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Carly Simon’s Bedroom Tapes Expanded
Carly Simon announces expanded re-release of
THE BEDROOM TAPES – SPECIAL EDITION
Released April 06 (digitally) and April 20th (physically)
The first of many new releases from CARLY SIMON VINTAGE
In partnership to Carly Simon’s label, C’EST Music
Order the Album now at Carlysimon.com and iTunes
Listen to clips from the album on YouTube
An inspired album– USA Toda
One of her best albums-New York Daily news
A bang up album– Rolling Stone
★★★★ – Few albums manage to touch the heart and challenge the brain as this gem– Miami Herald
With an iconic career spanning over four decades, touching on film, fashion, literature and popular music, Carly Simon continues to expand upon her already prodigious legacy with the re-release of The Bedroom Tapes – Special Edition through her own boutique label C‘EST Music (Pronounced “Say”) in conjunction with CARLY SIMON VINTAGE.
CARLY SIMON VINTAGE is a lifestyle brand that will connect fans, music lovers, and fellow artists to her expansive legacy in a unique and intimate way. Through her web-store and other exciting partnerships, the vintage brand will bring a selection of new, vintage, hand-crafted and one of kinds items, as well as limited and expanded releases of classic albums to the public, all curated by Carly herself.
Originally released in 2000 through Arista and then unavailable shortly after it’s initial release, Carly is now making The Bedroom Tapes available to her fans with the addition of two rare bonus tracks Grandmother’s House and When Manhattan Was a Maiden. The initial title of the collection was call “When Manhattan Was A Maiden,” because of the many Manhattan references but when the title song (When Manhattan Was A Maiden) was eventually left off the original CD along with several other tracks, the Manhattan reference was diluted. The true thematic glue that remained was that the greater part of the recordings were made in the bedroom. There are still overtones of New York City, as in Cross The River, Whatever Became of Her, So Many Stars, and In Honor of You (George), and now the inclusion of When Manhattan Was A Maiden brings some of that back.
In 1998, during Carly’s last winter living on Central Park West, in New York, it was a musical letter to George Gershwin in the form of “In Honor Of You (George)” that broke a years long writing slump and brought Carly back to thinking that perhaps she had something to say. This is also the first and only time that the Gershwin estate ever allowed a co-write with another writer. Returning to Martha’s Vineyard, Carly moved her studio into her daughter Sally’s old bedroom which soon became littered with scraps of lyrics, phone messages, dried up pilot pens, past-the-pale tea mugs, and an accumulation of crispy moths from last summer. It created an atmosphere that allowed Carly to make sounds that she liked, not thinking in an orthodox way. Carly said she “never quite had that much fun. It was like playing with dolls”. Nearly 17 years later the songs sound as fresh and inspired as ever.
“The fun part of those long nights was that there was no danger of anyone hearing me. I could fail over and over. I could try anything and ask whoever came by the next day to guess whether it was a hair brush brushing against a strand of pearls or the sound of a bee buzzing against the corner of an old copy of Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Sharer. The world of what was available and what could emanate from my throat or my hands was what I relied upon, and had true fun with.” – Carly
Since first appearing on the musical landscape in the early 70’s as a solo artist, Carly Simon has enjoyed an unparalleled career. She has produced chart-topping hit singles, over twenty-seven albums of original music, multiple award-winning film scores including two Disney movies based on Winnie the Pooh, treasured children’s books, and composed Romulus Hunt, a family opera. Her hit songs include “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” “Anticipation,” “You’re So Vain,” “Nobody Does it Better,” “Coming Around Again,” “Mockingbird,” and “Let the River Run” which was featured in Mike Nichols’ movie Working Girl and earned Simon an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy, making her the first and only female artist in history to win all three awards for a single song as a performer and composer. She has been inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame as well as presented the prestigious Founders Award by ASCAP. Carly Simon has had an indelible impact on popular music and continues to create, influence and inspire.
Album Track list:
1 Our Affair
2 So Many Stars
3 Big Dumb Guy
4 Scar
5 Cross The River
6 I Forget
7 Actress
8 I’m Really The Kind
9 We Your Dearest Friends
10 Whatever Became Of Her
11 In Honor Of You (George)
12 Grandmother’s House
13 When Manhattan Was A Maiden