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James Taylor ??/??/1981

SHOWID 481849

Set I

You can Close Your Eyes (A)
Mona (song only) (A)
Wandering (A)
Sweet Baby James (A)
Riding On A Railroad (A)
How Sweet It Is (B)
Stand and Fight (B)
Brother Trucker (C)
Hey Good Lookin' (C)
Walking Man (C)
Hard Times (D)
It's Gonna Work Out Fine (D)
Up on the Roof (B)
Fire and Rain (B)

Set II

Sugar Trade (D)
Millworker (D)
Twelve Gates to the City (D)
Steamroller (B)
I Will Not Lie For You (D)
Daddy's All Gone (B)
Her Town Too (with J.D. Souther) (B)
You're Only Lonely (with J.D. Souther) (D)
Faithless Love (with J.D. Souther) (D)
Your Smiling Face (D)
Mexico (B)
Country Road (B)
Money Machine (B)

Encore
You've Got A Friend (B)
That Lonesome Road (E)(D)

Bonus
Interview with Peter Asher during 5/13/81 Intermission (D)

Set III

Source A: 5/21/81 Radio City Music Hall, NYC, Soundboard

Source B: 5/13/81 Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, GA, "Dad Lives His Work" bootleg

Source C: 5/13/81 Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, GA, WNEW FM > unknown

Source D: 5/13/81 Atlanta, Civic Center, Atlanta, GA, WNEW FM > BR master cassette transfer

Source E: 6/12/82 Central Park, NYC, FM radio broadcast

Comment

Compilation by "ALS". Here are the notes that accompanied the torrent: In 1981 James Taylor planned to release a live album. His performance at Radio City Music Hall was recorded, but it didn't turn out so well. While the music sounded great, JT's banter and comedic timing were off, a rarity for him. Something must have been amiss because a week earlier he was broadcast nationally via satellite and, as I learned from a member of Dime, instructed his crew not to tell him the exact night of the broadcast (he only knew it was one of three nights). The results of the Atlanta broadcastwere stellar - one of his best shows ever. JT did not release a live album in 1981, but, if he did, it might have sounded like this one.

Editing notes: Selections from the 5/13/81 show were made based on what sounded best to me. I have 8 versions of the show, threw on the headphones and made the call. Most of the between song banter comes from Source C as the "Dad Lives His Work" bootleg was heavily edited. This upload could also be called "the definitive version of 5/13/81" (for now). Speaking of editing, I edited
out most of the between song banter in Source A due to reasons noted above.

Other notes: The Atlanta show is usually dated 5/19/81 and I take responsibility for passing along bad information. In September 2003 I shared a version of this show (Source C) on the Archival Group that was longer than "Dad Lives His Work" but still not complete. This version was dated 5/19/81 and I kept the date to avoid confusion with a show listed as Atlantic City 5/13/81.

Final note: JT's band for this tour was about as close to a full rock band as he's ever assembled. It included: Billy Payne - Keyboards, Waddy Wachtel - Guitar, Dan Dugmore - Guitar, Peter Asher - Percussion, Rick Marotta - Drums, and Leland Sklar - Bass as well as David Lasley - Backgroud Vocals and Arnold McCuller - - Backgroud Vocals. After this tour the volume at JT's concerts was turned down.

Collectors With This Show

User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
Gary (5/4.3) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: SBD/FM sources
PeaceTrader (5/3) CDR / 2 View  
soulinspiration (5/0) / 2 View  
Jordan Jacobs (5/3) Flac / 2 View   SBD
Notes: The Unreleased Live Album 1981
elemoi (4/5) CDR / 2 View   SBD
TTDaddy (3/5) FLAC / 2 View   SBD
Rich (3/5) CDR / 2 A View  
Mike Kelly (1/4.3) CDR / 2 View   boards/broadcasts
buc2220 (1/5) CDR / 2 A View   VARIOUS
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View   Soundboard
Notes: DVD 1666; lineage: Multiple sources > Soundforge 8.0 > CD Wave > FLAC. Remastered by ALS.
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.7) CDR / 2 View  
Notes: DVD 540; lineage:
phil (1/5) CD-R / 2 View  
Notes: Unreleased Live Album 1981
Warren (1/5) CD / 2 View  
Death Glider (1/0) CD-R / 2 View   Multiple sources > Soundforge 8.0 > CD Wave > FLAC. Remastered by ALS.
Notes: FLAC/sg1500c, sg2000f
Pat (0/4.8) fLAC 16 / 2 View  
Robert Scott (0/5) flac / 2 A View  
stocky (0/0) / 0 A View