News of upcoming releases

[Rick Henry]

Hi Johnny... there are two different 40th Anniversary sets being released in Japan.

There's the 16-disc box set which is titled "40th Anniversary Collector's Edition". Then there's a 2-disc compilation called "Carpenters 40/40 Best Selection. Which is basically 40 hits / 40 years.

[Rick Henry]

The new 16-disc Anniversary set is now listed on the U.S. branch of Amazon.com. The price is pretty steep at $533.99... but it should be available by Amazon vendors shortly after it's release for a much lower price.

Here is the link below...

CLICK HERE to see "40th Anniversary Collector's Edition"



Here is the U.S. link to the 40/40 collection:

CLICK HERE to see "40/40 Best Selection"

[YesterdayOnceMore]

I'm afraid I wouldn't be considered a very good "collector." It liked to have killed me years ago when I spent $45.00 on the "From The Top" collection. At least with that, we got some new music. I mean, I'd not heard My Body Keeps Changing My Mind, and didn't have the Caravan and Iced Tea cuts....there was a lot on that boxed set that was new to me. But to pay $500+ for something that is enhanced, but still the same music.....I just couldn't do it. Perhaps I'll collect it AFTER it comes down in price - and quite a bit, at that.

I'm happy for those who ARE collectors that they will have something new, and exciting from Richard Carpenter, representing the best time in his musical life, in my opinion - the time he spent with his sister as Carpenters.

I'll be interested to know if anyone purchases this, and what you think of it, once you've had a chance to look it over, and listen real good.

[Rick Henry]

Apr 13, 2009 20:58:31 GMT -5 YesterdayOnceMore said:

I'm afraid I wouldn't be considered a very good "collector." It liked to have killed me years ago when I spent $45.00 on the "From The Top" collection. At least with that, we got some new music. I mean, I'd not heard My Body Keeps Changing My Mind, and didn't have the Caravan and Iced Tea cuts....there was a lot on that boxed set that was new to me. But to pay $500+ for something that is enhanced, but still the same music.....I just couldn't do it. Perhaps I'll collect it AFTER it comes down in price - and quite a bit, at that.

I'm happy for those who ARE collectors that they will have something new, and exciting from Richard Carpenter, representing the best time in his musical life, in my opinion - the time he spent with his sister as Carpenters.

I'll be interested to know if anyone purchases this, and what you think of it, once you've had a chance to look it over, and listen real good.

Hey Tim... I can understand about the price... $500+ is pretty steep... if I get this collection I will find it for around $250.

My motivation in collecting these works is as always Karen's super fantastic voice.

[johnnyraycer]

I will wait, for sure, to see what the cheaper price ends up being. So far I haven't collected much of the Carpenters in duplicates. I only own enough to have obtained copies of all releases. But this time I might actually plunge.

[Rick Henry]

It looks as if the 40/40 Best Collection is doing fairly well in Japan. It is currently #8 at the Amazon.com Japan. I do not know where it places on the official Japanese music chart... but #8 at Amazon.com is fairly good.