For James Taylor Fans
Posted by: u5227470736789524 on 02 August 2008
US release date September 30
James Taylor "Covers"
from amazon.com
I've done covers of other people's songs since the beginning. Looking over the various collections of my tunes a fair-sized portion of my "hits" have been covers: "You've Got a Friend", "How Sweet it Is", "Up On the Roof", "Handyman"...so this is not uncharted water for me. I've always thought that writing an original song and reinterpreting someone else's were similar processes; just as making music is a lot like listening to it.
What has been so memorable about this album were the sessions themselves: ten days in deep January in a converted barn in the woods of Western Massachusetts. It's remarkable and unusual today to put 12 musicians in the same place at the same time. It's a type of "live" recording sadly seldom seen in these days of the overdub. You get an immediate energy and it's a whole lot of fun. It sweeps you up and it carries you along and when it's done, it's done.
Product Description
Covers is the new cd from James Taylor, one that fans of his records and tours have been eager to hear for many years. It collects a dozen songs by other artists that James has made very much his own in concert. It is a beautifully recorded collection, done live in the studio, with his full band. Covers represents another important piece in the treasury of James Taylor recordings.
James Taylor "Covers"
from amazon.com
I've done covers of other people's songs since the beginning. Looking over the various collections of my tunes a fair-sized portion of my "hits" have been covers: "You've Got a Friend", "How Sweet it Is", "Up On the Roof", "Handyman"...so this is not uncharted water for me. I've always thought that writing an original song and reinterpreting someone else's were similar processes; just as making music is a lot like listening to it.
What has been so memorable about this album were the sessions themselves: ten days in deep January in a converted barn in the woods of Western Massachusetts. It's remarkable and unusual today to put 12 musicians in the same place at the same time. It's a type of "live" recording sadly seldom seen in these days of the overdub. You get an immediate energy and it's a whole lot of fun. It sweeps you up and it carries you along and when it's done, it's done.
Product Description
Covers is the new cd from James Taylor, one that fans of his records and tours have been eager to hear for many years. It collects a dozen songs by other artists that James has made very much his own in concert. It is a beautifully recorded collection, done live in the studio, with his full band. Covers represents another important piece in the treasury of James Taylor recordings.
FYI - this is another "Hear Music" release, so short of pre-ordering, the first retail outlets may be Starbucks. I love buying cd's at 6 a.m. with my donut 
Thanks for the post Jeff. 
Thanks Jeff. Put my pre-order in.
Pat
Pat
quote:Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
FYI - this is another "Hear Music" release, so short of pre-ordering, the first retail outlets may be Starbucks. I love buying cd's at 6 a.m. with my donut
Now Jeff watch your Cholestoral.
quote:Originally posted by ewemon:quote:Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
I love buying cd's at 6 a.m. with my donut
Now Jeff watch your Cholestoral.
That's Sat and Sun only, no coffee, my arteries are clean (trust me, they have been checked more than a few times) and I take Lipitor (amongst way too many others). I get my 59,000 mile check up next month - leaking a little red oil, but hangin' on. You made me smile, Ewen, and that isn't easy.