Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) Vinyl LP • Mockingbird, James Taylor

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Gate-fold cover looks good; light-scuffing, a few creases and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (lyrics/credits). Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and a few divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Safe And Sound
2. Mind On My Man
3. Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby
4. Older Sister
5. Just Not True
6. Hotcakes
7. Misfit (Guitar by James Taylor)
8. Forever My Love (Acoustic Lead Guitar by James Taylor)
9. Mockingbird (with James Taylor)
10. Grownup
11. Haven't Got Time For The Pain (Acoustic Lead Guitar by James Taylor)

About The Record:

Hotcakes became one of Carly Simon's biggest selling albums. The album featured the hits Mockingbird (No. 5), a duet with her then-husband James Taylor (a cover of a 1963 hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx), and Haven't Got Time for the Pain (No. 14). Many of the other songs reflected Simon's upbeat mood during her pregnancy with her first child. On the album cover, Simon sits in a gleaming white kitchen, robustly pregnant, smiling brightly and wearing a somewhat bohemian white linen dress. The album went gold immediately and it stayed on the charts for eight months. On the Billboard album chart, Hotcakes peaked at No. 3 and was listed in the Top 40 of Billboard's Year End Top albums for 1974.