Carpenters The Essential Collection 1965-1997 (2002) 4xCD Box Set MP3 LOSSY CBR 320 KBPS Contains Album Art & ID Tags

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The Carpenters' 2002 box set, The Essential Collection (1965-1997) is a revised version of their 1991 box set, From the Top. This time, Richard Carpenter has aimed more at a comprehensive treatment of the Carpenters' career, including all of their Top 40 hits (some with grudging remarks in the liner notes) in an expansion that adds 45 and a half minutes to the running time. There are also some more album cuts and rarities, though the only previously unreleased tracks are a commercial and a medley of standards by Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald from a television special. In total, he has added 17 tracks, while deleting four: a cover of the Beatles' "Goodnight"; a Spanish-language version of "Sing" (replaced by the English-language hit version that had been left off From the Top); and two songs from his sister's solo album (which he no longer describes as having been shelved in 1980 "at Karen's behest," but now "for reasons that are well-chronicled elsewhere," presumably in Ray Coleman's 1994 authorized biography), "My Body Keeps Changing My Mind" and "Still Crazy After All These Years." Since that album finally saw release in 1996, he may have thought it was no longer necessary to represent so much of it. The result of the changes is a big improvement. From the Top didn't really justify its four discs; it could have fit on three. And it was a compromise between an all-out rarities set and a thorough career overview. This version uses its greater length to satisfy the latter goal. It is worth noting, too, that like From the Top, The Essential Collection (1965-1997) is a retouched version of the Carpenters' story. Richard Carpenter has not hesitated to remix, overdub, and otherwise spiff up the band's recordings. Purists may object, but the sound justifies the changes.

Tracklist:

CD 1

1. Caravan
2. The Parting Of Our Ways
3. Looking For Love
4. I'll Be Yours
5. Iced Tea
6. You'll Love Me
7. All I Can Do
8. Don't Be Afraid
9. Invocation
10. Your Wonderful Parade
11. All Of My Life
12. Eve
13. Ticket To Ride
14. Get Together
15. Interview
16. Love Is Surrender
17. Maybe It's You
18. (They Long To Be) Close To You
19. Mr. Guder
20. We've Only Just Begun
21. Merry Christmas Darling
22. For All We Know

CD 2

1. Rainy Days And Mondays
2. Superstar
3. Let Me Be The One
4. Bless The Beasts And The Children
5. Hurting Each Other
6. It's Going To Take Some Time
7. I Won't Last A Day Without You
8. A Song For You
9. Top Of The World
10. Goodbye To Love
11. This Masquerade
12. Sing
13. Jambalya (On The Bayou)
14. Yesterday Once More
15. Oldies Medley
16. Yesterday Once More (Reprise)
17. Radio Contest Outtakes

CD 3

1. Crown Chocolate Commercial
2. Please Mr. Postman
3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4. Only Yesterday
5. Solitaire
6. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again
7. Good Friends Are For Keeps
8. Ordinary Fool
9. Sandy
10. There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)
11. I Need To Be In Love
12. From This Moment On
13. Suntory Pop Jingle 1
14. Suntory Pop Jingle 2
15. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
16. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
17. Sweet, Sweet Smile
18. Christ Is Born
19. White Christmas
20. Little Altar Boy
21. Ave Maria

CD 4

1. Where Do I Go From Here
2. Little Girl Blue
3. I Believe You
4. If I Had You
5. Ella Medley
6. 1980 Medley
7. Make Believe It's Your First Time
8. Touch Me When We're Dancing
9. When It's Gone
10. Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)
11. Those Good Old Dreams
12. Now
13. Karen's Theme

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