tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46762817777127433222024-02-19T01:51:06.882-08:00Karen Carpenter AvenueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-84176846926898000302017-07-03T06:38:00.003-07:002017-07-03T06:38:37.729-07:00Karen Carpenter Duets...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
During her time Karen Carpenter did not duet with many other singers, though thanks to the Carpenters' television specials and her solo album we were treated to a few great duets with a variety of singing partners...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Karen Carpenter and John Denver</b></span></div>
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The Carpenters Very First Television Special aired on ABC television on December 8, 1976. John Denver was one of the guest stars (Victor Borge the other).<br />
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In this television special Karen duetted with John twice. One of the duets was a short reprise in which Karen and John are shown ballroom dancing and they are singing a tune "Got To Cut Away To A Commercial" then they cut away to a commercial. This is a fun comical piece.<br />
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The other duet was a great medley featuring the songs "Coming Through The Rye" and "Good Vibrations." "Coming Through The Rye" is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns. The words were later put to the melody of a Scottish Minstrel, "Common' Frae The Town." "Good Vibrations" is the classic Beach Boys song which reached #1 in 1966 and was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. (As a side note in the same year Karen Carpenter sang the line "Brian Wilson songs are never left behind" in the song "Boat To Sail" featured on Carpenters' 1976 album "A Kind Of Hush).<br />
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Suzanne Somers appeared on The Carpenters' 1978 television "Space Encounters." In this program Karen and Suzanne team together to perform a flirtatious and somewhat comedic rendition of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter." The song originally appeared on Carpenters' 1977 album "Passage," for this program they omitted the extended instrumental toward the end of the song and add a verse not found in the studio recording.</div>
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John Davison appeared in two Carpenters television specials; "1978's "Space Encounters" in which he sang a cover of Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are" and a duet of "The Old Fashioned Way" with Karen. "The Old Fashioned Way" was originally a hit for Charles Aznavour in 1973. The song is the English version of Aznavours 1972 hit "Les Plaisirs Demodes."<br />
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In 1980 Davidson appeared in "Music, Music, Music" the Carpenters' fifth and final television special. In this special John performed "You'll Never Know," a song which was written by Hank Warren and Mack Gordon and was first introduced in the film "Hello Frisco, Hello." Dick Haymes took the song to #1 in 1944 and Shirley Bassey had a UK Top 10 hit with it in 1961. Karen and John duetted on the tune "You're Just In Love" a Irving Berlin song first performed by Ethel Merman and Russell Type in the 1950 musical comedy "Call Me Madam." Perry Como and The Fontane sisters took the song into the Top Five later in the year, while a recording by Ethel Merman and Dick Haymes reached #30 in 1951. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Karen Carpenter and Peter Cetera</span></b></div>
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Shortly after Karen Carpenter solo album experience, Peter Cetera whom up to this point was known for being a lead singer for the band Chicago (as well as songwriter and bass player) decided to go solo and release his own albums along with making guest appearances on albums by Paul Anka, Agnetha Faltskog and Cher. But it was with Karen Carpenter that Cetera first dipped his toes into the waters of becoming a solo artist (Yes, a year earlier Cetera provided backing vocals on Billy Joel's "My Life" but his contribution was very small and limited).</div>
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during the time of which Karen's album went into production Peter Cetera was in the studio recording, the Phil Ramone produced album, "Chicago 13." Ramone decided to invite Cetera to work on Karen's album and commissioned him to write a song for Karen. Cetera ended up writing a sunny summer tune called "Making Love In The Afternoon" for her, this is the only song he has written completely by himself for another musician to record. Peter not only wrote the song but also composed the musical arrangement. This was very much Peter Cetera's song as it was Karen Carpenters'. </div>
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Once it came time to record "Making Love In The Afternoon" it was decided the Peter would sing backing and harmony vocals on the song. This was the first song in which Karen's voice was backed by a well known singer outside the Carpenters circle. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald</span></b></div>
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Two legendary singers on one stage. It just does not get music better than this. Karen and Ella sang together in the 1980 television special "Music, Music, Music." The program joins together two of the world's finest interpreters of song. Ella's energetic voice combined with Karen deep and dark tones creates an irresistible pair of voices that are instantly recognizable which in their distinctive styles are well suited to each other.</div>
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Karen and Ella sang together on a medley of seven tunes, mostly songs that had been recorded boy Ella. The medley opens with the dark and smoky "This Masquerade," a Leon Russell penned song which Carpenters recorded for their 1973 album "Now & Then." The song begins with Karen's mournful vocals and shortly works into a trade-off with Ella Fitzgerald handily taking the lead. The rest of the selections are songs Ella recorded (some feature Karen's lead others Ella takes the lead and a few have Ella and Karen sharing the lead); "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart), "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy fain/Irving Kahal), "Someone To Watch Over Me" (George and Ira Gershwin), "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld), "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington/Bob Russell), "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills).</div>
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Karen's and Ella's vocals were recorded at different times and in different studios. Karen recorded her vocals, in one take, before the special at A&M Recording studios, while Ella recorded her vocals live at the ABC Television studio. During the taping of the television Karen's pre-recorded vocals were precisely synced to Ella's vocals and the result was pure magic.</div>
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For those that love Karen's progressive minded solo album please check out:</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">KAREN CARPENTER DUETS</span></b></div>
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Show your love wearing one of these Lead Sister t-shirts!!!<br />
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Shout Karen Carpenter in style with this rolled sleeve t-shirt :) :) :) </div>
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Even the young at heart can show their love for Karen Carpenter with this casual wear! :)</div>
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Link to shirt: </div>
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Hello my wonderful friends!!! I really hope you've been enjoying this series on Karen's unreleased song. It's been tons of fun putting it together for you!<br />
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“I Do It For Your Love” was written by music legend Paul Simon. This is one of two Paul Simon songs Karen recorded; the other is of course the classic “Still Crazy After All These Years.” As we know “Still Crazy After All These Years” was released as a single by Paul Simon in March 1976 with “I Do It For Your Love” as the b-side. Could it be that Karen may have been planning to release her version of “Still Crazy After All These Years” as a single with the non-LP track “I Do It For Your Love” as it’s b-side? We can only speculate on that – but that would have made a nice single.<br />
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Simon’s original recording of “I Do It For Your Love” is done in a fantastic story telling pop style with a hint of folk feel to it. Karen maintained that same sort of style including the folksy feel along with an extra-added New York City sheen to it as which for Phil Ramone was ever so famous. Simon's recording includes Bob James electric piano and Steve Gadd on drums , both of which play the same instruments on Karen Carpenter's recording. This was Karen's (and Phil Ramone's) way of paying tribute to the legend Paul Simon. By the way Phil also produced Simon's recording of the song.<br />
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“I Do It For Your Love” takes a somewhat cynical look at marriage and love. Karen does extremely well with these type of “story songs,” it’s a shame she didn’t have the opportunity to do more. She could have hit the ball out of the park with a song such as “Cat’s In The Cradle,” with a few lyrical changes possibly.<br />
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The following is an essay I found on the internet written about the song “I Do It For Your Love”. It is written in the male point of view as the song was written by Paul Simon though if we want to think of Karen Carpenter as the narrator we can change the “man” to “woman” and the “he to “she.”<br />
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Here, we find a man musing on his wedding day and early living arrangements with his bride. Aside from the lousy weather, the ceremony was less than romantic, and possibly presided over by a justice rather than a clergyman: "We signed the papers and we drove away." Then their apartment was moldy and leaky. Then they both got sick and, not being able to afford medicine, simply "drank... orange juice," hoping that mega-doses of vitamin C would do the trick.<br />
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Even the rug the husband buys for his young wife-- a splurge, no doubt, even if it did come from a thrift store-- turned out to be a less-than-pretty addition to their abode, as they colors ran together before he could get it home. This luckless pair reminds one of the couple in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi."<br />
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And yet there is an affection for this time. Again and again comes the line "I do it for your love." It was OK. The sacrifices were worth it. Instead of saying "one day we'll look back at this and laugh," it seems that they were laughing at the time. Because, despite the lack of physical comforts, there was an emotional comfort. A sense that they as a couple, were building something together. Maybe out of noisy pipes and blurry rugs, but a home.<br />
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And then... the breakup. "Love... disappears." Wait, when did that happen? In the space of three lines, the relationship dissolves. What has withstood such an uninspired start and such wretched living conditions succumbs to "the sting of reason." One would think that living in a musky hovel would mean that the couple was dealing with reality and surviving despite it.<br />
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But no. The reality they get "stung" by is not physical. It is emotional. While living in a physical netherworld, they were emotionally dwelling in fantasyland. They are two "hemispheres." They can meet, but not merge.<br />
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The clue is in the color imagery. From "The leaves that are green turn to brown" to the all-black rainbow of "My Little Town," color has been an important metaphor for Simon, but perhaps never more so than in this song.<br />
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Even at the outset, the colors are wrong: "The sky was yellow and the grass was gray." Then, they both tried being the same color... by filling themselves to bursting with "orange." That didn't work.<br />
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So then we have "the colors ran/ the orange bled the blue." Now, the colors are intermingled, but in an unappealing way, resulting in what today we might call "co-dependency." Each one is relying on the other for his or her identity... and the "fabric" of their relationship is a mess.<br />
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Another interpretation of the rug-color imagery is the colors themselves. Orange is a sunny, hopeful color, while blue is the color of sadness (as in "the blues"). The orange person is making the blue one "bleed," in this case, or perhaps dilute his or her identity and sense of self.<br />
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Surely, a sad person would not mind losing his sadness and have it bled off by sunniness? Yet we know from experience that, if someone is baseline serious and somber, having a Pollyanna for a roommate could become oppressive in its own way.<br />
