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“James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine”
- Recorded 1966-67, released 1971 – Euphoria
- Released on CD in 1996 by Gadfly
Songs:
- Rainy Day Man
- Knocking ‘Round the Zoo (lead vocal by JT)
- Something’s Wrong (backing track without vocals)
- Night Owl
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Kootch’s Song (Danny Kortchmar)
- Knocking ‘Round the Zoo (lead by Kortchmar)
- Night Owl (Remixed version on first Gadfly release)
- Knocking ‘Round the Zoo (Remixed version on first Gadfly release)
“James Taylor”
- 1968 – Apple Records
- Remastered and re-released in 2010
Songs:
- Don’t Talk Now
- Something’s Wrong
- Knocking ‘Round the Zoo
- Sunshine Sunshine
- Taking It In
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Carolina In My Mind
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Night Owl
- Rainy Day Man
- Circle Round the Sun
- The Blues Is Just a Bad Dream
- Sunny Skies (studio demo on 2010 re-release)
- Let Me Ride (studio demo on 2010 re-release)
- Sunshine Sunshine (solo acoustic demo on 2010 re-release)
- Carolina In My Mind (solo acoustic demo on 2010 re-release)
“Sweet Baby James”
1970 – Warner Brothers Records
Songs:
- Sweet Baby James
- Lo and Behold
- Sunny Skies
- Steamroller
- Country Road
- Oh, Susannah
- Fire and Rain
- Blossom
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- Oh Baby, Don’t You Loose Your Lip On Me
- Suite For 20G
“Mud Slide Slim And the Blue Horizon”
1971 – Warner Bros.
Songs:
- Love Has Brought Me Around
- You’ve Got A Friend
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Soldiers
- Mud Slide Slim
- Hey Mister, That’s Me Up On The Jukebox
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Long Ago And Far Away
- Let Me Ride
- Highway Song
- Isn’t It Nice To Be Home Again
“One Man Dog”
1972 – Warner Brothers
Songs:
- One Man Parade
- Nobody But You
- Chili Dog
- Fool For You
- Instrumental I
- New Tune
- Back On the Street Again
- Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Woh, Don’t You Know
- One Morning In May (with Linda Ronstadt)
- Instrumental II
- Someone
- Hymn
- Fanfare
- Little David
- Mescalito
- Dance
- Jig
“Walking Man”
1974 – Warner Brothers
Songs:
- Walking Man
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Music Now
- Let It All Fall Down
- Me and My Guitar
- Daddy’s Baby
- Ain’t No Song
- Hello, Old Friend
- Migration
- The Promised Land
- Fading Away
“Gorilla”
1975 – Warner Bros.
Songs:
- Mexico
- Music
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Wandering
- Gorilla
- You Make It Easy
- I Was a Fool To Care
- Lighthouse
- Angry Blues
- Love Songs
- Sarah Maria
“In the Pocket”
1976 – Warner Bros.
Songs:
- Shower the People
- A Junkie’s Lament
- Money Machine
- Slow Burning Love
- Everybody Has the Blues
- Daddy’s All Gone
- Woman’s Gotta Have It
- Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream
- Don’t Be Sad ‘Cause Your Sun Is Down (with Stevie Wonder)
- Nothing Like a Hundred Miles
- Family Man
- Golden Moments
“Greatest Hits”
1976 – Warner Brothers
Songs:
- Something In the Way She Moves (re-recording since debut album)
- Carolina In My Mind (re-recording)
- 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
- Steamroller (live version)
“JT”
1977 – CBS Records
Songs:
- Your Smiling Face
- There We Are
- Honey Don’t Leave L.A.
- Another Grey Morning
- Bartender’s Blues
- Secret O’ Life
- Handy Man
- I Was Only Telling A Lie
- Looking For Love On Broadway
- Terra Nova
- Traffic Jam
- If I Keep My Heart Out Of Sight
“Flag”
1979 – CBS
Songs:
- Company Man
- Johnnie Comes Back
- Day Tripper
- I Will Not Lie For You
- Brother Trucker
- Is That the Way You Look?
- B.S.U.R.
