Carly Simon: Original Album Series

Carly Simon: Original Album Series
Box set by Carly Simon
Released	October 10, 2011
Recorded	1970–1975
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	3:04:46
Label	Rhino
Producer	Eddie Kramer Paul Samwell-Smith Richard Perry
Carly Simon chronology
Never Been Gone (2009) Carly Simon: Original Album Series (2011) Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon (2014)

Carly Simon: Original Album Series is a five CD set by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on October 10, 2011.

The set is a part of Rhino's Original Album Series, and collects Simon's first five albums: Carly Simon (1971), Anticipation (1971), No Secrets (1972), Hotcakes (1974), and Playing Possum (1975). The discs are packaged in mini LP cardboard replicas with the original artwork, and housed inside a slipcased box. The discs themselves are reissues of the original Elektra releases, none have been remastered, and no bonus tracks are included.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commended the set as "an easy, affordable, and handsome way to get Carly Simon's prime", and awarded it 4 out of 5 stars.

Track listings

Disc one: Carly Simon (1971)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"	Carly Simon Jacob Brackman	4:15
2.	"Alone"	Simon	3:36
3.	"One More Time"	Simon	3:32
4.	"The Best Thing"	Simon	4:14
5.	"Just A Sinner"	Moogy Klingman	3:10
6.	"Dan, My Fling"	Brackman Freddy Gardner	5:28
7.	"Another Door"	Simon	3:16
8.	"Reunions"	Simon Bill Mernit Eddie Kramer	3:06
9.	"Rolling Down The Hills"	Simon	3:35
10.	"The Love's Still Growing"	Buzzy Linhart	4:14
Total length:			38:26

Disc two: Anticipation (1971)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Anticipation"	Simon	3:19
2.	"Legend in Your Own Time"	Simon	3:45
3.	"Our First Day Together"	Simon	3:29
4.	"The Girl You Think You See"	Simon Brackman	3:07
5.	"Summer's Coming Around Again"	Simon Jim Ryan Paul Glanz	4:10
6.	"Share the End"	Simon Brackman	3:58
7.	"The Garden"	Simon Brackman	4:08
8.	"Three Days"	Simon	3:19
9.	"Julie Through the Glass"	Simon	3:23
10.	"I've Got to Have You"	Kris Kristofferson	4:45
Total length:			37:23

Disc three: No Secrets (1972)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Right Thing to Do"	Simon	2:57
2.	"The Carter Family"	Simon Brackman	3:29
3.	"You're So Vain"	Simon	4:17
4.	"His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin"	Simon	3:00
5.	"We Have No Secrets"	Simon	3:57
6.	"Embrace Me, You Child"	Simon	4:06
7.	"Waited So Long"	Simon	4:14
8.	"It Was So Easy"	Simon Brackman	3:06
9.	"Night Owl"	James Taylor	3:47
10.	"When You Close Your Eyes"	Simon Bill Mernit	3:05
Total length:			35:58

Disc four: Hotcakes (1974)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Safe and Sound"	Simon	3:36
2.	"Mind on My Man"	Simon	2:57
3.	"Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby"	Simon	3:55
4.	"Older Sister"	Simon	3:06
5.	"Just Not True"	Simon	5:16
6.	"Hotcakes"	Simon	1:07
7.	"Misfit"	Simon	3:04
8.	"Forever My Love"	Simon Taylor	3:25
9.	"Mockingbird"	Inez Foxx Charlie Foxx Taylor[a]	4:11
10.	"Grownup"	Simon	3:44
11.	"Haven't Got Time for the Pain"	Simon Brackman	3:50
Total length:			38:11

Disc five: Playing Possum (1975)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"After the Storm"	Simon	2:47
2.	"Love Out in the Street"	Simon	3:40
3.	"Look Me in the Eyes"	Simon	3:34
4.	"More and More"	Mac Rebennack Alvin Robinson	4:02
5.	"Slave"	Simon Brackman	3:54
6.	"Attitude Dancing"	Simon Brackman	3:52
7.	"Sons of Summer"	Billy Mernit	3:05
8.	"Waterfall"	Simon	3:31
9.	"Are You Ticklish"	Simon	2:26
10.	"Playing Possum"	Simon	3:57
Total length:			34:48

Notes

• ^a signifies a writer by additional lyrics

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website