Flat Baroque single mix

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In a roundabout way, we’ve once again been made aware of something that had slipped by us before, and that’s that there exists a dedicated single mix of the song “Flat Baroque”. 1351-B Flat Baroque 45Member Rick-An Ordinary Fool tried to tell us about it way back in 2003 – and it was reinforced by member A&M Retro, yet it went largely unnoticed for all these years.

The single mix is apparently only found on the b-side of the 45 of “It’s Going To Take Some Time“, and does not appear to be on THE COMPLETE SINGLES that Public Television sponsored and released.

Join us in our forum discussion of this fascinating find.

Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (reversed stereo)

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CarpAnthology89It has come to our attention that there exists a version of “Jambalaya” that has the stereo reversed. While it exists on two compilations from Great Britain, it also appears on the first version of the Japan ANTHOLOGY. The British releases are SINGLES 1974-1978 and the 1984 edition of YESTERDAY ONCE MORE, both the SING1 LP and the rare CD.carpyesterdayUK1984carpsingles7478

We’ve located someone in the UK (thanks, Nick!) who had a copy of the “Jambalaya” single and we’ve been able to confirm that the single has the same stereo orientation as the NOW & THEN album version.

That means that for our purposes, we can point to the SINGLES 1974-1978 compilation as being the origination point for the backwards stereo version.

Rainy Days & Mondays pays tribute to Carpenters

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A Minneapolis/St. Paul area group called Rainy Days & Mondays has been performing their Carpenters tribute around the area.  Musician Boyd Lee and wife Aimee (who sings in Karen Carpenter’s alto range) have assembled a group which stays true to the Carpenters sound, preferring real strings and horns over synthesizers and giving the group its authentic sound.  They are making two Twin Cities appearances later in January.  You can read more about these productions at DL-Online and keep up with their activities on their Facebook page.

To comment, please join the discussion in our Carpenters Forum.

 

Public Television Exclusive- Carpenters The Complete Singles

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IT HAS BEGUN TO ARRIVE- the long-awaited CARPENTERS THE COMPLETE SINGLES!

TJL Productions, in conjunction with America’s Public Television stations, is releasing an exclusive new Carpenters Singles collection:

CarpCompleteSinglesIn late November and early December, many Public Television stations will be airing an updated rebroadcast of CLOSE TO YOU: REMEMBERING THE CARPENTERS. As part of their pledge drive associated with this airing, the stations will offer premiums that include the new, expanded DVD and also a brand new CD compilation featuring all of the A and B-sides to Carpenters’ US singles. This new compilation is exclusive to this Public Television project and will not be available in any retail outlet, so real fans who have been seeking out some of these rare mixes should take advantage of the offer and support their Public Television station.

The 3-CD set has beenissued by TJL Productions, has been compiled by Jim Pierson with assistance and supervision from Richard Carpenter, and has been mastered by the Erick Labson at Universal Mastering.

Our Resource has just obtained this release and we’ve verified and detailed all of the tracks and mixes used. Be sure to listen carefully yourself in case we missed something. Meanwhile, check out the discussion in our Forum and the new album’s page in our discography.

 

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Promotional Advertisements

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As with many recording artists, Carpenters’ output was supported with promotional advertisements that were placed in trade magazines like Billboard, Cashbox, etc. These ads generally appeared during the week that the promotional singles and albums were being sent to radio stations as an extra nudge to get programmers to play the new recorded works and then were never seen again, except to those who saved the magazines.

Billboard VOTH Promo Ad Oct 29 1983

A&M Corner member Chris-An Ordinary Fool has been diligently retrieving these from various web archives and we thought they should be seen among the relevant pages of our site. Sometimes the artwork was inspired, and other times not-so-much. But they are all fun to look at. Thanks Chris!