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If you purchase the CD of Never Been Gone, you get a 24-page booklet. Carly Simon's essay, noted above, is included. Jack Mauro writes a two-page introduction, then Carly's essay and then you get the song lyrics and credits for each track.
"The Right Thing To Do" written by Carly Simon; track arranged by Carly who plays acoustic guitar and piano on it as well as contributing the lead vocal, Peter Calo contributes acoustic guitar and acoustic bass, Benjamin Taylor offers background vocals and Ben Thomas offers additional piano work as well as drum programming.
"It Happens Every Day" written by Carly Simon; arrangement by Benjamin Taylor, Peter Calo, Larry Clancia, David Saw and Carly Simon, Carly offers vocals, Peter Calo offers backing vocals, as well as acoustic and baritone guitar, Larry Ciancia offers percussion and cajon, Ben Taylor plays acoustic guitar and does loops and backing vocals and Ben Thomas plays bass and electric piano.
"Never Been Gone" written by Jacob Brackman and Carly Simon; track arranged by Ben Taylor, Peter Calo, Larry Ciancia, Teese Gohl, David Saw and Carly Simon, Carly offers vocals and acoustic guitar, Peter Calo, David Saw and Ben Taylor offer acoustic guitar, Ben also offers backing vocals as do Guilia Casalina and Frank Filipetti, Larry Ciancia offers cajon and Teese Gohl offers acoustic piano.
"Boys In The Trees" written by Carly Simon; track arranged, engineered and mixed by Carly Simon who provides vocals and plays all the instruments, Sally Taylor and John Forte provide backing vocals.
"Let The River Run" written by Carly Simon; track arranged by David Saw and Ben Taylor, Carly provides vocals, Margaret Bell, David Saw, Meredith Sheldon and Ben Taylor provide backing vocals with Ben and David also doing acoustic guitar work, Peter Calo plays baritone guitar, Teese Gohl plays piano and string pads and Larry Ciancia plays djembe.
"You're So Vain" written by Carly Simon; David Saw and Ben Taylor did the arrangement, Carly plays guitar and provides vocals, Peter Calo, David Saw and Ben Taylor provide acoustic guitar work and Saw and Taylor provide background vocals as does Frank Filipetti, Teese Gohl plays the acoustic piano, Ben Thomas plays bass and Larry Ciancia provides cajon and percussion.
"You Belong To Me" written by Carly Simon and Michael McDonald; arrangement by John Forte, JK and Ben Taylor, Carly contributes vocals, David Saw, Ben Taylor and John Forte provide backing vocals with Forte also adding acoustic guitar and additional programming, Teese Gohl plays acoustic piano, JK plays lead guitar and Ben Thomas play bass, organ and handles drum programming.
"No Freedom" written by Carly Simon, David Saw and Benjamin Taylor; arrangement by Ben Taylor who also provides acoustic guitar, loops, drum programming, piano, "DJing" and backing vocals, Carly does lead and backing vocals, Larry Ciancia provides drums and percussion and Christopher Thomas plays bass.
"That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" written by Jacob Brackman and Carly Simon, arrangement by Carly who also provides the vocal and keyboard programming as well as the arrangement for the syth guitar Jimmy Parr plays, Ben Taylor offered backing vocals, Teese Gohl handled the conducting duties for the orchestra: Elena Barere, Toni Glicman, Yana Goichman, Ann Lehmann, Katherine Livolsi-Landau and Nancy McAlhaney (violins), Vincey Lionti, Adria Benjamin and Alyssa Smith (violas) and Richard Locker, Stephanie Cummins and Eugene Moye (celli).
"Coming Around Again" written by Carly Simon; arrangement by Carly and David Saw, Carly contributes vocals, David Saw and Ben Taylor provide backing vocals and acoustic guitar work, Peter Calo also offers acoustic guitar work and Larry Ciancia offers cajon and percussion.
"Anticipation" written by Carly Simon; arrangment by Carly and David Saw, Carly provides vocals and acoustic guitar work, Ben Taylor, Meredith Sheldon, Jill Dell'Abate and David Saw provide backing vocals with Saw also providing acoustic guitar work, Larry Ciancia provides cajon, Peter Calo offers acoustic guitar and bass and Teese Gohl offers acoustic piano work.
"Songbird" written by Carly Simon; arrangement by Ben Thomas and Teese Gohl, Carly provides vocal and piano, Ben Thomas provides additional piano work, Peter Calo provides lap stell, Ben Taylor offers backing vocals and Teese Gohl conducts the orchestra: Elena Barere, Toni Glicman, Yana Goichman, Ann Lehmann, Katherine Livolsi-Landau and Nancy McAlhaney (violins), Vincent Lionti, Adria Benjamin and Alyssa Smith (violas) and Richard Locker, Stephanie Cummins and Eugene Moye (celli).
So now those who've downloaded (or plan to download) have all the credits. On the back of the booklet, Carly dedicates the album to Jacob Brackman ("May we both never be completely gone.") and offers various credits and thanks. In addition, the inside cover of the package features two paragraphs by Carly "Note On The Orchid." There's a photo of the orchid on the CD and on the back of the CD package.
Iris Records is the label putting out the album is available on CD and available for download on iTunes and Amazon and at Carly Simon's website which also features various offers on purchasing a CD and assorted other items.
Tonight at 9:00 pm, you can hear Carly on NYC's Q104 ("Streamed Q1043.com" for online listeners). Wednesday she'll be on Fox's Good Day and NBC's Latenight with Jimmy Fallon.
And if you still haven't gotten the album, read Kat's review "Carly Simon's warm benediction."
