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In the interim, reading the Liner Notes of the USA copy, I read this....
"...more than a few of our earlier recordings came to a close at a faster tempo
than they had begun..." (Richard Carpenter).
I would be most interested to discover which songs here Richard is writing about,
as he has rectified that issue on those songs for this cd.
Source: www.universal-music.co.jp/carpenters/news/2018-12-18-media/
Universal Music Jp says:
Carpenters will be featured at 38 stations nationwide "JET STREAM" nationwide on TOKYO FM
as key station for three days from December 24 (Monday) to December 26 (Wednesday) .
Please listen!
TOKYO FM "JET STREAM" Monday - Friday 24: 00-24: 55
Monday, 24th December - Wednesday 26th December
JET STREAM- TOKYO FM 80.0MHz - 大沢たかお
It's still the wonderful drumming of ms Carpenter on This Masquerade.
- Is the drumming "new" on This Masquerade? Drumming on the original sounds much better.
- Close To You - during the bridge, I prefer the original "aaahh aaaa aahhh ..aaahh aaaa...aaahh aaaa aaahhhhhhh". This new arrangement sounds robotic.
The initial entry, with 2 phrases, is an English Horn. Then at about 0:53, an oboe takes over for 2 phrases.There's a part of the song, Baby It's You where there is an instrument that comes in from the orchestra, it first starts at 24-26 seconds and then you hear it again...when Karen sings.."What can I do" right after that at 1:05 to 1:07.
- Close To You - during the bridge, I prefer the original "aaahh aaaa aahhh ..aaahh aaaa...aaahh aaaa aaahhhhhhh". This new arrangement sounds robotic.
Gary - the opening drum in Please Mister Postman is there on the Japanese CD - albeit a different one.I have not received my Japan cd, as of today.
But, Please Mr. Postman did appear on Youtube today.
I reserve judgement, but, note that the initial drum-intro to the song is gone.
The song begins-cold-with "Stop !"....
Keyboards sound different to my ears.
Lead vocal is interesting, I do love what occurs beginning at 1:19,
also, castanets are much up-front at conclusion of song.
In general, I like it. Do I like it better than the original ? Take a guess.
This past Monday I went to Barnes & Noble to see if the new CD was being sold.
I only found 1 CD...can you see it? lol
They have loads of vinyl so I checked out the C section, believe it or not the same 2 LP's that I saw last year were still there, The Singles 69-73 and Close To You. I took a picture but it's the same as last year this time when the albums came out, I moved them to the front.
Gary - the opening drum in Please Mister Postman is there on the Japanese CD - albeit a different one.
Just so I understand this are you saying that the Target version of Please Mister Postman doesn't have the opening drum but that the Japan CD does have an opening drum beat?. If you could post the first 10 seconds of the Japanese one I would greatly appreciate it as I may have to buy it then.
Many Thanks
Scott B
Scott, I think what was discussed here was that a YOUTUBE video of Please Mr. Postman did NOT have the opening drum, and then it was mentioned that the Japanese version DID. To put your mind at ease, both the Target and the Japanese version have the opening drumbeats. It's just a Youtube video that supposedly doesn't.