Jt - Vinyl (MOFI)

Numbered Limited-Edition 180-gram LP Sourced from Original Master Tapes All-Star Cast Assists Taylor In Exploring All Sides of Domestic Issues, Earning Triple-Platinum Album James Taylor's best-selling record since 1970's hallmark Sweet Baby James, 1977's JT takes its permanent place as one of the singer's most enduring albums, an affair that gorges on country, blues, and rock styles and incisive songwriting. As the preeminent singer-songwriter's Columbia debut, it catapulted him back into the limelight and reestablished his place as the era's leading-edge folk-rock troubadour. Half-speed mastered from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered limited-edition 180g LP possesses a warmth, immediacy, and intimacy that surpasses that available on any of Taylor's prior albums, Rhino's analog reissues included. The singer's comforting voice, breath control, and enchanting guitar lines sound as if they pour right out of the studio control room, and the splendid array of backing instrumentation is balanced, vivid, and dynamic. You've never heard Taylor this realistic, warm, or lively. More than any other of his records, the triple-platinum JT features all sides of Taylor's lyrical persona. Optimistic, content material fills half of the set while Taylor also reveals a darker, moodier identity on a number of songs that keep the 12-track set alternating between shade and light, shadow and sun. He turns romantic and blissful on the touching ballad 'There We Are,' praises the power of love on 'Your Smiling Face,' and enchants with the graceful 'Secret O'Life.' In addition to the domestic bliss, Taylor also expresses surprise and cynicism on 'Honey Don't Leave L.A.,' delves into despair on 'Another Grey Morning,' and invites sardonic tones on 'Bartender's Blues.' The result is a complete picture of an extraordinary songwriter, and accurate sketches of the mixed emotions so many of us feel. Taylor's ability to capture deep-seeded feelings,