sentences:  "City of Gold" drew heavily on material left over from the recording of the previous Pearls album, "The Use of Ashes", which had been recorded in early 1970 with the cream of Nashville's session musicians.Further recording sessions took place in New York later that year, with Rapp taking on producer duties.The album, while having a broadly country/folk feel, is very mixed in content and, in most critics' estimation, quality.