Carly Simon Turns Candid: Platinum-Certified No Secrets Features an All-Star Cast and the No. 1 Hit “You’re So Vain,” Ranked by Rolling Stone Among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
1972 Album Available on 180g 45RPM 2LP for the First Time: Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies, Mobile Fidelity's Reissue Plays with Wide Soundstages and Balanced Tones
1/4” / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
Carly Simon’s No. 1 smash “You’re So Vain” lingers as one of the most clever and famous songs ever recorded. The subject of mass speculation ever since its release, soon after which it occupied the top spot on multiple Billboard charts for weeks, the anthem kept a captive public guessing at the identity of its smug subject for decades. The question surrounding the protagonist’s identity remained perhaps the only mystery on the otherwise sexually open and autobiographically daring No Secrets, Simon’s commercial breakthrough and ‘70s singer-songwriter staple.
Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 45RPM 2LP set affords the platinum-certified 1972 effort the finest sonic treatment it’s received on vinyl. Helmed by Richard Perry and recorded at London’s Trident Studios — where Beatles, David Bowie, and Elton John captured landmark LPs — No Secrets touts exceptional production qualities highlighted by this restorative reissue.
Audiophiles and record collectors, take note: This is the first time No Secrets has been available on 45RPM. The wider grooves and dead-quiet surfaces pay instant dividends. Simple, elegant, and disarming, songs seemingly float amid wide, deep soundstages. Simon’s voice takes on a confident, assertive tenor that emerges with accurate imaging, balanced tonality, and palpable presence. String arrangements and backing vocals come through with similar realism.
Track Listing
Side One:
The Right Thing to Do
The Carter Family
Side Two:
You’re So Vain
His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin
We Have No Secrets
Side Three:
Embrace Me, You Child
Waited So Long
Side Four:
It Was So Easy
Night Owl
When You Close Your Eyes
