Tapestry Legacy Edition

Album arrived on time. Played perfectly, cover showed signs of wear which is expected from an album that old. But the album itself was perfect as stated by seller.

I'll admit -- I'm one of those people who feel that TAPESTRY is one of the greatest albums of all time. So my review of this new 2-CD edition is colored by that view.TAPESTRY is one of only a handful of albums ever released that contains only total winners (in terms of songs). Many artists produce great albums, but there are always a couple of songs that I don't like as much as the others. Not so with TAPESTRY. Every song on the album deserves five stars.This 2-CD set contains the complete original album, along with a second disc of previously-unreleased live recordings of (most of) the songs from the album. These live versions were chosen because they strip the songs down to their pure essence -- Carole at the keyboard and on vocals, with nothing else. This is a fantastic thing to have paired with the original album. Sound quality is excellent, performances are inspired and passionate.The set loses a star, though, because it's just not as good as it COULD have been. TAPESTRY has already been issued in a remastered, expanded edition. (This version appears to be the same mastering as the previous one.) However, the first expanded edition included two bonus tracks (one a previously-unreleased studio track, the other a live recording), and neither of those bonus tracks were included in this new edition. So if you want to have a "complete" TAPESTRY, you have to own both versions of the album. To me, this smacks of record company greed -- let's see how many times we can get these suckers to buy the same album. Sony has done this same thing recently with Michael Jackson's THRILLER. And Elvis Costello fans know all about this sort of thing...If you're a Carole King fan, you will definitely want this set. If you don't care about live versions of the songs, you can stick with the single-disc remastered version from a few years back. But if, like me, you're a die-hard aficionado, you'll have to have both. It's only shelf space!

CD WAS FINE BUT CASE WAS IN PIECES.

It's Carole. What else is there to say?

I love this album so much. It reminds me of my childhood and listening to Carole King with my mom. So many amazing tracks on one album. I like to buy vinyl that I can listen to the whole album of (yep, I am lazy and don't want to have to locate the track.) This one is perfect for that. A classic. It arrived in perfect condition and I am SO glad that I was able to find this on amazon.

Best gift to myself

Perfect! New two disc set of Carol's hits from the 70's. Love!

Carol King is brilliant. The live versions are excellent and in the same sequence as the popular album, adding a degree of predictability to the non-produced live versions. The performances are - at times - a bit tentative in an innocent way, and give a genuine impression of an up and coming superstar who has launched a promising career but still has big things to come. It presents a refreshing view that makes her music more "real" than the pasturized version we're all familiar with. I highly recommend it to anyone who grew up "in the era." You will not be disappointed.

Just as we remembered this timeless classis, and even better with the bonus tracks. Exceptionally warm sound as we expect from vinyl.

There are few albums of which it can be said that anyone who appreciates music with integrity should own a copy. This is one such album. This particular issue includes a second disc of live, acoustic versions of each song which further reveals the superb quality and craftmanship exhibited here.There are few albums of which it can be said that each song on them is a classic. This is one such album. Enjoy!

I have grown up with album. First on vinyl then cassette then CD but finally, even though it's been our for a long time, I finally upgraded to the Legacy Edition..............and boy was it worth the wait. First of all the Album itself sound so much better than my nearly 13 year old original CD. Thank god for remastering. The tracks sound crisper and clearer than ever before. I know some people complain about the sound on a CD being too clean sometimes but on this occasion the cleaner sound makes for a brand new experience. As for the bonus 2nd CD. It's Carole at her best. All that disappoints me is the lack of a live version of "Where You Lead". Other than that this is one CD that I thing can't get any better

Love this CD

A lovely, gifted singer of varied songs. A joy.