Man’s Best Friend is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor‘s sixth album, and fifth original album, released in 1980.
Livingston Taylor (born November 21, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. He is the brother of singer-songwriter James Taylor and a faculty member at Berklee College of Music.
In the 1980s Taylor released his second album on the Epic label, Man’s Best Friend. The album contained the songs: “First Time Love,” and “Pajamas” (sometimes known as “I’ve Got My Pajamas On”), which was later adapted into a book for children written by Taylor and his wife, Maggie. Taylor hosted a nationally syndicated television show, This Week’s Music, and began teaching performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Tracks
1 Ready Set Go (Jeff Baxter, Livingston Taylor, David Wolfert) 3:15
2 Dance With Me (John Hall, Joanna Hall) 3:19
3 First Time Love (Pat Alger, Peter Kaminsky) 2:45
4 Sunshine Girl (John Manchester, Livingston Taylor) 3:50
5 You Don’t Have To Choose (Jeff Baxter, Livingston Taylor) 3:30
6 Dancing In The Street (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter) 3:27
7 Out Of This World (Maggie Taylor, Livingston Taylor) 2:36
8 Face Like Dog (John Manchester, Livingston Taylor) 4:05
9 Pajamas (Maggie Taylor, Livingston Taylor) 1:57
10 Marie (Randy Newman) 2:22
Musicians
1 Ready Set Go
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Carta Thomas |
2 Dance With Me
Bass | Scott Edwards |
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
Sax | Gary Foster |
Percussion | Victor Feldman |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Background Vocals | Don Henley |
3 First Time Love
Bass | Scott Edwards |
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
Percussion | Victor Feldman |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
4 Sunshine Girl
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
Background Vocals | Mark Volman |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
5 You Don’t Have To Choose
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
Synthesizer | Jeff Baxter |
6 Dancing In The Street
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Guitar | Steve Cropper |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
Organ | Jeff Baxter |
Sax | James Mitchell |
Sax | Andrew Love |
Sax | Lewis Collins Jr |
Trombone | Jack Hale |
Trumpet | Ben Cauley |
Vocals | Carla Thomas |
7 Out Of This World
Bass | Scott Edwards |
Drums | Russ Kunkel |
Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
Percussion | Victor Feldman |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
8 Face Like Dog
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Rick Shlosser |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
Percussion | Victor Feldman |
9 Pajamas
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Drums | Rick Shlosser |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Keyboards | Jai Winding |
10 Marie
Orchestration | Jimmie Haskell |
Liner Notes
Producer – Jeff Baxter, John Boylan