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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 10, 2004 17:40:05 GMT -5
@@ Each Christmas the Carpenters sell tons of CD's. Mainly the Christmas discs, but also their entire catalog gets a substantial boost from the airplay of their holiday classics. This in turn has made me think of which Carpenters disc will be the next to be certified GOLD by the Recording Industry Association of America. Here's a list of the Carpenters albums which have not received a gold or any certification here in the U.S. Which do you think is (are) near becoming a GOLD winner? Ticket To Ride (Offering) Passage Made In America An Old Fashioned Christmas Classics Volume 2 Lovelines Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration Karen Carpenter Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (Richard solo) Christmas Collection Singles 1969-1981 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection The Essential Collection 1965-1997 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition As Time Goes By "An Old Fashioned Christmas" is no longer on the market so that we know will not be certified. I think the next certifications belong to "Passage" and "Christmas Collection". "Christmas Collection" has been a perrenial favorite every Christmas since 1998. In six years this collection has had to seel half a million. I think this one is prime candidate for a GOLD cert. I also think "Passage" is a good candidate. it's been around since 1977. It was off the market for near ten years, but was rereleased in 1998 and has sold a good amount since than. songs like "I Just Fall In Love Again" and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" fuel the sales for this disc. What do you think?  |
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Post by beaner on Dec 10, 2004 18:39:25 GMT -5
*)Rick I agree with you on Christmas Collection for sure but the other one I think might be The Singles 1969-1981.
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Post by Ming on Dec 10, 2004 19:53:32 GMT -5
I agree with you. I also bought the Christmas Collection last year.  |
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Post by Federico Cruz on Dec 10, 2004 23:14:39 GMT -5
Well, I will ask my sister, who lives in USA, to bring me Christmas Collection when she arrives to my country in 12 days.
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Post by enigma on Dec 11, 2004 9:13:34 GMT -5
I would be happy if any of these compilations would go gold but I will go with Singles 1969-1981 especially considering it is comming out on SACD the combined sales should push this compilation to gold status.
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Post by JIM on Dec 11, 2004 12:04:45 GMT -5
*/ HI All! I would think that Passages would be next in line for
gold but when was the last time you
found it in a record store? It seems that most stores prefer stocking compilations over the albums. So I think at this moment
Singles 69-81 has the best chance
for going gold.
JIM
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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 11, 2004 21:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by Moe on Dec 11, 2004 23:35:55 GMT -5
 I think "Gold: 35 Anniversary" stands the best chance for going gold. Back in the late 90's, a slew of their CD's were recertified. I wonder if it just takes someone pushing the RIAA people to recertify again. I wouldn't be surprised if "Christmas Portrait" was double platinum and "Passage" already gold.
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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 12, 2004 17:27:42 GMT -5
 Good point Moe. It probably does take a little push for RIAA to update their certifications. "Gold: 35th Anniversary" I'm sure is a good candidate for Gold certification. although I think it will probably be in 2006 or 2007. It took 4 years for "Love Songs" to finally reach Gold. Others have mentioned "Singles 1969-1981", this one has been around for four years now and with the release of the SACD edition this should add more to it's sales. It should reach Gold in 2005. 
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Post by Federico Cruz on Dec 23, 2004 10:14:17 GMT -5
It arrived!!!!!!
My sister, who arrived last night from EE.UU. , brought me "Christmas Collection".
At last I listen for the first time "An Old Fashioned Christmas" (well, the xmas songs no included on "From The Top" and "Xmas Portrait:The Special Edition", and several years ago I had downloaded from Audiogalaxy "Do You Hear What I Hear").
Well, I don't know, but this CD sounds soooo clean and cristaline (Karen and the music instruments)!!
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LYRICS AND ONLY HAS ONE PICTURE. UUUUUGGGGG!!!!
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Dec 23, 2004 14:26:47 GMT -5
^^ I think it'll be gold for "An Old Fashioned Christmas" - I've turned several on to it just this year alone...I think it stands a good chance, because it gets heard by those who are unaware at least during the holidays. I'm hoping for several Carpenters CD's or DVD's for Christmas this year - they were on my list, and my wife is usually wonderful about ordering from Amazon if they still have the CD's - I've asked for Treasures (Japan) and several others (I don't have VOTH on CD, only vinyl) so I really want that one. I digress....sorry - Rick, I was at several music stores here in Springfield, and I usually always check the bins for Carpenters music - hardly a thing at Best Buy, Borders, etc. You're right - Amazon is the way to go. ~Best Tim  |
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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 23, 2004 21:45:32 GMT -5
 I digress....sorry - Rick, I was at several music stores here in Springfield, and I usually always check the bins for Carpenters music - hardly a thing at Best Buy, Borders, etc. You're right - Amazon is the way to go. ~Best Tim Bummer Tim, that you don't live here in Southern California, as stores like Borders, Barnes And Noble, Best Buy, Circuit City, Virgin Mega-Store, Wherehouse, Tower Records, they all carry a large selection of Carpenters discs. most of the chains carry the entire catalog. Carpenters are very popular here.  |
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Post by carprave on Dec 24, 2004 10:05:09 GMT -5
Christmas Collection should be next in line for gold certification. Passage and Ticket To Ride are also next in line.
