Dad Loves His Work - Vinyl (MOFI)

Numbered Limited-Edition 180-gram LP Sourced from Original Master Tapes Taylor's Emotional Juggernaut and Musical Marvel Simmers With Honesty, Conviction Recorded amidst a failing marriage, ongoing heroin addiction, alcohol dependency, and a sense of fading commercial prowess, James Taylor's Dad Loves His Work is an emotional juggernaut and musical marvel. Long considered a classic of the singer-songwriter domain, the 1981 effort stands as Taylor's last real 'great' album and an involving aural artwork that simmers with honesty, conviction, and feeling. Half-speed mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered limited-edition 180g LP marks the first time this classic has been properly remastered. Far exceeding the sonics of Sony's CD reissue, this audiophile version lifts up the cover on a world of sound, with Taylor's mellow finger-picked guitar melodies, gently reassuring vocals, and bittersweet deliveries brought to the fore. Listeners will also be able to relax amidst the soft clouds of comforting background singing by ace guests Jennifer Warnes, J.D. Souther, and Peter Asher. With the title reflecting the singer's answer to his then-wife, Carly Simon, Dad Loves His Work remains a statement of certainty and priority that Taylor invests with devastating poignancy, physiological soulfulness, and universal pathos. Balancing the biting edginess and forlorn despair with equal parts self-deprecating humor and rapier wit, Taylor's songwriting on such nuggets as 'Hard Times,' 'Hour That the Morning Comes,' and charged 'Stand and Fight' is among the best of his career. No surprise, then, that Taylor wasn't only looking at and reflecting upon his own life, but that of his relationship with his own father and ancestors. The emotional repercussions involved with such looming themes trickle through the harmony-laden music, spurred by the vocalist's trademark acoustic guitar, shivering harmonicas, Rhodes pianos, myriad percussive device