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There's no missed opportunity with "Look To Your Dreams"-Richard always intended to use a big band orchestra on that track. If it had been recorded in 1975, Billy May would've (most likely) done the arrangement & orchestration-instead of Peter Knight.Another What If:
(What if) The song "Look To You Dreams" had been recorded in 1974/1975? .
Imagine the lead vocal, and the overdubs done by only Karen and Richard Carpenter.
A missed opportunity.
Amazingly enough, Karen wasn't crazy about 'Ordinary Fool'. Richard said she probably would have changed her mind had she heard the finished version.
I wonder what this song sounded like before the 1983 mixing and additional recording, in other words what did Karen hear when they recorded it in 76. Can you imagine Richard has not only the final version on a lot of these songs but he also has the original versions before he did any additional mixing or recording.
I would imagine it sounded pretty much like the unsweetened 'Honolulu City Lights'. In this case, it would have been the basic track with piano, drums and bass recorded but missing the oboe, strings and sax solo. It's such a slow-paced, bluesy recording that it probably did sound very bare and uneventful without the sax and especially the strings towards the end as they give the song much more warmth. Her reading though, whatever the state of the backing track, is outstanding.
The powers that be have yet to decide whether the image-threatening collection will ever leave A&M's vaults.
Even if it does, it will be an oddity,an artistic side trip in Karen Carpenter's career."
LOL! The O.K. Chorale always sounded like Disney - hence why we dislike them. I don't like them on anything Richard used them on. Other than the overuse of oboe, this was his biggest production crime.
Ed
Another (re-) listen o the entire album last night.
This had to be a tough project for Richard Carpenter to complete.
I seem to recall that it was intended for a Summer release, held back until Fall;
"Ordinary Fool" .....A Work Lead.....all the more remarkable!
And, Karen was "...not that taken with the song.." (Richard Carpenter) !
I do appreciate that Richard Carpenter was able to assemble the album under such circumstances.