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The suddenness of their realization is felt in the word "sting," but also reflected in the abrupt change of imagery from concrete to abstract. Aside from the surreal colors of Nature on their wedding day, the first two verses and the bridge are full of bold, realistic images.<br />
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Then comes the last verse, with its abstractions ("reason" instead of "pipes" and "papers"), synecdoches ("tears" for "sadness"), and metaphors ("hemispheres" for "personality types"). Poetically, the frozen "north" is traditionally associated with seriousness and the sunny "south" with passion).<br />
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The uncomfortable reality of their "room" made them feel a sense of solidarity, as in the lyric, "You and me against the world." This misery kept them together, but also distracted them the real, tectonic problem of their whole planet. A couple should, after all, share more than a "cold."<br />
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So what is the "reason" for the "tears"? To paraphrase: "North is north, and south is south-- and never the twain shall marry."<br />
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Well, they might. But they might ultimately regret it and part ways. Still, even this painful parting is done out of care for the other. "I am not right for you," each says, "But, because I care for you, I want you to have the chance to find the one who is. Even leaving you is something I do... for your love."<br />
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We were married on a rainy day</div>
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Drank all the orange juice</div>
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The orange bled the blue</div>
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The sting of reason</div>
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The splash of tears</div>
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Hemispheres</div>
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Love emerges</div>
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And it disappears</div>
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I do it for your love</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-32038637949784419242017-04-13T07:20:00.004-07:002017-04-13T07:23:18.797-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - Don't Try To Win Me Back Again<div style="text-align: center;">
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* Note from Rick Henry: <i>This is my favorite song from Karen's unreleased solo recordings!!! I love this song!!!</i><br />
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“Don’t Try To Win Me Back Again” was first recorded in 1978 by disco singer Vicki Sue Robinson, you may remember her mega-hit “Turn The Beat Around” from 1976. Vicki included “Don’t Try To Win…” on her 1978 album “Half and Half’ and used it as the b-side to her single “Trust In Me.”<br />
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Written by Carlotta McKee and Gordon Gordy, who wrote several songs together. Carlotta has written songs recorded by the soul/disco groups Change, Zinc, Irene Cara and Silence (a group in which Gordon Gordy was a member). Gordon Gordy has written several songs for Vicki Sue Robinson as well as for Irene Cara and disco/R&B artists such as Lemon, Viola Wills, Joe Thomas, Charme, Meco, Brit Ekland, June Pointer and his own group Silence.<br />
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Karen Carpenter took this song along with Phil Ramone and turned it into a scorching dance-rock tune much in the same style as Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff.” Rod Temperton went all out in creating the vocal arrangement and vocal mix (which in some parts is similar to the vocal arrangement in the song “If I Had You”). A few years later Temperton made this vocal style famous with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”<br />
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Don't Try To Win Me Back Again (Lyrics)</div>
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Don't try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how much I wanna come</div>
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Please don't do that again</div>
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Don't try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how easily I'd come</div>
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It's not that I don't care</div>
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Or don't want you by my side</div>
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It's more than I care, much to much</div>
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I tried too hard last time</div>
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Baby, don't you try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how much I wanna come</div>
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Please don't do that again</div>
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Don't try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how easily I could</div>
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Please don't do that again</div>
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It's not that I want you less</div>
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Matter of fact, the truth is</div>
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That as each day passes, I need you more</div>
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Every night...</div>
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Baby, don't you try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how much I wanna come</div>
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Please don't do that again</div>
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Don't try to win me back again</div>
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Although you know how easily I could</div>
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Please don't do that again</div>
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Lyrics written by Gordon Grody</div>
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“Something’s Missing (In My Life)” – Written by Jay Asher and Paul Jabara, the song was recorded by Paul Jabara and Donna Summer and was included on his 1978 album “Keeping Time.” It also appeared on the 1980 soundtrack for the movie "Inside Moves" performed by Lady Sylvia. Paul Jabara also wrote or co-wrote the classic tunes “Last Dance” for Donna Summer, “Enough is Enough (No More Tears)” recorded by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand, “The Main Event” a Streisand hit and “It’s Raining Men” by the Weather Girls. “Something’s Missing (In My Life)” was recorded by several people in 1979-1980 including Marcia Hines, the Europop group Patchwork and jazz musician Ahmad Jamal. Marcia Hines took the song to #9 in Australia in late 1979.<br />
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Here’s a little trivia on Paul Jabara he was in the 1978 film "Thank God It's Friday," he played the role of Carl, the lovelorn and nearsighted disco goer, and he also contributed as a singer on two tracks on the original soundtrack album.<br />
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Karen Carpenter fans especially love this song for it’s dark somber feeling and Karen’s use of her famed lower voice. Many have said this song should have ended up on Karen’s album and could have been a huge hit. This song particularly touches fans as there was much missing in Karen’s life and she communicated this very well in this song.<br />
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Songwriter, Jay Asher, has gone on record saying Karen Carpenter’s recording of the song is his favorite version.<br />
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Something's Missing (In My Life) (Lyrics)<br />
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5:52 am..<br />
I’m awake<br />
and thinkin ’bout my life<br />
5:53<br />
I can see<br />
I won’t sleep a wink tonight<br />
6 am,<br />
where’s my pen?<br />
I might as well get up and write a song<br />
And try to work out<br />
why when everything seems right,<br />
why do I feel so alone?<br />
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Something missing<br />
in my life…<br />
could it be you,<br />
could it be you and me?<br />
Something’s missing in my life,<br />
Aww come and be<br />
right where I need you to be<br />
For all my life.<br />
All my life…<br />
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Got my house,<br />
got my fancy car,<br />
everything’s going like I planned so far,<br />
But something’s not there,<br />
that should be there<br />
I gotta find it somewhere,<br />
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Since the day you left my side,<br />
I’ve torn myself apart<br />
and I still can’t decide,<br />
Is it you I need<br />
or did you really hurt my pride?<br />
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Something’s missing in my life,<br />
baby it’s you,<br />
maybe it’s you and me…<br />
If you’re what’s missing in my life,<br />
then baby come to me,<br />
come feel the need in me.<br />
For all my life….<br />
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Something’s missing in my life,<br />
could it be you,<br />
could it be you and me?<br />
Something’s missing in my life,<br />
aww come and be<br />
right where I need you to be ….<br />
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You’re what’s missing in my life,<br />
aww come and be<br />
right where I need you to be…..<br />
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Lyrics written by Paul Jabara<br />
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If you have not yet purchased Karen's solo album it is well worth it... here's a link to purchase it at amazon. com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-87561182075179681802017-04-07T07:06:00.000-07:002017-04-09T21:05:53.866-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - Jimmy Mack<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Jimmy Mack"</span></b><br />
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“Jimmy Mack” – Of course Karen Carpenter had to put her solo mark on a Motown tune. With Carpenters she had previously enjoyed huge success with the Motown classic “Please Mr. Postman” and gave a spirited vocal performance.<br />
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Karen put a fun spirited upbeat early 80’s spin on “Jimmy Mack” very much in the same vein as Manhattan Tranfer’s “The Boy From New York City” or Diana Ross’ “Why Do Fools Fall In Love.”<br />
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"Jimmy Mack" was originally a Top Ten hit in 1967 for Martha and the Vandellas. Just a year earlier Karen (with her brother Richard) recorded a full length studio version of another Martha and the Vandellas hit, "Dancing In The Street," for an album that was to be released in 1979. But due to Richard's stay at Mennengers in Kansas - to treat his addiction to quaaludes - the album was scrapped and was never released. Carpenters' recording of "Dancing In The Street" was fully pop while Karen's solo recording of "Jimmy Mack" contained underlying hints of R&B in both the music and Karen's vocal performance.<br />
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Jimmy Mack (Lyrics)<br />
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Jimmy Mack Jimmy,<br />
Oh Jimmy Mack when are you comin' back.<br />
Jimmy Mack Jimmy,<br />
Oh Jimmy Mack when are you comin' back.<br />
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My arms are missing you,<br />
My lips feel the same way too.<br />
I tried so hard to be true, like I promised to do.<br />
But this boy keeps comin' around,<br />
tryin' to wear my resistance down.<br />
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Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,<br />
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.<br />
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.<br />
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He calls me on the phone about three times a day.<br />
Now my heart's just listening to, what he has to say<br />
But this loneliness I have within,<br />
Keeps reaching out to be his friend<br />
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Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,<br />
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.<br />
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.<br />
Need your loving, need your loving.<br />
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I wanna say I'm not getting any stronger,<br />
I can't hold out very much longer<br />
Trying hard, to be true,<br />
But, Jimmy he talks just as sweet as you.<br />
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Hey Jimmy, Jimmy,<br />
Oh Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back.<br />
Jimmy, Jimmy, Oh Jimmy Mack, you better hurry back.<br />
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I wanna say I'm not getting any stronger,<br />
I can't hold out very much longer...<br />
