1973 Carole King – Fantasy
Fantasy is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1973. At the time of its release, it only reached #6 on the Billboard album chart, but has remained highly regarded by her fans over the ensuing decades. Presented as a sort of song cycle, the album opens and closes with two versions of the title song and the songs on each side segue directly into one another.
The Spanish language track “Corazón” (the Spanish word for “heart”, also used as a term of endearment, as in this song’s lyrics) was a moderate hit single from the album, as was “Believe in Humanity”. The flip side of the latter single, “You Light Up My Life” (not the Debby Boone hit), charted separately from its A-side.
Tracks
1 Fantasy Beginning (Carole King ) 01:03
2 You’ve Been Around Too Long (Carole King ) 03:42
3 Being At War With Each Other (Carole King ) 03:26
4 Directions (Carole King ) 03:59
5 That’s How Things Go Down (Carole King ) 03:01
6 Weekdays (Carole King ) 02:46
7 Haywood (Carole King ) 04:46
8 A Quiet Place To Live (Carole King ) 01:56
9 Welfare Symphony (Carole King ) 03:47
10 You Light Up My Life (Carole King ) 03:13
11 Corazon (Carole King ) 04:05
12 Believe In Humanity (Carole King ) 03:19
13 Fantasy End (Carole King ) 01:25
Biography
Musicians
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Double Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
Guitar | David T Walker |
Keyboards | Carole King |
Euphonium | George Bohanon |
Flugelhorn | Al Aarons |
Flugelhorn | Chuck Findley |
Flugelhorn | Ollie Mitchell |
Sax | Curtis Amy |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
Sax | Mike Altschul |
Sax | Tom Scott |
Trombone | Charlie Loper |
Trombone | Dick Hyde |
Trombone | George Bohanon |
Trumpet | Al Aarons |
Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
Trumpet | Ollie Mitchell |
Bongos | Bobbye Hall |
Congas | Bobbye Hall |
Vocals | Carole King |
Strings
Cello – Denis Brott, Dennis Karmazyn, Jeffrey Solow, Judy Perett
Viola – Alan DeVeritch, David Campbell, Denyse Buffum, Paul Polivnick
Violin – Barry Socher, Glenn Dicterow, Gordon Marron, Haim Shtrum, Kathleen Lenski, Kenneth Yerke, Miwako Watanabe, Polly Sweeney, Robert Lipsett, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Thomas Buffum
Liner Notes
Producer – Lou Adler
Arranged By (Horns, Strings)– Carole King
Engineer – Hank Cicalo
Engineer (Assistant) – Steve Mitchell
Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
Illustration – Drew Struzan
Phonographic Copyright Ode Records Inc
Copyright Colgems Music Corp