℗ 2019 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | November 4, 2019 |
| Duration | 37m 15s |
| Record Label | Rhino/Warner Records |
| Genre | Pop |
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Love Has Brought Me Around (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:44 | |||
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1.2
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You've Got a Friend (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
4:28 | |||
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1.3
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Places in My Past (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:01 | |||
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1.4
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Riding on a Railroad (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:42 | |||
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1.5
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Soldiers (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
1:15 | |||
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1.6
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Mud Slide Slim (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
5:19 | |||
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1.7
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Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
3:48 | |||
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1.8
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You Can Close Your Eyes (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:29 | |||
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1.9
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Machine Gun Kelly (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:37 | |||
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1.10
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Long Ago and Far Away (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:20 | |||
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1.11
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Let Me Ride (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
2:44 | |||
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1.12
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Highway Song (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
3:53 | |||
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1.13
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Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor |
0:55 |
"Musically, Mud Slide Slim is a continuation of Sweet Baby James. It maintains Russ Kunkel on drums, Carole King on piano, and Danny Kootch on guitar, so the album is superficially similar-sounding to his previous effort [...] once the melodies begin to sink in, and the LP’s raison d’etre is discovered, the album’s subtle tensions begin to appear. And while the album at this point makes for pleasant, absorbing listening, there is a terrible weariness to it which is part of its artistic statement."
- Rolling Stone
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, recorded and released in 1971.
This 2019 remaster from Rhino Entertainment was overseen by Peter Asher, who signed Taylor to the Beatles’ Apple Records label in 1968, worked as his manager for 25 years, and originally produced several of these albums.
In the collection’s liner notes Asher writes: “Revisiting these albums several decades later has been revelatory, nostalgic, and exciting. I have heard bits and pieces frequently over the years, of course, but listening with concentration and in detail to each of the original tapes without interruption has been a thrilling luxury.”
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Warner Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-13 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-13 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.20 -3.82 to -0.55 | -20.10 -24.07 to -18.02 | -17.32 -21.30 to -14.80 | 12 11 to 14 | |
| 1 | Love Has Brought Me Around (2019 Remaster) | -0.83 | -19.89 | -16.5 | 11 |
| 2 | You've Got a Friend (2019 Remaster) | -0.65 | -20.12 | -18.0 | 14 |
| 3 | Places in My Past (2019 Remaster) | -0.61 | -18.79 | -15.9 | 12 |
| 4 | Riding on a Railroad (2019 Remaster) | -0.82 | -18.69 | -15.5 | 12 |
| 5 | Soldiers (2019 Remaster) | -1.35 | -20.61 | -18.1 | 13 |
| 6 | Mud Slide Slim (2019 Remaster) | -0.55 | -18.62 | -16.2 | 12 |
| 7 | Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox (2019 Remaster) | -1.33 | -19.49 | -17.0 | 12 |
| 8 | You Can Close Your Eyes (2019 Remaster) | -2.52 | -23.47 | -20.8 | 13 |
| 9 | Machine Gun Kelly (2019 Remaster) | -0.75 | -19.14 | -16.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Long Ago and Far Away (2019 Remaster) | -0.98 | -19.99 | -17.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Let Me Ride (2019 Remaster) | -0.77 | -18.02 | -14.8 | 12 |
| 12 | Highway Song (2019 Remaster) | -0.61 | -20.35 | -17.0 | 12 |
| 13 | Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again (2019 Remaster) | -3.82 | -24.07 | -21.3 | 13 |