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Lyrics written by Eddie Holland (and Lamont Dozier)<br />
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If you have not yet purchased Karen's solo album it is well worth it... here's a link to purchase it at amazon. com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20</a><br />
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Please sign the petition to get Karen's unreleased songs completed and released: <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/urge-richard-carpenter-to-complete-and-release">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/urge-richard-carpenter-to-complete-and-release</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-20813812457259272642017-04-05T07:35:00.000-07:002017-04-05T07:35:42.307-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - Truly You<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Truly You"</span></b></div>
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“Truly You” was written by Russell Javors but has remained unreleased to this day.<br />
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Karen was obviously impressed with Russell's talent as a musician, arranger, producer and songwriter as she chose four of his songs to record. "Room At The Top" is one of the four, though it's unsure whether or not she recorded it. She also recorded Javors' songs "All Because of You" and "Still In Love With You," both of which made it on to the album. Javors spent more time in the studio than the other Billy Joel band members. He took the time to help Karen learn her vocal parts on the songs he wrote as well as shaping the musical parts of those songs.<br />
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Truly You (Lyrics)<br />
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Love when I'm feeling like this<br />
You make me feel alive<br />
You get that look in your eyes every time<br />
And if you find a better way<br />
Have to say that any way you want to play will be alright<br />
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Oh it's truly you<br />
Ooh it's truly you<br />
You for me<br />
And it's me for you<br />
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Well I was weak and I lost my patience<br />
I put the love on the line<br />
You've got that love on your mind, so do I<br />
It's to the way it seems<br />
I have to say that you're the same<br />
And if you're looking for a fight<br />
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Oh it's truly you<br />
Ooh it's truly you<br />
You for me<br />
And it's me for you<br />
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If it's too new<br />
Give it time<br />
Yes, it's too soon<br />
Tell the truth<br />
We've got the rest of our lives<br />
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Well, I believe that a star will guide us<br />
But there's a star inside<br />
And I've been looking for a light in my life<br />
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If you turned and walked away<br />
I'll have to say that if you stay<br />
I'm gonna make it worth your while<br />
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Oh it's truly you<br />
Ooh it's truly you<br />
You for me<br />
And it's me for you<br />
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Oh it's truly you<br />
Ooh it's truly you<br />
You for me<br />
And it's me for you<br />
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Oh it's truly you<br />
Ooh it's truly you<br />
You for me<br />
And it's me for you<br />
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Lyrics written by Russell Javors<br />
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If you have not yet purchased Karen's solo album it is well worth it... here's a link to purchase it at amazon. com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008E00706/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-24116928105540772962017-04-03T06:59:00.003-07:002017-04-03T07:01:40.261-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - It's Really You<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"It's Really You"</span></b></div>
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“It’s Really You” – It’s easy to figure out how this song came to Karen. The song was part of the A&M Records catalog of which Karen had complete access during her solo album sessions.<br />
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“It’s Really You” was written by Alan Tarney, Tom Snow and Trevor Spencer and was originally recorded by The Tarney/Spencer Band for their 1976 A&M Records album “Three’s A Crowd.” The song was released as a single by The T/S Band and it was a moderate hit reaching #86 on Billboard’s US Singles chart. This makes one wonder if there were other songs from the same album that Karen may have considered recording.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"It's Really You (Karen Carpenter Solo Unreleased)</span></div>
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<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Did you ever have a plan, a dream</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">And think it would be right for you</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">For a moment in your life, believe</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">That Heaven would decide for you</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">That a feeling deep inside will guide you</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">To a love you'll treasure it's you and I forever</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">If you will believe</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">It's really you, It's really me,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">We're all the things we ever wanted to be</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">The time is right and you're here tonight</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">So hold my hand and know that you'll understand</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">If there is something on your mind, a need</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">And you feel you want to shake it</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Let it go let it fall, leave it</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">You don't have to chase it</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">'Cos there's a new world all around you that's so good</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Darling and it's made for you ther's nothing more you need to do</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">If you would believe</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">It's really you, It's really me,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">We're all the things we ever wanted to be</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">The time is right and you're here tonight</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">So hold my hand and know that you'll understand</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Our love, love that I've tasted</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Now there is love and I aint gonna waste it</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Like I did before</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Now I know it's really you it's me</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">It's really you it's me</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">It's really you it's me</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "san francisco" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Ah you</span><br />
<br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-10302107992564049142017-04-02T07:11:00.000-07:002017-05-18T18:41:53.396-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - Love Makin' Love To You<div style="text-align: center;">
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“Love Makin’ Love To You” is another Evie Sands song. Obviously Karen had a liking for Evie. Evie co-wrote this song for her 1974 album “Estate of Mind” with Ben Weissman and Richard Germinaro. The song is originally titled “I Love Making Love To You,” Karen changed the title slightly. Evie released the song as a single in 1975 and reached #50 on the US Billboard Top 200 singles chart. Evie’s version is a slower (somewhat) funk and blues sound with a muttled vocal and musical arrangement. It sounds more like a demo than a finished recording. Karen took the song and changed the tempo a bit and added more instruments for a fuller sound including some high stepping horns really giving the song a dark and sultry New York City sound.<br />
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Evie Sands had been part of the A&M Records roster from 1968 through 1970. she recorded two singles for the label in 1969 and then recorded her one A&M album "Anyway That You Want Me" at the same time as Carpenters were recording their "Close To You" album. Evie and Karen had many opportunities to meet each other. Karen became a big fan of Evie's music and sound at this time. I feel that early on Karen had this yearning to be a different sort of singer and/or record a different type of music than what was being presented to her.<br />
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Feel so fine every time</div>
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Oh I love makin' love to you</div>
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Anywhere, I don't care</div>
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Oh I love makin' love to you</div>
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Oh the fire in your eyes</div>
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Makes my loving temperature rise</div>
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Honey sweet ecstasy</div>
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Oh I love what your doin' to me</div>
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Give me more like before</div>
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Oh I love makin' love to you</div>
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Makes me feel life is real</div>
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Oh I love making love to you</div>
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When your heart touches mine</div>
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Starts to feel like a natural rhyme</div>
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Such a sweet melody</div>
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Oh I love when you sing it to me</div>
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And there's the lightening and thunder</div>
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Any set of wonders</div>
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Party on with what you've got</div>
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Keep it up forever</div>
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No one does it better</div>
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Baby get it while it's hot</div>
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Oh, I think I'm in love, gonna lose control</div>
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Oh I want you to fill me with your soul</div>
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When your heart touches mine</div>
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Starts to feel like a natural rhyme</div>
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Such a sweet melody</div>
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Oh I love when you sing it to me</div>
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And there's the lightening and thunder</div>
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Any set of wonders</div>
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Party on with what you've got</div>
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Why'd you keep it up forever</div>
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No one does it better</div>
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Baby get it while it's hot</div>
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Lyrics written by Evie Sands</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-50427377339838262432017-03-30T14:21:00.000-07:002017-05-18T18:42:22.121-07:00Karen Carpenter: The Unreleased Solo Songs - Midnight (Never Lets You Down)<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Midnight (Never Lets You Down)"</span></b></div>
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“Midnight (Never Lets You Down)” written by Rod Temperton specifically for Karen Carpenter while he was staying in Phil Ramone’s guest house during the time of the recording and production of Karen’s solo album. At this same time Karen was living in Phil main house therefore Rod and Karen were seeing each other on a daily basis. Rod came to know Karen very well and was able to write songs for her that fit her personality and mood at that specific time in her life. “Midnight” reflects the smokey and dark jazz side of Karen’s voice and musical interests.<br />
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It's hard to pinpoint the musicians that worked on this song but my guess would be that Rod composed both the musical and vocal arrangements for the song as arrangements were one of his specialties plus he did do the arrangements for the other two songs he wrote; "Lovelines" and "If We Try."<br />
