James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (BBC In Concert, 11/16/1970)
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- In this restored footage of "James Taylor In Concert," James performs his song "Carolina in my Mind", on the popular BBC series "In Concert" on November 16, 1970.
"In Concert" was produced by the BBC in the early '70s and featured performances from legendary acts of the time. In November 1970, James was 22 years old and his second studio album "Sweet Baby James" had released earlier that same year.
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Carolina in my Mind - James Taylor
LYRICS
In my mind I’m gone to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
Karin she’s a silver sun
You best walk her way and watch it shine
Watch her watch the morning come
A silver tear appearing now
Well, I’m cryin’ ain’t I
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
Ain’t no doubt in no one’s mind
That love’s the finest thing around
Whisper something soft and kind
Hey, baby, the sky’s on fire
I’m dyin’ ain’t I
Ain’t I gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I’m gone to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Till I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
Dark and silent late last night
Think I might have heard the highway calling
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
And signs that might be omens
Say I’m goin’, I’m goin’
Gone to Carolina in my mind
It’s with a holy host of others
Standing round me
Still I’m on the dark side of the moon
And it looks like it goes on like this forever
You must forgive me
If I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
In my mind I’m long gone to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
I said can’t you just feel the moonshine
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
To hit me from behind
Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
So I’m already gone
I’m gone
Say nice things about me
I’m gone
You’ll have to carry on without me
I’m gone
Oh, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
I’m gone
Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind
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My grandad Christopher Heneghan is in the audience rolling a cigarette and laughing in the very first few seconds of this video. He told me you were his best friend while you lived together in London. I had the honour to meet you in Brighton last year and was so happy that you remembered him. I miss him so much but listening to your beautiful songs and getting to see his smiling face for a brief second makes me very happy. Thank you James 💕
He paints word pictures in his songs as good as anyone. What an amazing talent.
I was an angry 16 year-old dude in 1981 after my Dad (who was in the service) was transferred from Hawaii to Washington, D.C. I left a job I loved, a school I knew and a bunch of good friends that I would never see again. I left paradise for the cold Maryland suburbs and was plunged into a foreign environment full of strangers. I was pissed. This song spoke to me and told me that someone understood how I felt. It really meant a lot to me and helped to teach me the power of music -- and art, in general.
Well put my friend. I don’t know how I would have made it to 60 without music.
As a fellow lifelong Marylander I feel your pain!!! This state sucks balls! And compared to Hawaii - it sucks big hairy balls!!!
That would've been so awful for you. Hope you made it through ok ❤
Music is what feelings sound like. you hang in there!
One day I was at the Pound Ridge reservation singing this song in the playground with nobody there singing To The River and the trees
One of the best and most recognisable voices of my lifetime.
The bbc really knew how to record these artists all those years ago. Their sound engineers were just leaps above at this time. I’d love to dig into their archives, they recorded Genesis in 1970 and they are on TH-cam and also sound excellent.
Absolutely, and the footage was so well preserved.
Agreed. Really recommend their 1973 recording of Bill Withers, too.
@@pinkie7803 yes, another class recording. The beeb should put an “ in concert “ programme on bbc4 once or twice a week, they’ve got enough archive material to do this, I’m sure there would be demand for it.
well back then it was more about getting "presence" into the recording, now it's about getting bass
They've now skimped on the sound engineers so people spend their time fannying about with the volume.
My son ❤just asked me to dance to this song at his wedding 💒 this November 2023🎉. I guess all of those James Taylor lullabies paid off 😂
Aww have a lovely day.
I don't know why but this reduced me to tears.What a beautiful song on a truly special day.
Lost my husband in December to COVID. Woke up this morning wanting to hear James' kind and beautiful voice singing this song. His voice blesses me.
So sorry for your loss...😢 James, has, the voice of an angel. take comfort in it... as I do too. ❤️🙏🏼❤️
Bless you, sister.
Condolences. I to lost my sister to Covid. James speaks and sings for all of us. I dedicated the song enough to be on your way to her
So sorry that you lost your husband. God will give you the strength to move forward and the memory of your time loving him.
I'm very sorry about your husband's passing🌹
The BBC did us all a massive service by recording all these great performances.
