Carole King – Home Again (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Carole King – Home Again (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:01:26 minutes | 704 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

The brand new feature-length concert documentary “Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park,” which presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000, will premiere January 19 at New York’s IFC Film Center via Abramorama. The film will then be released wide on February 9 (also King’s birthday) streaming exclusively on The Coda Collection. Directed by George Scott and produced by Lou Adler and John McDermott, the film presents the complete multi-camera 16mm footage filmed and recorded by Adler in 1973 but never before released.

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Carole King – The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 (1996) [MFSL 2011] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Carole King – The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 (1996) [MFSL 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:52 minutes | Scans included | 2,92 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,36 GB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2067 | Genre: Pop

Archive live album from the songstress, an unmissable Tapestry-era performance recorded live at Carnagie Hall. With her album Tapestry on it’s way to selling millions upon millions of copies, Carole sounds relaxed, joyful and in total control of her audience. During this set, King performs 17 of her most well-known songs including, “I Feel The Earth Move”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, “It’s Too Late” and “You’ve Got A Friend” (performed with James Taylor, who joins her for her encore).

Anyone who took the gray-striped kitty on the cover of Tapestry as a totem, from your hip junior-high English teacher to Ben Folds, will recognize the import of Carnegie Hall, recorded the week “It’s Too Late” went to No. 1. Mostly solo at the piano, King brought home 10 of that already emblematic album’s tunes with a smattering of other numbers. Some of the latter are more callow than absolutely necessary, with “Carry Your Load” way too bouncy and “Snow Queen” too glib. But when she digs out “No Easy Way Down” (immortalized by Dusty Springfield on Dusty in Memphis) and “A Natural Woman,” it’s a little bit of heaven, even when her voice starts cracking. Actually, her nervousness is charming, though some of her between-song wisecracks fail to wow the very partisan crowd, much less the CD listener a quarter-century later. Guess that’s only natural for someone just coming into her own in public after a decade or so behind the curtain, and no one seems to mind much anyway. As the history books tell us, this was a pretty polite rock moment; to further prove it, James Taylor shows up for the encores. Though Tapestry remains the essential item, this one gets by on the grace of King’s heart.

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Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [Remaster 1999] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [Remaster 1999]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:44 minutes | Scans included | 3,33 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 50:57 min | Scans included | 1 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround. | Genre: Pop

Carole King was famous as a writer of girl-group hits in the ’60s. In 1971, she became more famous. That’s the year Tapestry became one of the biggest-selling LPs of all time. It’s easy to hear why–the music is loose, earthy, L.A. session-pop. King is casual, intimate, and tough; she covers all the emotional ground of the post-liberated woman with ease. She brings adult nuance to “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” and comes up with hits (“It’s Too Late,” “I Feel the Earth Move”) whose white-soul realism and maturity put pop hits to shame.

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Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [MFSL 2013] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [MFSL 2013]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 44:43 minutes | Scans included | 1,81 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 885 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2117 | Genre: Pop

Carole King brought the fledgling singer/songwriter phenomenon to the masses with Tapestry, one of the most successful albums in pop music history. A remarkably expressive and intimate record, it’s a work of consummate craftsmanship. Always a superior pop composer, King reaches even greater heights as a performer; new songs like the hits “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the Earth Move” rank solidly with past glories, while songs like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” take on added resonance when delivered in her own warm, compelling voice. With its reliance on pianos and gentle drumming, Tapestry is a light and airy work on its surface, occasionally skirting the boundaries of jazz, but it’s also an intensely emotional record, the songs confessional and direct; in its time it connected with listeners like few records before it, and it remains an illuminating experience decades later.

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Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:08 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 768 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2068 | Genre: Pop

Music, official name Carole King: Music, is the third album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album was released in December 1971 and quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as “It’s Going to Take Some Time” (US No. 12 by The Carpenters), “Sweet Seasons,” a No. 9 hit for Carole King, and “Brother, Brother”. Carole King: Music experienced immediate success and was certified gold on December 9, 1971, days after release. It was certified platinum on July 17, 1995.

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Carole King – Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park 2016 (2017) BLU-RAY 1080p LPCM 2.0

Title: Carole King – Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park 2016
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Folk rock, Jazz

Production/Label: SMG
Duration: 01:31:29
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 22996 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 16.77 GB

Carole King Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park celebrates the 45th anniversary of Carole King s masterpiece with a spectacular concert for more than 65,000 fans in Hyde Park on July 3, 2016 including the first-ever performance of the entire album in sequence.
The Hyde Park performance, recorded on July 3, 2016, is Carole’s first British concert since 1989 and features Carole leading a full band (including rhythm guitarist Danny Kortchmar, who played on the original Tapestry album) through each of the album’s 12 songs plus her favorite compositions from her impressive songbook. Guest performers include her daughter, Louise Goffin, who joins her mother on several tracks including “Where You Lead” (which the duo re-recorded as the theme song to the popular television series Gilmore Girls), plus the Laurence Olivier Award-winning West End cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. (more…)