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Used to spend my evenings<br />
Waiting for the sun in the morning<br />
Frightened by the dark<br />
I would always leave lights on to sleep<br />
But darling, I've left all that behind<br />
And nowadays I find<br />
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That midnight on<br />
It's a magic moment everyday<br />
When you hold me in that special way<br />
And midnight always comes around<br />
Telling me that I don't need to be blue<br />
Lovin' you<br />
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Just a simple girl<br />
But I always seat the world on my shoulder<br />
Life and all its worries<br />
Come tumblin' down on me<br />
From above<br />
But baby<br />
When evening starts to fall<br />
I forget them all<br />
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Cause midnight never lets you down<br />
There's a magic moment everyday<br />
When you hold me in that special way<br />
And when midnight always comes around<br />
Telling me that I don't need to be blue<br />
Lovin' you<br />
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Hold me warm inside your love<br />
Don't ever let me go<br />
Cause we can ride a dream until tomorrow<br />
And drift upon a star into the sky, tonight<br />
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Darlin' I've left all that behind<br />
And nowadays I find<br />
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That midnight on<br />
It's a magic moment everyday<br />
When you hold me in that special way<br />
And midnight always comes around<br />
Telling me that I don't need to be blue<br />
Lovin' you<br />
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Cause midnight never lets you down<br />
There's a magic moment everyday<br />
When you hold me in that special way<br />
And when midnight always comes around<br />
Telling me that I don't need to be blue<br />
Lovin' you<br />
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Every night’s the same</div>
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Come home feelin’ down</div>
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Chasin’ all over town</div>
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If you don’t feed the fire there ain’t no flame</div>
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Party lights, empty nights won’t keep my lovelight burin’</div>
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I need your body heat next to me</div>
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You’ve got to keep my lovelight burnin’ yeah</div>
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Used to be we’re out makin’ love in the rain</div>
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Come on to me like a hurricane</div>
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Now it seems our love isn’t getting’ enough</div>
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Baby it much to weak to fill my cup</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-70375801227564869032015-03-04T07:00:00.000-08:002015-03-04T07:00:03.774-08:00Karen Carpenter - Keep My Lovelight Burning (2015 Daybeat Remix)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Karen Carpenter loved her solo album tremendously. I have made it my
mission to bring her solo works to the forefront and develop a strong
following for the work she loved and of which she was very proud.<br />
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Last week I contacted <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=644420831&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A321040037161%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/davidhornos">David Hornos Esteve</a>,
a talented remixer about cleaning up and remixing the song "Keep My
Lovelight Burning" (one of Karen's unreleased solo songs). David
accepted the challenge immediately and in a matter of two days he
produced a professional (and outstanding) remix of a favorite Karen
Carpenter tune. Thank you David for giving us a new and fresh
perspective on this song.<br /><br />
After the remix was completed I went to
work on Monday March 2, 2015 (Karen's 65th birthday) and created a
video for the song. I spent 8 hours over a span of 14 hours to make the
video. I started at 7 am and finished a 9 pm. I used a total of 95
photos for the video which contains 1194 frames to create the motion
which stays in tune with the beat of the song.<br /><br />
Please subscribe to my channel on youtube to keep up with the new mixes and videos that will be coming through the year.<br /><br />
You can follow this conversation on facebook @ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/321040037161/permalink/10153131835917162/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/321040037161/permalink/10153131835917162/</a><br /><br />
It is now with great pleasure I bring to you "Keep My Lovelight Burning (Daybeat Remix 2015) Unreleased"<br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxeajjyNUWFM%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&h=IAQHhT1hl&enc=AZMx5-NPHLba7tSln368iwIxJBHwgrldNvnzAk-zpjZ6C34-MkX1WptFalKlDMErzCjWLujLDUQZW_kA9XQknWCV8RHeQtQqvYyeYDlTVHVM0GDbFdmaMmTHwpSMxo4TMBz97Ag4QcxY1_r3XbEe26XH&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeajjyNUWFM&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-89811514940787378572015-02-03T20:23:00.001-08:002015-02-03T20:35:30.731-08:00The Carpenters Online Interviews Expanded Edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My dear friends my new book "The Carpenters Online Interviews Expanded Edition" is now in complete release. It is available in both paperback and Kindle e-book formats<br />
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<b>This is the link to the Kindle Edition:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00SYQIGSK/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00SYQIGSK/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20</a><br />
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The paperback is a bit pricey, though it is a beautifully designed book and it would be all yours in your own hands.<br />
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The Carpenters Online is a book of interviews I conducted primarily between 2004 through 2008 with songwriters, musicians, authors, etc that have been in one way or another connected with Carpenters or Karen Carpenter. The expanded edition includes updated interviews with many of these same people as well as newly done interviews with more songwriters, musicians and engineers. <br />
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Some of the best new stuff in the book includes an updated interview with Russel Javors, who wrote a few songs on Karen's solo album and was also a musician and arranger on her album. He shared some great insights on Karen and her album as well as sharing a quite truthful insight about the shelving and viewpoint of her album. Russell Javors shares a great never before seen photo of Karen. There's an all new interview with Glenn Berger, an engineer who worked on Karen's albums, he admits he's never been a fan of Carpenters music but was amazed by Karen's voice while working on the album. One of the co-writers of the song "Prime Time Love", Danny Ironstone gave a great and very in-depth interview about this song that until now we knew very little about. Finally, I got an interview with Terry Draper, a founder of the band Klaatu and one of the songwriters of the song "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft," he gives us a never before known fact as to how the song actually made it's way to Carpenters.<br />
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"Offering" by Carpenters was released on A&M Records on October 9, 1969. This was the beginning of a new era of sophisticated pop music. With their debut album Carpenters did not leave much of a mark as the album failed to chart anywhere in the world, initially that is. <span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Offering” was a gem
of innovation, which was largely overlooked by the music buying public. </span>The album was, however, repackaged and rereleased as "Ticket To Ride" in 1971 after the huge successes of the singles "Close To You" and "We've Only Just Begun." Jim McCrary did the fantastic photography work for this album also. This time around Karen and Richard looked more confident as the rising stars they had become. The new album cover was shot in Lake Tahoe.
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However the album "Offering" showcased a variety of styles and genres that Carpenters had honed over the past three or four years including jazz riffs, folk rock tunes, bubblegum pop and of course the almighty ballad. Some of the songs such as "Your Wonderful Parade" and "All I Can Do" dated all the way back to their days as the band Spectrum in 1967. <br />
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The photography for the album was done by A&M staff photographer Jim McCrary. McCrary also shot the photos for the repackaged "Ticket To Ride" album as well as the photos included in the album "A Song For You" and he did the famed "Now & Then" album cover. McCrary is best known for his photography work on Carole King's "Tapestry" album. He also shot album covers and photos for Michael Jackson, Cat Stevens, Flying Burrito Brothers, Peaches and Herb, Billy Preston, Cheech & Chong and others. <br />
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The following photos were contributed by Irene Economou a longtime fan of Carpenters and member of the facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/321040037161/" target="_blank">Karen Carpenter Avenue! </a><br />
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Compiled by Rick Henry this book is an extensive look at every album and every song recorded and released by
Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter as a duo and as solo artists. It covers each songs giving historical data and personal
viewpoints along with comments from fans and Rick Henry. This is the most extensive
book you will find covering Carpenters' music.<br />
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I recently did an interview with Jimmy Michaels which I want to share with you here at Karen Carpenter Avenue.<br />
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Jimmy is a professional musician with an impressive portfolio and has enjoyed a fair amount of success. Beyond his professionally released works in his earlier years Jimmy experimented with creating his own mixes and remixes of Karen Carpenter's solo works including the released and unreleased tracks. In the following interview you will learn more about Jimmy and his interest in Karen Carpenter.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">RH = Rick Henry</span></div>
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<b>RH:</b> Welcome to Karen Carpenter Avenue Jimmy, it is a pleasure to have you here for a visit. Tell us your background in music. Do you have any degrees or special training in music? Do you play any instruments?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> I
guess I could be called a sort of born natural when it comes to music.
Started out in the very early 90s in a small garage hard rock duo, then
in more recent years have expanded my horizons producing and writing all
different genres of music. One minute I could be producing or writing
Hard Rock like when I was young, the next I could be doing beautiful
Easy Listening, i'm all over the map LOL. Instruments I play are drums,
various percussion instruments and piano/keyboards. <br />
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Never went
to school for it, never had any training or earned any degrees. Back
when I was a boy in the early 1980s when I was in elementary school, we
had a very hip sort of teacher who did all kinds of different things in
his classroom. He happened to have an orchestral snare and bass drum in
there. One day at lunch, I hopped on it and started jamming away...long
story short, they thought it was an adult professional playing, and when
they seen it was a kid, the local newspaper was called and I had my pic
taken at the drums with a small write up done, and this was sort of the
beginning of what was to come later in life for me (see attached pic
for the newspaper photo and header from the article)<br />
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<b>RH:</b> Tell us about JMP Music<br />
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<b>JM:</b> JMP
Music is an independent music label I started in 2007 when I decided to
return to writing and producing music after a roughly 5 year hiatus. It
began mostly carrying underground indie rock acts and some of my own
work, and today, it's a little more diverse than it was in the
beginning. Two of the most recent editions to the JMP family are 80s
dance music legend Ernest Kohl and Austrian film music composer Gerhard
Heinz, to give you an idea of how open the label's become since it's
start 7 years ago.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> How many of your songs have been recorded? Have any of your songs made it onto the charts?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Too
many to mention between the mid 90s - present, none ever made any major
big time charts.
