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Post by GoodOldDreams on Oct 27, 2006 22:26:40 GMT -5
Hi Rick,
The new background photo you have posted on the forum pages currently is a pleasant surprise. I feel as if I were a kid on Christmas morning, surrounded by a mountainous mosaic of colorful gift wraps and fun toys to play with on the living room floor! The items in the photo probably constitute only a very small fraction of your vast collection of music. While most of the items look familiar to me, I am wondering what are the contents of the two CDs (with pictures of Karen by herself) on the top of the photo — are they compilations you have created or are they commercially available items?
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by wisejester7 on Oct 27, 2006 23:06:22 GMT -5
Ditto. Love the new background!
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Post by smoothie2 on Oct 27, 2006 23:56:16 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 28, 2006 21:00:05 GMT -5
Hi Rick, The new background photo you have posted on the forum pages currently is a pleasant surprise. I feel as if I were a kid on Christmas morning, surrounded by a mountainous mosaic of colorful gift wraps and fun toys to play with on the living room floor! The items in the photo probably constitute only a very small fraction of your vast collection of music. While most of the items look familiar to me, I am wondering what are the contents of the two CDs (with pictures of Karen by herself) on the top of the photo — are they compilations you have created or are they commercially available items? Thanks for sharing! Hi Dreams...
To answer your question about the two discs you enquire about.
The one on the left (near "An OldFashioned Christmas" is called "More Offerings". This is a bootleg released by the Thin Lines Crossed production company. The disc includes 16 tracks - much of which have been released by now. A few of the gems on this are the "Make Your Own Kind Of Music" Medley, "And When I Die", "In The Old Fashioned Way" (w/ John Davidson), "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Cinderella Rockafella".
The disc on the right (above "Live At The Palladium") is my own home made Karen Carpenter disc comprising of the nine unreleased solo songs. I call the collection "Lovelight". I have since changed the cover. Below is a picture of the front and back of the new cover.
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Oct 29, 2006 0:22:15 GMT -5
Hi Rick,
Awesome! Rumor has it that there may be two other unreleased solo songs floating around somewhere, but I hope we will eventually get the hear them all...
I really like the image of Karen that you chose for the front cover of your "Lovelight" disc. I first saw this image many years ago as a full-page photo in a songbook, paired with one of Richard smiling and looking up at an angle. These dynamic photos show that they were genuinely having a great time performing in concert, looking unposed and relaxed.
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Post by Moe on Oct 29, 2006 3:07:44 GMT -5
I absolutely love the new background! Nice job, Rick!
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Post by wisejester7 on Oct 29, 2006 9:06:23 GMT -5
Hi Rick, Awesome! Rumor has it that there may be two other unreleased solo songs floating around somewhere, but I hope we will eventually get the hear them all... I really like the image of Karen that you chose for the front cover of your "Lovelight" disc. I first saw this image many years ago as a full-page photo in a songbook, paired with one of Richard smiling and looking up at an angle. These dynamic photos show that they were genuinely having a great time performing in concert, looking unposed and relaxed. GoodOldDreams...Do you know what (rumored) songs they are?
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Post by Rick Henry on Oct 29, 2006 10:21:32 GMT -5
The rumored songs are called "Basket Case" and "Church Choir (Wild)". it's suspected these may not actually be the titles of the songs - but descriptions of the type of song. It is also rumored that Karen recorded "You're No Good" - the Andrew Gold song which was recorded and made a hit by Linda Ronstadt. But there is no actual proof that any of these songs exist.
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Post by enigma on Oct 29, 2006 10:55:58 GMT -5
Yes I heard the songs did have official catalog numbers issued by A&M but not song or even partially recorded song or lyrics have ever turned up so perhaps they were planned to be recorded and just never got past the title and number stage. I really doubt they even exist. Yes I also agree that the background photo is great I also like the revised psuedosolo record you made Rick in both cases good work Rick.
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Post by Carps1000 on Nov 1, 2006 15:39:27 GMT -5
That piccy woulda made a good cover for the solo LP instead of the one that actually was...my opinion. Ken Carps1000
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Post by beaner on Nov 2, 2006 12:37:26 GMT -5
I agree! Great job with all the Carps goodies, Rick.
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Post by Ming on Nov 9, 2006 11:25:03 GMT -5
I like you collection Rick. Ming
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