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Vinyl L.P • Apple Records • SKAO-3352.
1968 • Canada.
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James Taylor:
Masters Of British Rock Vol. 1 · John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr · The Solo Years + Friends, Relatives & Special Guests
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The album was produced by Peter Asher, who was A&R head for The Beatles' newly formed label Apple Records.
Taylor recorded the album from July to October 1968 at Trident Studios, at the same time as the Beatles were recording the White Album.
Paul McCartney and Peter Asher brought in arranger Richard Hewson to add orchestrations to several of the songs and unusual "link" passages in between them; these would receive a mixed reception at best.
Notable songs include "Something in the Way She Moves", "Carolina in My Mind" and "Rainy Day Man". McCartney and an uncredited George Harrison guested on bass and backing vocals respectively on "Carolina in My Mind", the lyric of which, "holy host of others standing around me", made reference to The Beatles, while the title phrase of Taylor's "Something in the Way She Moves" provided the starting point for Harrison's "Something".
The album was released by Apple Records On December 6, 1968 in the UK and February 1969 in the US.