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Carole King – Tapestry
Title: Carole King | Tapestry
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971, Rock, Classic Rock, Los Angeles
Matrix #: SP 77009
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
- Personal Struggle King was coming out of personal upheaval and divorce, turning private instability into songs that felt intimate without sounding self-pitying.
- Studio Lore The sessions were deliberately relaxed, with close friends like James Taylor and Joni Mitchell orbiting the same Laurel Canyon world around the record.
- Media Narrative Tapestry helped redefine what a major pop star could look like, making a soft-spoken songwriter more culturally powerful than many louder rock personalities.
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