Carole King seems nice.

Published: July 22, 2021, 2:06 a.m.

Frederik - Se Jokin Minulla On (1975) The Locomotion in Finnish.\xa0\nAlice Babs - Been To Canaan (1973)\n\nPretty Purdie and the Playboys - You've Got A Friend (1971)\nCarole King - Child of Mine (1970)\xa0\nDesign - I Feel The Earth Move (1973)\nThe City - Now That Everything's Been Said (1968) From the great Light In The Attic website:\xa0\nBy the mid-\u201860s, King\u2019s marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she\u2019d 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 \u201867, 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 \u201870s.\nProduced by Lou Adler and featuring Jimmy Gordon on drums, The City\u2019s 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\u2019d expect and as widely covered as her factory work. \u201cNow That Everything\u2019s Been Said\u201d was a hit for American Spring [Ed: That was the band that Brian Wilson produced, featuring his wife Marylin and his affair d'couer, his sister-in-law Diane.], \u201cA Man Without A Dream\u201d was tackled by The Monkees, and \u201cHi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)\u201d was a hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears. Central to the album\u2019s appeal is King\u2019s own stirring reading of her track \u201cWasn\u2019t Born To Follow,\u201d covered masterfully by The Byrds for the Easy Rider soundtrack.\nKing 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\u2013partly at King\u2019s request. Even so, its failure was a surprise to those concerned. \u201cI was 26 when\xa0Now That Everything\u2019s Been Said\xa0was released in 1968,\u201d King says of the album. \u201c[We] expected it to zoom to the top of the charts within, at most, a few weeks. Individually and together, we optimistically imagined the album\u2019s success as if it had already happened. Danny and Charlie kept telling each other, \u2019It\u2019s a great album. The City is gonna be Number 1 with a bullet!\u2019"\n\nFrances Yip - I Feel The Earth Move (1973)\nThe Isleys - It's Too Late (1972) From one of my favorite pages, Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews: Their review of Brother, Brother, Brother (two stars out of five) This is the kind of thing you can do when you own your record company: the Isleys turn over half the running time to three\xa0Carole King\xa0covers ("Brother Brother," her then-current hit "Sweet Seasons," and a ten-minute version of "It's Too Late"). All of which are calming and pretty but not particularly moving, similar in style to\xa0Givin' It Back\xa0but not quite as rough. Those numbers are complemented by some funkier tunes more reminiscent of\xa0Get Into Something, including the single "Pop That Thang," "Love Put Me On The Corner," and the propulsive "Work To Do." More than anything, this is transitional, pointing out the direction that was to pay off far better commercially and artistically starting with the next studio album. The younger crop of Isleys played most of the instruments again but still received no producing or arranging credits.\nCarol Burnett - It's Too Late (1972)\xa0\n\nJerry Butler - So Far Away (1972)\xa0\n\nDaffi Von Cramer - Locomotion (1972)\nLone Kellerman - Kom An Baby (1977)\n\nMike James Kirkland - It's Too Late (1973)\nNora Aunor - Sweet Seasons (1972) Known as "The Grand Dame of Philippine Cinema" for her contribution to the Philippine film industry. Aunor has released more than 360 singles and recorded more than 200 songs and over 50 albums. She has notched more than 30 gold singles and with an estimated gross sales of one million units, Nora's cove