Hotcakes(LP)(1974)

Carly Simon – Hotcakes

Label: Elektra – 7E-1002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing, Gatefold

Country: US

Released: Jan 1974

Genre: Rock, Pop

Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock

A1 Safe And Sound

Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Rick Marotta

Electric Guitar [Elec. Guitar] – David Spinozza

Piano – Ken Asher*

Written-By – Jacob Brackman 3:36

A2 Mind On My Man

Acoustic Guitar – James Taylor (2)

Bass – Richard Davis (2)

Cabasa [Cabaza] – George Devons*

Congas – Ralph McDonald*

Electric Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli

Piano, Electric Piano, Whistle – Carly Simon 2:57

A3 Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Carl Hall, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Jim Keltner

Electric Guitar [Elec. Guitar] – David Spinozza

Percussion – Ralph McDonald*

Piano, Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon

Vocals [La-la's] – Lucy Simon, Todd Graff 3:55

A4 Older Sister

Acoustic Guitar – James Taylor (2), Jimmy Ryan (3)

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Bennie Diggs And The Revelations*

Bass [Slap Bass] – Larry Brean

Drums – Jim Keltner

Electric Guitar [Elec. Lead Guitar] – David Spinozza

Piano – Carly Simon

Vocals [Ba-yoops] – Richard Perry 3:06

A5 Just Not True

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Lead Guitar] – James Taylor (2)

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Rhythm Guitar] – Jimmy Ryan (3)

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Carly Simon, James Taylor (2)

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Jim Gordon

Piano – Carly Simon 5:16

A6 Hotcakes

Arranged By [Horns Arr. By], Conductor [Horns Cond. By] – James Taylor (2)

Drums – Billy Cobham

Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Bobby Keys

Trombone – Barry Rogers

Trumpet – Steven Madaio*

Tuba, Baritone Saxophone [Bari Sax] – Howard Johnson (3)

Written-By – James Taylor (2) 1:07

B1 Misfit

Acoustic Guitar – James Taylor (2)

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Andy Newmark

Electric Guitar [Elec. Guitar] – Jimmy Ryan (3)

Organ – Ken Asher*

Piano – Carly Simon 3:04

B2 Forever My Love

Acoustic Guitar – Carly Simon

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Lead Guitar] – James Taylor (2)

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Russell Kunkel*

Electric Guitar [Elec. Guitar] – David Spinozza

Piano – Ken Asher*

Written-By – James Taylor (2) 3:25

B3 Mockingbird

Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Bobby Keys

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Jim Keltner

Electric Guitar [Elec. Lead Guitar] – Robbie Robertson

Electric Guitar [Elec. Rhythm Guitar] – Jimmy Ryan (3)

Lyrics By [Additional Lyrics] – James Taylor (2)

Percussion – Ralph McDonald*

Piano, Organ – Dr. John

Soloist, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax Solo] – Michael Brecker

Vocals – Carly Simon, James Taylor (2)

Written-By – Inez & Charlie Fox* 4:11

B4 Grownup

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Piano – Carly Simon

Piano [Piano 2] – Ken Asher* 3:44

B5 Haven't Got Time For The Pain

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Lead Guitar] – James Taylor (2)

Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Rhythm Guitar] – Jimmy Ryan (3)

Arranged By [Strings And Woodwinds Arr. By], Conductor [Strings And Woodwinds Cond. By] – Paul Buckmaster

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Carl Hall, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas

Bass – Klaus Voorman*

Drums – Jim Keltner

Percussion – Ralph McDonald*

Piano – Carly Simon

Written-By – Jacob Brackman 3:50

Recorded At – The Hit Factory

Recorded At – Producers Workshop

Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Designed At – Push Pin Studios

Lacquer Cut At – The Mastering Lab

Art Direction, Design – Vincent Ceci

Engineer [Assistant] – Blaise Castellano

Engineer [Disc Cutting] – Doug Sax

Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Bill Schnee, Harry Maslin

Photography By [Centerfold Photo] – Vieri Salvadori

Photography By [Cover] – Ed Caraeff

Producer – Richard Perry

Written-By – Carly Simon (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B2, B4, B5)

"CP" in runout denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing.

℗ 1974 by Elektra Records.

Recording Locations: The Hit Factory, N.Y.C. (Oct.-Nov., 1973).

Producers Workshop, Los Angeles (Sept., 1973).

TML is stamped in the runouts, all other data is etched.

Matrix / Runout (Label A): 7E-1002-A

Matrix / Runout (Label B): 7E-1002-B

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variation 1): 7E-1002A-5 CP TML

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variation 1): 7E-1002B-5 CP TML 2

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variation 2): 7E-1002A-7 TML CP

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variation 2): 7E-1002B-6 TML CP