Really though at the end of the day, it's the interest and sales that
keep us indie artists going..as long as they're still there, we'll keep
making music.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> <span class="null">Who are some of the artists that have recorded your
songs and which songs are they? Maybe some of the highlights. </span><br />
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<span class="null"><b>JM:</b> </span><span class="null"><span class="null">D.C. LaRue "More Things Change", Type C "The
Darkness", Genise G "Sexcapade" to name a few. One song I am especially proud of is "Dark Lady" by my old rock duo
called Waco (and was also the very first song I ever wrote).</span></span><b>RH: </b>How about your early days as a DJ?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> I wouldn't call it my early days, more like my in
between/not knowing what I was doing next hiatus days. My small rock duo
(which we called ourselves Waco) came to an end in late 1996. Following
that I had some personal stuff to deal with and handle in life. Then
once that was sorted out, had decided to get married, try to do the
family thing and leave music behind. Well, the marriage didn't work out
and towards the end of it, something I had done for years as a hobby for
fun and enjoyment I decided to pursue as a possible career. <br />
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I
ended up making a part time living off it through a lot of mobile "for
hire" gigs and even had a short resident DJ stint during this time at a
now de-funked nightclub in Phoenix Az spinning classic underground disco
(with records - yes! vinyl! in the early 2000's at that!). By the end
of 2002 my short lived DJ days were done..at least in terms of doing it
for a job. <br />
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With the internet fresh and new and all this
technology, I ended up creating an online weekly (which eventually went
to monthly) downloadable radio program called "Disco Extravaganza", in
which of course I played nothing but 70s disco (am a HUGE fan of that
period of dance music if ya couldn't tell LOL). <br />
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I penned the
name "DJ Jimmy M" for it by taking my music alias, throwing "DJ" in
front of it, and abbreviating "M" from the "Michaels" and created this
on air persona. And this is the first time i'm ever admiting this, but
when I was mobile DJ-ing and had that residency, I had another alias
(that I will never tell what it was...hehe)<br />
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Hence, that's how
that name ended up on those Karen Carpenter remixes...when in fact it
was Jimmy Michaels doing those, not my on air DJ persona (as for a
handful of em, DJ Jimmy M didn't even exist yet). The show was a pretty
big hit and caught on amazingly well, which I never expected - had
thousands of devoted listeners the first few years. Then towards the
final few years, the listener rate was dropping and was only in the mid
hundreds to the low hundreds. <br />
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In it's final year, it ended up
being picked up by an online radio station out of NYC called Disco 935.
In late 2007 when I made the decision to come back to producing music on
a regular basis and decided to cut a solo album, it was becoming
tougher and tougher to keep up with doing this radio show between trying
to produce and write for myself and other indie rock acts...so I called
it quits after nearly 6 years of doing this show on a weekly or monthly
basis. <br />
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I did end up becoming very close friends with the owner
of Disco 935, and because of that, I will at least once a year still
make a guest appearance over there, usually around the Christmas
holidays to help him out when he wants a break for a week or to fill in
for another show that's off for that week. So, that's the DJ story.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> You released an album called "More Things Change," it seems it's somewhat an underground disco classic.<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Ahh
yes, my venture into classic disco and funk sounds (with a little bit
of new wave added on the re-issue that's currently still available). I
would not call it an underground disco classic though as it was produced
and recorded between 2009 and 2011 (authentic to the disco era though).
But it did gain a little bit of attention from those that are into the
classic disco stuff. There's 2 main highlights of the album that gave it
the attention. The first was the title cut, which is performed by
Casablanca Records legend D.C. LaRue. <br />
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That tune itself is
probably the most personal and special to me song I ever worked on. The
reason why, is that it was a childhood dream come true. Being a die hard
fan of D.C. growing up, I always said that if I ever was to become a
musician, that one of my ultimate dreams would be to work with D.C. in
making a new song for him. And it turned out EXACTLY in the fashion I
always wanted...which was I wrote and produced the music, and D.C. wrote
and sang the lyrics. The man is a lyrical genius and has a lot of
statements to make in his music. If anyone out there isn't familiar with
his work, I highly recommend checking it out. It's pure musical art all
the way around.<br />
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The 2nd highlight of the album that gained the
attention was a bit of an experiment I did in what I would call
theatrical audio or, a mini movie for the mind. Take a combo of
inspiration from concept disco albums by Alec R. Costandinos, rock
concept albums such as Pink Floyd's The Wall and The Who's Tommy. Mix it
with my love of 70s cop/action shows, sprinkle a little bit of The
Twilight Zone in, and you get the continuous play second half of the
album. <br />
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It's a bizarre twisted tale in both song and dialog of an
obsessed fan of a fashion model who goes berzerk and kills her (played
by me), the cops are on his trail, but during all this, what appears to
be the ghost of the model (played by voice actress and make up artist
Michelle Lea) is speaking to him and haunting him...but is it a ghost,
or is it all in his deranged mind? What happens next? Tune in to the
second half of the album and find out LOL The main song and single that
came out of this epic was called "Crime Of Obsession", and is the tune
that made folks curious to hear the whole concept piece after hearing
either the single version as a solo (and slightly censored) tune or from
hearing one of the remixes that were released.<br />
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One other
highlight of the album I will mention that was added later to the
re-issue is a re-recording/new production of 70s east cost pop legend
Peter Lemongello's "Can't Get Enough Of You Girl", with vocal performed
by Peter himself (this actually directly follows the close of the
concept piece).<br />
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<b>RH:</b> Do you have any current projects in the works?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Yes, a few
actually. One of which is a brand new song I wrote and produced for
Austrian singer Ines Reiger. The song itself is kind of a milestone for
me as it's a love song, and is the first time i've ever written
something of this nature (with not being in any romantic relationship at
the moment as well may I add). Style wise it's very late 70s/early 80s
sounding, and come to think of it, quite similar to some of the lighter
material on the KC solo album. It's planned to be released very soon as a
maxi-single that will contain the original mix and a small handful of
remixes, as well as the original mix appearing on a various artists
compilation album coming out that contains assorted productions of mine
in all genres.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> Before we move on to Karen Carpenter
please let us know your music tastes. Who do you listen to? What was the
first album you bought? What’s your favorite song?]<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Much like
the music I write, I'm all over the map. Generally, when it comes to
music, any genre from the 30s up through the early 90s I could be into. I
have my favorite artists, composers and bands in all different genres. I
could go from Glenn Miller Orchestra to Megadeath to Bee Gees all in
one day to give you an example. <br />
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Really dig anything with
beautiful lush melodies, a great rhythm or a hard beat - either slow or
fast. Two of my main musical influences though were Freddie Mercury and
Phil Collins. As for a favorite song, don't have one because it would be
impossible to chose with as much music as I'm into. The first album I
ever bought was "Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!" by Devo.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> Are you a longtime Karen Carpenter fan? When did you first hear her voice and what was your impression?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> I've
always loved Karen's voice and a handful of the Carpenters tunes.
"Close To You" was the first song I ever heard and first time I heard
her voice. I was a very young kid, and my impression was from what I
remember, just a warm happy feeling. <br />
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<b>JM:</b> It was when I first heard
tracks off this lost 1979/1980 solo album many years later that I can
say I became a true fan. I mean, who knew Karen could have been the next
amazing queen of blue eyed soul? It's a real shame that wonderful album
didn't see the light of day when it should have...who knows what could
have been.<br />
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<b>JM:</b> I
was totally floored! Couldn't believe what I was hearing and how
soulful she was - a total different side of Karen not heard very much on
Carpenters material. Not to mention the great grooves backing her by
The Brothers Johnson band and the brilliant production work of Phil
Ramone. It just all came together like a perfect musical marriage.<br />
(<i><b>Note from Rick Henry</b></i>: Jimmy mentions the Brothers Johnson band. There were six musicians who worked on Borthers Johnson's Quincy Jones produced albums that also worked on Karen's solo album including Rod Temperton, Louis Johnson, Ralph MacDonald, Jerry Hey, Michael Brecker and Greg Phillinganes)<br />
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<b>Karen Carpenter - Guess I Just Lost My Head (Jimmy Michaels Mix)</b><br />
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<b>RH:</b> How did you find out about the nine unreleased solo songs?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> There
was a record store in Ardmore PA (right outside of Philadelphia) called
Plastic Fantastic that I used to go to in the 80s and 90s, and they had
all kinds of rare to find stuff and was THE bootleg headquarters in the
Philly area, and one time shopping in there around the time the solo
album seen the light of day, I found a bootleg tape of the 9 cuts. I
remember paying 40 something dollars for it, which at the time, was a
lot of money for a bootleg. But on the upside, being pre-internet, I had
to be one of the very few who had or knew about these. Lord knows where
they got em?<br />
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RH: Which of the unreleased songs are you especially fond of? How about favorites from the album that was finally released?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> For
the unreleased ones... "Midnight", "Don't Try To Win Me Back" and her
cover of Paul Jabara's "Something's Missing In My Life". For the
released stuff...would have to say the original 1979 mix of "Lovelines",
"My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" and "Guess I Just Lost My Head".<br />
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<b> Karen Carpenter - Don't Try To Win Me Back Again (Jimmy Michaels Mix)</b><br />
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<b>RH:</b> What fueled your interest in mixing/remixing the KC solo tracks?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Honestly?
