The Essential James Taylor

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Sweet Baby James
  2:51
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Fire and Rain
  3:23
  4.3 ★
• 3
  Long Ago and Far Away
  2:21
• 4
  You've Got a Friend
  4:29
• 5
  Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
  2:35
• 6
  Walking Man
  3:33
• 7
  How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
  3:35
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Mexico
  2:59
• 9
  Shower the People
  4:32
• 10
  Steamroller
  5:19
• 11
  Something in the Way She Moves
  3:10
• 12
  Carolina in My Mind
  3:59
• 13
  Handy Man
  3:16
  4.6 ★
• 14
  Your Smiling Face
  2:45
  4.6 ★
• 15
  Honey Don't Leave L.A.
  3:04
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Millworker
  3:49
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Her Town Too

  James Taylor wtih J.D. Souther
  4:28
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Everyday
  3:15
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Only One
  4:19
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Never Die Young
  4:24
• 6
  Copperline
  4:21
  5.0 ★
• 7
  The Water Is Wide
  3:01
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Country Road
  5:39
• 9
  Secret O' Life
  3:43
• 10
  Little More Time With You
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Another Day
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Hard Times Come Again No More
  3:40
• 13
  Caroline I See You
  4:58
  5.0 ★
• 14
  My Traveling Star (live)
  4:13
• 15
  You Can Close Your Eyes (live)
  2:53

More by James Taylor

Sweet Baby James

Sweet Baby James 1970

Before This World

Before This World 2015

Original Album Classics

Original Album Classics 2010

Live at the Troubadour

Live at the Troubadour 2010

Other Covers

Other Covers 2009

Covers

Covers 2008

Release credits

• Bill Lazerus
  engineer [1-2]
• Bobby West
  double bass [2]
• Carlos Vega
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Carly Simon
  background vocals [7]
• Carole King
  piano [1-2]
• Chris Darrow
  violin [1]
• Clarence McDonald
  Rhodes piano [7], keyboard [13-14], piano [7]
• Clifford Carter
  keyboard [8-9], piano [13]
• Dan Dugmore
  electric guitar [2]
• Danny Kortchmar
  electric guitar [7], guitar [13-14]
• Dave Grusin
  strings [13]
• David Campbell
  conductor [14], strings [14]
• David Lasley
  additional [5]
• Don Grolnick
  electric piano [2], harmonium [1], organ [2], percussion [1], piano [1, 8], producer [5-7]
• Don Rodenbach
  assistant [5]
• Frank Filipetti
  producer [10-11]
• Gene Page
  conductor [2], strings [2]
• George Ybara
  assistant [1]
• J.D. Souther
  vocal [2]
• James A. Farber
  mix [5-7], recording [5-7]
• James Taylor
  acoustic guitar [1.1-2, 1.13-14, 2.1, 2.8-9], background vocals [13-14], lead vocals [2.1, 2.8-9, 1.1-2, 1.13-14], producer [10-11], vocal [2]
• Jesse Levy
  cello [1]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Jimmy Johnson
  bass [8, 13]
• John London
  electric bass guitar [1]
• Lani Groves
  additional [5]
• Leah Kunkel
  background vocals [13]
• Lee Herschberg
  engineer [7], mix [7]
• Leland Sklar
  bass [7], bass guitar [2.2, 1.13-14]
• Lenny Waronker
  producer [7]
• Lincoln Clapp
  additional [1], assistant [1]
• Louise Schulman
  viola [1]
• Michael Landau
  electric guitar [8]
• Michael O’Reilly
  additional [1], assistant [1]
• Niko Bolas
  assistant [2]
• Peter Asher
  cabasa [13], producer [2.1-2, 1.1-2, 1.13-14], tambourine [13]
• Red Rhodes
  pedal steel guitar [1]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Robbie Kilgore
  piano [13]
• Russ Kunkel
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 7, 13-14], percussion [13-14], tambourine [7]
• Russ Titelman
  producer [7]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Tommy Morgan
  harmonica [13]
• Val Garay
  mix [1.13-14, 2.1], recording [1.13-14, 2.1-2]
• Waddy Wachtel
  acoustic guitar [2]
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  13 October 2013
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  11 September 2015
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  16 October 2015
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  9 November 2015