James Taylor - New Moon Shine

James Taylor produced a typical collection of familiar-sounding songs on New Moon Shine, his concerns ranging from romance to the life of the working man to political issues like war and civil rights on which he took the expected liberal positions. The album was written, played, and sung with typical craft and care, and was a worthy addition to Taylor's catalog. Taylor's reliability means that his records do not disappoint his faithful audience, but neither do they provide any revelations. New Moon Shine provided four Adult Contemporary chart entries in "Copperline," "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That," a cover of Sam Cooke's "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha," and "Like Everyone She Knows," and the album went gold, staying in the charts more than nine months, a good showing for a record that essentially repeated previous efforts. (New Moon Shine was eventually certified platinum.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Arnold Levine Art Direction Arnold McCuller Vocals, Vocals (Background) Arnold McCutler Vocals (Background) Bob Mintzer Sax (Tenor) Branford Marsalis Sax (Soprano) Carlos Vega Drums Cliff Carter Programming, Producer, Synthesizer Clifford Carter Synthesizer Programming, Synthesizer, Programming Dan Stein Programming, Synthesizer Programming, Producer Danny Kortchmar Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Guitar Dave Bargeron Trombone David Lasley Vocals, Vocals (Background) Don Alias Percussion Don Grolnick Piano, Synthesizer, Producer, Arranger, Organ Greg Calbi Mastering James Farber Mixing, Engineer James Taylor Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocals Jerry Douglas Dobro Jimmy Johnson Bass, Bass John Aguto Assistant Engineer Kate Markowitz Vocals, Vocals (Background) Katherine Miller Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Lee Crum Photography Lisa Sparagano Design Assistant Marcus Wyns Design Assistant Mark O'Connor Violin Matthew Boomer La Monica Assistant Engineer Michael Brecker Sax (Tenor) Michael Landau Guitar (Electric) Nathaniel Kunkel Assistant Engineer Patrick Dillett Assistant Engineer Peter Stiglin Production Coordination Phillip Ballou Vocals (Background), Vocals Randy Brecker Trumpet Steve Gadd Drums Steve Jordan Drums Tony Levin Bass Valerie Carter Vocals, Vocals (Background)