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A&M Records - http://www.amrecords.com/ |
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B0002996-36 |
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Carpenters: Singles 1969-1981 |
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"Singles 1969-1981"
Carpenters |
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1. Yesterday Once More
2. We've Only Just Begun
3. Superstar
4. Rainy Days And Mondays
5. Goodbye To Love
6. I Believe You
7. It's Going To Take Some Time
8. This Masquerade
9. Ticket to Ride
10. Top Of The World
11. Only Yesterday
12. Hurting Each Other
13. Please Mr. Postman
14. Merry Christmas, Darling
15. Sing
16. Bless The Beasts and Children
17. I Won't Last A Day Without You
18. Touch Me When We're Dancing
19. For All We Know
20. (They Long to Be) Close to You
21. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) |
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Pop/Rock |
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Stereo/Multichannel |
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Hybrid |
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Produced for SACD: Richard Carpenter
Surround Sound mix: Al Schmitt and Richard Carpenter at Capital Studios, Hollywood, California
Pro Tools Editing: Bill Smith at Sky's the Limit Studios, Studio City, California
Mastering: Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
Digital Editing: Stewart Whitmore at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California
Stereo Fold-down mixes: Richard Carpenter and Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, California
SACD authoring: Lon Neumann
Supervised for SACD: Paul Bishow and Michael Etchart |
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Review by Darla February 27, 2005 (6 of 7 found this review helpful)
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Well... got this SACD two weeks ago and wasn't really sure what to expect.
Didn't know many songs of the Carpenters (so I thought) except of "Close to You".
By listening to the SACD I repeating got the feeling "oh, I like that one, didn't know it was a Carpenter-Song, yai!"
But I guess most of the people know what to expect from the musical content of this CD.
Now to the SACD-Multichannel Track... IT'S BEAUTIFUL! It's clear, warm, great sonics, sounds natural and recent!
There are barely some Surround-Effects, but that wouldn't fit to that kind of Music anyway!
I didn't listen to the Stereo-Track but as a matter of principal I think that SACDs only make sense if they have a Multichannel-Track and you are able to use it! ;)
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Review by Compression Must Die February 21, 2005 (6 of 14 found this review helpful)
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I bought this disc primarily for the WAF (wife approval factor). My wife has enjoyed the "improved" 2-channel SACD layer for what it is, a collection of soft rock tunes. Karen Carpenter's voice still sounds great, even if the material is dated.
During our listening sessions I have pretty much kept my opinions to myself though. Not even the benefits of DSD/SACD mastering can save the majority of these tracks from death by compression. This disc really could be the poster child for a "you can't make crappy source material sound better by remastering it" national campaign.
Little if any improvements are made to the sound of the backing instruments, save a couple. You CAN hear the lower register of Richard Carpenter's piano more clearly. You can also hear the drums more clearly (though whether you'd want to is subject to debate). Subtle improvements may also exist in the vocals, but the overall compression is so bad on this one that I cannot bear to listen to it without my wife.
Only the last track has any degree of fidelity. While the viability of the tune and its precepts are easily mocked, track 21 (Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft) actually does sound good. All the instruments and vocals are clear. It makes you wonder what the rest of the disc would be like sans death by compression.
Buy it for the WAF only....
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Review by localhero June 21, 2008 (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
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Can't sat I was a fan of the Carpenters, but this disc is excellent! Found myself breaking into a smile at times while listening.
The sonics are just what one would hope for from a 70s master - clean and smooth, with just a hint of the nice kind of tape distortion. The surround mix is superb, with special kudos to the vocal spread on "Ticket to Ride".
I didn't notice any of the compression problems that others have mentioned. Sometimes a bit of that is good for pop music of this sort, anyway.
Karen sure could sing, indeed. And Richard knew his melodies, arrangements, and recording. You might wish for more variation in style. But just when it gets a bit tedious, on comes a "Masquerade" or "Calling Occupants" to demonstrate the Carpenters' ability to push beyond the usual.
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