Carpenters New DVD Release Feb 21, 2012

What do you make of this? In performance 1972, it has to be the live in Japan. Budakon was in 74. The logo appears correct, so is this a bootleg? Studio is IMV BLUELINE.

http://www.amazon.com/Carpenters-Pe...=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323387100&sr=1-1

Here is the pic I forgot to post from Amazon and the details:
It is usually the back of the DVD that gives us all the clues we need.
I don't see any A & M logo.
I am wondering if this could be the live in australia 1972 concert, if so that would be awesome!!!

• Actors: Carpenters
• Format:NTSC
• Region:All Regions
• Number of discs:1
• Studio:IMV BLUELINE
• DVD Release Date:February 21, 2012
• Run Time:70 minutes
• ASIN: B006HH5YK6
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I still wouldn't mind getting it. Even if it's Japan or Australia. But my guess is Japan 1972 as Australia is only about 50 mins long due to commercials being put in and being edited down for slot time. Or could we possibly have another new treat on our hands? *is skeptical until further info is released*

We might be getting closer, further searching I found this: I guess it's not the australia concert

http://mvdb2b.com/s/CarpentersInPerformance1972/5104D

Looks like a badly repackaged Live In Budokan 74 show. You'd think they'd put the right year on the cover. Oh well. Next please.

Did they even play "Sometimes" at the Budakon concert? I can't remember and does the time frame match more from Budakon? It's not the first time they messed up with the year but could this really be from 1972?

This also looks alot like the track order from the Live in Japan 2 CD set also from 74. It would be terrible if this DVD was just a rip from a laserdisc version of Budakon. If only we could see the back of this DVD.

I also noticed on that link I posted to the DVD that if you go to the top of the menu it says "watch and listen" there you can see some of the videos of different artists. For instance I clicked on Tony Bennett and it's a youtube video but I'm assuming they are from this DVD of "broadcast archives"??? Maybe these are different labels.

What is interesting is that it says this Carpenters DVD is a MVD Exclusive and so does that Tony Bennett release. For Tony they show alot of cool clips of him along with the video, if the Carpenters is like this, there may be some interesting clips we may not have seen on DVD before.

I'm surprised that no one has pointed out the inclusion of Sing in this set (not to mention Jambalaya). According to Richard's notes (from The Essential Collection booklet) "In early 1973, Karen and I guested on an ABC television special, Robert Young With The Young. One of the songs, featuring the cast, was "Sing," originally written for Sesame Street. Karen and I thought the song could be a hit (most of our associates thought we were nuts) and selected it as the debut single from our Now & Then album."

So if they found Sing in early 1973 how can the performance on this DVD be from 1972? And didn't Jambalaya not appear in concert sets until 1973?

As far as the logo being distorted, that does not in itself mean that Richard had nothing to do with this. The logo has been distorted twice on official releases; it was stretched vertically for the From The Top longbox version and stretched horizontally for the Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters DVD (see photos), both of which Richard was very much involved in.

I agree though (and think it is obvious) that Richard did have nothing to do with this new DVD. He has been very guarded about live performance releases throughout the years and we probably would have heard something from more official sources if this were a legitimate release.

I think I worded the question about Jambalaya poorly. What I meant was that to my knowledge Jambalaya didn't show up in concert sets until at least 1973. I have never yet seen a concert set list from 1972 that included this song, which is one more thing that makes the 1972 date of this DVD performance dubious.

I dubbed an audio CDR of the entire Live at Budakon 1974 video concert. For reference I was looking to see how long this entire concert (audio) was from the intro practice on stage to the very end with the Close to You medley as the credit roll (burt's version) The entire concert runs approx 1 hr 4 mins and 22 secds. If you take out the intro where they are practicing and say start with the intro where he says ladies and gentlemen the carpenters..then the concert runs 58 mins 50 secds. So if this DVD is really the Budakon concert, one wonders how they come up with 70 mins.

Who knows. I'm just gonna stick with saying it's a poorly repackaged version of Budokan with maybe some added media clips or something as bonus and they're counting that along as the full time of the DVD. Would be nice if it was a new concert recording from that tour but...

Bringing back an old topic, this DVD is being released next week on Tuesday. It appears someone has already obtained the DVD and put up a review on Amazon.

SPOILER ALERT, Stop reading now













http://www.amazon.com/Carpenters-Pe...iewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

Some odd things, this person says Help is included, but it's not listed on the track listings previously posted here. In addition, it appears all of the intro before the concert starts was removed, in addition to the ending credits being removed. (I guess this confirms bootleg to avoid giving credits to the credits) I pulled out my concert (which was lifted from the laserdisc Budakon concert) and most of it is in Japanese subtitles but on Help there are no subtitles. This person in this review says Help has English subtitles. Does anyone know if the original Laserdisc of Budakon had English subtitles on Help?