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1	Love Has Brought Me Around Cowbell, Cymbal – Russ KunkelTambourine – Peter Asher	2:41
2	You've Got A Friend Cabasa – Russ KunkelWritten-By – Carole King	4:29
3	Places In My Past Accordion – Kevin Kelly Guitar – Danny Kootch*	2:01
4	Riding On A Railroad Banjo – John HartfordFiddle – Richard Greene	2:41
5	Soldiers	1:13
6	Mud Slide Slim	5:20
7	Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox	3:46
8	You Can Close Your Eyes	2:31
9	Machine Gun Kelly Tambourine – Russ KunkelWritten-By – Danny Kortchmar	2:37
10	Long Ago And Far Away	2:20
11	Let Me Ride Piano – Kevin Kelly	2:42
12	Highway Song	3:51
13	Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again	0:55

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Crystal Sound
• Mixed At – Crystal Sound
• Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Manufactured By – Warner Music Japan Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Music Japan Inc.

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Danny Kootch* (tracks: A2, B3), James Taylor (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5, B7)
• Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
• Artwork [Liner] – Laurie Miller
• Backing Vocals – James Taylor (tracks: A1, A2, B3 to B5, B6), Joni Mitchell (tracks: A1, A2, B4), Kate Taylor (tracks: B5, B6), Peter Asher (tracks: B3, B6)
• Bass – Leland Sklar (tracks: A1, A2 to B1, B4 to B6)
• Congas – Danny Kootch* (tracks: A1, A2, B3 to B5), Russ Kunkel (tracks: A1, A2, A6, B5)
• Drums – Russ Kunkel (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B6)
• Electric Guitar – Danny Kootch* (tracks: A1, A6, B5)
• Engineer – Richard Sanford Orshoff
• Horns, Arranged By [Horns] – Andrew Love (tracks: A1, B5), Memphis Horns* (tracks: A1, B5), Wayne Jackson (tracks: A1, B5)
• Photography By [Cover] – Ethan Russell
• Piano – Carole King (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B4, B6), James Taylor (tracks: A3, B6)
• Producer – Peter Asher
• Written-By – James Taylor (tracks: A1, A3 to A6, B1, B2, B4 to B7)

Notes

Recorded and mixed January 3 through February 28, 1971, at Crystal Recording Studios, Hollywood

Carole King appears courtesy of Ode Records
Danny Kortchmar and Abigale Haness appear courtesy of Atlantic Records
Joni Mitchell appears courtesy of Reprise Records
Richard Greene appears courtesy of Capitol Records
Kate Taylor appears courtesy of Cotillion Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4943674097319

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BS 2561	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2561	US	1971
P-8082W	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Warner Bros. Records	P-8082W	Japan	1971
46085	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Warner Bros. Records	46085	France	1971
8122-79963-6	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, 180)	Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Records	8122-79963-6	Europe	2009
BS 2561	James Taylor	Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2561	Australia	1971

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