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| 1. That'S The Way I'Ve Always Heard It Should Be (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. Alone (Lp Version) | |||
| 3. One More Time (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. The Best Thing (Lp Version) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Anticipation (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. Legend In Your Own Time (Lp Version) | |||
| 3. Our First Day Together (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. The Girl You Think You See (Lp Version) | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. The Right Thing To Do (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. The Carter Family (Lp Version) | |||
| 3. You'Re So Vain (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin (Lp Version) | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Safe And Sound (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. Mind On My Man (Lp Version) | |||
| 3. Think I'M Gonna Have A Baby (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. Older Sister (Lp Version) | |||
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| Disc: 5 | |||
| 1. After The Storm (Lp Version) | |||
| 2. Love Out In The Streets (Lp Version) | |||
| 3. Look Me In The Eyes (Lp Version) | |||
| 4. More And More (Lp Version) | |||
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Product Description
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Five classic artist albums in wallets housed in a new slipcase. Nice and simple, no frills just great music! Includes Carly Simon (1971), Anticipation (1971), No Secrets (1972), Hotcakes (1974) and Playing Possum (1975).
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This set comprises Carly Simon's first five albums:
Carly Simon, 1971
Anticipation, 1971
No Secrets, 1972
Hotcakes, 1974
Playing Possum, 1975
These are arguably her best output and contain the other classic tracks that don't make it onto the compilations. I bought the original LPs back in the 70s and it's good to be able to get the set of CDs at a very affordable price.
The downside of the affordability is the basic packaging: A small cardboard box containing 5 card sleeves (reduced size replicas of the LP sleeves) each with a disc. so, none of the notes that often come with a boxed set while the box is slightly too thick to fit into a standard slot in a CD rack.
Carly Simon, 1971
Anticipation, 1971
No Secrets, 1972
Hotcakes, 1974
Playing Possum, 1975
These are arguably her best output and contain the other classic tracks that don't make it onto the compilations. I bought the original LPs back in the 70s and it's good to be able to get the set of CDs at a very affordable price.
The downside of the affordability is the basic packaging: A small cardboard box containing 5 card sleeves (reduced size replicas of the LP sleeves) each with a disc. so, none of the notes that often come with a boxed set while the box is slightly too thick to fit into a standard slot in a CD rack.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Carly Simon's first three albums are IMHO the very best. This pack contains the first five albums in miniature LP sleeves in a thin box, which is great because you get all that lovely music for very little money and it hardly takes up any space, while still giving the vinyl lover a reminder of the original product.
Very briefly about the albums:
CARLY SIMON (1971) starts with a dreamy song, then goes on to play with a lot of styles, rock, ballad, honky-tonk and psychedelic. Some of it's a bit eccentric but I love it.
ANTICIPATION (1971) is more focussed with some serious songwriting talent in the same vein as Don McLean and James Taylor.
NO SECRETS (1972) has more of the same, but with a more bluesy, rocky sound on the louder songs. It's the one with You're So Vain.
HOTCAKES (1974) is thoroughly pleasant, a happy album with nice orchestration, sometimes a bit silly!
PLAYING POSSUM (1975) is no match for the others here, or even 1976's ANOTHER PASSENGER, but it's probably the start of the new-style Carly Simon later immortalised in the song 'Nobody Does it Better'.
I have some issues with the sound quality, as none of these is remastered, not that that's always a bad thing in itself.
CARLY SIMON and NO SECRETS are a reasonable match for the vinyl; HOTCAKES and PLAYING POSSUM sound much cleaner than their LP counterparts, but ANTICIPATION is very poor. It lacks nearly all of the LP's sparkle, and most of this is simply down to too much midrange and not enough treble or deep bass. The information is there if you can find it with your tone controls or graphic equaliser.
Lastly, the packaging - yes, it's convenient, but it's not as evocative as it should be. Colour reproduction is 'muddy' and most of them in my box were annoyingly off-centre in their colour frames.
So while this is currently the best way to buy Carly Simon's most important recordings, the set is not really a substitute for the LPs (first three) or standard CD with booklet (Hotcakes).
Very briefly about the albums:
CARLY SIMON (1971) starts with a dreamy song, then goes on to play with a lot of styles, rock, ballad, honky-tonk and psychedelic. Some of it's a bit eccentric but I love it.
ANTICIPATION (1971) is more focussed with some serious songwriting talent in the same vein as Don McLean and James Taylor.
NO SECRETS (1972) has more of the same, but with a more bluesy, rocky sound on the louder songs. It's the one with You're So Vain.
HOTCAKES (1974) is thoroughly pleasant, a happy album with nice orchestration, sometimes a bit silly!
PLAYING POSSUM (1975) is no match for the others here, or even 1976's ANOTHER PASSENGER, but it's probably the start of the new-style Carly Simon later immortalised in the song 'Nobody Does it Better'.
I have some issues with the sound quality, as none of these is remastered, not that that's always a bad thing in itself.
CARLY SIMON and NO SECRETS are a reasonable match for the vinyl; HOTCAKES and PLAYING POSSUM sound much cleaner than their LP counterparts, but ANTICIPATION is very poor. It lacks nearly all of the LP's sparkle, and most of this is simply down to too much midrange and not enough treble or deep bass. The information is there if you can find it with your tone controls or graphic equaliser.
Lastly, the packaging - yes, it's convenient, but it's not as evocative as it should be. Colour reproduction is 'muddy' and most of them in my box were annoyingly off-centre in their colour frames.
So while this is currently the best way to buy Carly Simon's most important recordings, the set is not really a substitute for the LPs (first three) or standard CD with booklet (Hotcakes).
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
great music pity about the packaging. wonderful songs but you don't get a seperate booklet which means since it is literally a reduced copy of the lp sleve it can be difficult to read. but 5 stars for the music and bringing it out at a bargain price,
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Great value but indicative of the decline Carly faced
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