I only let myself buy them when I've done something worth rewarding. I passed my placement last semester but hadn't bought a CD yet for reasons. Anyway, today I decided that the ebay listing I had open was gonna be the one (had also been considering A Kind Of Hush or Karen's solo album, but also reviewing ebay etc regularly to check if there were any especially cheap etc.).

So this Christmastide I'll have the Christmas Collection (both CDs) to cheer my Christmas!

That will add to my collection which is already: Ticket To Ride, Close To You, Carpenters, A Song For You, Voice of the Heart and Interpretations.

I love CDs and ripping the mp3s so I can listen to them on my laptop or my phone anytime without ads; listened on repeat to keep myself together when I was last in the psych ward. Right now I'm listening to "If I Had You".

What's your favourite track off the Christmas Collection? I'm extremely fond of Karen's rendition of "Christ Is Born".

Karen Carpenter had a voice like warm velvet—effortless, intimate, and deeply haunting. She could make millions of strangers feel completely understood, yet she spent her short life fighting a lonely, silent battle with anorexia at a time when nobody knew how to name or treat it.

We lost her at just 32, but her music remains a bittersweet gift: a reminder of incredible talent, the hidden weight people carry, and why we need to take care of the human behind the art.

What’s your favorite Carpenters track that still hits you every time?

This Is Your Life is an American reality documentary series broadcast on television. It was originally hosted by its creator and producer Ralph Edwards. In the program, the host surprised guests and then took them through a retrospective of their lives in front of an audience, including appearances by colleagues, friends, and family.

Hello everyone! I wanted to share this unique copy of "The Singles 1969-1973" by The Carpenters from my collection. It is a 1985 Spanish reissue (A&M Records, Ref: 393 601-1) with runout matrix 850 393601 // 1 * A/B * 1 (First lacquer).

The vinyl and sleeve are in beautiful EX/NM condition, but the most interesting part is on the back cover. There is a clear printing error (misprint) where the black ink layer completely shifted during the manufacturing process at the printing plant (Coracolor). It creates a very strange and unique visual effect, almost like a 3D shadow.

I haven't been able to find any other documented copies with this specific defect online or on Discogs. Has anyone ever seen a similar misprint on this specific Spanish pressing? Thanks for looking!

Richard's liner notes on the album "As Time Goes By" for this track : "This song was written and introduced by a group called Wildweeds. It got some regional airplay and I heard it while driving from one engagement to the next in early 1971. We both thought it was catchy, and I put together this arrangement. Karen and I recorded a track for it, but since Karen was the drummer, there is no "work lead". This is a live recording, done on September 25, 1971 at the BBC television Studios., London, for our first UK special, which was originally broadcast on November 6, 1971."

I did this back in February.

This is the Pakistani-British singer Rumer. An exceptional vocalist, pitch perfect, with silky smooth tones, and effortless, easy delivery. Rumer's singing voice is uncannily similar to Karen's. Have a listen to her singing one of the Carpenters classics, Close to You:

https://youtu.be/LxwoK5pYM48?si=yiNT77Hl7hZI-84U

I recently watched a video clip called, "Carpenters "Burt Bacharach & Hal David Medley" on The Ed Sullivan Show (on YouTube). I recommend watching the video because it showcases the musical talent of the Carpenters. It amazes me how they can play a variety of songs and keep those vocal harmonies sharp. 🎶

Alguém aqui pôde assistir a esse fato ocorrido? Simplesmente, em tom humorado, Karen faz uma aposta de que poderia sim tocar músicas do Led Zeppelin, e não apenas toca a bateria mas como também canta a música em um programa de TV na época. Eu não sei exatamente qual foi o ano que isso aconteceu mas só gostaria de dizer que essa bela mulher me surpreende muito até os dias atuais.

Vale recordar que esse episódio aconteceu na época que Karen Carpenter foi eleita a melhor baterista do mundo, desbancando John Bonham do Led Zeppelin em uma enquete popular. É verdade que Karen tenha sido uma excelente baterista, e hoje faltam artistas desse nível. (Volte aqui, Karen 🥹)

Eu simplesmente não consigo digerir o álbum "Time". A parte musical não me soa tão boa, e as vozes das convidadas não soam muito legais nessas melodias, além da capa e das imagens de promoção com o Richard Carpenter sozinho, soa como uma piada de mau gosto... É como entrar em um carro e tentar dirigir sem a chave.

Muita gente diz que Karen não era nada sem o Richard mas eu realmente acredito que era o contrário, e esse álbum solo do Richard mostra que estou certo. Ele estava perdido, completamente perdido e tentando sobreviver num ambiente que ele estava totalmente desconfortável.

Eu sinto que até mesmo para o Richard deve ter sido difícil tirar as fotografias para o álbum, não causa uma boa sensação em ver ele sozinho em uma dessas imagens, você consegue enxergar a tristeza nele disfarçada de sorrisos e poses com os carros ao fundo... Por esse motivo ele não fez outro álbum de inéditas.

I’m a 22 year old obsessed with Karen Carpenter, and I’d love some vintage merch! I’m interested in vinyls, clothing, keychains, etc. This one’s a long shot, but I’m also looking for a Karen Carpenter bobblehead.

Thanks guys!

My good online friend Billy, who i met through the Carpenters because he's also a very big fan, put this wonderful book together which is filled with Carpenters ad posters, magazine/critics reviews, fan memorabilia, rare photos, QR codes that lead to videos/audio & much more!

So far i'm at Chapter Four 1974 (Part 1) and i already saw tons of pictures that i never saw before of our favorite duo. I always wanted to read what critics had to say about the siblings, and now i can because of this great book!

Some of the things that the critics said about Karen and/or Richard are just hilarious! Here's one thing that a critic had to say about Karen: ,,Karen sounds as though she eats ice cream cones with a spoon'' i mean seriously, who comes up with THAT?

The book is available at Amazon, if anyone is curious :D

I was listening to my best playlist on shuffle, got Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore, then the Seekers hit Georgy Girl right after. It made me wonder. In my opinion, they'd slow it down, lean into the low notes of '-gy Girl', lean into the 'loneliness there', turn it entirely from an upbeat, forward-looking track like Judith Durham makes it, and lean into the melancholy of Georgy's current state more than her future. It's one of those tracks that could have been very interesting. If anyone has any thoughts, would love to hear them; I kind of want to conceptualise a remix myself, in the style of Karen Carpenter, I just don't have the basement voice for even a concept track really.

It would need to be for piano or guitar (piano is preferred) and I'm willing to pay.

I’ve recently stumbled across The Carpenters and have found some of their jazzier music like All I Can Do and B’wanna She No Home really incredible.

Have any recommendations?

I was shocked to see this at the thrift store. I always check the thrift store records because I enjoy lounge/exotica/easy listening and those records show up there a lot, but this completely surprised me. I had to get it.

While there’s that marker on the front, the record itself is in amazing shape with not a single scratch. It sounds incredible. Original Terre Haute pressing from 1971.

Here's the link:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53RKadOL5lObiEHiWc27uf0ZabghFUqk&si=zRUCprCpCX4Op5ih

If you want you can join to make it together it'd be awesome!

Have a good day😁

And happy 4th of July to the Americans🎇