tomswift2002
Well-Known Member
Couldn't help but notice that we have reviews for all the other Christmas albums and collections (although Christmas Collection doesn't count since it's just a repackaging and rebranding of the original albums together), so why not the Christmas Portrait:Special Edition) from 1984.
For those of us who grew up in the late-80's and 1990's, this is the album that we remember seeing on store shelves in the CD section. The CD was big back then, and vinyl was being touted as having died, and in the early-90's, while you could still purchase record players with big component systems, the CD player was the place to find the best music, and of course at Christmas that would mean the Carpenters Christmas Portrait: Special Edition playing almost non-stop through out Christmas!
Hey, 74 minutes of music, arranged to sound like you were at a symphony and every song flowed into one another, was very impressive.
For those of us who grew up in the late-80's and 1990's, this is the album that we remember seeing on store shelves in the CD section. The CD was big back then, and vinyl was being touted as having died, and in the early-90's, while you could still purchase record players with big component systems, the CD player was the place to find the best music, and of course at Christmas that would mean the Carpenters Christmas Portrait: Special Edition playing almost non-stop through out Christmas!
Hey, 74 minutes of music, arranged to sound like you were at a symphony and every song flowed into one another, was very impressive.