Name: Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967
Brand: Ace (UK)
SKU: 160120
Price: 12.64 USD
Availability: InStock

Goffin & King

Rating

Album: Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967
#	Song Title		Time
1)	He's in Town	More Info...	0:02
2)	Let Me Get Close to You	More Info...	0:02
3)	Halfway to Paradise	More Info...	0:02
4)	The Idol	More Info...	0:03
5)	The First and Last	More Info...	0:02
6)	Vrand New Man	More Info...	0:02
7)	Another Night With the Boys	More Info...	0:03
8)	Heaven Is Being With You	More Info...	0:02
9)	I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance	More Info...	0:02
11)	Don;t Ever Change	More Info...	0:02
12)	I'll Love You for a While	More Info...	0:02
13)	I Was There	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Just Can't Say Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
15)	I Can't Hear You	More Info...	0:02
16)	Just a Little Girl	More Info...	0:03
17)	You;re Just What I Was Looking For Today	More Info...	0:03
18)	Hey Everybody	More Info...	0:02
19)	I Can't Make It Alone	More Info...	0:04
20)	Some of Your Lovin'	More Info...	0:03
21)	A Man Without a Dream	More Info...	0:03
22)	Don't Bring Me Down	More Info...	0:03
23)	Wasn't Born to Follow	More Info...	0:03
24)	So Much Love	More Info...	0:03
25)	Yours Until Tomorrow	More Info...	0:03
26)	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman	More Info...	0:02

Album: Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967
#	Song Title		Time
1)	He's in Town	More Info...	0:02
2)	Let Me Get Close to You	More Info...	0:02
3)	Halfway to Paradise	More Info...	0:02
4)	The Idol	More Info...	0:03
5)	The First and Last	More Info...	0:02
6)	Vrand New Man	More Info...	0:02
7)	Another Night With the Boys	More Info...	0:03
8)	Heaven Is Being With You	More Info...	0:02
9)	I Didn't Have Any Summer Romance	More Info...	0:02
11)	Don;t Ever Change	More Info...	0:02
12)	I'll Love You for a While	More Info...	0:02
13)	I Was There	More Info...	0:02
14)	I Just Can't Say Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
15)	I Can't Hear You	More Info...	0:02
16)	Just a Little Girl	More Info...	0:03
17)	You;re Just What I Was Looking For Today	More Info...	0:03
18)	Hey Everybody	More Info...	0:02
19)	I Can't Make It Alone	More Info...	0:04
20)	Some of Your Lovin'	More Info...	0:03
21)	A Man Without a Dream	More Info...	0:03
22)	Don't Bring Me Down	More Info...	0:03
23)	Wasn't Born to Follow	More Info...	0:03
24)	So Much Love	More Info...	0:03
25)	Yours Until Tomorrow	More Info...	0:03
26)	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Mick Patrick.
Author: Gerry Goffin.
Arrangers: Bill Baker [5]; Ernie Freeman; Garry Sherman; Jack Nitzsche; Jimmy Wisner; Al Capps; Alan Lorber; Sammy Lowe; Teddy Randazzo; Bill Justis.
If you only know Carole King as the denim-bedecked balladeer behind the singer-songwriter landmark TAPESTRY, or King and one-time husband Gerry Goffin only as the hitmeisters behind the Monkees, et al., this collection will set you straight. While it includes some of the pair's biggest hits for others (the Animals' "Don't Bring Me Down," etc.) it fills out the picture, showing that Goffin and King ventured into country (Skeeter Davis's "Let Me Get Close to You"), as well as turning out tunes for everyone from a pre-"Yellow Ribbon" Tony Orlando to a post-"Lion Sleeps Tonight" Tokens.

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Gerry Goffin and his wife Carole King took the music's a-lop-bam-boom immediacy and wove it into the fabric of teenage life, making the two inseparable."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This collection gathers recordings other than the hits, and arranges them to show the development from pop ditties into more mature, richer writing."