I am 67 now but I listen to this song and I am back in high school and everyone and everthing comes back.
60 but feel the same. 😊
Cute
I meet him at 530 am at a hotel I was working at he was just standing there and asked me for a expression .
I've always said that songs are like "Time Machines" you close your eyes and your either back in High School,
in one of your first cars with your girlfriend, or wife to be... and only you remember what was going on at the time..
I am 70 years old and revisiting songs of my youth! This was right up there! From UK!
This man never fails to bring me to tears. I have a connection with the state of North Carolina because of my friends there. I often envision going there and seeing them. I'm always going to Carolina in my mind.
James is just so wonderful and talented, it's amazing that a troubadour can encapsulate exactly how you feel without having the foggiest clue who you are. God bless you, Mr Taylor.
How on earth is this version not on spotify? Or am too dumb to find it? Best recorded live performance i ever heard.
My daughter graduated from UNC Chapel Hill. This song is the university's theme song. When they played it in the stadium before commencement, you could hear a pin drop. His father had been a dean at the school, so James actually did live there. Whenever I hear it, I cry for no practical reason at all.
Because James sings from his soul and heart that's why the song touches your heart ♥️🙏 God Bless . Donald Woodall
I think his father (Isaac Taylor) was a native Tar Heel, from Morganton NC.
I totally understand Gwyn (Love the spelling variation of your name by-the-way!). James is amazing and I'm especially a fan of the early works. Great post!!!
@@colty7764 Yes, I think so too, I'm from Raleigh, ..NC State fan, but I do like Carolina (UNC), and .....well not too much for Duke.....but I do like Coach K., he and Jimmy V were good friends, miss coach V
@@colty7764 I just checked, and you're right. Wild, that's right up the road from me. Isaac Taylor also was the Dean of the Medical school at Chapel Hill for a few years.
The quality of this audio is INSANE for being 50 years old. Whether it's the engineer or James' perfect delivery it is incredible. They don't make them like this anymore.
The audio and video in each of these clips has been restored.
@@jamestaylor fine job!
They recorded this 51 years ago. a timeless classic. Still fresh today. It’s a song so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you James
James Taylor has got to be one of the best singer songwriters ever
James only recorded two of Carole's songs (You've Got a Friend and Up On The Roof), but they're both amazing songs!
A pure legend
He and Jim Croche are my all time favorites.
Yeah, along with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, etc.
Terry Darden me too
He was 23 at the time of this performance. What an amazing composer.
This is priceless. The audio quality is incredible. James sounds amazing but how else could he sound.
Amazing to think this session was recorded over 50 years ago. Superb sound and picture quality. Does JT proud.
My mom was a JT fan. She used to play JT’s greatest hits in the car on the way to school and on road trips. She passed away early in December. Thank you mom for showing your great music like the Beatles and JT, rest easy x
Ditto Man,Peace be with you. Everyday I miss & think of the Quality she Instilled into my Being. Love to All Our Mom's(24 Long Years).
Same here, Lost my dad a few years back. Now I make sure I play my parents music to my kids. Some songs really are timeless
Amazing to see such an early performance of this great song. Watching a young JT start nervously and recover from mistakes reminds us we all have to start somewhere. But the sound quality is so good you can hear the budding star emerging. Priceless
Totalmente de acuerdo contigo.
James seems so at ease with the audience it's like he's sitting around a camp fire just playing and being natural you can tell most of the people never heard these songs before but you can tell from there faces they where totally enjoying it
As a native from North Carolina, the 1st time I heard this song it gave me chills. And after all those many years ago, it still gives me chills. James has a wonderful voice!!!
I always took it as and ode to my home.
Not only my favourite James Taylor song but one of my all time favourites from anyone ♥️🥰
Growing up in the 70s James Taylor’s music is the soundtrack of my youth. This is my favorite JT song.
Mine too
SAME HERE!
James Taylor has a voice that is clear as gin and smooth as Kentucky bourbon. He takes me to a place in my mind that makes me feel better about everything, no matter what the hell is happening. I hope that he knows how much love he has given to me and everyone else. 💙
Exactly how I feel when I listen to his gorgeous voice and beautiful lyrics...💛
1 correction needed…. Smooth as a 21 year old Dalmore Scotch whisky!