- Rainy Day Man
- Millworker
- Up On the Roof
- Chanson Française
- Sleep Come Free Me
“Dad Loves His Work”
- 1981 – CBS
Songs:
- Hard Times
- Her Town Too
- Hour That the Morning Comes
- I Will Follow
- Believe It Or Not
- Stand And Fight
- Only For Me
- Summer’s Here
- Sugar Trade
- London Town
- That Lonesome Road
“That’s Why I’m Here”
1985 – CBS
Songs:
- That’s Why I’m Here
- Song For You Far Away
- Only A Dream In Rio
- Turn Away
- Going Around One More Time
- My Romance
- Everyday
- Limousine Driver
- Only One (with Don Henley, Joni Mitchell, et al.)
- Mona (with Graham Nash)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (with Graham Nash)
- That’s Why I’m Here (reprise)
“Never Die Young”
1988 – CBS
Songs:
- Never Die Young
- T-Bone
- Baby Boom Baby
- Runaway Boy
- Valentine’s Day
- Sun On the Moon
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Home By Another Way
- Letter In the Mail
- First Of May
“New Moon Shine”
1991 – Columbia
Songs:
- Copperline
- Down In the Hole
- (I’ve Got To) Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That
- Shed a Little Light
- The Frozen Man
- Slap Leather
- Like Everyone She Knows
- One More Go Round
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Native Son
- Oh Brother
- The Water Is Wide
“(LIVE)”
1993 – Columbia
Songs: (all new live versions recorded in concert)
Disc 1:
- Sweet Baby James
- Traffic Jam
- Handy Man
- Your Smiling Face
- Secret O’ Life
- Shed a Little Light
- Everybody Has the Blues
- Steamroller
- Mexico
- Millworker
- Country Road
- Fire and Rain
- Shower the People
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- New Hymn
Disc 2:
- Walking Man
- Riding On A Railroad
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Sun On the Moon
- Up On the Roof
- Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Copperline
- Slap Leather
- Only One
- You Make It Easy
- Carolina In My Mind
- I Will Follow
- You’ve Got A Friend
- That Lonesome Road
“(Best LIVE)”
- 1994 – Columbia
- A single-album version of the 1993 (LIVE) double album
- Also sold as a two-disc CD Extra set offering video clips of interviews and rehearsal footage
Songs: (same performances as (LIVE) album)
“Hourglass”
- 1997 – Columbia / Sony
- CD-Extra containing interviews, photos, and videos
Songs:
- Line ‘Em Up
- Enough To Be On Your Way
- Little More Time With You
- Gaia
- Ananas
- Jump Up Behind Me
- Another Day
- Up Er Mei
- Up From Your Life
- Yellow And Rose
- Boatman
- Walking My Baby Back Home
- Hangnail (hidden track)
“Greatest Hits Volume 2”
2000 – Sony
Songs:
- Secret O’ Life
- Handy Man
- Your Smiling Face
- Up On the Roof
- Her Town Too
- That’s Why I’m Here
- Only A Dream In Rio
- Everyday
- Song For You Far Away
- Never Die Young
- (I’ve Got To) Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That
- Shed a Little Light
- Copperline
- Another Day
- Little More Time With You
- Enough To Be On Your Way
“October Road”
2002 – Sony
Songs:
- September Grass
- October Road
- On the Fourth of July
- Whenever You’re Ready
- Belfast To Boston (God’s Rifle)
- Mean Old Man
- My Traveling Star
- Raised Up Family
- Carry Me On My Way
- Caroline I See You
- Baby Buffalo
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Included on Limited Edition 2-Disc Version:
- Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (From Michael Brecker’s “The Nearness of You”)
- Benjamin (From “Appalachian Journey”)
- Sailing To Philadelphia (From Mark Knopfler’s “Sailing To Philadelphia”)
- Plus video footage viewable on a computer (U.S. versions only).
“The Best of James Taylor”
2003 – Warner Bros.
