

So, yeah, that's a recommendation for Carole King & James Taylor: Live at the Troubadour.

I don't really need to watch it to say here how excellent the whole thing is but if there's anything else I want to say about it if I ever do see the entire thing, I'll reveal here. During the pledge break, the hosts reveal that even more performances are on the DVD version.

When she heard James' version, she gave permission for him to release it as a single. King, who was the writer after all, did it on hers. It became one of the defining (and best-selling) records in the history of pop. Perfectly conceived, produced, and executed, it continues to resonate with virtually anyone who hears it. Likewise for James Taylor on "Carolina in My Mind", "Fire and Rain", and "Sweet Baby James" before they both dueted on "You've Got a Friend" which Taylor is revealed in an interview as having cut first on his album before Ms. There have been many reissues of Carole Kings iconic 1971 album Tapestry, and rightfully so. How cool was it seeing Carole King singing such songs of hers like "So Far Away", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", and "I Feel the Earth Move". Just watched on PBS through my local LPB station this reunion concert of two iconic '70s artists at a place they played quite frequently early in their careers. Carole King Concert Torrent Series Of Albums Kings success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts.
