Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)

CD1

1. Boys In The Trees
2. Winken’, Blinkin’ And Nod – The Simon Sisters
3. Orpheus
4. Older Sister
5. It Was So Easy
6. Embrace Me, You Child
7. Hello Big Man
8. Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)
9. It Happens Everyday
10. His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
11. I’m All It Takes To Make You Happy
12. That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be
13. I’ve Got To Have You
14. Anticipation
15. Legend In Your Own Time
16. Three Days

CD2

1. Julie Through The Glass
2. We Have No Secrets
3. You’re So Vain
4. Mind On My Man
5. Mockingbird
6. After The Storm
7. Haunting
8. In Times When My Head
9. You Belong To Me
10. We’re So Close
11. From The Heart
12. Come Upstairs
13. The Right Thing To Do
14. Showdown
15. I Can’t Thank You Enough

Just days before Carly Simon’s long-awaited memoir, Boys in the Trees, arrives, Rhino will release the book’s musical companion, SONGS FROM THE TREES (A MUSICAL MEMOIR COLLECTION).

In the collection’s liner notes, the acclaimed singer/songwriter explains the music’s connection to her book: “This is a special album that serves as an additional way to look at my stories. Most of these songs are precursors to what eventually became the book...If you feel like playing this puzzle, there are clues of how to cross-reference the songs with the chapters, pages and words.”

With 31 tracks spread across two disc, the compilation spans a great deal of the award-winning artist’s stellar career, from her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to her meteoric solo career, which yielded 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song “You’re So Vain.”

Longtime fans will appreciate the inclusion of two unreleased tracks: “Showdown” originally recorded during the sessions for her 1978 album Boys In The Trees and “I Can’t Thank You Enough,” a recent duet with her son Ben Taylor.

The compilation focuses primarily on the music Simon released during the Seventies with 20 tracks selected from seven studio albums recorded during that period. Among the many highlights are: “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” from her self-titled, 1971 debut, “The Right Thing To Do,” from her first #1 album No Secrets (1972), “Mockingbird,” the gold-certified single, “From The Heart” from 1981’s Torch, as well as the title tracks from 1980’s Come Upstairs and 1983’s Hello Big Man.

Simon’s memoir Boys in the Trees reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, to a meteoric career in which she became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing “Anticipation” and “We Have No Secrets” among many others.  Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to Taylor. Boys in the Trees is available November 24 from Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillian.