Carole King – Simple Things

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Label:	Avatar Records (8) – SMAS-11667, Capitol Records – SMAS-11667
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	Jul 18, 1977
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	Simple Things	2:38
A2	Hold On Guitar [Additional] – Rick Evers Twelve-String Guitar – Carole King	4:35
A3	In The Name Of Love	3:04
A4	Labyrinth	4:04
A5	You're The One Who Knows	5:04
B1	Hard Rock Cafe	3:45
B2	Time Alone	2:38
B3	God Only Knows	6:18
B4	To Know That I Love You Guitar [Additional] – Rick Evers	3:30
B5	One Backing Vocals – Louise Goffin, Sherry Goffin	5:02

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc.
Distributed By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Published By – Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Mixed At – A&M Studios
Mixed At – Sound Labs, Hollywood

Credits

Arranged By [Horns] – George Bohanon
Arranged By [Strings] – Carole King
Art Direction – Roy Kohara, Roy Reynolds (2)
Artwork [Label Art] – Terry Kruger
Backing Band – Navarro (7)
Baritone Saxophone – Terry Harrington
Bass – Poonah (Rob Galloway)*
Bass Trombone – Maurice Spears
Concertmaster – Charles Veal*
Congas, Percussion – Miguel Rivera (6)
Design [Label] – Rick Evers
Drums, Percussion – Michael Wooten (2)
Engineer – Milt Calice, Norm Kinney
Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Katz (2)
Engineer [Sound Assistance And Miscellany] – James Tuttle
Ensemble [Quartet], Cello – Dennis Karmazin*
Ensemble [Quartet], Viola – David Campbell
Ensemble [Quartet], Violin – Charles Veal*, Ken Yerke*
Flute, Saxophone – Richard Hardy
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee
Illustration, Photography By – Roy Reynolds (2)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By [Navarro Photo] – Lorrie Sullivan
Producer – Carole King, Norm Kinney
Saxophone – Tom Scott
Strings – David Campbell
Synthesizer – Clark Spangler
Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts
Trombone – George Bohanon
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Nolan Smith, Oscar Brashear
Vocals, Keyboards – Carole King
Written-By – Carole King, Rick Evers (tracks: A1, A2, B4)

Notes

Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing per the rifle marking in run outs.
Canvas-textured gatefold cover, issued with a printed lyric inner sleeve.
Labels display only Capitol logos, but rim text and back cover read "Avatar Records, Manufactured And Distributed By Capitol Records, Inc."

[Gatefold inside:]
All songs published by Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)
These three people [Oscar Brashear, Ernie Watts & George Bohanon] are the Karma Horns and appear courtesy of A&M Horizon Records.
S.I.R. – rehearsals and instrument rentals
A&M and Sound Labs – recording and mixing
Los Angeles – April and May 1977
Printed in U.S.A.

[Rear sleeve:]
Manufactured & distributed by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries EMI, Inc., Hollywood & Vine Streets, Hollywood, California
© ℗ 1977 Capitol Records, Inc.

[Labels:]
℗ 1977 Capitol Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SMAS1-11667
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SMAS2-11667
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - runout side A, etched): SMAS-1-11667 Z5 #5 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - runout side B, etched): SMAS-2-11667 Z5 #3 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - runout side A, etched): SMAS-1-11667 Z5 #2 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - runout side B, etched): SMAS-2-11667 Z5 #4 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - runout side A, etched): SMAS-1-11667 Z5 #4 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - runout side B, etched): SMAS-2-11667 Z5 #4 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - runout side A, etched): SMAS-1-11667 Z5 •-------◁
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - runout side B, etched): SMAS-2-11667 Z5 #2 •-------◁

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Simple Things (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Capitol Records	5C 062-85180	Netherlands	1977
Recently Edited	Simple Things (LP, Album, Stereo, Los Angeles Pressing, Gatefold)	Avatar Records (8), Capitol Records	SMAS-11667	US	1977
Recently Edited	Simple Things (LP, Album)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	EA-ST 11667, 0C 064 85 180	UK	1977
Recently Edited	Simple Things (LP, Album)	Capitol Records	1C 064-85 180	Germany	1977
	Simple Things (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Capitol Records	SMAS-11667	Canada	1977