TAYLOR MADE 1977

770300A  March: ELLIOTT MURPHY.
                   LP ‘Just A Story From America’ (CBS 81881). Producer and sound engineer:
                   Robin Geoffrey Cable. Recorded at Air Studios, Marquee Studios and Audio
                   International (all in London), probably in late 1976.
                   - Rock Ballad (Elliott Murphy)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Elliott Murphy (gtr, voc, harm)/Phil Collins (dr)/Dave Markee
                                  (bass)/Peter Oxendale (p, org)/Nicky Harrison (recorder arrangements) 

770802A  2nd August: LITTLE FEAT. London, The Rainbow Theatre, incl.
                   - A Apolitical Blues (Lowell George)
                   - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George/Kibbee Martin Fyodor)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Lowell George (gtr, voc)/Paul Barrere (gtr)/Kenny Gradney
                                  (bass)/Sam Clayton (perc)/Bill Payne (keyb)/Ritchie Hayward (dr)
                   Note: Officially released in 2022 (see 220729A).

770804A  4th August: LITTLE FEAT. London, The Rainbow Theatre, incl.
                   - A Apolitical Blues (Lowell George)
                   - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George/Kibbee Martin Fyodor)
                   Line-up: MT (gtr)/Lowell George (gtr, voc)/Paul Barrere (gtr)/Kenny Gradney
                                  (bass)/Sam Clayton (perc)/Bill Payne (keyb)/Ritchie Hayward (dr)
                   Note: Soundboard recording was made by George Massenburg and Andy Bloch
                             with The Manor Mobile Unit. A Apolitical Blues was officially released in 1978
                             (see 780210A).
                             The whole show was professionally filmed.

770900A  Autumn: ALAN MERRILL. London, Island's Basing Street Studios. Producers:
                    Alan Merrill and Jimmy Miller. Incl.
                    - Always Another Train (Alan Merrill/Terry Taylor/Jake Hooker)
                    - The Games People Play (Alan Merrill?) -title unsure; unreleased
                    Line-up ‘Games’: MT (gtr)/Alan Merrill (voc, bass)/Steve Winwood (mandolin)/
                                                   & probably others
                    Line-up ‘Train’: MT (gtr)/Alan Merrill (voc, bass)/Terry Taylor (gtr)/Steve
                                               Gould (gtr, bvoc)/Steve Winwood (keyb)/Mike Driscoll (dr)/
                                               Damalza (perc)/Oliver Tobias (bvoc)

770000A  1977: GERRY RAFFERTY. Probably London, unidentified studio.
                    MT does session work for Gerry Rafferty. Unverified.

770000B  1977: JOHN MAYALL.
                   LP ‘Primal Solos’ (London LC 50003). Producer: no producer credited.
                   Live-album with previously unreleased tracks from 1968, incl.
                   - Look At The Girl (John Mayall) -live in Brighton 25.5.68
                   - Start Walkin’ (a/k/a I Started Walking)(John Mayall) -live in Brighton 25.5.68