Carly Simon an instant hit, reaching No. 3 on "Billboard's" Album Chart and was certified Gold. "Hotcakes" included two top ten singles, "Mockingbird", a duet with James Taylor that peaked at No. 5 on "Billboard's" Pop Singles chart, and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain", which hit No. 2 on "Billboard's" Adult Contemporary chart. The same year, Simon provided vocals on Tom Rush's album "Ladies Love Outlaws" and co-sang with Rush on "No Regrets" and as backup on "Claim on Me". In 1975, Elektra released her first greatest-hits album, "The Best of Carly Simon", which became Simon's all-time best selling disc and
James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine Owl" (b/w "Brighten Your Night with My Day") was released as an unsuccessful single by Jay Gee Records, a subsidiary of Jubilee Records, no work towards an album release went forward. Taylor subsequently signed with Apple Records, failed commercially again, but then became a huge success with Warner Bros. Records on "Sweet Baby James" in 1970 and "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon" in 1971. Euphoria Records then released the sessions using the name "The Original Flying Machine", to distinguish the group from the UK outfit The Flying Machine who had emerged in 1969 with the hit song "Smile