Live (James Taylor album)

Live
Live album by James Taylor
Released	August 10, 1993 (1993-08-10)
Recorded	November 1992 (1992-11)
Genre	Rock
Length	123:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Grolnick George Massenburg
James Taylor chronology
New Moon Shine (1991) Live (1993) Hourglass (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound	3.5/5[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Live (stylised as (LIVE)) is the first live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released on August 10, 1993, by Columbia Records. The double album presents selections from 14 shows during a November 1992 tour. In the US, Live peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart^[5] and has sold more than one million copies, being certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.

A single-album CD of highlights of the double album was also released, titled Best Live. There are two different versions of this album; a 17-track version was released in 1993,^[6] and a shorter 12-track version on June 21, 1994.^[7] On digital distributors such as Spotify and iTunes, many of the verbal introductions that were present in the original CD have been cut.

Track listing[edit]

All songs by James Taylor except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Sweet Baby James" – 4:13
2. "Traffic Jam" – 2:10
3. "Handy Man" (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones) – 3:31
4. "Your Smiling Face" – 3:03
5. "Secret O' Life" – 3:45
6. "Shed a Little Light" – 4:32
7. "Everybody Has the Blues" – 2:33
8. "Steamroller Blues" – 5:30
9. "Mexico" – 3:32
10. "Millworker" – 4:25
11. "Country Road" – 5:44
12. "Fire and Rain" – 4:44
13. "Shower the People" – 4:43
14. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 7:29
15. "New Hymn" (Reynolds Price, Taylor) – 3:00

Disc two

1. "Walking Man" – 4:35
2. "Riding on a Railroad" – 2:41
3. "Something in the Way She Moves" – 3:59
4. "Sun on the Moon" – 3:54
5. "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:10
6. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – 3:37
7. "She Thinks I Still Care" (Dickey Lee) – 3:28
8. "Copperline" (R. Price, Taylor) – 4:43
9. "Slap Leather" – 2:11
10. "Only One" – 4:41
11. "You Make It Easy" – 5:05
12. "Carolina in My Mind" – 5:04
13. "I Will Follow" – 4:14
14. "You've Got a Friend" (King) – 5:09
15. "That Lonesome Road (Don Grolnick, Taylor) – 2:46

Best Live (17 track)[edit]

1. "Sweet Baby James" – 4:11
2. "Handy Man" (Blackwell, Jones) – 3:34
3. "Your Smiling Face" – 2:51
4. "Steamroller Blues" – 5:36
5. "Mexico" – 3:17
6. "Walking Man" – 4:08
7. "Country Road" – 5:44
8. "Fire and Rain" – 4:33
9. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 6:57
10. "Riding on a Railroad" – 2:42
11. "Something in the Way She Moves" – 3:59
12. "Sun on the Moon" – 3:51
13. "Up on the Roof" (Goffin, King) – 4:13
14. "Copperline" (Price, Taylor) – 4:40
15. "Slap Leather" – 2:14
16. "You've Got a Friend" (King) – 5:09
17. "That Lonesome Road" (Grolnick, Taylor) – 2:46

Best Live (12 track)[edit]

1. "Sweet Baby James" – 4:13
2. "Handy Man" (Blackwell, Jones) – 3:34
3. "Your Smiling Face" – 2:53
4. "Shed a Little Light" – 4:17
5. "Steamroller Blues" – 5:24
6. "Mexico" – 3:15
7. "Walking Man" – 4:23
8. "Country Road" – 5:38
9. "Fire and Rain" – 4:39
10. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) – 6:58
11. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – 3:10
12. "Shower the People" – 5:12

Personnel[edit]

• James Taylor – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Michael Landau – electric guitars
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano
• Clifford Carter – keyboards
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Valerie Carter – backing vocals
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• Kate Markowitz – backing vocals
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals

Production[edit]

Studio credits

• Producers – Don Grolnick and George Massenburg
• Production co-ordination – Barbara Moutenot and Ivy Skoff
• Recorded by Nathaniel Kunkel with John Godenzi and Randy Hutson
• Additional engineers – Rail Rogut and Michael White
• Assistant engineer – Rail Rogut
• Mixed by George Massenburg at Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and Record One (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mastered by Doug Sax and Gavin Lurssen at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Live credits

• House sound engineer – John Godenzi
• Monitor engineer – Randy Hutson
• Technicians – Gary Epstein and Mark Hughes

Additional credits

• Art direction – Stephanie Mauer
• Photography – Andrew Brucker
• Liner notes – Peter Asher
• Management – Peter Asher Management

References[edit]