Label : Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Volume One 01 - Hi-De-Ho (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
02 - Wasn't Born To Follow (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
03 - Up On The Roof (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
04 - Child Of Mine (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
05 - I Feel The Earth Move (Carole King)
06 - So Far Away (Carole King)
07 - It's Too Late (Carole King & Toni Stern)
08 - Home Again (Carole King)
09 - Beautiful (Carole King)
10 - Way Over Yonder (Carole King)
11 - You've Got A Friend (Carole King)
12 - Where You Lead (Carole King & Toni Stern)
13 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
14 - Smackwater Jack (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
15 - Tapestry (Carole King)
16 - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Carole King, Gerry Goffin & Jerry Wexler)
17 - Music (Carole King)
18 - Brother, Brother (Carole King)
Volume Two
01 - Sweet Seasons (Carole King & Toni Stern)
02 - Pocket Money (Carole King)
03 - It's Going To Take Some Time (Carole King & Toni Stern)
04 - Bitter With The Sweet (Carole King)
05 - Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone (Carole King)
06 - At This Time In My Life (Carole King)
07 - Been To Canaan (Carole King)
08 - Ties That Bind (Carole King)
09 - Corazón (Carole King)
10 - Believe In Humanity (Carole King)
11 - Jazzman (Carole King & David Palmer)
12 - Wrap Around Joy (Carole King & David Palmer)
13 - Nightingale (Carole King & David Palmer)
14 - Really Rosie (Carole King & Maurice Sendak)
15 - Alligators All Around (Carole King & David Palmer)
16 - There's A Space Between Us (Carole King)
17 - Only Love Is Real (Carole King)
18 - You've Got A Friend* (Carole King)
*Previously Unreleased
Compilation Producer : Lou Adler
Reissue Producer : Bob Irwin
Digitally Mastered by Vic Anesini at Sony Music Studios, NY
Recording Sources
(A) 'Now That Everything' Been Said'
Ode #Z12-44-012, Released 12/18/68
Produced by Lou Adler
Eric Wainbang, Engineer
Recorded at Sound Recorders, Hollywood, August 1968
Carole King : Lead & Backing vocals, Keyboards
Danny Kortchmar : Guitar
Charles Larkey : Bass
Jim Gordon : Drums
(B) 'Carole King: Writer'
Ode #77006, released 9/21/70
Peaked at #84 on Billboard LP chart in mid-1971
Produced by John Fischbach
Andrew Berlinger, Engineer
Mixed by Gerry Goffin
Recorded at Crystal Sound, Hollywood, March/April 1970
Carole King : Lead & Backing vocals, Piano
Danny Kortchmar : Electric & Acoustic Guitar
James Taylor : Acoustic Guitar
Charles Larkey : Bass
Ralph Schuckett : Organ
John Fischbach : Moog Synthesizer
Joel O'Brien : Drums, Percussion, Vibes
Abigale Haness, Delores Hall : Backing vocals
(C) 'Tapestry'
Ode #77009, released 2/10/71
Certified gold 6/7/71
#1 15 weeks on Billboard LP chart in spring/summer
Charted 302 weeks, setting all-tie record
Has sold more than 22 million copies worlwide
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, January 1971
Carole King : Lead & Backing vocals, Various Keyboards
Danny Kortchmar : Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Conga on "It's Too Late", "Beautiful" & "You've Got A Friend"
Charles Larkey : Electric Bass, Upright Bass on "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" & (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, String Bass on "You've Got A Friend"
Curtis Amy : Baritone Sax on "Smackwater Jack", Flute on "So Far Away", Soprano Sax on "It's Too Late", Tenor Sax on "Way Over Yonder"
Ralph Schuckett : Electric Piano on "Smackwater Jack"
Joel O'Brien, Russ Kunkel : Drums, Percussion
Merry Clayton : Backing vocals on "Where You Lead", "Smackwater Jack" & "Way Over Yonder"
Julia Tillman Waters : Backing vocals on "Where You Lead", "Smackwater Jack"
James Taylor : Acoustic Guitar on "So Far Away", "Home Again" & "Way Over Yonder", Acoustic Guitar & Grandfalloon on "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
The Mitchell-Taylor Boy And Girl Choir : Backing vocals on "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
Perry Steinberg : String Bass on "Way Over Yonder"
David Campbell : Viola on "Way Over Yonder"
Terry King : Cello on "Way Over Yonder", "You've Got A Friend"
(D) 'Live At Carnegie Hall, New York City
