Description
Offered for sale is an original Japanese pressing of Carly Simon, the debut LP by Carly Simon, including the original “NOW” obi.
About this copy: This copy of Carly Simon is a 1971 Japanese pressing on the “guitar player” Elektra label.
The cover is VG++, with slight foxing and a couple of minor corner bends. The original die-cut “NOW” obi is VG++ with a couple of foxing spots, but no tears.
The lyric insert is M-.
The disc is M- with one spindle mark on the labels, and no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a pretty good album that’s hard to find as a first pressing.
Background: Released in 1971, Carly Simon was the first solo album by Carly Simon, who had previously released three albums with her sister, Lucy as the Simon Sisters.
The album reached #30 on the U.S. album chart.
Allmusic.com gave Carly Simon a 3 1/2 star review:
“That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” the leadoff track of Carly Simon’s first album and a Top Ten hit, in which the singer expresses reservations about getting married, benefited from a sense of role reversal — it’s such a guy sentiment, but sung by a woman in 1971, it came across as a feminist statement, consistent with the overall disillusionment so prevalent then. Nothing on the rest of the album was quite as pointed, though the other songs maintained the same ambivalence toward romance.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Elektra |
| Catalog Number: |
SWG-7525 |
| Year of Release: | 1971 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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