For me, this 1970 LP is the best “holiday” album. Why? Laura Nyro wrote all the songs, except one, which Carole King did. Felix Cavaliere and Arif Mardin produced it. The backing band are the Swampers from Muscle Shoals – plus Duane Allman AND Alice Coltrane play on it. What more could you want?
– Pat Thomas is the author of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, a book which makes an excellent holiday present.