Just having fun and jamming with em originally. "Lovelines" kind of
started the whole handful off, because my mind pondered of what would
have been had it got released in 1980, and what would the 12'' disco
remix that would have came out with it sound like. So, wanted to try to
bring my vision to life the best I could without a multi-track master
(which pre-internet times these were, no chance something like that
could even be leaked as so many multi-tracks do now days, you needed the
original tape in hand - which naturally, would never happen).<br />
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<b>RH:</b> You mixed only some from the album and a few from the unreleased tracks, why didn’t you mix all 21 of KC’s solo songs?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> The
whole thing was a very random and sporatic kinda situation over a long
period. Some were done in the 90s and some in the early 2000's. All done
for fun and personal enjoyment. Never imagined the whole world would
some day know of these when I did em.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> How did you go about mixing them? What sort of equipment did you use?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> Well,
depending on which tune, it all varies. The early ones from the 90s
were re-edited on reel to reel and then overdubbed rhythms live on
cassette while doing the playback of the edits off the reel. Like for
instance, "Lovelines" is nothing more than the regular song played
straight through with just the bridge repeated an extra time. The actual
"remix" portion of that is simply me playing a steady 4/4 kick and
snare disco rhythm live on the drums to the playback (and carefully
leveled in so it blended just right).<br />
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Then if you take one from
the early 2000's like "Guess I Just Lost My Head", we have a bit of
early digital technology entering into that one, in which what I did was
made 2 WAV file copies of the song direct off the CD, one of them was
recorded into the computer with the channels stripped, and the other
normal. Dropped em both into digital multi-tracking at the same time and
took the stripped channel one, put a little reverb on it, and leveled
it into the normal one. Hence, bringing out hidden instrumentation and
making it appear similar to a real multi-track master tape remix.<br />
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<b>RH: </b>How did your mixes get leaked to the internet?<br />
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<b>JM:</b> In
the early days of the net here, I had originally made mediocre/soso mp3
copies at a 192 bitrate of everything I had for a buddy of mine, as
well as sharing them with an underground yahoo group (anyone remember
those?) I hung around in at that time. The actual "leak" came about as a
result of the buddy (who was non-related to this yahoo group), when he
asked me if he could give copies to this person and that person...and I
was like, "yea sure, knock yourself out, have fun"..not having any idea
of just how wide spread these were going to be. And I have to say, i'm
very pleased and honored that millions of people know about these and
are still discovering them today!<br />
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If I could have seen the
future, I would have copied them in much better quality for my buddy
back then. Unfortunately, a lot of the master sources for these (most
were tapes) are long lost and only a few still sit in my closet
somewhere deep in random boxes of tapes and so far, have only recovered 1
of them.<br />
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<b>RH:</b> Do you plan on doing anymore KC mixes? How about
Carpenters mixes? I’d love to hear a Jimmy Michaels mix of “B’wana She
No Home.”<br />
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<b>JM:</b> That's a tough question. A lot has changed since when I
did these for sheer fun and enjoyment years ago. Being back in the
indie music biz, now running a label and doing other things, I really
don't do home made remixes like that anymore. However, if by some
ungodly miracle, I could gain access to the original multi-track masters
for any of the KC solo material or Carpenters, you can bet I'd be on it
in a heartbeat!<br />
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It's that time of year when Karen Carpenter's beautiful voice graces the airwaves all around the world for the holiday season. We'll be hearing "Merry Christmas Darling" and "There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays" on a daily basis... oh and it will be holiday heaven!<br />
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Carpenters, primarily “Christmas Portrait.” Last year the album sold
extremely well and made it to and new peak position of #114 on
Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. This year we aim at putting the album
into the Top 100. The only way we can do this is if every single
die-hard Carpenters fan gets involved.</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In order to get all the fans involved I have started a campaign to Put Christmas Portrait into the Top 100. It is headquartered at my website leadsister.com the URL to the campaign is</span></span></span><span class="null"> <a href="http://leadsister.com/?page_id=597">http://leadsister.com/?page_id=597</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Please visit the campaign page and help us to get our cherished "Chritmas Portrait" into the top 100. And please share the headquarters URL with everyone you know. Let's do it... Let's put "Christmas Portrait" into the Top 100 this year!</span></span></span></h3>
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This petition requests that Richard produce Karen’s
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Karen Carpenter who rose to fame in 1970 with her brother
Richard Carpenter in the band Carpenters decided to record a solo album in 1979
when her brother entered rehab for a prescription drug addiction. She employed
famed producer Phil Ramone to produce her album. Many well known musicians at
the time contributed to her album including Rod Temperton, Bob James, Russell
javors (Billy Joel Band), Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel Band), Louis Johnson
(Brother’s Johnson) and several others. Due to differences in viewpoints the
album was shelved. For many years Karen Carpenter fans speculated on the album
and fially in 1996 it was released to the public. To date the album has sold
more than one million copies worldwide and is a favorite amongst Karen
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The Brothers Johnson features bass player <b>Louis Johnson</b> who
also played bass on Karen’s album. “All About The Heaven” is featured on the
Brothers Johnson’s 1980 album “Light Up The Night” which includes many of the
same musicians on KC’s album and was written by <b>Rod Temperton</b>, who was a major
contributor to KC’s album. Temperton wrote many of the songs on KC’s album
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* A little trivia: Louis Johnson developed a crush on Karen while working on her solo album.<br />
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Jazz musician <b>Bob James</b> arranged and orchestrated several of
the songs on KC’s album as well as playing keyboards. In 1980 he released his
album “H” which includes many of the same musicians that were on KC’s album.
Listen to Bob James’ keyboard work on “The Walkman”, it sounds very similar to
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Producer <b>Phil Ramone</b> was working on Billy Joel’s “Glass
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of Billy Joel’s backing band (<b>Dave Brown, Libery DeVitto, Doug Stegmeyer </b>and<b>
Russell Javors</b>) performed on almost all the tracks on Karen’s album. Ruseel
Javors also wrote “All Because Of You” and “Still In Love With You”. Engineers
<b>Jim Boyer</b> and <b>Bradshaw Leigh</b> worked on both Joel’s and Carpenter’s albums.
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the musical and vocal tracks. <b>Louis Johnson</b> played bass on both albums. Karen’s
one time boyfriend, <b>Tom Bahler</b>, wrote the song “She’s Out Of My Life”, which
was rumored to have been written about his breakup with Karen. Rod Temperton
originally wrote the song “<b>Rock With You</b>” for Karen to record on her solo
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From 1976 to 1977 <b>Heatwave</b> was a hot commodity making hits
with the classics “Boogie Nights”, “Always and Forever” and “The Groove Line”.
All three hits were written by Heatwave’s main man <b>Rod Temperton</b>. In 1979
Heatwave released their album “Hot Property”, their first and only album
produced by <b>Phil Ramone</b>. Engineer <b>Jim Boyer</b> worked on the heatwave album as he
did Karen’s. Billy Joel bandmate <b>Doug Stegmeyer</b>’s brother Al Stegmeyer was an
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<span style="font-size: small;">Quite possibly the finest Christmas album of all-time. Karen Carpenter was born to sing Christmas music.<br /><br />Today
is the start of my campaign to get "Christmas Portrait" back on the
charts and to peak even higher than it did in 2011. Way back in 1978
"Christmas Portrait" was on the charts and made it to #150 in the US and
then in 2011 (an entire 33 years after it's release) the album reached a
new peak position at #126. On the </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Billboard chart for the week ending </span>December 8, 2012 "Christmas Portrait" re-entered the chart at #147. The newest edition of the chart finds the album<span style="font-size: small;"> falling down to #171 (we've got our work cut out for us). </span>This year (2012) the goal is to get the
album into the Top 100. We can do it. <br /><br />The way to get the album
into the Top 100 is to purchase a brand new copy of the disc. If you're
purchasing it from Amazon.com (which you will find links to amazon in
this post) there are options to purchase it brand new directly from
Amazon.com . You will find that new copy from Amazon in the box listed
Formats. It will be listed in the first row which is listed as Amazon
Price. It's either available as MP3 Music or Audio CD. Click on either
one of those to make your purchase.<br /><br />Sales of brand new CD or MP3 copies will put the album on the charts. Purchases of used copies will not help.<br /><br />Please send this link to everyone you know so we can make a difference and get "Christmas Portrait" into the Top 100 this year.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-36651917668552973962012-11-22T07:03:00.000-08:002012-11-22T07:05:37.715-08:00A Tribute to Merry Christmas Darling (2012)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is now 2012 and we're still talking about Carpenters. Their music was timeless and Karen Carpenter was a singer for all times. <br />
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Karen Carpenter was born to sing Christmas music, that
reality first materialized in 1970 with the release of "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5h7kV20NBw" target="_blank">Merry Christmas Darling</a>" and came full circle in 1978 when "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002GHQ/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank">Christmas Portrait</a>" hit the
stores. <br />
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This year a very special gift, in the way of a music video, was produced by Lee Arboreen for his significant other Robb Brawn. Robb Brawn is a lifelong Karen Carpenter/Carpenters fan and has even produced his own recordings of Carpenters songs most recently "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsbdfZ8ImwA&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</a>".<br />
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The following video is Lee Arboreen's video tribute to the song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5h7kV20NBw" target="_blank">Merry Christmas Darling</a>" as dedicated to Robb Brawn...<br />
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Thank you Lee and thank you Robb for this fantastic gift of the season!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-92083168522453143312012-10-29T13:22:00.000-07:002012-10-29T13:33:41.061-07:00Carpenters "Offering" album covers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many big thanks go to Irene for offering these photos to Karen Carpenter Avenue and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/321040037161/" target="_blank">Karen Carpenter Magazine</a>. Your generosity is much appreciated.<br />
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Released on October 9, 1969, "Offering" is the name of Carpenters' debut
album. The album did not chart and sold only 18,000 copies. However there was one
semi-hit single with the release of a ballad version of the Beatles' "Ticket To Ride" which reached #54
on the Billboard singles chart and remained on the chart for 12 weeks. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Original album cover "Offering" 1969</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following are outtakes from the "Offering" photo shoot in 1969. </span></div>
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(Thank you again Irene for contributing these photos)</div>
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This set of photos show Karen and Richard in a rustic atmosphere.
