Album: Carole King & James Taylor, Live At The Troubadour (Hear Music)

Andy Gill
Thursday 20 May 2010 19:00 EDT
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Back in 1970, Carole King and James Taylor made their debut appearance together at Los Angeles' famed haunt, The Troubadour, as respected songwriters but unproven performers.

A year later, all that had changed: King's Tapestry was atop the charts, en route to 24 million sales, while Sweet Baby James had established Taylor as the era's pre-eminent confessional songwriter, thanks to the emblematic anthem of loss "Fire And Rain". Nearly four decades later, the pair re-convened for The Troubadour's 50th Anniversary, with material including "It's Too Late", a slowed-down, de-popped "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", and "You've Got A Friend", the song that bound them inextricably together.

Download this: So Far Away; Fire And Rain; It's Too Late; Sweet Baby James; You've Got A Friend

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