Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition Commercial

[Will]

I was clicking through the television channels tonight when who should appear on my screen but Karen Carpenter singing a song.

Turns out this was a commercial selling the new 35th Anniversary CDs.

Took me about 1/2 second to hit the record button. The commercial showed several clips of R & K singing. Karen looked great in all the clips, but there was one in particular that showed her out in the world somewhere (can't tell where) and she looks very healthy and happy.

The commercial appeared on HGTV.

Has anyone else seen this?

[Sammy]

Thanks for the good news Will. I will keep my eyes open for this commercial.

[Rick Henry]

Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition is released on Utv records, which has to mean there will be a big television promotion for this disc. The last Carpenters disc to receive television promotion "Love Songs" in 1978 spent 25 weeks on the billboard top 200 album chart and was certified gold. I think the Carpenters can do this again. This disc is currently ranked at #118 on Amazon.com which is their best ranking in over three years (with the exception of the seasonal Christmas albums).

[Rick Henry]

I just pruchased Gold:35th Anniversary today. It has a sticker on the wrapping which says "As Seen On TV". With television promotion on this one it should end up doing very well and should also bring a few new fans.
On the inside there is an advertisement for all the albums available by The Carpenters. It includes all the original studio albums released while Karen was alive and also "Voice Of The Heart", "Lovelines" and "As Time Goes By".
I believe "As Time Goes By" is scheduled for a U.S. release in a few months - it's about time.

[Will]

Our local FM101.1 station played a song from the 'new' release.

It is an oldies station and as soon as he started listing some new releases I knew he'd mention the Carpenters. Then the DJ said he'd be playing a song off of the new Carpenters CD in a bit.

[ThomB]

I saw the commercial, I was so happy to see K&R on TV. This in turn made me go out and buy the new disc.

[Moe]

Hello Everyone-

I picked up a copy of the CD at Best Buy last night. I haven't had a chance to listen to it, yet, but I have gone through the liner notes and picked up a couple of tid bits I didn't know before.

1) The Carpenter's engineer, Roger Young, must have passed away. Richard refers to him as the late Roger Young. I wasn't aware of this and it is sad when they pass away.

2) I need to be in love was re-released as a CD single in 1995 in Japan and went 4X platinum. It was used in a Japenese mini-series. I would like to think that if one their songs was used in a movie or TV show in the U.S., that something similar might happen.

3) Richard regrets permitting and assisting in the making of "The Karen Carpenter Story." I enjoyed the movie and have it on tape and still watch it from time to time.

The collection has 2 CD's with 40 songs in all. I am hoping to hear some new arrangements and/or remixes of the classics. For the Carpenter's music, I like to put on the head phones and turn it up and spend time listening! With a wife and 4 year old, this may not happen until next week.

take care-

[Rick Henry]

Very good news at this moment the Carpenters' "Gold; 35th Anniversary Edition" is #12 on Amazon.com's top selling discs. The Carpenters have a bonifide hit with this new compilation.

Along with this my friends at cdmusicline have asked me to write a review for the disc. cdmusicline is a vendor which sells CD's on Amazon.com. They are personal friends of mine who live in Fullerton, California.

I have provided a link if you wish to read the review.

Instructions to get to review. Click on the link below. An Amazon.com page will pop-up, on that page click on the word GOLD. From there another Amazon.com page will pop-up, scroll halfway down that page and you will see my review which is titled: A 35th Anniversary Celebration

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001AP0OU/qid%3D1077154194/sr%3D2-1/populasongsmu-20

[Rick Henry]

:-XLatest update on "Gold", it has debuted on Billboard's album chart at #119. This is the first time since 1998 that The Carpenters have been on Billboard's album chart in the U.S. They reached #106 (or something just under #100) with the compilation "Love Songs" in '98. "Gold" is destined to peak higher - wouldn't it be great if it went top 10.

[Will]

The Amazon price is definitely less expensive than the television price.

[ThomB]

:-[I just bought the disc. I love it. I'm so happy to hear Carps are on the charts again...

[Moe]

The commercial is playing on a local station, here in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. What fun to watch!

[Rick Henry]

Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition" is now currently #1 at CD Universe. It remains #64 at Tower Records.com, and fluctuating between #10 - 40 at Amazon.com. Once I get the latest stats from Billboard I will update.
The commercial is being played even more now - so the album should really take off.

[Rick Henry]

Here's an update on chart action on "Gold: 35th Anniversary".


2nd week on Billboard #129 (dropped 10 places from week one)

currently #2 at CD Universe

#51 at Amazon.com

[ThomB]

Good News, thank you for the update.

[Will]

I haven't seen any more commercials lately. Has anyone else run across a commercial?

[Rick Henry]

I haven't seen it lately either, but the disc seems to still be selling quite well.