After a lengthy out-of-print period, the “No Nukes” concert movie is now available from Amazon.com in VHS format (no DVD yet). The 1979 MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts featured JT, Carly Simon, Jackson Browne, Crosby Still & Nash, the Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, and others in a hugely popular 5-night engagement at New York’s Madison Square Garden. An excellent double-CD recording is also available.
JT’s “Jelly Man Kelly” is included on a new 3-CD Sesame Street box set called “Songs From the Street.” The collection is now available for ordering from Amazon.com and will ship on September 2. Other artists on the collection include Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Pete Seeger, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Ziggy Marley, Tony Bennett, Melissa Etheridge, NSYNC, and quite a few more.
JT’s upcoming all-new album, “October Road,” will also be sold as a limited edition which comes with a second CD containing three bonus tracks. The additional tracks (all previously released on other albums) are “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” from Michael Brecker’s “The Nearness of You,” “Benjamin” from “Appalachian Journey,” and “Sailing To Philadelphia,” from Mark Knopfler’s album of the same name. When viewed on a computer, the bonus CD also contains interview footage and studio footage shot during the recording of the album. Like the regular version, it’s now available for advance ordering via Amazon.com for release on August 13. See the Albums page for the track list, lyrics, and other details.
Billboard Editor In Chief Timothy White’s excellent JT biography, James Taylor Long Ago And Far Away is now available in a newly revised paperback edition. In addition to referencing more recent events like JT’s marriage to Kim Smedvig, the paperback adds new photos not included in the original hardback. See the Biography page for our full review.
You can now order JT’s son Ben Taylor’s self-released album, “Famous Among the Barns,” via Amazon.com.