Suburban Southern California, the dusty fallen leaves, the stained
cement. It's down very earthy. </div>
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After the success of the mega-hit "Close To You" A&M Records repackaged "Offering" with a new album cover and renamed it "Ticket To Ride". The reissued album has gone on to sell over 400,000 (in the US). Mint copies of the original "Offering" vinyl album are valued at $1,000 +. <br />
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The original 1969 recording of "Ticket To Ride".</div>
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In 1973 Carpenters rerecorded the song for inclusion on their mega-hit compilation "The Singles 1969-1973".</div>
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Carpenters - All I Can Do (1969)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052077056871950042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676281777712743322.post-16369633437359101792012-10-15T10:35:00.000-07:002012-10-18T20:10:28.272-07:00Randy Schmidt: An Interview with a SuperFan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Randy Schmidt has had three books published (to date) relating to the music of Carpenters. His first book, "Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and their Music" was a compilation of newspaper, magazine and book reviews and articles all put into one book. This collection was publisheded in 2000 and was a huge delight to all Carpenters fans. Eleven years later Schmidt released his prized work "Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter". Schmidt compiled data and interviews from Karen's friends and associates and wrote a compelling story attempting to tell the real story of Karen Carpenter. "Little Girl Blue" was a big success. Because of this success Schmidt decided to expand his first release "Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and their Music" by adding several more articles to it. This new expanded issue is titled, "Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader".<br />
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This interview gives us a nice insight into the workings of his books as well as an introduction into the person that Randy Schmidt is.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: In composing,
compiling, editing and authoring these books have you ever felt like you were
in any way entering the life of Karen Carpenter or maybe becoming part of
Karen's soul?</b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: The <i>Yesterday Once
More </i>book (YOM for short) was lots of research and digging and permission
seeking, so it was not nearly the emotional journey of <i>Little Girl Blue </i>(LGB for short). For that project, there was
something really special about the stories shared with me by Karen’s friends.
Getting to know them and to witness the love they have for her nearly thirty
years after she passed just goes to show what a special person Karen was. Karen
was such a private person, though, so I don’t know that I felt I ever got to a
soul level with her story. She didn’t let anyone get that close. Even Karen’s
closest confidants were lied to and deceived, with no ill intent, of course, in
her continued attempts to convince them she was okay. On some level, I feel she
desired attention, but then she also just wanted to be left alone with her
illness. I think she lived much of her life inside her head.<br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: "Little Girl
Blue" was a touching tribute to Karen. A lot of it was very emotional and
somewhat revealing to Karen's inner being. Did you ever become over emotional while working on this book?</b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: I certainly did get emotional from time to time. Imagine
sitting in Frenda’s living room and hearing all this for the first time! I was
numb with emotion that day. Witnessing Mike Curb, Olivia, Terry Ellis, and
others choked up over “what might have been…” Those moments were so touching
and at the same time I couldn’t believe I was on the receiving end of these
deeply personal feelings. There were so many revelations in LGB and luckily for
me they came sporadically. The tidbits of information were released by various
interviewees over time, so I had time to digest the contents little by little.
I was caught off guard by the emotional response of readers, but I guess I
shouldn’t have been. It was the combination of all those tidbits that combined
for an overwhelming amount of information. I realize now that sitting down and
reading the book in a few hours or even over a few days often results in a
truly heart-wrenching experience.<br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: I’m reminded of a comment Karen would often make regarding
her singing voice: “It just sorta happened!” After <i>Yesterday Once More</i> was published in 2000, I got the idea to do a
children’s book about the Carpenters. I hoped to focus on their early musical
influences, their experimentation with various instruments, attempts to get a
record deal, and so on. The first person I interviewed was Debbie Cuticello,
one of Karen’s childhood friends from New Haven. That children’s book project
never really took shape, but the interview with Debbie proved to be the first
of many I would do over the following years. The project took on many different
shapes—from children’s book to a career retrospective to an oral history of the
Carpenters’ music and recording sessions. But there came a time when I began to
see a pattern in all of the research I’d been doing and especially in the
responses of those I was interviewing. The common thread was Karen. And I am
sure Richard struggles with this on a daily basis, but all I kept hearing was
“Karen, Karen, Karen.” No joke. I don’t remember exactly what made the decision
for me, but the focus shifted from the duo to just Karen, specifically. Of
course you can’t tell her story without his and vice versa, but I began to
realize that, even though she was one-half of a duo, Karen was important enough
as an individual to warrant her own book. When considering a book proposal, one
of the things publishers want to know is “what’s different” about this book.
What sets this book apart from others on the same subject? There had never
really been a KAREN Carpenter biography. I had so many unanswered questions
after reading Ray Coleman’s book and seeing and hearing other accounts, so I
knew other fans probably felt the same way. Richard wasn’t talking, so we
weren’t going to get more of the story there. I had been secretly hoping Paul
Grein would write the Carpenters bio that I wanted to read, but I finally took
matters into my own hands, I guess you could say. I remember having dinner with
Chris Tassin one night in early 2008 and telling him some of my thoughts and
ideas. We went to a bookstore afterward and looked through lots of celebrity
bios. I think it was that night that I knew it was going to happen. I left
there ready to find a publisher for the project. </span><br />
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unusual or maybe funny experience during the process of collecting information/
conducting interviews to write "Little Girl Blue"?</b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: One that comes to mind is not necessarily funny, but it was
certainly unusual. And frustrating for sure. I started trying to contact the
Carpenters’ manager Sherwin Bash as early as 2002, I’d say. I sent an email
here, left a phone message there, and the answer was always the same: “No!” And
it wasn’t just “no,” at one point it was more of a “Hell, No!” He was not very
kind or personable. At one point I was in contact with his daughter Randy Bash,
but she wouldn’t talk and said her father didn’t want to either. I consider
myself to be very tenacious, but I am not one to keep pushing to the point of
making someone mad. I finally gave up. I’d discovered a nice interview Sherwin
did with UK music writer John Tobler in 1990, so I ended up licensing that from
him for <i>Little Girl Blue</i>. It wasn’t
original to the project, but at least Bash’s thoughts and opinions would be
included in some manner. Fast forward to 2010: A letter arrives at my home from
Sherwin Bash saying, in so many words, “Why would you write a book about Karen
Carpenter and not interview ME!?” I was dumbstruck. I responded, reminding him
that he’d said “no” on numerous occasions, to which he replied saying I should
have asked one MORE time! It was hilarious, in a way, but terribly frustrating.