Recorded 6/18/71, Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Previously Unreleased
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Carole King : Vocals, Keyboards
James Taylor : Vocals, Guitar
Charles Larkey : String Bass
Barry Socher : Violin
David Campbell : Viola
Terry King : Cello
(E) 'Carole King: Music'
Ode #77013, released 11/30/71
Certified gold 12/9/71
#1 for three weeks on Billboard LP chart in early 1972
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Assistant : Norm Kinney
Recorded at A&M Studios, August/September 1971
Carole King : Lead & Backing vocals, Piano, Electric Piano, Electric Celeste
Danny Kortchmar : Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Charles Larkey : Electric Bass, Upright Bass
Joel O'Brien : Drums
Bobbye Hall : Congas, Bongos, Tambourine
Teresa Calderone : Congas on "Brother Brother"
Ralph Schuckett : Organ on "Sweet Seasons"
Oscar Brashear : Flugelhorn on "Sweet Seasons"
Curtis Amy : Tenor Sax on "Sweet Seasons", "Brother Brother" & "Music"
William Green, William Collette, Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson, Mike Altschul : Woodwinds on "Sweet Seasons", Flute Quartet on "It's Going To Take Some Time"
(F) From The Motion Picture 'Pocket Money'
B-side of 'Sweet Seasons', Ode Single #66022, 1/11/72
Produced by Lou Adler
(G) 'Rhymes & Reasons'
Ode #77016, released 10/4/72
Certified gold 11/1/72
Peaked at #2 on Billboard LP chart in late December / early January ; spent five weeks there
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Assistant : Steve Mitchell
Recorded at A&M Studios, July 1972
Carole King : All Vocals, Piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer Organ
Danny Kortchmar, David T. Walker : Guitar
Charles Larkey : Electric Bass, String Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums, Vibes
Bobbye Hall : Tambourine, Shaker, Bells, Congas, Bongos
Red Rhodes : Steel Guitar
Harry Edison, Robert Bryant : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
George Bohannon : Trombone
Ernie Watts : Flute
Norman Kurban, David Campbell : Strings Arrangers & Conductors
David Campbell, Carole S. Mukogawa : Violas
Terry King, Nathaniel Rosen : Cellos
Barry Soocher, Eliot Chapo, Marcy E. Dicterow, Gordon H. Marron, Sheldon Sanov, Polly Sweeney : Violins
(H) 'Rhymes & Reasons' Outtakes
Same recording, producer & musician info as source (G)
Both track previously unreleased
1994 Ode Records
(I) 'Fantasy'
Ode #77018, 5/2/73
Certified gold 6/26/73
Peaked at #6 on Billboard LP chart in late summer '73
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Assistant : Steve Mitchell
Recorded at A&M Studios, February 1973
Carole King : Lead & Backing vocals, Piano, String & Horn Arrangements
David T. Walker : Guitar
Charles Larkey : Electric & String Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion
Bobbye Hall : Congas, Bongos
George Bohannon : Trombone, Euphonium
Charlie Loper, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde : Trombone
Ollie Mitchell, Chuck Findley, Albert Aarons : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Tom Scott, Ernie Watts, Curtis Amy, Mike Altschull : Saxophones
The Campbell-Kurban String Section : Thomas Buffum, Sheldon Sanov, Glenn Dicterow, Ronald Folsom, Kathleen Lenski, Robert Lipsett, Gordon Marron, Haim Shtrum, Barry Socher, Polly Sweeney, Miwako Watanabe, Kenneth Yerke (Violin), David Campbell; Denise Buffum, Alan de Veritch, Paul Polivnik (Viola), Dennis Karmazyn, Denis Brott, Judith Perett, Jeffrey Solow (Cello), Charles Larkey, Susan Ranney (String Bass)
(J) 'Live In Central Park, New York City'
Recorded 5/26/73
Previously Unreleased
1994 Ode Records
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Carole King : Vocals, Keyboards
David T. Walker : Guitar
Harvey Mason : Drums
Bobbye Hall : Percussion
George Bohannon : Trombone, Euphonium
Charlie Loper, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde : Trombone
Ollie Mitchell, Chuck Findley, Albert Aarons : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Tom Scott, Ernie Watts, Curtis Amy, Mike Altschull : Saxophones
(K) 'Wrap Around Joy'
Ode #77024, 7/18/74
Certified gold 10/16/74
Peaked at #1 on Billboard LP chart for one week in November '74
Produced by Lou Adler
Norm Kinney, Engineer
Assistant : Milt Calice
Recorded at A&M Studios, April 1974
Carole King : Vocals, Piano
Charles Larkey : Bass
