Product Description Limited double 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. The Collected album by The Carpenters brings a beautiful collection from the immense popular soft-pop duo. From their humble beginnings in the late 1960s until today, siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter are one of the most successful duos in musical history. With Karen's absolutely perfect vocal delivery and Richard's creative arrangements, they were unstoppable. This set inside a gatefold sleeve brings together their hits, album tracks and more. It delivers the best selection of easy listening songs in a nutshell. Glorious pop nuggets by The Carpenters will melt the heart and uplift the soul, including 'Close to You', 'Ticket to Ride', 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Superstar', 'Rainy Days And Mondays', 'Bless the Beasts And the Children', 'Hurting Each Other' and many more. A Easter egg is the track 'Karen's Theme' by Richard Carpenter, who dedicated this song to Karen after her tragic death in 1983. About the Artist The 'Collected' album by the Carpenters brings a beautiful collection from the immense popular soft-pop duo. From their humble beginnings in the late 1960s until today, siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter are one of the most successful duos in musical history. With Karen's absolutely perfect vocal delivery and Richard's creative arrangements, they are unstoppable. This 2LP set inside a gatefold sleeve brings together their hits, album tracks and more. It delivers the best selection of easy listening songs in a nutshell. Glorious pop nuggets by the Carpenters will melt the heart and uplift the soul, including 'Close to You', 'Ticket to Ride', 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Superstar', 'Rainy Days And Mondays', 'Bless the Beasts And the Children', 'Hurting Each Other' and many more. A Easter egg is the track 'Karen's Theme' by Richard Carpenter, who dedicated this song to Karen after her tragic death in 1983. Producing a distinctively soft musical style, they became one of the best-selling music artists of all time. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 11 albums, 31 singles, five television specials and a short-lived television series. The Carpenters had three No. 1 singles and five No. 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen No. 1 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart. In addition, they had twelve top 10 singles. To date, the Carpenters' album and single sales total more than 100 million units.
D**S
Every track is amazing
Great album, amazing songs, perfect sound. Lots of tracks too.
D**R
Must buy
Proper album 27g great quality vinyl I think it is a brilliant album of some of there greatest hits a must buy for any carpenters fan and at a great amazon price
C**R
excellent quality sound
From music on vinyl
D**E
Carpenters Collected
A perfect album with songs sung by the excellent Karen Carpenter. What a legacy for them both. Just love playing and listening to this album.
C**
Must have something by the Carpenters
Having decided to return to albums this collection was a must. All the best songs by the carpenters a perfect addition to my collection.
M**Y
Bought For My Wife
I bought this for my wife and she loves it. Can't say anything more than that.
M**N
Good pressing
Good pressing very good buy
K**S
A bit different these mixes, it's like someone has removed all the atmosphere from these mixes
I'm not saying some of the mixes on this compilation are rubbish, they are not, they are different to the mixes i am used to from the 1970s and the mixes on the Carpenters SACD series which are perfection.It is very well presented in a gatefold sleeve inside a clear duable lose fitting bag with the usual 'Music On Vinyl' sticker on the front which astounds me as to why 'Music On Vinyl' would be proud of this pressing.As mentioned in the header the atmosphere has been sucked out of this recording, it's Mono like in it's presentation, but if this, along with other 'Vinyl recordings' i have purchased of late. is the new normal practice by record pressing plants to reduce surface noise then every vinyl recording that suffers these issues i purchase will be sent back because it is not on, £33.19 for what can be called 'A Monophonic LP'Just to clarify a point, i purchased 'Rumours' from Fleetwood Mac on new release vinyl and the sound is superb, Tusk was not but that recording is down to poor mixing of the album.What a shame, none of this is Amazons fault or any Amazon traders fault ether.I will purchase the CD copy of this album from Amazon to compare and will let the Vinyl recording purchases know how i feel.
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