(Pop, Vocal) [LP][24/96] Carly Simon - No Secrets - 1972 (2009), FLAC (tracks+.cue)

Carly Simon – acoustic guitar on 5 6 7 8, piano on 1 2 3 4, vocals, backing vocals on 1 7, string arrangements on 3, ARP synthesizer arrangements on 4
Andy Newmark – drums on 1 2 6 8 10
Jimmy Ryan – acoustic guitar on 2 3 4 5 10, bass on 1 10, electric guitar on 3 6 7 8 9
Klaus Voormann – bass on 2 3 5 6 7 8 9
Additional personnel
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements on 10, woodwind arrangements on 10, synthesizer arrangements on 6 10, choir arrangement on 6, orchestration on 3 6
Kirby Johnson – string arrangements on 2 5, woodwind arrangements on 2, electric piano on 5
Ray Cooper – congas on 1 9
Jim Gordon – drums on 3 5
Nicky Hopkins – piano on 7 9
Jim Keltner – drums on 7 9
Paul Keough – acoustic guitar on 5 8
Vicki Brown – backing vocals on 1
Liza Strike – backing vocals on 1
Richard Perry – percussion on 3
David Henshaw – ARP synthesizer on 4
Peter Robinson – piano on 6
Lowell George – slide guitar on 7
Bill Payne – organ on 7
James Taylor – backing vocals on 7
Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals on 9
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone on 9
Linda McCartney – backing vocals on 9
Paul McCartney – backing vocals on 9
Doris Troy – backing vocals on 9
Mick Jagger – backing vocals (uncredited) on "You're So Vain"

Carly Simon's best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, "You're So Vain." That song set the album's saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography ("You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve") and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. But Simon's honesty meant that her lyrical knife was double-edged; now that she felt she had found true love ("The Right Thing to Do," another Top Ten hit, was her celebration of her relationship with James Taylor), she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers. But it wasn't only Simon's forthrightness that made the album work; it was also Richard Perry's simple, elegant pop/rock production, which gave Simon's music a buoyancy it previously lacked. And Perry paid particular attention to Simon's vocals in a way that made her more engaging (or at least less grating) to listen to.
Everybody's favorite Carly Simon album No Secrets now receives the five star treatment as Friday Music rolls out the exclusive Carly Simon 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl Series.
This 1972 platinum plus release forever etched the title superstar to her name, as numerous hit singles including the controversial You're So Vain raced to the top of the charts. Includes help from friends Paul McCartney, Lowell George, James Taylor, and oh... that mysterious background singer on You're So Vain.
Remastered from the original Elektra vault tapes impeccably by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios and at Capitol Mastering with Ron McMaster.

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Belari VP-129 Tube Phono PreAmp with Sylvania 12AX7WA
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
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Wavelab 5 recording software
Vacuum cleaning > TT > Belari > Laptop > Wavelab 5.01 (24/96) > manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)
No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.