Peter Asher

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359 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Fresh Air · Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

And we heard Carol sing this brand new song she just finished called You've Got a Friend.

And James fell in love with the song completely.

So eventually we asked Carol if James could learn it.

And finally asked, rather nervously I think, whether she would consider letting us record it, even though knowing that she was going to record it as well.

And both versions of You've Got a Friend got made.

And the miracle is, rather than hurting anybody, it was a huge success on both counts.

James' version of You've Got a Friend was a number one single all over the place.

And Carol's version of You've Got a Friend was a key track on the album that became tapestry and went on to sell a gazillion billion copies.

It's quite minimal.

Carol didn't actually play on our version.

It's basically James and Danny Korchmar on a couple of acoustic guitars and Russ Kunkel playing congas, I think, largely.

I think I may be playing cabasa on it, doing little tiny backbeats on the chorus, but that's about it.

I don't remember exactly.

I suppose Different Drum was a hit and Long Long Time was a hit.

But she hadn't taken off in a huge way, I guess.

And I hadn't heard of her.

I mean, I'd heard the records, I think, on the radio.

But I didn't know anything about her.

And somebody recommended I go and see her.

I said, go and see this girl who's playing at the Bitter End in New York.

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