JAMES TAYLOR – „The Warner Bros Albums 1970-1976“ ( 6CD-Box / 6LP-Box)
Rhino is about to shower the people with the first-ever box set from James Taylor. Between 1970 and 1976, the quintessential troubadour released six albums on Warner Bros. Records that laid the groundwork for his remarkable career which continues to this day. At Warner Bros., Taylor introduced signature songs like “Fire and Rain,” “Sweet Baby James,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “Mexico,” and “You Can Close Your Eyes,” as well as classic interpretations of “You’ve Got a Friend” (his first No. 1 and a Grammy winner) and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You).” Now, all six of his WB releases have been remastered for release on July 19 as The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970-1976 on 6 CDs, 6 LPs, or digital platforms.
The new box set includes:
- Sweet Baby James (1970)
- Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
- One Man Dog (1972)
- Walking Man (1974)
- Gorilla (1975); and
- In the Pocket (1976).
Guests on these landmark LPs include David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stevie Wonder, Paul and Linda McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Carole King, and The Brecker Brothers.
Each album in the box has been freshly remastered, as overseen by Peter Asher. Not only did Asher sign Taylor to the Beatles’ Apple Records label in 1968 (where he recorded his solo debut album), but he served as his manager for 25 years, and originally produced the first three of these albums. He writes in the collection’s liner notes, “Revisiting these albums several decades later has been revelatory, nostalgic, and exciting. I have heard bits and pieces frequently over the years, of course, but listening with concentration and in detail to each of the original tapes without interruption has been a thrilling luxury.”
Note that Taylor’s 1976 Greatest Hits album, which included re-recorded versions of his Apple Records cuts “Something in the Way She Moves” and “Carolina in My Mind” plus a live version of “Steamroller” is not included in this set.
Quelle: SecondDisc ; SuperDeluxeEdition
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