newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
Well, of course, he's known that since the "Joe Osborn Sessions" in his garage studio when Joe signed her to that ill-fated, short-term original contract. And that may have been his biggest problem through the years, and why he won't or can't de-emphasize himself...
I’ve often wondered why there was next to no mention of the Magic Lamp record or deal during their heyday. They were asked about their pre-Carpenters careers often enough during interviews on talk shows, but the fact that Karen was offered a solo recording contract at 16, the story behind it and that fact that copies of the record still existed, was only really revealed many years later after her death. At the time though, for a 16 year-old kid in any family, this would have been a massive deal.