Sweet Baby James

1970 Acoustic Folk Rock Soft Rock

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Tracklist

A1 Sweet Baby James
A2 Lo And Behold
A3 Sunny Skies
A4 Steamroller
A5 Country Road
A6 Oh, Susannah
B1 Fire And Rain
B2 Blossom
B3 Anywhere Like Heaven
B4 Oh Baby, Don’t You Loose Your Lip On Me
B5 Suite For 20G

Musicians

Bob WestBass
John LondonBass
Randy MeisnerBass
Russ KunkelDrums
Chris DarrowFiddle
Danny KortchmarGuitar
James TaylorGuitar, Vocals, Written-By
Carole KingPiano
Red RhodesSteel Guitar

Production

Jack BielanArranged By (Brass)
Peter AsherProducer

Also credited. Written-By: Stephen Foster. Art Direction: Ed Thrasher. Engineer: Bill Lazerus. Photography By: Henry Diltz.

Release notes

Original US release. Track A6 is misspelled as “Oh, Susanna” on record, but spelled correctly as “Oh, Susannah” on back picture sleeve.

Cat# on labels is “WS 1843” and label name shown on center label as Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
Cat# on sleeve (front, spine and back) is “1843” and label name shown on cover as Warner Bros. Records

Some first pressings of this release in February 1970 were issued, as here, using the already discontinued W7 labels. Most first pressings (including white label promo issues released the previous month) carried the WB shield-logo labels. As such, W7 labels are almost certainly first issues, but scarce, as most first pressings of this popular release are WB shield-logo pressings.

Release contains folded poster with album lyrics on the back.

Recorded at Sunset Sound, December ‘69
Produced for Marylebone Productions, Inc.
Published by Country Road Music Inc. BMI/Blackwood Music, Inc.

Warner Bros. Records Inc.,
a Subsidiary & Licensee of
Warner Bros. Inc.,
4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif.
488 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.

On the deadwax of this pressing, the Side A “Hi James” is directly above the matrix number, and on the B side “That’s All Folks” is likewise etched above the matrix number.
Runouts are etched except ‘p, A 7, A 6’ stamped.