The City

Now That Everything's Been Said

Light In The Attic
28.95 €
icon/play-white
Backorder
Tax included, Shipping not included
We all know the Carole King who wrote some of the biggest hits of the ‘60s, from "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" to "Pleasant Valley Sunday," via "The Locomotion" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." We also know the singer-songwriter behind Tapestry, the album that launched King as a solo singer in her own right. But in between–and not nearly as well known–is King’s band, The City, and their album, Now That Everything’s Been Said. By the mid-‘60s, King’s marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she’d written many of those wonderful hits, had hit the rocks. A divorce loomed, and King all but retired to raise their two daughters. She headed west to Laurel Canyon in ‘67, taking the children with her, and made the previously unlikely move of joining a progressive folk-rock band. King formed The City with future husband Charles Larkey on bass and Danny Kortchmar on guitar and vocals. With King on piano and vocals, they created a folk rock sound that pre-empted the singer-songwriter boom of the ‘70s. Produced by Lou Adler and featuring Jimmy Gordon on drums, The City’s sound is deep and soulful, imperfect but passionate. And the songs, with King writing or co-writing all but one, are as exceptional as you’d expect and as widely covered as her factory work. "Now That Everything's Been Said" was a hit for American Spring, "A Man Without A Dream" was tackled by The Monkees, and "Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)" was a hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears. Central to the album’s appeal is King’s own stirring reading of her track "Wasn’t Born To Follow," covered masterfully by The Byrds for the Easy Rider soundtrack. King had been used to a life on the sidelines, and her stage fright left the trio unable to tour the LP which adversely affected their fortunes. That, plus some behind-the-scenes distribution problems, meant the album was quickly deleted, and it remained so for the next thirty years–partly at King’s request. Even so, its failure was a surprise to those concerned. “I was 26 when Now That Everything’s Been Said was released in 1968,” King says in the liner notes. “[We] expected it to zoom to the top of the charts within, at most, a few weeks. Individually and together, we optimistically imagined the album’s success as if it had already happened. Danny and Charlie kept telling each other, 'It’s a great album. The City is gonna be Number 1 with a bullet!’" Listening now, you can feel the threads that lead to Tapestry and to the hugely successful performing career that followed. It’s not so much an oddity in King’s work as the missing link between her two lives. Reissued here in deluxe vinyl, this is, at long last, a chance to own this lost album.

Share Article

Details

Release Date

01.10.2015

Cat No

00088180

Tracklist

Track 1
icon/play-white
Track 2
icon/play-white
Track 3
icon/play-white
Track 4
icon/play-white
Track 5
icon/play-white
Track 6
icon/play-white
Track 7
icon/play-white
Track 8
icon/play-white
Track 9
icon/play-white
Track 10
icon/play-white
Track 11
icon/play-white
Track 12
icon/play-white
Psychedelic
CD
The City
19.95 €
Now That Everything's Been Said Light In The Attic
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
CD
The City
19.95 €
Now That Everything's Been Said Light In The Attic
Ambient
LP
Hiroshi Yoshimura
57.95 €
Green (Green Vinyl) Light In The Attic
Preorder
Electronica
LP
Hiroshi Yoshimura
57.95 €
Green (Green Vinyl) Light In The Attic
Soul
LP
Betty Davis
43.95 €
They Say I'm Different Light In The Attic
Backorder
Funk/Soul
LP
Betty Davis
43.95 €
They Say I'm Different Light In The Attic
Disco
icon/play-white
2-LP
Various
67.95 €
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop Light In The Attic
Backorder
Disco
2-LP
icon/play-white
Various
67.95 €
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop Light In The Attic
Disco
2-LP
Various
67.95 €
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop (ltd pink) Light In The Attic
Backorder
Disco
2-LP
Various
67.95 €
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop (ltd pink) Light In The Attic
Disco
2-LP
Various
69.95 €
Pacific Breeze (Blue+Green Vinyl) Light In The Attic
Backorder
Disco
2-LP
Various
69.95 €
Pacific Breeze (Blue+Green Vinyl) Light In The Attic
Disco
2-LP
Various (Splatter Repress)
69.95 €
Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, Aor & Boogie 1972-1986 Light In The Attic
Backorder
Disco
2-LP
Various (Splatter Repress)
69.95 €
Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, Aor & Boogie 1972-1986 Light In The Attic
Funk
icon/play-white
2-LP
Khruangbin
27.95 €
Mordechai Remixes Dead Oceans
Add To Cart
Funk/Soul
2-LP
icon/play-white
Khruangbin
27.95 €
Mordechai Remixes Dead Oceans
Indie / Alternative
icon/play-white
12" + mp3
Yves Tumor
18.95 €
The Asymptotical World EP Warp
Backorder
12" + mp3
icon/play-white
Yves Tumor
18.95 €
The Asymptotical World EP Warp
Transcultured
icon/play-white
7''
Arp Frique
11.95 €
Nyame Ye / Oi Quem Que Nos Rush Hour
Backorder
World
7''
icon/play-white
Arp Frique
11.95 €
Nyame Ye / Oi Quem Que Nos Rush Hour
Punk
icon/play-white
LP
IDLES
21.95 €
Joy As An Act Of Resistance Pias Uk / Partisan
Backorder
LP
icon/play-white
IDLES
21.95 €
Joy As An Act Of Resistance Pias Uk / Partisan
Cosmic
icon/play-white
EP
Niklas Wandt
15.95 €
Balearische Bibliothek Italic
Add To Cart
Disco
EP
icon/play-white
Niklas Wandt
15.95 €
Balearische Bibliothek Italic
Afro Blues
icon/play-white
LP
Asnake Gebreyes
19.95 €
Ahadu Buda Musique
Backorder
Afro Music
LP
icon/play-white
Asnake Gebreyes
19.95 €
Ahadu Buda Musique