1967 (James Taylor album)

June 2025 1967 compilation James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine James Taylor - James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine.jpg 1971 02The Flying Machine http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/f/flying_machine.html Softshoe's Music Matters Site 21 June 2012 7 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110332/http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/f/flying_machine.html dead 1966 Rock 22 48 Euphoria Al Gorgoni Chip Taylor James Taylor compilation Sweet Baby James 1970 1967 1971 Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon 1971 compilation Brighten Your Night with My Day February 1971 AllMusic 3 5[album r19699 yes AllMusic review] The Rolling Stone Album Guide 1 5https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/james-taylor/albumguide https://web.archive.org/web/20130105161220/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/james-taylor/albumguide James Taylor: Album Guide rollingstone.com January 5, 2013 October 27, 2015 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1 5Larkin Colin Colin Larkin Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2007 Oxford University Press 4th 978-0195313734 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1967 is an archival release of 1966 recordings of American singer-songwriter James Taylor's band The Flying Machine (not to be confused with The Flying Machine of "Smile a Little Smile for Me" fame from 1969), first released in February 1971. History The songs on the album were recorded with Taylor's band The Flying Machine in a late 1966 three-hour session in New York City's Select Sound Studios.White, Timothy. James Taylor: Long Ago and Far Away, Omnibus Press, 2002, 0-7119-9193-6. p. 118. They were produced by Chip Taylor, who had been involved in some recent pop hits, and Al Gorgoni, who also added harpsichord to the band's sound. The group felt the resulting tracks were of only demo quality. After "Night Owl" (b/w "Brighten Your Night with My Day") was released as an unsuccessful single by Jay Gee Records, a subsidiary of Jubilee Records, no work towards an album release went forward. Taylor subsequently signed with Apple Records, failed commercially again, but then became a huge success with Warner Bros. Records on Sweet Baby James in 1970 and Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon in 1971. Euphoria Records then released the sessions using the name "The Original Flying Machine", to distinguish the group from the UK outfit The Flying Machine who had emerged in 1969 with the hit song "Smile a Little Smile for Me". The released album had modest success capitalizing on Taylor's fame, reaching #74 on the U.S. pop albums chart. Flying Machine member Danny Kortchmar was not pleased, saying "The people involved wouldn't spring for the money for a whole album of James' songs [in 1967]. So it seemed terrible years later when the same people put out the Flying Machine album of those few sessions." The sessions were re-released by Gadfly Records, with additional short intros and two remixes, in 1996.http://www.dannykortchmar.com/danny/mainlyr.htm#_James_Taylor_and_the%20Original%20Flyin James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine 1967 2008-05-05 www.dannykortchmar.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080206102637/http://www.dannykortchmar.com/danny/mainlyr.htm#_James_Taylor_and_the%20Original%20Flyin 2008-02-06 dead Track listing Side one James Taylor, except "Kootch's Song" by Danny Kortchmar Night Owl 2:36 Brighten Your Night with My Day 4:10 Kootch's Song 3:11 Knocking 'Round the Zoo Danny Kortchmar lead vocal 3:17 Side two Rainy Day Man 3:07 Knocking 'Round the Zoo James Taylor lead vocal 4:48 Something's Wrong track 2:58 1996 reissue "Rainy Day Man" (James Taylor, Zach Wiesner) 3:16 "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" (Intro) 0:53 "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" (James Taylor Lead Vocal) 3:10 "Something's Wrong" (Backing Track) 3:07 "Night Owl" 2:29 "Brighten Your Night With My Day" (Intro) 1:01 "Brighten Your Night With My Day" 2:45 "Kootch's Song" (Danny Kortchmar) 3:13 "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" (Danny Kortchmar Lead Vocal) 2:59 "Night Owl" (Remixed version) "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" (Remixed version) Personnel The Flying Machine James Taylor — guitar, vocals Danny Kortchmar — guitar, vocals Zachary Wiesner — bass Joel O'Brien — drums Additional recording musician Al Gorgoni — harpsichord Production Engineers: Wally Sheffey, Eddie Youngblood Charts Album YearChartPosition1971Pop Albums74 References Category:1971 albums Category:James Taylor albums Category:Albums produced by Chip Taylor