Carly Simon - Hotcakes
Carly Simon – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (A1, A3, B2), acoustic piano (A2–5, B1, B4, B5), Fender Rhodes (A2), whistle (A2), backing vocals (A5, B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Carly Simon]
Kenny Ascher – acoustic piano (A1, B2, B4), Hammond organ (B1)
Dr. John – acoustic piano (B3), Hammond organ (B3)
David Spinozza – electric guitar (A1, A3, A4, B2)
James Taylor – acoustic guitar (A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5), backing vocals (A5), horn arrangements and conductor (A6), lead vocals (B3)
Bucky Pizzarelli – electric guitar (A2)
Jimmy Ryan – acoustic guitar (A4, A5, B5), electric guitar (B1, B5)
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar (B3)
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar (A1, A3, A5, B1, B2, B3, B5)
Richard Davis – string bass (A2)
Larry Brean – slap bass (A4)
Rick Marotta – drums (A1)
Jim Keltner – drums (A3, A4, B3, B5)
Jim Gordon – drums (A5)
Billy Cobham – drums (A6)
Andy Newmark – drums (B1)
Russ Kunkel – drums (B2)
Ralph MacDonald – congas (A2), percussion (A3, B5)
George Devens – cabasa (A2)
Paul Buckmaster – string and woodwind arrangements (A1, A5, B1, B2, B4, B5), conductor (A1, A5, B1, B2, B4, B5)
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone (A6), tuba (A6)
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone (A6), baritone saxophone (B3)
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (B3)
Barry Rogers – trombone (A6)
Steve Madaio – trumpet (A6)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (A3, B5)
Carl Hall – backing vocals (A3, B5)
Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (A3, B5)
Todd Graff – backing vocals (A3)
Lucy Simon – backing vocals (A3)
Benny Diggs – backing vocals (A4)
Revelation – backing vocals (A4)
Richard Perry – backing vocals (A4)
1 LP, gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Elektra
Recorded at The Hit Factory, N.Y.C. (Oct.-Nov., 1973) Producers Workshop, Los Angeles (Sept., 1973)
Engineered & mixed by : Blaise Castellano
Produced by Richard Perry
Remastered by Friday Music's Joe Reagoso from Original Elektra Records Tapes
Originally released in 1974
Reissued in 2015
Tracks:
Side A
- Safe And Sound
- Mind On My Man
- Think I’m Gonna Have A Baby
- Older Sister
- Just Not True
- Hotcakes
Side B
- Misfit
- Forever My Love
- Mockingbird
- Grownup
- Haven’t Got Time For The Pain
Reviews :
"A glowing, pregnant Carly Simon smiles out from the cover of Hotcakes, one of her biggest selling albums, which featured the gold single "Mockingbird," a duet with her husband James Taylor that effectively remade the old Inez and Charlie Foxx hit and bested it on the charts. The album also included another hit, "Haven't Got Time For The Pain," as well as "Misfit," in which a wife implores her carousing husband to come home, and "Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby," which celebrated the joys of same. With such tracks, Hotcakes was an autobiographical concept album that defined domestic bliss at a time when Simon's listeners also were catching their breath and turning inward." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 3,65 / 5