Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees

Her career revitalized by the success of "Nobody Does It Better," the theme from The Spy Who Loved Me, Carly Simon returned to record-making with this classy Arif Mardin-produced session, backed by New York's best studio players (Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Will Lee, Richard Tee, David Sanborn, the Brecker Brothers, etc.). Simon reached the Top Ten with "You Belong to Me," a collaboration with Michael McDonald that showed both off at their best, and the album's other Top 40 single was another duet with husband James Taylor on the old Everly Brothers hit "Devoted to You." Taylor also turned up writing and singing elsewhere to good effect. But what really made the album a winner was that Simon had had a couple of years to write some strong songs in her unflinching, reflective style, and she continued to explore the loves and mores of her age and class movingly. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Ligertwood Vocals (Background) Alyia Orme Vocals (Background) Andy Paley Mastering Supervisor Arif Mardin ?, Producer, Sound Effects Arlyne Rothberg Management Barry Rogers Trombone Brooks Tillotson French Horn Carly Simon Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Piano, Guitar Cissy Houston Vocals (Background), Vocals, ? Cornell Dupree Guitar (Electric), Guitar Crusher Bennett Conga, Percussion, Drums (Bass) David Carey Marimba David Sanborn Saxophone, Soloist, Sax (Alto) Deborah Turberville Photography Don Grolnick Piano (Electric), Keyboards, Arp String Ensemble, Arp Strings, Arp Eddie Bert Trombone Eric Gale Guitar (Electric), Guitar Errol Bennett Percussion George Marge Recorder, Recorder (Tenor), Recorder (Soprano) George Young Sax (Alto) Gloria Agostini Harp Gordon Edwards Bass Hamish Stuart Vocals (Background), ?, Obbligatto Vocals, Guitar Harvey Estrin Sax (Alto), Recorder (Soprano), Recorder (Tenor), Recorder Hugh McCracken Guitar (Electric), Guitar, Soloist James Buffington French Horn James Taylor Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals Jaroslav Jakubovic Sax (Baritone) Jeff Mironov Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Joanna Simon Vocals (Background) Joe Farrell Flute Joe Gastwirt Mastering John Hall Vocals (Background), Guitar (Electric), Guitar Johnny Lee Art Direction, Design Ken Bischel Arp Strings, Piano (Electric), Piano Ken Williams Vocals (Background), Vocals (Background) Kenneth Bichel Piano (Electric), Piano, Arp Lewis Hahn Mixing, Engineer Lucy Simon Vocals (Background) Luther Vandross Vocals (Background) Marc Embree Vocals (Background) Margaret Ross Harp Michael Brecker Soloist, Sax (Tenor) Onnie McIntyre Guitar Phil Bodner Oboe Randy Brecker Trumpet Richard Tee Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Piano Ronnie Cuber Sax (Baritone) Rubens Bassini Percussion Ruderick George Vocals (Background) Steve Gadd Drums Steven Dickson Vocals (Background) Stuart Scharf Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Autoharp Tony Lane Art Direction, Design Tony Levin Bass Will Lee Bass