Dean Parks, Danny Kortchmar : Guitar
Andy Newmark : Drums
George Bohannon, Fred Jackson Jr., Mike Altschull,Chuck Findley, Gene Gor, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Ernie Watts : Horns
Tom Scott : Tenor Sax Solo on "Jazzman"
Jim Horn : Sax Solo on "Wrap Around Joy"
Abigale Haness : Additional Backing vocals
The Eddie Kendricks Singers : Backing vocals
Louise Goffin, Sherry Goffin : Backing vocals on "Nightingale"
The David Campbell String Section : Sheldon Sanov, Marcy Dicterow, Bobby Dubow, Gordon Marron, Haim Shtrum, Polly Sweeney, Tom Buffum, Maurice Dicterow, Richard Kaufman, Jay Rosen, Lya Stern, Hari Tsumura (Violin), David Campbell, Dan Neufeld, Paul Polivnik, Denyse Buffum (Viola), Jeffrey Solow, Nina deVeritch, Gottfried Hoogeven, Fred Seykora (Cello), Richard Feves, Sue Ranney (String Bass)
(L) 'Really Rosie'
Ode #77027, 1/31/75
Peaked at #20 on Billboard LP chart in sping '75
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Assistant : Milt Calice
Recorded at A&M Studios, May/June 1974
Carole King : Vocals, Piano
Charles Larkey : Bass
Andy Newmark : Drums
Louise Goffin, Sherry Goffin : Backing vocals
(M) 'Thoroughbred'
Ode #77034, 12/15/75
Certified gold 3/25/76
Peaked #3 on Billboard LP chart in spring '76
Produced by Lou Adler
Hank Cicalo, Engineer
Assistant : Milt Calice
Recorded at A&M Studios, August/September 1975
Carole King : Keyboards, Vocals, Backing vocals
Danny Kortchmar : Guitar
Waddy Wachtel : Guitar
Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Bass
Russ Kunkel : Drums
Tom Scott : Tenor & Soprano Sax
Ralph MacDonald : Percussion
James Taylor : Additional Vocals on "There's A Space Between Us"
Volume One
01 - Hi-De-Ho
02 - Wasn't Born To Follow
Source A
03 - Up On The Roof
04 - Child Of Mine
Source B
05 - I Feel The Earth Move
Flipside of 'It's Too Late', Ode Single #66015
Released 4/16/71
Peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart the week ending 6/19/71 ; stayed there five weeks
Charted 12 weeks
Certified Gold 7/21/71
Source C
06 - So Far Away
A-Side of Ode Single #66019
Released 8/4/71
Peaked at #14 on the Billboard chart the week ending 10/19/71
Source C
07 - It's Too Late
A-Side of Ode Single #66015
Released 4/16/71
Peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart the week ending 6/19/71 ; stayed there five weeks
Charted 17 weeks
Certified Gold 7/21/71
#16 chart single of the 1970s
Source C
08 - Home Again
09 - Beautiful
10 - Way Over Yonder
11 - You've Got A Friend
12 - Where You Lead
13 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
14 - Smackwater Jack
15 - Tapestry
16 - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Source C
17 - Music
Source E
18 - Brother, Brother
Source E
Volume Two
01 - Sweet Seasons
A-Side of Ode Single #66022
Released 1/11/72
Peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart the week ending 3/4/72
Source E
02 - Pocket Money
Source F
03 - It's Going To Take Some Time
Source E
04 - Bitter With The Sweet
05 - Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone
Source G
06 - At This Time In My Life
Source H
Previously Unreleased
07 - Been To Canaan
A-Side of Ode Single #66031
Released 11/1/72
Peaked at #24 on the Billboard chart the week ending 1/6/73
Source G
08 - Ties That Bind
Source H
Previously Unreleased
09 - Corazón
A-Side of Ode Single #66039
b/w 'That's How Things Go Down'
Released 9/28/73
Peaked at #37 on the Billboard chart the week ending 12/15/73
Source I
10 - Believe In Humanity
Live in Central Park, New York City
Source J
Previously Unreleased
11 - Jazzman
A-Side of Ode Single #66101
b/w 'You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine'
Released 8/9/74
Peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart the week ending 11/9/74
Source K
12 - Wrap Around Joy
Source K
13 - Nightingale
A-Side of Ode Single #66106
b/w 'You're Something New'
Released 12/17/74
Peaked at #9 on the Billboard chart the week ending 3/1/75
Source K
14 - Really Rosie
15 - Alligators All Around
Source L
16 - There's A Space Between Us
Source M
17 - Only Love Is Real
A-Side of Ode Single #66119
b/w 'Still Here Thinking Of You'
Released 1/28/76
Peaked at #28 on the Billboard chart the week ending 4/3/76
Source M
18 - You've Got A Friend
With James Taylor
Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Source D
Previously Unreleased
