Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends – Roger Nichols Treasury (Blue LP Vinyl)

Roger Nichols wrote some of the most quietly devastating pop songs of the late 1960s, including "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays," both handed to the Carpenters and transformed into cultural touchstones. These demo and commercial tracks offer a rare look at the songwriter's own voice and vision before the hits became someone else's signature, a perspective that rewards anyone who has ever wondered what a song sounds like in the room where it was born.