Songs:
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Sweet Baby James
- Fire and Rain
- Country Road
- You’ve Got A Friend
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- Long Ago and Far Away
- Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Walking Man
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Mexico
- Shower the People
- Golden Moments
- Steamroller (Live)
- Carolina In My Mind
- Handy Man
- Your Smiling Face
- Up On the Roof
- Only A Dream In Rio
- Bittersweet
“James Taylor: A Christmas Album”
2004 – Hallmark
Songs:
- Winter Wonderland
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Natalie Cole)
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Jingle Bells
- The Christmas Song
- Deck The Halls
- Some Children See Him
- Who Comes This Night
- Auld Lang Syne
“James Taylor At Christmas”
2006 – Columbia (2012 re-release added two songs)
Songs:
- Winter Wonderland
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Jingle Bells
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Natalie Cole)
- River
- Here Comes The Sun (Featuring Yo-Yo Ma, 2012 release only)
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Some Children See Him
- Mon Beau Sapin (2012 release only)
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
- Who Comes This Night
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Auld Lang Syne
“One Man Band”
- 2007 – Hear Music
- Combination CD/DVD
Songs:
- Something In the Way She Moves
- Never Die Young
- The Frozen Man
- Mean Old Man
- School Song
- Country Road
- Slap Leather
- My Traveling Star
- You’ve Got A Friend
- Steamroller Blues
- Secret O’ Life
- Line ‘Em Up
- Chili Dog
- Shower the People
- Sweet Baby James
- Carolina In My Mind
- Fire and Rain
- Copperline
- You Can Close Your Eyes
“Covers”
2008 – Hear Music
Songs:
“Other Covers”
2009 – Hear Music
Songs:
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
- Get a Job
- Memphis
- Shiver Me Timbers
- Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm
- In the Midnight Hour
- Knock On Wood
“James Taylor and Carole King: Live At the Troubadour”
- May 4, 2010 – Hear Music
- Combination CD/DVD
Songs:
- Blossom
- So Far Away
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Carolina In My Mind
- It’s Too Late
- Smackwater Jack
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- Country Road
- Fire And Rain
- Sweet Baby James
- I Feel The Earth Move
- You’ve Got A Friend
- Up On The Roof
- You Can Close Your Eyes
Available via Amazon on regular CD,
deluxe CD/DVD, a limited edition deluxe book version, vinyl, and MP3.
“Before This World”
2015 – Concord Music Group
Songs:
- Today Today Today
- You and I Again
- Angels Of Fenway
- Stretch Of The Highway
- Montana
- Watchin’ Over Me
- SnowTime
- Before This World / Jolly Springtime
- Far Afghanistan
- Wild Mountain Thyme
Target Exclusive Version includes three additional tracks:
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)
- Diamond Joe
Limited Edition Deluxe Book Version includes five additional tracks:
- 9lb Hammer (Demo)
- 6/4 Shuffle (Instrumental)
- Joshua Gone Barbados
- Whenever You’re Ready (Live)
- SnowTimeLine (Evolution of the song “SnowTime”)
Available via Amazon on CD, vinyl, and digital download.
“American Standard”
2020 – Fantasy Records
Songs:
- My Blue Heaven
- Moon River
- Teach Me Tonight
- As Easy as Rolling off a Log
- Almost Like Being in Love
- Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat
- Nearness of You
- You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught
- God Bless The Child
- Pennies From Heaven
- My Heart Stood Still
- Ol’ Man River
- (It’s Only) a Paper Moon
- The Surrey With The Fringe on Top
Other Songs Performed Live and on TV
- A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
- Come On Brother, Get On Up and Help Me Find This Groove
- Diamond Joe (Traditional)
- For Free (Joni Mitchell)
- Games People Play (Joe South)
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Ray Charles)
- Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
- I Can Dream Of You (Livingston Taylor)
- In My Life (Lennon/McCartney)
- In My Reply (Livingston Taylor)
- It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
- Jellyman Kelly
- Okie From Muskogee (Merle Haggard)
- Old Blue (Traditional)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
- Sea Cruise (Huey “Piano” Smith)
- 16 Candles
- Things Go Better With Coke
- Tuberose Snuff Commercial
- Twelve Gates To the City (Traditional)
- Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
- With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney)
- The Twist