Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of James Taylor Available Now
There are at least five or six James Taylor records that I would happily nominate as Desert Island Discs.
His albums set a standard that few other singer/songwriters’ albums can meet. Joni Mitchell comes to mind, and, like our friend James here, she explored many different styles of music throughout her career, the mark of a true artist.
After her, though, I would be hard pressed to name anyone with a body of work as extensive as Mr. Taylor’s.
And just to be clear, this would include all pop and rock artists from the 60s right through to the present. He is one of the greats in my book, and many of his albums are Must Owns.
And this is especially true for us audiophiles. The sound quality of the better pressings of most of his albums is consistently superior to the work of others from that time. Peter Asher deserves most of the credit for that.
Don’t try to start with the first album, which we can’t find for you because only the British pressings sound good and they are just too hard to find in clean condition [even though we did manage to do the shootout in 2022].
Instead go right to Sweet Baby James and JT.
The next group to pursue would contain Mud Slide Slim, Gorilla and In the Pocket.
Follow that up with One Man Dog and Dad Loves His Work (so underrated!).
