Three new versions of Carpenters’ SINGLES 1969-1973 have been released in Japan in late April of 2014. Richard Carpenter and Bernie Grundman remastered the album for release on an SHM-SACD, a Platinum SHM-CD, and a standard SHM-CD. The first two … Continue reading
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Much like the massive SWEET MEMORY set, the folks at A&M Japan also compiled and released two individual discs of Carpenters music called BEST OF VOL. 1 and VOL 2. These were issued via mail order in 1994 and brought … Continue reading
Recently, a copy of the 1992 compilation from Japan called BEST OF BEST+ was located and cataloged for the site. This was the 2-disc set that gave us fifteen new remixes and those same remixes in karaoke form. This was an … Continue reading
We’ve opened up a new section called References. You’ll find it in the top menu. Currently there’s only one entry there, our post clarifying the differences between the old, original A&M CDs and the newer Remastered Classics. As we add … Continue reading
A new Carpenters collection on CD, CARPENTERS COLLECTED, has been released in 2013. It comes from the Netherlands and is essentially identical to the 2006 ULTIMATE COLLECTION from that same division of Universal. Containing 34 Carpenters tracks over two discs, … Continue reading
Ed, one of our A&M Corner members, is developing a site that features detailed scans of a number of albums that he’s fond of. In addition, he’s got a whole section devoted to Carpenters records artwork. Not just front and … Continue reading