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Jack A. br> Olympia, Washington /p>

Great article, but then you veered over a cliff at the end.

Why bring Carole King into it? Tapestry was, I think the best selling album of all time until the mid-1970's when it was pushed out of that position by, of all people, Peter Frampton.

And, let's face it, if you write "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" you don't need to do anything else in your career -- in your life! And what is wrong with writing it for the Shirelles?

"Some Kind of Wonderful." "Up on the Roof." "It's Too Late." "You've Got a Friend." And I am only getting staaated!!!

And I think you are a little hard on Dylan. I never could figure out what Desolation Row was about but once you hear it, you can't get it out of your mind:

"They're making(?) postcards of the hanging / They're painting the passports brown / The beauty parlor's filled with sailors / The circus is in town / Here comes the blind commissioner / They've got him in a trance / One hand's tied to the tightrope walker / The other is in his pants.

And that's from memory! As I say, I had no idea what it meant in 1967 and I have no idea now!! But it sounds great.

p>And Carole King!! If you stacked up all her gold records you could start your own country. br> -- Greg Richards /p>

I have never seen a list of "all-time greatest recordings" that was remotely valuable. The only purpose of such lists is to fill space in music magazines that are desperate for music worth writing about. Everyone has favorites, and many of mine didn't make the list. I'm not too upset about it. I doubt anyone has written a better song than Tonio K's "You Will Go Free," but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for it to appear on anyone's list of favorites.

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