@@alasdairconnell1735 As a Southern girl, I prefer bourbon over Scotch, but thanks for your input.
A year later and I am ready to go to Carolina in my mind... permanently. You must forgive me for my weakness.
I recorded this concert from the TV on a hand-held tape recorder and still have the tape - so glad to see it now on TH-cam. James Taylor is one of my all time favourites
I was 36 days old when he did this concert.... grew up with a mom who sang James Taylor songs to me... the music of my childhood. This song is just so mellow and having spent the first part of my life in South Carolina... well, it takes me right back to those young and carefree days when I hadn't a worry in the world.
You were little more than a kid in this video, yet you were already a musical genius. I love you, James.
I feel this in my bones, my home, NC. I saw him play this song at Jubilee, May ,1970 in Chapel Hill. My boyfriend and I were sitting right in front of the stage on a blanket. I felt like it was a concert just for us.
"This guy wrote the soundtrack of my life, " I've heard folks say and I admit he did mine too.
This was recorded exactly one month before I was born!
I literally cannot remember a period of life without hearing it, especially since I’m a Tarheel!
Love this song. This is one of my go-to songs when I feel overwhelmed by life. "Carolina" is home/comfort/peace that I can revisit in my mind because let's face it, sometimes it's all we have. Thank you, Mr Taylor.
Beautiful rendition of this old classic that touches so many of us deep in out hearts. Thanks James for all your music and speaking from your soul to us all! 🙏🏻🎸🎶🎵🌟
I haven't listened to this song in a while. A coworker was saying, "In my mind I'm off to Carolina". It's a favorite and hearing it performed live like this is incredible. Thanks James
This is my favorite version, I can't believe how clean the audio is.
Gets me every time! Like a musical hug James is such a comfort always and forever.
You said this so beautifully!
This song takes me home every time I hear it.
It don't get better than James Taylor... Probably the best singer in the world!
This is an amazing old video clip of a very young (and handsome) James Taylor. I graduated high school in 1970. No where could you go that you didn't hear his songs on the radio. This one remains one of my favorites. Still own several of his vinyl albums. I'll never part with them.
My go-to song when I was a youngin starting college and homesick. Thank you JT for helping get through those difficult times. 🥰 Will always celebrate your music 🎶
I'll bet he never would've realized how much he was softening the hearts of so many millions of people as he sang those beautiful songs. xoxoxox
I remember watching this concert and falling a little in love with the man and his incredible voice...still love both 💕
Was just sitting in my car. Talking about my Dad who passed 2?years ago on the 15th. He loved James Taylor.He moved to North Carolina shortly after me,16 years ago now. Tears kept rollin’ I hear you and love you Dad. Carolina is home now and will be till I meet my Dad in heaven some day💜
So wonderful.Just James and the guitar.Another timeless voice,not to mention classic song.
James Taylor's performance in Chapel Hill, NC along with Carole King is and was one of the best concerts in the '70's I have seen. It will always be in my top 5 of best concerts. ✌️❤️🌼
Where did that 50 years go?
In the blink of an eye.
Yes, John, a blink.
I so want to go back in time it hurts!
So I can love everyone so much better!!!!
So true.
Let’s love better today. Peace.
Such a wholesome song, everyone has a Carolina in there mind, brings everyone in memory to home!
I'm a carolina girl. Best place to be. Love this song.♥
@@martylyles3756 Absolutely my Carolina brother! I am born and raised in the upstate of South Carolina. May I ask you where your from?
A great artist. No question!!
James Taylor is such a beautiful musician. His writing, his guitar picking, and that voice. He is the complete package. It was a no brainer for The Beatles to sign him.
James Taylor what a beautiful song. His collection is about his life and travels. We hear his songs, we hear his experiences. Favorite of mine for life.
When I was 14 I needed open heart surgery and I was listening to this song and dreaming of going with my grandparents as they were heading back home to Florida. I knew they drive through Carolina so it had a direct connection but the symbolism of just being somewhere else in my mind. This song will always have a deep meaning in my life. Thank You JT.
This song makes me miss a place I’ve never even been to...
grew up there
Go. Drive the Blue Ridge and stop often.
You must visit sometime. I’ve lived in different parts of NC all my life. From mountains to beaches, it’s a beautiful state. And James captures its soul and still brings tears of joy to my old eyes.
I’m from Carolina and it makes me miss a place that doesn’t exist. Homesick for a place I haven’t found yet
Great comment
1970 i was a little kid living in South Carolina. Our older neighbor was a shy tall 19 year old with dark hair. He was drafted into the psychotic war in vietnam and was killed literally 2 weeks later. I can still see him in my mind, i have always once in a while throughout my life seen him among the bushes and foliage in their yard next door . At random times his blurry image comes to me, all these years. 19 years old he was, i can still remember his mother coming home from his funeral dressed in black with a black veil covering her face. We had thought she was mean as young kids me and my siblings, but we felt so bad for her then. The images have been stuck in my mind forever
“War is a place where young people who do not know and do not hate each other kill each other,
because of the decision of old men who know and hate each other, but do not kill each other ”. Erich Hartmann
These BBC sessions of Taylor's are something else, sound-wise and musically.
I don't know if it's the voice that is so crisp or it's picking so clean, but it feels like freshwater on my dirty face. I feel like it washes my soul when I hear this.
So much music from one man and a piece of wood. Listening to this song I am immediately transformed back to the University Co-op I livid in way back in the early 70s. Sittin' on the floor of the kitchen with 10-15 other people, passing the wine bottle, passing the roach clip, listening to your albums. Thanks for being part of a wonderful memory and thanks too for taking me back there again.
I was actually in America playing gigs. when this came out, and in my mind i transposed the lyrics to my home town.... London, cause its about being homesick.... Good days! .
What a great rendition of a classic. I an 65 years old, heard the song thousands of time and yet I feel 15 years old when I hear it tonight.
Exactly! Takes me back to my youth. We were so innocent then even when we thought we knew everything, and we sure had great music to help us along!
Genius level guitar work under such a smooth and easy vocal line. Lyrics that paint a picture you can smell the trees in.
Perfect. He had the audience spellbound. Wish I could have been there.....
So beautiful, lyrically, musically, his voice, guitar playing. Kills me every time.
So lucky to have seen him live. Incredible night at the Excel center in St. Paul MN. Truly a master.
I’m 26 years old and I’m truly gutted that I missed out on all these concerts. Though TH-cam does fill the gap in a way, nothings ever as good as the real thing.
What a voice. James Taylor has always calmed me, and kept me from having a bad day 👌🏻
There is still time to catch one of his concerts ❤
I saw him at the Royal Albert Hall just a few years ago. He was unbelievably good. I recommend trying to see him.
I am 25y/o and I grew up listening to his music
♥️
I miss folk music - my favorite. Heart warming & classy.
I am 39, have discovered his work, his art, by casuality, and am very happy of this. I specially love his voice
I’m 66 now and I did the same thing everyday on my way to school listen to all his songs with my girlfriend in the car and it does bring back old memories.
Man , that's some serious guitar playing. This sounds great.
Absolutely adore James Taylor! I was brought up on his music by my mum and dad! Hes so handsome also 😍 xx
James Taylor is to me the best easy listening artist ever his voice could take you anywhere. Thanks for the great music James! 🙂
This would fall under 'Soft Rock', not 'Easy Listening', but I hear you.
Fantastic!!! I'm back to Michigan State University 76/77 listening all James Taylor's musics!!!
Congrats from São Paulo, Brasil!!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Brazil loves you, James. 😍
In 1970, I was 5 years old, but I have listened to James Taylor my whole life. He’s my favorite single male artist. I love running across these tasty tidbits of the past!
Wishing whoever is reading this comment a good day, all the best and good luck. Amen🙏
Same to you!
Thanks
Thank you, Friend. Peace
Wishing the same to you!
My girl then and wife next played that song that rang a bell. I was in boot camp in 1970 in columbia South Carolina when she sent me this song via US mail in a 8 track tape was the latest tech then.
I will never forget the meaning of being drafted and the Vietnam war as a hot bed for us draftees..
50 years later I think of her and how thankful I was that she was there when I needed her the most.
Songs that are attached to memories....my dear Lana thank you for being there...
