Tag: Pitman
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James Taylor, JT, 1977 on Columbia
This was Taylor’s eighth studio LP and his first on Columbia after years on Warner Bros. It was produced by Peter Asher and recorded in Los Angeles. Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, and Russ Kunkel appear, with guest backing vocals from Linda Rondstadt and his then wife Carly Simon on specific tracks. One of his best…
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James Taylor, Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon, 1971 on Warner Bros.
I always want to call this album Mud Slide Jim, given James Taylor’s habit of naming records with his own name. This was his third LP and second Warner Brothers release. Ironically, because discogs uses a “first credited with the name wins” algorithm for artists with shared names, he is forever “James Taylor (2)” on…
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Neil Young, Time Fades Away, 1973 on Reprise
Live album recorded with the Stray Gators on the tour following the release of Harvest. The rear cover lists the venues at which each track was recorded as well as the members of the Stray Gators (Tim Drummond, Johnny Barbata, Jack Nitzsche, and Ben Keith) and special guests David Crosby and Graham Nash. Reportedly Young…
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Cyndi Lauper, True Colors, 1986 on Portrait
Second studio LP from Lauper, following the massively successful She’s So Unusual which had already gone four times platinum. Covering “What’s Going On” was, well, a choice. But I love the “Iko Iko” and the originals: the title track still makes me have all the feels, and “Boy Blue” – which was released as a…
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Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan At Budokan, 1979 on Columbia
Third of three live Dylan albums from the 70s (Before the Flood and Hard Rain are the other two), and the second to be 2xLP in format, At Budokan was recorded at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in February and March of 1978. (The US release was in 1979). Many folks don’t care for the…