Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 is 17-song set recorded just as
Tapestry was topping the charts and making
Carole King a superstar. Featuring most of
Tapestry and a few songs from
Writer and
Music this is, in a sense,
Carole King unplugged (although that terminology was not yet in use).
King performs the first half-dozen songs alone at the piano; bassist
Charles Larkey, guitarist
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, and a string quartet back her (in varying combinations) throughout the rest of the program.
Tapestry wasn't exactly a high-wattage affair to begin with, so these rearrangements aren't radical, but they're different enough from the studio versions to merit attention by serious
King fans.
James Taylor, then at the peak of his own popularity, joins
King on vocals for a medley of some of her old Brill Building hits, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"/"Some Kind of Wonderful"/"Up on the Roof." ~ Richie Unterberger