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Which CD are you listening to? 29 hours? That’s way more than the SE claims at 70+ minutes.The original, all the way. The SE just doesn't feel right; it's one thing boasting "29 hours of continuous music!", but it's overload. Too much of a good thing ...
I don’t know. However “O Holy Night” was recorded for “The Carpenters At Christmas” and in the special Richard says the best way to do “O Holy Night” is with an orchestra and piano.This has probably been brought up a few times before but why didn't Karen ever record a vocal for "O Holy Night"? Or did she?
I don’t know. However “O Holy Night” was recorded for “The Carpenters At Christmas” and in the special Richard says the best way to do “O Holy Night” is with an orchestra and piano.
(Check it out at about 28:55).
Well on AOFC, “O Holy Night” is a remix of the TV special (besides remixing for stereo, Richard changed his piano).O HOLY NIGHT and MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING are my favorite Christmas songs; it was a big disappointment om the first spin of AOFC to hear it as an instrumental.
I am pleased that the 1977 Special was entitled
"The Carpenters at Christmas,"
and not
"Carpenters at Christmas."
In any event, I really enjoy this special.
It is pretty good as far as these shows go....
The whole idea of the duo's official name being just "Carpenters" was one of those late-60's/early '70s attempts at being somewhat "hip". Early on, Richard would make a big deal out the fact that the "the" was not appropriate, but it turned out to be a losing battle, and I believe that he and Karen were resigned to the fact that most people were simply always going to use the definite article in front of their name.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that even if the group's name was properly "Carpenters", it was still correct in our English language to refer to the two people fronting the group as "the Carpenters", just as it would be correct to call your neighbors, "the Smiths" or "the Joneses" (that of course being their names!)
So with that to deal with, and the TV specials coming later in their career, by then I think they'd just given in.