CAROLE KING -THE CITY-" NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID" 1968 BEFORE TAPESTRY
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THE CITY
The Laurel Canyon Band fronted by Carole King on Keyboard & Vocals Daniel "Cooch" Kortchmar on Guitar Charles Larkey on Bass Jimmy Gordon, Guest Drummer
"NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID"
Light In the Attic Records, 2015 LP Produced by Lou Adler Originally Released on Ode Records in 1968
Expanded Gatefold Edition housed in deluxe Stoughton "Tip-On" gatefold jacket
"24 bit / 96 kHz remaster from the original tapes.
New notes by Steve Hochman featuring interviews with band members and album producer Lou Adler.
We all know the Carole King who wrote some of the biggest hits of the '60s, from 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' to 'Pleasant Valley Sunday,' via 'The Locomotion' and '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.'
We also know the singer-songwriter behind Tapestry, the album that launched King as a solo singer in her own right.
But in between -- and not nearly as well known -- is King's band, The City, and their album, Now That Everything's Been Said.
By the mid-'60s, King's marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she'd written many of those wonderful hits, had hit the rocks. A divorce loomed, and King all but retired to raise their two daughters. She headed west to Laurel Canyon in '67, taking the children with her, and made the previously unlikely move of joining a progressive folk-rock band.
King formed The City with future husband Charles Larkey on bass and Danny Kortchmar on guitar and vocals.
With King on piano and vocals, they created a folk rock sound that pre-empted the singer-songwriter boom of the '70s.
Produced by Lou Adler and featuring Jimmy Gordon on drums, The City's sound is deep and soulful, imperfect but passionate. And the songs, with King writing or co-writing all but one, are as exceptional as you'd expect and as widely covered as her factory work.
'Now That Everything's Been Said' was a hit for American Spring, 'A Man Without A Dream' was tackled by The Monkees, and 'Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)' was a hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Central to the album's appeal is King's own stirring reading of her track 'Wasn't Born To Follow,' covered masterfully by The Byrds for the Easy Rider soundtrack.
King had been used to a life on the sidelines, and her stage fright left the trio unable to tour the LP which adversely affected their fortunes.
That, plus some behind-the-scenes distribution problems, meant the album was quickly deleted, and it remained so for the next thirty years -- partly at King's request."
Here it is, available, once again!
New condition - Never played - Still Sealed!
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Track Listing:
1. Snow Queen 2. I Wasn't Born To Follow 3. Now That Everything's Been Said 4. Paradise Alley 5. Ma Without A Dream 6. Victim of Circumstance 7. Why Are You Leaving 8. Lady 9. My Sweet Home 10. I Don't Believe It 11. That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) 12. All My Time
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