The Cat makes himself big. Scary!
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James Taylor reporting for duty.
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Jackson Browne… not yet late for anything.
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Cat Stevens’s producer Mike Hurst (right) with Tom and Dusty Springfield in 1962.
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James Taylor in London, 1968.
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The king of the city folksingers, Tom Rush, in Greenwich Village, 1966.
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Lawyers in love—Jackson Browne and Laura Nyro, 1970.
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Love me; love my Edwardian frills. The Cat goes Carnaby, 1967.
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James Taylor and Carole King at the BBC Studios, London, in 1970.
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Laura Nyro and a kneeling David Geffen in New York in 1969.
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Two-Lane Blacktop: James Taylor on set with Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, and Laurie Bird.
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Cat and an unknown passer-by contemplating the horses of insanity, at Island’s Basing Street Studios in 1970.
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Creating a legend: Carole King and (left to right) Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel, Charles Larkey, and Ralph Schuckett caught during the Tapestry sessions at A&M Records Recording Studio in January 1971.
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James Taylor and Joni Mitchell add their own weight to Carole King’s Tapestry.
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James Taylor and Carly Simon at home in New York City, October 1971.
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Cat Stevens and Alun Davies on the set of BBC TV’s Into 1971 year-end television show.
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Manager Elliot Roberts (left) and Jackson Browne (center) join Joni Mitchell onstage in Amsterdam in 1972.
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Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon with comedian John Belushi at the Bottom Line.
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