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Lot of 3 James Taylor CDs Covers, A Christmas Album Greatest Hits UPC 015012830712 A Christmas Album NIP James Taylor CD "This recording is a Hallmark production and it is similar to the album James Taylor at Christmas but if You are a fan or collector it is a "must have". I will mix and match the two CDs and enjoy James throughout the year." UPC 888072308299 Covers James Taylor CD I Need You More Than Want You "James Taylor recorded this CD with old-style recording techniques where the musicians actually sat in the same room played together. The fun is infectious. The Temptations had a minor hit (#18) in 1965 with the song James opens with, "It's Growing." It's a delightful track like some of James' classic Motown covers. I'm partial to Jimmy Webb's classic "Wichita Lineman" that R.E.M. recently recorded and was released on the CD Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb . Glen Campbell is most identified with the song from his #3 hit version from 1969. Webb also released excellent versions of the song on his albums LIVE AND AT LARGE Ten Easy Pieces . In James' version, Andrea Zonn's lovely fiddle deepens the emotional impact of the heartfelt melody as James seems to fully embrace the romantic lyric, "I need you more than want you I want you for all time." For me, it's a golden moment. George Jones' "Why Baby Why" is also an excellent track with James the band seeming to groove out on the melody. James' brother Livingston recorded "On Broadway" with a slow lonesome sound on his sophomore album Liv . The track subsequently appeared on Carolina Day: The Collection (1970-1980) . James' take chugs at the soulfulness of the Drifters' 1963 hit. Other tracks like "Hound Dog" "Summertime Blues" are also strong. While I understand comments that the production could have a little more punch, there are enough great moments here to make this a welcome addition to James Taylor's amazing body of work. Enjoy!" Lee Armstrong James Taylor Greatest Hits James Taylor CD This has no cover art and it's just in a plain case. Surely Just The First Of Several Greatest Hits Albums! "I was lucky enough to first see James Taylor live in a small outdoor venue called Avaloch in rural Lenox, Massachusetts in the summer of 1970, after this first album recorded by the Beatles in London had been released and just before the release of the fabulously successful "Sweet Baby James" album by Warner Brothers. He appeared alone on-stage with a full head of long, long hair in a simple denim shirt and cut-up jeans with his four or five acoustic guitars, and for two and a half hours proceeded to absolutely enchant the sprawling lawn-full of hundreds of audience members with a spellbinding performance of all of the work from both of those albums. Although virtually unknown at the time, word of mouth had spread so quickly in the Berkshires area (who still considers him one of their own) that many of us went out to get this album to play before he appeared. The rest, as they say, is history. This is a fantastic collection of his greatest hits over those first ten years, and is a terrific summary of that work. Many of my favorites are here, including "Something In The Way She Moves", "Carolina In My Mind", and "Rainy Day Man". Of course, so is "Fire And rain", "You've Got A Friend", "Steamroller Blues", and "Country Road", all now Taylor standards. My all time favorite song from this album is "Sweet Baby James", which is sung about the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts where I grew up, so I have always considered this a special song. His performance on it is a brilliant early indication of just how incredibly talented an interpretive artist Taylor really is. He always pleases with songs like "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", "Mexico", and "Walking Man", and this album is sure to please even the most cautious music fan. It is certainly a terrific showcase for how well Taylor can deliver on a variety of original works and covers of traditional folk songs. Enjoy" Barron Laycock