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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 29, 2004 8:20:48 GMT -5
Hi Tim, you mentioned "An Old Fashined Christmas" as being a candidate for Gold certiffication. although I agree with you here. I don't think it will reach gold as it's been off the market for quite a few years. The only way to get it is in the "Christmas Collection" double disc - which I feel is prime for certification.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Dec 30, 2004 10:49:56 GMT -5
Hi Tim, you mentioned "An Old Fashined Christmas" as being a candidate for Gold certiffication. although I agree with you here. I don't think it will reach gold as it's been off the market for quite a few years. The only way to get it is in the "Christmas Collection" double disc - which I feel is prime for certification. Hi Rick I wasn't aware of that. Interesting. Well, I'm with you then, and think it will be the Christmas Collection, which I don't have. I did, however, get Treasures for Christmas, just as I'd hoped. Richard did some great re-mixes on that one. I know many of you have had it for a while, but it was like listening to new stuff for me. In fact, I've got to find a spot in the forum to describe how I felt as I sat with headphones on and listened to this double-disc set. It was quite an emotional time. I also received Carpenters perform Carpenter. I wanted that for my collection. It's time I began getting my collection up to where it should be. I'm working on my list this week after surgery to post under the What is the extent of your....Carpenter collection as I promised. I will also be scanning pictures today of my Downey/LA trip, and the pic/letter I recv'd from Richard. Lots of topics in one. I'll leave this post with a question: Is there any way we as fans can help with getting Carpenters into the Hall of Fame? They should definitely be there. ~Best, Tim |
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Post by Rick Henry on Dec 30, 2004 15:08:46 GMT -5
Hi Tim, you mentioned "An Old Fashined Christmas" as being a candidate for Gold certiffication. although I agree with you here. I don't think it will reach gold as it's been off the market for quite a few years. The only way to get it is in the "Christmas Collection" double disc - which I feel is prime for certification. @@ @@ I just caught one of my own errors. I stated that "An Old Fashioned Christmas" has not been certified GOLD, when in fact it was certified in 1998 for selling over 500,000 copies. Cheers to "An Old Fashioned Christmas" for having made the GOLD mark. Though since it's no longer on the market it's highly doubtful that it will be certified platinum. |
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Post by Peteruk on Dec 31, 2004 12:13:02 GMT -5
AN OLD FASHIONED CHRIUSTMAS COULD EVEN BE PLATINUM IF RICHARD / A&M ISSUED BOTH CHRISTMAS SETS AS SEPARATE CD RELEASES ....GIVEN ANNUAL FESTIVE SALES ....CERTAINLY SHOULD CONSIDER IN 2005 /2006 .....  IF A&M ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR RIAA CERTIFICATIONS ....SURE TICKET....PLUS PASSAGE....PLUS SEVERAL OTHER SETS WOULD BE GOLD MINIMUM ..... PROBABLY NEXT RIAA SET WILL BE GOLD 2 CD USA RELEASE OR SINGLES 1969- 1981 WITH SACD SALES IN 2005.... PETER |
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 27, 2005 3:45:33 GMT -5
@@ Just reread this topic after JoeyD gave us the good news of "Gold" being GOLD. Moe was the first one to predict that "Gold" would be certifed GOLD next. In one post I stated that "Gold" would not be certified in 2006 or 2007 as it took "Love Songs" four years to reach that point. That statement was an error as "LOve Songs" took about 2 years and three months. After reading this thread most of us thought the next in line for certification would be either "Singles 1969-1981" or "Christmas Collection". So, now that we've seen the next certification - that being "Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition". what do you think the next certification will be? I have to say "Singles 1969-1981" and hopefully after this next Christmas season "Christmas Collection" will join the ranks. |
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. Anyway most of the big chain stores carry the entire catalog of Carpenters releases and even a few import titles. That includes every studio album and all the compilations, Karen's solo, Richard's "Pianist..." solo, the karaoke albums and the tribute "If I Were a Carpenter". Last time I was in Tower Records in Brea, California they actually had two rows of Carpenters, I counted a total of 60 discs in stock. Border's in Brea also had the entire catalog with something like 30 discs in stock. I always see karen's solo in most of the big chains. But the Carpenters don't only sell in stores their entire catalog is available online on websites like Amazon.com and others. Their entire catalog is readily available and all their albums still sell consistently. So after this long winded message I still think "Passage" and also "Ticket To Ride" both have a good chance of soon being certified Gold. 
