Carly and Sally

One of my favorite recorded performers is Carly Simon. I was looking over my collections to make sure that I have some access to her albums.

This all started when my new Ipod blitzed out and Apple supplied me a new one sans all the assets on it. So it provided my a good chance prioritize what I really need to carry. The 120 gb space allows the ipod user plenty of space to stretch. And then there is the new Iphone.

The 32 gbs on the phone for songs and other stuff makes the big ipod somewhat redundant.. don't tell Sue. You really only need to carry 20 gbs with you at the most at anytime. Still what needs to be on it?

Surely I need a Carly Simon album with all the greatest hits. Looking over my collection on the computer, I realized that I did not have a "Greatest Hits' sort of collection. I have the Anthology which has them all..Really too many to listen to in one sitting.I decided to make a "short" list of the songs that should be brought along. In the process I checked into ITunes and discovered that there was a new to me album "Into White" that has a number of really good classic covers on them. So downloaded they came to my computer. Her tonal range has dropped to lower registers. This makes some songs not as predictable as they used to be. The orchestration is just wonderful. The tone is great too.

Then I checked on e-music.. and son of a gun they had it. I just paid to get it from Itunes.. I didn't have many downloads left at emiuic anyway..

Then I saw a reference to her daughter, Sally Taylor, and after sampling through her songs on emusic.. I just had to add a couple of albums of hers to my collection. So there I was buying the supplemental pack. My 100 downloads turnover again the first of August.. so not so long to wait.

Sally Taylor, the daughter of Carly and James Taylor has a different kind of sound than her mothers. She does not have the orchestration behimd her melodies but they are nicely made in a more indie manner.

Take care : ) Pat