I responded again saying that I, of course, regret not having gone back to him
again and told him I hoped he would consider granting an interview to help
correct or append future editions of the book. His reply was “Too late!”<br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: What made you decide
to expand upon "Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and their
Music" and release "Yesterday Once More; The Carpenters Reader"
?</b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: The original edition was much loved, but never received the
distribution and attention I thought it deserved. After LGB was released and
did so well, people started asking about YOM. I only had a few copies in my collection,
Amazon sellers were pricing it over $100 since it was considered to be “rare,”
but I wanted people to be able to find copies. I considered self-publishing the
second edition, but first decided to send out book proposals to a few
publishers I thought might give it a chance. As a last resort I took it to
Chicago Review Press and basically explained the renewed interest in the book
and that I planned to self-publish, but wanted to know if they’d have any
interest. I’ve been told that LGB is their bestselling title to date, so I
guess they figured that there might be enough residual interest from that book
to carry another Carpenters title. I think they did a beautiful job with the
new cover, layout, and everything else. They are a class act publisher. They
really encouraged me to return to the roots of a lot of these articles, too,
when we discovered a lot of the articles had been heavily edited and even
shortened for the first edition, some with and some without my knowledge. It
makes me really happy to know they’ve all been restored for this edition. I was
also able to get rid of a few pieces that didn’t work well in the first
printing and add a number of new pieces to this edition.<br></span></div>
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for anymore books?</b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: There’s only one more Carpenters related book on my horizon,
I guess you could say. That children’s book idea that started it all has
finally developed into something pretty special. I hope to find a publisher
that agrees, because I think it would be well received and something that would
find a home in school libraries around the country. That manuscript is finished
and just waiting for a chance. The success of LGB has opened up many other
opportunities for other books, too. I am mostly into biographies and creative
nonfiction at this point. My current project is tentatively called <i>Through These Portals: Beryl Wallace and
Earl Carroll’s Hollywood</i>, and is the story of a beautiful showgirl, her
impresario boss/lover, and their fascinating lives leading up to the couple’s
tragic demise in a 1948 plane crash. It will be an illustrated history with
175-200 photos. A lot of people know of the legendary Earl Carroll Theatre on
Sunset in Hollywood. It’s since been the Moulin Rouge, the Aquarius Theatre,
and others, and it’s now known as Nickelodeon on Sunset where they tape shows
like <i>iCarly</i> and <i>Victorious</i>. It’s a pretty fascinating and previously untold chapter
of Hollywood history and I am so grateful to be working with members of the
families of both Beryl and Earl.<br></span></div>
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</b>RS: I’d have to say “Rainy Days and Mondays,” only because it was the opening
title for the CBS TV movie <i>The Karen
Carpenter Story</i>. I was 13 when I watched it and fell in love with Karen’s
voice at first listen. I know there were some Carpenters songs buried deep
inside somewhere, but that was the first time it really clicked. Instant
connection. The “cry” in her voice appealed to me and there was a sense of
longing that even a teenage kid could detect with ease. I felt from that moment
that she was singing only for me. Little did I know that she had that effect on
nearly every Carpenters fan!</span></div>
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Superstar, Only Yesterday, Road Ode, I Can’t Make Music, Now</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS:<i> A Song for You</i>,
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(though made up of various outtakes, it’s a really cohesive album).<br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: I ask every fan I
interview about Karen's solo album. I feel it's one of the most important
albums in the entire output of Carpenters/Carpenters related music. <br />
Had the album been released in 1980 do you think it would have changed the way
people viewed Karen Carpenter? </b><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: I think it might have given her a bit more edge than she’d
had in the past. I do NOT think it would have done anything to tarnish her
image or reputation. </span></div>
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</b>RS: If anything it would have helped. By 1980, the Carpenters’ albums were not
selling like they did even five years earlier. It would have surely garnered
more attention and sales than </span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Passage</i>
and <i>Made in America</i>. It would have at
least had people talking.<br /><br /><b>RH: Do you think the album would have
changed Karen's course of life in anyway? If so how?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">RS: I have said this before, but I firmly believe that Karen’s
whirlwind romance with Tom Burris was a rebound from the disappointment and
eventual shelving of the solo album. Had she been releasing and promoting an
album in the spring of 1980, she would not have had time to devote to that
relationship. In that manner, I do feel it would have changed the course of her
life in a very big way. Also, I wish she’d stood up to Richard and the folks at
A&M. Herb Alpert never liked their <i>A
Kind of Hush </i>album, but it wasn’t stopped. There wasn’t pressure to go back
and redo everything. It was terribly crushing for Karen to have this album—her
most personal, creative product ever—deemed unworthy of release. Her friends
told me she never fully trusted Richard after that. Their relationship was
damaged and you can sense the tension in the interviews they did together for <i>Made in America</i>.<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>RH: Lastly is there any one of two... maybe
three Carpenters tunes which hold a special memory for you?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: “Don’t Be Afraid” was one of my first favorite Carpenters
songs and I remember singing it as a solo at a junior high choir concert. I
sure hope no recordings exist! Other than that, I think “Tryin’ to Get the
Feeling Again” gets to me because I remember hearing that for the first time in
a record store in 1994, I believe. I ran across the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005IL8/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><i>Interpretations</i></a> CD by accident. I didn’t even know it was out. I
took the CD to the listening station and was moved to tears. I am not much of a
crier, but another one that really hit me hard was “And When He Smiles.” It was
another “surprise” song that I didn’t know even existed until I was face to
face with it. The youthful spirit of innocence in Karen’s voice and the looks
of optimism on her face in the BBC footage were chilling. <br></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">RH: In ten words or less tell me, who are you?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> </b><span style="font-size: small;">RS: Dad of two, partner of one, and creative music lover<br /><br /> <b>RH: What makes you happier than anything else in life? </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: Seeing my daughters happy and smiling and enjoying life. They love
music, too, so I love to see them enjoying music of all genres. They
both have beautiful singing voices, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: How old are your girls? Do they sing any Carpenters tunes?</b><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: The girls
are 13 and 8. They have been surrounded by Carpenters tunes since
birth, of course, and sing along just about any time I play their songs,
but they have their own tastes in music. My eight year old loves "Top
of the World" and "If I Had You."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <b>RH: Outside of your family is there an elder person in your life that you really look up to?</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: Frank Pooler is one of my idols. He’s become a bit of a mentor. I only
wish we lived in closer proximity to one another so I could really spend
time learning from him and absorb some of that creativity and energy.
He’s such a kindhearted man and I really admire the relationships he
maintains with his former students. It says a lot about him as a person
and educator. There’s something, too, about the bond between singers and
their conductor. It’s a very intimate, emotional thing to make music
with others and when you work with someone like Frank, I imagine you
can’t help but fall under his spell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>RH: In which way is Frank Pooler a mentor to you?</b><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: It's completely
unofficial, of course, but we've sat down at length and discussed music
education, choral singing, and so on. He recommends various books and
passes along links to songs and recordings he thinks I might enjoy. He's
really like a music educator idol for me and he's willing to share
anything and everything, the greatest being his knowledge. He's such a
fascinating man!</span></span></div>
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RS: Where do I begin!? During a trip to Los Angeles I went hunting for the
Brady Bunch house. I finally found it but as I turned the corner I was
so fascinated I wasn’t paying close attention and ran the car up onto
the sidewalk. It blew out a tire on the rental car!<br /><br /> <b>RH: What would you say are the 3 biggest achievements in your life?</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: 1. Being the father of two beautiful girls<br /> 2. Authoring Little Girl Blue and seeing it go above and beyond my wildest dreams<br /> 3. Figuring out that I don’t have to be who I thought everybody else wanted me to be.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>It’s ok being me!<br /><br /> <b>RH: Who or what has/have played the biggest role(s) in the shaping of your achieving of goals? </b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">RS: My grandma Margie was a huge influence on my love for music during my formative years. I miss her so much and wish she </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">could have stuck around long enough to see all this. She would have thrilled.<br /> <br />
<b>RH: One thing I really appreciate about you is your sense of outspokenness.
I haven't met you personally, but you seem comfortable <span style="font-size: small;">at</span> intelligently
speaking up for what you believe, what you like and what you do. What
drives this attribute of your personality?</b><br /> <br /> RS: I came to a point in
my life around the age of 30 where I had to stop living the life I’d
been prescribed and start living the life I was always meant to live.
I’ve always been such a people pleaser, so it used to really upset me to
think I’d hurt or disappointed someone. But as it turns out, most
people appreciate honesty and authenticity more than they do facades.<br /> <br />
<b>RH: Randy, I want to thank you for taking the time to do this interview. I
also thank you very much for the three books you have released so far.
All three of them have been valuable additions to my library.</b></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005HDACB2/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Karen Carpenter Photo (click here for purchase info)</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This stunning picture of Karen Carpenter was taken in 1977. This is a beautiful 8" x 10" poster print.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0085GD9I6/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Karen Carpenter Mouse Pad (click here for purchase info)</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keep this classic 1971 image of Karen near your computer as you perform your daily tasks.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1613744145/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader </span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1613744145/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">(click here for purchase info) </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another fantastic book release from Randy Schmidt. This is the revised and expanded edition of "Yesterday Once: Memories of the Carpenters and their Music".</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000QWXZY/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Carpenters - Top Of The World (CD Single)</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Released in 2003. This rare and valuable Japanese issued single includes the classic version of "Top Of The World" as well as karaoke versions of "Top Of The World" and "Sing".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sharp looking decal looks great anywhere.</span> </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004UKOFKC/ref=nosim/populasongsmu-20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ten Premium Carpenters Guitar Picks with Tin </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This smart set includes ten premium guitar picks featuring photos of Karen and Richard from various points in their career. Accompanied with a great looking round shaped tin with Carpenters logo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ten fantastic premium guitar picks containing much loved photos of Karen and Richard Carpenter. These ten guitar picks are attached to a stunning photo card backing (as seen in the picture above). Nice gift item for the die-hard Carpenters fan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Outstanding live performance from Carpenters' 1974 tour of Japan. This is a must get for every Carpenters fan. Includes Japanese sung version of "Sing" and a rollicking rendition of "Leader of the Pack".</span><br />
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