Before technology, there was analog and James Taylor. Thank God for technology that we can experience his amazing talent again 👏👏🎶😍fan
How can this sound so good. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday and it's more than 50 years old..
Both the audio and the video have been restored.
@@jamestaylor Excellent. It suits the quality of the song and the artist;-)
Powerful song. Maybe his best. “With a holy host of others standing round me..” is an insanely beautiful phrase. One of life’s preciously rare revelations to devise a line like that.
I love your music James Taylor! I always have and always will.❤️
Thank you for sharing your talent with us.🤗
This is the most crisp and clean performance I’ve ever heard. This guy goes from looking like a complete uncertain nerd to immediately crushing h a performance. James Taylor is a legend.
I love James Taylor. When you see one of his concerts, and hear his songs, you will feel like you have received a warm hug. I can not wait to see him once again.
You have always been an inspiration as a singer/songwriter and stood the test of time. I have been a fan all my life and fondly remember the days of "Sweet Baby James".Thank you for all the beautiful melodies which I memorized so long ago.You help us understand the journey so much better.
Almost make you want to be from Carolina! Who needs a band or orchestra when you’re that good. 👏🏻
I moved to North Carolina a few years ago because I couldn’t keep Carolina off my mind.
On another note, I used to listen to this beautiful song a lot as a kid... I guess it dug into me
I grew up in North Carolina, and went to UNC. James Taylor’s song Copperline is also a beautiful tribute to a special place.
It could be about any place that you remember as a place of peace and joy and adventure from your childhood, though as another great NC artist once wrote, You Can’t Go Home Again
Yes sir I love the look on James’s face at the end of that. He knew it was awesome and everybody loved it! Im enjoying this song today like it was my first time hearing it! One of my favorite songs to sing.
I love James Taylor. His music is so healing. Puts a smile on my face and in my heart.🥰
Beautiful❤ this North Carolina girl loves this❤
Very nice Vocal Sound...Wonderful composition and perfect interpretation...so good we can hear and watch this sweet vid 50 years later...at the time this one was aired I was 5 years old...today I know this is one of the tracks that went directly in my musical memory into my DNA.
What an absolute American icon. So timeless.
Totally agree. Legend
AND discovered in England , like Hendrix. Love these simple concerts
True
I'm a Brit who thinks James Taylor and Bob Dylan are the two of the finest performers in the World of popular music !
This is one of the first songs I learnt to play on my guitar,been playing and singing James ever since.
Women mesmerised in the audience, fantastic, just fantastic. I love you James Taylor.❤❤
I grew up in NC and my mom was a hippie that listened to good music. She introduced me to the Beatles (vintage vinyl) i'm only 47 and james Taylor is someone I could listen to everyday
With all due respect this beautiful recording puts me to sleep most nights. Such a gifted vocalist. ♥️
A pure pleasure! Who were the lucky concert-goers who got to be there then? Now we are all the lucky ones to revisit nearly 50 years later, and we still have James even now producing and playing, often with his lovely family. I am beyond grateful that you are putting up these cherished videos.
An incredible performance. Both the guitar and vocal parts are fairly complex, but he's so comfortable with both. Clean and amazing. What an artist.. great video too.
One of best songs ever written… sang… or played in one performance… amazing ….
This proves you dont need a whole band to sound great. A great guitar and voice is enough.
Well said , 🇦🇺🦘❤️
He sounds the same now
Too sha to that ….
I love James Taylor his music means something as he is telling a story. His music is awesome and so beautiful. Let me add that he has a great voice his music lives on. Thank you James.
Chapel Hill born and Raleigh raised here. Been living in Prague, Czech Republic for 4.5 years and some mornings this song gets me real good 😢 Gone to Carolina in my mind today…
I remember watching that show when I was a teenager. Couldn't believe how he charmed the ladies with his genius. They were literlly spellbound. The world will be a sad place without your music Jimmy.
Nothing but great memories when I listen to your music! Thank you James!
I’ve heard people use the expression ‘perfect song’ for many different compositions but this one would get my vote.
And you be blessed with all those fabulous memories of your years together...❤
Loved your music since I was 14, I'm 66 now and still play your cd's!
🎶🎶 xxx