


Bootlegs

Note: Many of JT's shows have been recorded and passed among collectors. The following list includes only those released pseudo-commercially and with questionable legality.

"In Perfect Harmony" / "Close Your Eyes"

  • Recording of 10/29/70 BBC radio performance with Joni Mitchell. Released on CD in 1991 by the Living Legend label under the name "Close Your Eyes.

    Songs:

      (commentary by both Joni and JT throughout)
      That Song About the Midway (Joni)
      The Gallery (Joni)
      Rainy Day Man (JT)
      Steamroller Blues (JT)
      The Priest Song (Joni)
      Carey (Joni)
      Carolina In My Mind (JT)
      California (Joni)
      For Free (lead by Joni)
      The Circle Game (lead by Joni)
      You Can Close Your Eyes (Duet)

"Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again"
  • 1971 - Rubber Dubber Records
  • Only available on vinyl (rare)
  • Recorded live at the Anaheim, CA Convention Center on March 21, 1971. Similar recordings were distributed as "Live at the Anaheim Convention Center" and "Tailor Made." See below.

    Songs:

      Album 1:
      Sweet Baby James
      I Feel Fine (Something In the Way She Moves?)
      Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox
      Sunny Skies
      Chili Dog
      Riding On a Railroad
      Conversation (JT speaking to audience)
      Places In My Past
      You Can Close Your Eyes
      Soldiers
      Carolina In My Mind
      Long Ago And Far Away

      Album 2:
      Country Road
      Fire and Rain
      Sixteen Candles
      Love Has Brought Me Around
      Woh, Don't You Know
      Steamroller Blues
      Come On Brother, Get On Up and Help Me Find This Groove
      The Promised Land
      Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again


"Tailor Made"
  • A second double-album bootleg of the same 1971 performance used for "Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again."
  • Also includes four songs from a JT television appearance in the early '70s ("Fire and Rain," "Country Road," "Oh Susannah," (duet with Johnny Cash) and "Sweet Baby James.")

"Dad Lives His Work"
  • Released June, 1994 by Great Dane (Italy)
  • Single CD containing excerpts of 1981 national radio broadcast from Atlanta. Original show was approximately 2 hours. CD is 77 minutes.

    Songs:

      How Sweet It Is
      Stand and Fight
      Up On the Roof
      Fire and Rain
      Steamroller
      Daddy's All Gone
      Her Town Too
      Mexico
      Country Road
      Money Machine
      You've Got a Friend

"Got Some Friends"
  • Royal Sound Music (Germany) - 1994 - RSM 064
  • Single CD recording of excerpts from summer 1994 show at Great Woods, Massachusetts. 78 minutes.

    Songs:

      Lo and Behold
      Mexico
      Promised Land
      Got To Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
      Rainy Day Man
      Frozen Man
      Your Smiling Face
      Copperline
      Carolina In My Mind
      Wandering
      Memphis
      Not Fade Away
      Never Die Young
      Up On the Roof
      You've Got a Friend
      Steamroller Blues
      How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
      Sweet Baby James

"Roses For Carole"
  • Main Street (Italy) - MST104
  • Recording of JT's 1970 show at the Berkeley Community Theatre.

    Songs:

      For Free
      Carolina In My Mind
      Okie From Muskogee
      Sweet Baby James
      I Love My Babe (Circle Round the Sun)
      Greensleeves
      Blossom
      Up On the Roof (Lead by Carole King)
      Night Owl
      That Restless Feeling (Something's Wrong)
      Where the Golden Rainbows End (Long Ago and Far Away)
      Riding On a Railroad
      Highway Song
      Fire and Rain
      You Can Close Your Eyes

"Steamroller"
  • 1985 - Platinum (Germany)
  • Reference #: PLP 11/24023 (album) and PMC 11/24023 (cassette)
  • Notes: Just a bad reshuffling of "Sweet Baby James" songs. Poor recording quality and no new material.

"You've Got a Friend"
  • M Records Ltd. (Germany) - 1992 - CJESD1
  • Strange remix of old material with a drum machine.

    Songs:

      Something In The Way She Moves
      Carolina In My Mind
      Fire and Rain
      Sweet Baby James
      Country Road
      You've Got a Friend
      Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
      Walking Man
      How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
      Mexico
      Shower The People
      Letter In the Mail
      Everyday
      Steamroller (Live)

"Not Fade Away"
  • 1995 - Japanese double-CD bootleg of 3/15/95 Tokyo show.

    Songs:

      Disc One:
      Sweet Baby James
      Secret O' Life
      Mexico
      The Promised Land
      Copperline
      Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
      (I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That
      Never Die Young
      Frozen Man
      Handy Man
      Your Smiling Face
      Shower the People
      Country Road
      Riding On a Railroad
      Something In the Way She Moves

      Disc Two:
      Carolina In My Mind
      Not Fade Away
      Up On the Roof
      You've Got a Friend
      How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
      Fire And Rain
      Steamroller
      You Can Close Your Eyes

      "Bonus tracks" from 3/14/95
      Not Fade Away
      Up On the Roof
      You've Got a Friend
      Only One


"Homeless Children's Medical Benefit Concert"
  • Yellow Cat
  • Appearances by JT plus Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, et al. JT sings "Looking For Love On Broadway" and "Carolina In My Mind."

"Carnegie Hall"
  • 1996 - KTS (Italy)
  • Recorded live in New York in May, 1974.

    Songs:

      You Can Close Your Eyes
      Riding On a Railroad
      Blossom
      Long Ago and Far Away
      Country Road
      You've Got a Friend
      Promised Land
      Let It All Fall Down
      Brighten Your Night With My Day
      Walking Man
      Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
      Fire And Rain
      Mockingbird (duet with Carly Simon)
      Ain't No Song
      Sweet Baby James

"Storytellers"
  • Gleaned from the first "Storytellers" aired on the VH1 cable TV network, plus tracks from a 1986 show in Brazil.

"Live At the Beacon Theatre"
  • Appears to be a straight copy of the digital audio from the legitimate DVD release.


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