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Post by Carps1000 on Jan 22, 2006 12:25:12 GMT -5
Didnt chart here as far as Im aware. But I loved it. Just a true chrimbo gem...Tho I didnt like the jacket ...playtime was good value for the price we were charged to buy it & it was just true carps at christmas. A seperate words sheet was a plus but no logo...shame.carps1000
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 23, 2006 22:19:34 GMT -5
Karen Carpenter is truly a natural with a Christmas song. She has such a beautiful voice which lends itself perfectly to all these songs. In my mind "Christmas Portrait" is the definitive Christmas album. It's simply the very best out there.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 24, 2006 11:04:46 GMT -5
As I think I've mentioned on the forum before, two of my brothers, and our three wives (their wives and my wife) comprised a gospel group for some 20 years. During the last 10 years we were together as a gospel group (before we became Yesterday Once More , the dance band, for another 8 years), we did benefit Christmas Concerts for a Catholic Charity, where we all attended church (at the time). Well, after a couple of years, we were looking for new Christmas material, arrangements, etc. to do for these shows, and magically, A Christmas Portrait hit the shelves. As we were six voices strong, this was a perfect vehicle for us to learn some new music, and for sure have some new arrangements on some old music; like for example - the Winter Wonderland rendition. Wow. That was just too cool. I imagine after everything was said and done, over the next few years, we pulled off everything we could possibly "recreate"(some of Karen's vocals were just out of our ranges!!!! all of our ranges!!! ) and used them in our shows. Of course, we found others - like the Osmonds, Manhattan Transfer, Kenny Rogers, Gatlin Brothers, etc., but Carpenters were always our favorite bunch of songs, and we always did at least one of these arrangements from this Christmas compilation. You are so right, Rick - Karen Carpenter was definitely born to sing Christmas music. And she did it so passionately, and beautifully. Thought I'd share. Best, Tim
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