Misael Castillo Lopez
Active Member
I think that "less is more" the elegant logo and minimalist graphic make some very beautiful Covers
These are my favorites:
Regards
These are my favorites:
Regards
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I think you got confused. The OP wasn’t referring to recordings already done by other groups and then the Carpenters. The covers the OP was referring to are the sleeves, in which case “Little Altar Boy” just had the generic 80’s A&M sleeve.A toss up between 'Ave Maria' and 'Little Altar Boy'. 'Little Altar Boy' comes out in front. And I'm not even religious!
I think you got confused. The OP wasn’t referring to recordings already done by other groups and then the Carpenters. The covers the OP was referring to are the sleeves, in which case “Little Altar Boy” just had the generic 80’s A&M sleeve.
Yes, I realised that after I'd posted. I just had a quick look at the thread-starter while doing something else.I think you got confused. The OP wasn’t referring to recordings already done by other groups and then the Carpenters. The covers the OP was referring to are the sleeves, in which case “Little Altar Boy” just had the generic 80’s A&M sleeve.
I'm partial to two sleeves for very different reasons:
Just seeing the 1970 US "Darling" sleeve takes me back, makes me believe it's my first time hearing the record:
The boys were in Vietnam. No matter how you felt about the war, we all wanted the troops home for Christmas.
That single -- with Karen's vocal, Richard's arrangement, Pooler's lyric -- was a perfect holiday storm. It touched a nerve that first listen, and still does.
Don't forget that Pooler originally wrote the lyrics around 1946, so right around the end of World War II. Who knows, maybe he had been drafted and served in WWII, and he wrote the song because of his memories of longing to be at home for Christmas during the war.
Although in my case, both WWII and the Vietnam War were ancient history by the time I was around, so I really don't attach that type of sentimentality with it.
Tom:Don't forget that Pooler originally wrote the lyrics around 1946, so right around the end of World War II. Who knows, maybe he had been drafted and served in WWII, and he wrote the song because of his memories of longing to be at home for Christmas during the war.
Although in my case, both WWII and the Vietnam War were ancient history by the time I was around, so I really don't attach that type of sentimentality with it.
I'm partial to two sleeves for very different reasons:
Just seeing the 1970 US "Darling" sleeve takes me back, makes me believe it's my first time hearing the record:
The boys were in Vietnam. No matter how you felt about the war, we all wanted the troops home for Christmas.
That single -- with Karen's vocal, Richard's arrangement, Pooler's lyric -- was a perfect holiday storm. It touched a nerve that first listen, and still does.
Some 20 years later, a UK "Darling" re-release served up the single in a cardboard Christmas card-like sleeve that goes up on the mantle each year.
Lovely.
http://images.45cat.com/carpenters-merry-christmas-darling-am-2.jpg
http://images.45cat.com/carpenters-merry-christmas-darling-1990-4.jpg
The first and third covers, graphically I am very beautiful, especially the one that comes out with small graphics on the corners and a letter of Christmas style title gothic. RegardsLove these...