Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Gosh - he could be a model... It's Richard - but edgier... I wonder if he is in the entertainment industry...? time will tell...RC's very handsome son!
Universal(UMG) owns the entire Carpenters A&M catalog-and they are the custodians of Karen's legacy,not Richard.Well, someone has to take over as custodian of the Carpenters' legacy once Richard is gone. I wonder if one of his children is being groomed to run the business someday. As protective as Richard is, I would think he would want to keep it in the family.
I saw him sing at Carpenter Performing Arts Center when he was about 10. He was on key and very cute.Wow, Karen would go crazy over him as he looks just like her. I wonder if he sings.
Freddie
Universal owns A&M but Richard holds ownership of the music. Richard has complete control over the music. That's why he's so involved in the remixing promotion etc. It's also why you don't see the C's on random "Best of the 70's" music compilations. It's why we don't see duets of Karen with others, like Streisand's new album.Universal(UMG) owns the entire Carpenters A&M catalog-and they are the custodians of Karen's legacy,not Richard.
There is no "business" to run on Richard's part-that was over many years ago(the fan club,concerts/touring,etc).
Richard owns the master tapes for the early RC Trio,Magic Lamp and RCA recordings-as well as the unreleased Carpenters material. There's a definite possibility that,when the time does come,his children will inherit control of those recordings.
Universal owns A&M but Richard holds ownership of the music. Richard has complete control over the music. That's why he's so involved in the remixing promotion etc. It's also why you don't see the C's on random "Best of the 70's" music compilations. It's why we don't see duets of Karen with others, like Streisand's new album.
Universal owns the entire Carpenters A&M catalog.That ownership was transferred from Polygram in 1999-and Polygram's ownership was acquired from A&M in 1989.When Richard delivered an album(or track) to A&M/Universal and they release it,it became A&M/Universal's property.Universal owns A&M but Richard holds ownership of the music. Richard has complete control over the music. That's why he's so involved in the remixing promotion etc. It's also why you don't see the C's on random "Best of the 70's" music compilations. It's why we don't see duets of Karen with others, like Streisand's new album.
Universal owns the entire Carpenters A&M catalog.That ownership was transferred from Polygram in 1999-and Polygram's ownership was acquired from A&M in 1989.When Richard delivered an album(or track) to A&M/Universal and they release it,it became A&M/Universal's property.
A contractual clause in K&R's 1976 A&M contract gave K&R artistic control over every release-including compilations.That same clause also prevented A&M from releasing any recordings without Richard's permission.That stipulation has continued through today-and has given Richard absolute control over issuing unreleased material,selecting tracks for compilations and remixing.
i guess i never really took time to analyze it. When someone has the right to say yes, put it out… or hell no!. Or gets to choose album art.. track list, remix ability or not, etc, it sounds like ownership to me. When RC says jump, polygram says "how high?" Sounds like a living trust or something. not really concerned. let's not talk about it anymore.Universal owns the entire Carpenters A&M catalog.That ownership was transferred from Polygram in 1999-and Polygram's ownership was acquired from A&M in 1989.When Richard delivered an album(or track) to A&M/Universal and they release it,it became A&M/Universal's property.
A contractual clause in K&R's 1976 A&M contract gave K&R artistic control over every release-including compilations.That same clause also prevented A&M from releasing any recordings without Richard's permission.That stipulation has continued through today-and has given Richard absolute control over issuing unreleased material,selecting tracks for compilations and remixing.
The reason why Carpenters tracks aren't licensed out for multi-artist compilations is because Richard wants to keep Carpenters recordings on Carpenters albums.And,that 1976 contractual clause gives Richard control over this aspect,also.
As far as I'm aware,Universal owns the recordings of every original A&M artist-except Herb Alpert & Lani Hall.Herb & Lani acquired ownership of their A&M catalog in a lawsuit settlement with Universal.Herb then made a licensing deal with a small indie label(Shout Factory) to distribute his Tijuana Brass albums(and "Rise"/"Fandango").