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Carole King – Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Carole King – Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:51 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Folk, Classic Rock, Pop, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Recorded on July 3, 2016, in front of a rapturous audience of more than 65,000 fans, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park celebrates the 45th anniversary of a zeitgeist-shifting touchstone album that established Carole King as the quintessential singer-songwriter, a “Natural Woman” who gave voice to the emotions and experiences of millions of listeners around the world. With songs that are literally woven into the fabric of pop culture, Tapestry struck a universal chord, topping the Billboard 200 for 15 weeks and staying on the chart for six years. King took home four Grammy Awards for the album, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. And the songs, including “So Far Away,” “It’s Too Late,” “I Feel The Earth Move,” “You’ve Got a Friend” and others remain timeless standards and radio staples.

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Carole King – Live At The Troubadour (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Carole King – Live At The Troubadour (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:36 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

When does an artist morph from being current to nostalgia? It’s an often imperceptible evolution that can happen almost overnight. Back in 2010, when this album was first released, old friends and musical contemporaries Carole King and James Taylor were fast approaching that turn. And yet this pair of indispensable American singer/songwriters were still in fine voice and even more buoyant spirits during these shows which judging by the crowd reaction, were a rousing success. Capturing highlights from three 2007 shows at the legendary (and still open) Troubadour in West Hollywood, these shows were meant to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary, and also its history with King and Taylor, who once laid the foundations of their respective careers there. In 1969 prior to her first solo release Writer, King played piano in Taylor’s band during a six-night residency at the club. The next year they returned to co-headline a multi-night stand. Their appearance in 2007, using the same band as those original gigs—Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Leland Sklar (bass) and Russ Kunkel (drums)—were a love fest for the fans and performers alike, igniting the subsequent 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour which touched down in the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The big news with this reissue is that for the first time it’s available in 96 kHz/24-bit high resolution. While live albums will never be noted for their pristine sound, the increased level of detail, hearing the resonances of the room for the first time and the newly crisped edges to the overall production are a welcome improvement. Needless to say, finding suitable material was not this duo’s problem. The dilemma quickly became which songs not to play. Adopting the your song-my song method of a guitar pull they swing back and forth between originals. No disrespect to Taylor but King’s songs, many from her 1971 breakthrough, Tapestry, are hard to top. While not the singer she was in 1970, King delivers a first-class rendition of “It’s Too Late” which is spiced by a tight Danny Kortchmar solo. “Smackwater Jack,” with King playing barrelhouse piano licks, becomes even more of a head-bobbing, toe-tapping stomp than the original. She reaches back, giving a slow performance of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” her 1960 hit for the Shirelles, in which Taylor sings a duet in the chorus. Wise performers that they are, they save the big fireworks for the finale: Taylor works his way through a slow-paced “Fire and Rain,” King adds the necessary snap to “I Feel the Earth Move” before Taylor volleys back with “You’ve Got a Friend” where King takes a verse and sings duet in the choruses on a song that opened side two of Tapestry. In closing, they trade verses on King’s “Up On The Roof,” a 1962 hit for The Drifters, and sing a duet on Taylor’s “You Can Close Your Eyes,” which seems a bit anticlimactic and mournful for a friendly performance—akin to listening to ’70s FM Radio—from aging old pros which is anything but. – Robert Baird

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Carole King – Tapestry (1971/2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Carole King - Tapestry (1971/2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Carole King – Tapestry (1971/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:36 minutes | 932 MB | Genre: Pop/Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ode – Epic – Legacy

Carole King brought the fledgling singer/songwriter phenomenon to the masses with Tapestry, one of the most successful albums in pop music history. A remarkably expressive and intimate record, it’s a work of consummate craftsmanship. Always a superior pop composer, King reaches even greater heights as a performer; new songs like the hits “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the Earth Move” rank solidly with past glories, while songs like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” take on added resonance when delivered in her own warm, compelling voice. With its reliance on pianos and gentle drumming, Tapestry is a light and airy work on its surface, occasionally skirting the boundaries of jazz, but it’s also an intensely emotional record, the songs confessional and direct; in its time it connected with listeners like few records before it, and it remains an illuminating experience decades later.
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Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011] {PS3 ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-ResFLAC}

Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:08 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,58 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 768 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2068 | Genre: Pop

Music, official name Carole King: Music, is the third album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album was released in December 1971 and quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as “It’s Going to Take Some Time” (US No. 12 by The Carpenters), “Sweet Seasons,” a No. 9 hit for Carole King, and “Brother, Brother”. Carole King: Music experienced immediate success and was certified gold on December 9, 1971, days after release. It was certified platinum on July 17, 1995. (more…)

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