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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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