Tapestry is a pop album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971. It features minimal production by Lou Adler. Tapestry was ranked US number 1 for 15 consecutive weeks, which is the longest time for an album by a solo female artist to occupy that position, and remained on the Billboard 200 for 305 weeks, the most recent week being the Billboard magazine issue dated July 17, 2010. In terms of time on the charts, it ranks fifth overall and in terms of length on the charts for solo musical acts it ranks second. It remains the longest charting album by a female solo artist. Tapestry has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and on July 17, 1995 was certified diamond in the United States by the RIAA for 10 million copies sold in the US. In 1972 the album also garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year ("It's Too Late"), and Song of the Year ("You've Got a Friend"). Three songs from the album, "I Feel The Earth Move", "It's Too Late", and "You've Got A Friend", all reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after Tapestry's release. Altogether, four songs on the album were at one point #1 hits, all of which were written or co-written by King. 01 - I Feel The Earth Move 02 - So Far Away 03 - It's Too Late 04 - Home Again 05 - Beautiful 06 - Way Over Yonder 07 - You've Got A Friend 08 - Where You Lead 09 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow 10 - Smackwater Jack 11 - Tapestry 12 - [You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman 13 - Out In The Cold 14 - Smackwater Jack [Live] LINK
No Secrets is pop/folk singer-songwriter Carly Simon's third studio album, released in 1972. No Secrets was Simon's commercial breakthrough album. The album itself hit number 1 on the Billboard charts and quickly went Gold, as did its leadoff single, "You're So Vain", which remained at number 1 on the Pop charts for three weeks, and at number 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts for two weeks. 25 years after its initial release, the album was officially certified Platinum on December 12, 1997. 01 - The Right Thing To Do 02 - The Carter Family 03 - You're So Vain 04 - His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin 05 - We Have No Secrets 06 - Embrace Me, You Child 07 - Waited So Long 08 - It Was So Easy 09 - Night Owl 10 - When You Close Your Eyes LINK
Shelagh McDonald is a Scottish folk singer, song-writer and guitarist who released two albums before her abrupt and mysterious disappearance in 1971. On her albums, she was backed up by many notables within the English folk-rock scene, including Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Danny Thompson, Keith Tippett, Keith Christmas, the Fotheringay rhythm section, as well as Ian Whiteman, Roger Powell and Michael Evans, then members of Mighty Baby. On 23 June 2005, by which time McDonald's albums had been reissued on CD, an article by Charles Donovan appeared in The Independent, the first high profile piece about McDonald's disappearance. This prompted copycat features in local papers, the Glasgow Herald and the Scottish Daily Mail. It was the latter of these that caught the eye of McDonald herself. In November 2005, McDonald turned up in the offices of the Scottish Daily Mail and told them her story. She retreated from public life after a bad LSD trip left her paranoid and hallucinating, with a ruined voice. Living with her parents and working privately in Edinburgh, she met and married bookseller Gordon Farquhar; together, they lived a nomadic lifestyle in north Britain, living on welfare benefits and moving from house to house, and later tent to tent. 01 - Mirage 02 - Look Over The Hill And Far Away 03 - Crusoe 04 - Waiting For The Wind To Rise 05 - Ophelia's Song 06 - Richmond 07 - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme 08 - Peacock Lady 09 - Silk And Leather 10 - You Know You Can't Lose 11 - Ophelia's Song 12 - Jesus Is Just All Right [Bonus] 13 - Book Of Rhyme [Bonus] 14 - What More Can I Say [Bonus] 15 - The City's Cry (Demo 1) [Bonus] 16 - The City's Cry (Demo 2) [Bonus] 17 - Rod's Song (Demo) [Bonus] 18 - Stargazer (False Start) [Bonus] 19 - Stargazer (Demo) [Bonus] LINK
Blue-eyed soul, freakbeat and state-of-the-art girl pop, South African Sharon Tandy was one of the best voices of the time. This first-ever career retrospective features virtually all of her 1960s singles and several cuts from Sharon's legendary 1966 session at Stax in Memphis. You've Gotta Believe It's Sharon Tandy includes virtually all the singer's UK singles 1965-69, upon most of which Sharon was accompanied by the Fleur De Lys - tracks such as Daughter Of The Sun and mod anthem Hold On have been sought-after collectors' items for years. Sharon was equally adept at pop, as evidenced by gems such as Perhaps Not Forever, and You've Gotta Believe It, the latter an absolute high-water mark of British girl recordings. And a full seven songs, including five previously unissued, derive from Sharon's legendary 1966 session at Stax, where she was backed by Isaac Hayes and Booker T & The MGs. 01 - You've Gotta Believe It 02 - Hold On 03 - I Can't Get Over It 04 - Our Day Will Come 05 - Perhaps Not Forever 06 - One Way Street 07 - Hurry Hurry Choo Choo 08 - Daughter Of The Sun 09 - Toe Hold 10 - Love Is Not A Simple Affair 11 - Look And Find 12 - I Wanna Be Your Baby 13 - The Way She Looks At You 14 - Hurtin' Me 15 - For A Little While 16 - Stay With Me 17 - I've Found Love 18 - Move A Little Closer 19 - Gotta Get Enough Time 20 - Border Town 21 - Things Get Better 22 - World 23 - He'll Hurt Me 24 - Now That You've Gone 25 - Somebody Speaks Your Name 26 - Two Can Make It Together LINK
A ragtag collection of odds and ends, live and studio, from both the Big Brother and solo era. The best cuts are on the Janis box in different versions, but serious fans will find some interesting items here, especially the Cheap Thrills-era outtakes and live performances; "Misery 'N," "Farewell Song," and "Catch Me Daddy" were easily good enough to have qualified for inclusion on that album. (RU)
01 - Tell Mama 02 - Magic Of Love 03 - Misery'n 04 - One Night Stand 05 - Harry 06 - Raise Your Hand 07 - Farewell Song 08 - Medley A) Amazing Grace B) Hi Heel Sneakers 09 - Catch Me Daddy
Lori Burton possessed one of the most powerful, lush female voices; she was part of a fairly successful writing and production team with a woman named Pam Sawyer; she was The Whyte Boots. Actually, both women went on to more successful songwriting careers writing for Motown, several individual groups such as Young Rascals, and doing session work with some of the biggest names in the business, while this record tanked and has remained relatively obscure. There are some nice, unappreciated gems on here that deserve a brighter place in the sun. Burton and Sawyer were briefly signed to Motown as songwriters and were one of the few (if not the only) female production teams on the New York rock scene in the mid-'60s. But Lori Burton was also a very credible blue-eyed pop/soul singer, who had a very good earthy voice, delivering both cool sensual low growling and impassioned rasp at the most climactic points. She began recording as a solo act for Roulette in the mid-'60s and in 1967, issued this album, Breakout, on Mercury. 01 - Nightmare [Mono Single Version] 02 - Gotta Make You Love Me 03 - Since I Lost Your Lovin' 04 - There Is No Way (To Stop Lovin' You) 05 - The Hurt Won't Go Away 06 - Gotta Get Over You 07 - Bye, Bye Charlie 08 - Love Was 09 - Let No One Come Between Us 10 - Only Your Love 11 - Nightmare 12 - The Hurt Won't Go Away [Mono Single Version] 13 - Bye, Bye Charlie [Mono Single Version] LINK
