James Taylor/IL, USA 1982

“HOT OFF THE HEADS PRODUCTION” is monopolizing the topics all over the world. The latest edition of James Taylor’s finest recordings will be released at the same time. Speaking of “HOT OFF THE HEADS PRODUCTION”, he is a highly anticipated recording artist who has been releasing 80’s masters of various bands/artists over the past few weeks. This is a series that has become the eye of a typhoon due to its amazing quality. This week, two of James Taylor’s 1982 recordings will be unearthed at the same time as the latest release. This work is the best audience recording of the second “August 10, 1982 Hoffman Estates Performance”. The two works released at the same time are both live albums from the world tour accompanying “DAD LOVES HIS WORK”. Even though they are similar, the times are different and the organization is also different. In order to understand that aspect, let’s check the position of the two works from the schedule at that time. 1981・February 11th – March 8th: North America #1 (8 performances)《“DAD LOVES HIS WORK” released in March》・May 9th – July 2nd: North America #2 (24 performances)・September 11-16: Japan (3 performances) October 13: Honolulu performance 1982 February 1-March 12: North America #3 (23 performances) ← “MERRILLVILLE 1982” June 10 Sunday + 12th: North America #4 (2 performances) July 16th – August 27th: North America #5 (25 performances) ←★Here★This is James Taylor in 1981/1982. The sister work “MERRILLVILLE 1982” had a new opening “North America #3” in 2018, but the Hoffman Estates performance of this work was about half a year later. This was the 16th concert of the final leg “North America #5”. “North America #3” was a trio consisting of only masters Leland Scholar and Rick Schlosser, but “North America 5” had four more members. The group had expanded to seven members. This work recorded at such a show is also a great recording that is intensely on. The sister work “MERRILLVILLE 1982” is also amazing, but this work is also amazing. There is no sense of space in the dense response, and the details that approach the minute details are beyond the standards of audience recording. If you listen carefully with headphones, you can feel a slight hall noise, but even that doesn’t hide the sharp edges, and is rather natural, like an intentionally applied effect. Unlike the trio “MERRILLVILLE 1982″, it is a large family of seven members, but each person’s sound overlaps and does not blend together. I say “I don’t choose Kobofuji,” but even though the venue and ensemble are completely different, the close-knit, high-quality performance doesn’t make a difference… “HOT OFF THE HEADS PRODUCTION” is an absolutely terrifying master. What is depicted with such a sound is a full show in which not only the ensemble but also the set is completely different from “MERRILLVILLE 1982”. We would like you to enjoy the two works together, but for those who would like to choose one, let’s compare and organize them.・JAMES TAYLOR (1 song): Carolina in My Mind ・SWEET BABY JAMES (4 songs): Sweet Baby James/Country Road/Fire and Rain/Steamroller Blues ・MUD SLIDE SLIM (1 song): You’ve Got a Friend ・GORILLA (1 song): How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)・IN THE POCKET (2 songs): Money Machine (★)/Shower the People・JT (3 songs): Honey Don’t Leave L.A. (★ ) / Secret o’ Life / Your Smiling Face ・FLAG (4 songs): Up on the Roof / Rainy Day Man (★) / Brother Trucker / Millworker (★) ・DAD LOVES HIS WORK (2 songs): Stand and Fight ( ★) / That Lonesome Road (★)・Other (3 songs): Get a Job (THE SILHOUETTES: ★) / Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie: ★) / Rock Me Baby (B.B. King) *Note: “★” The marked songs are songs that cannot be heard on the simultaneously released “MERRILLVILLE 1982 (Uxbridge 1280)”. …and it looks like this. Although it is slightly narrower than “MERRILLVILLE 1982” with a total of 21 songs, it is a wide range of songs selected from the latest work “DAD LOVES HIS WORK”. There are 8 songs that could not be heard in “MERRILLVILLE 1982”. Ensembles are even more different. The arrangement itself is a simple one that takes care of the beautiful melodies of the famous songs, but when you listen to the trio “MERRILLVILLE 1982″ in succession, you will notice that the seven-piece arrangement is thick. Particularly big is the gorgeous keyboard and thick female voice chorus work. It is a live album with beautiful sounds that greatly increases the gentleness and inclusiveness of the melody, while also maintaining its depth. The same tour, “MERRILLVILLE 1982” and this work have completely different expressions even though they are only half a year apart. This is a peerless sister work that vacuum-packs both of them with the best sound of transcendence. I’ve explained the differences so you can choose one, but you can only appreciate their true value when you enjoy them side by side. Two amazing works from “HOT OFF THE HEADS PRODUCTION”. Live at Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA 10th August 1982 ULTIMATE SOUND Disc 1(52:00) 1. Intro 2. Sweet Baby James 3. MC 4. Get a Job 5. MC 6. Up on the Roof 7. Band Introduction 8. Carolina in My Mind 9. Rainy Day Man 10. MC 11. Pretty Boy Floyd 12. MC 13. Brother Trucker 14. Rock Me Baby 15. Honey Don’t Leave L.A. 16. Secret o’ Life 17 You’ve Got a Friend Disc 2(51:45) 1. MC 2. Millworker 3. Country Road 4. MC 5. Fire and Rain 6. Stand and Fight 7. How Sweet It Is 8. Your Smiling Face 9. MC 10. Money Machine 11. Shower the People 12. MC 13. Steamroller 14. That Lonesome Road James Taylor – Guitar, Vocals Dan Dugmore – Steel Guitar, Guitar Andrew Gold – Guitar, Vocal Bill Payne – Keyboard Arnold McCuller – Vocals Leland Sklar – Bass Rick Shlosser – Drums