Proudofyou
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I got teary when she said, "Win lots of money!" It was so sweet and cute.
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I think that was fabricated for the tv movie. In actuality I think he stumbled in the bathroom and bruised his head.Was the show on September 4, 1978, when Richard fell down the stairs??
^^Rumbahbah, excellent questions and analysis.
First of all, as a fan, this show is nice to hear.
I particularly enjoyed When I Fall in Love ( the "live" Don't Cry For Me Argentina can be located on Youtube).
Of course, Karen sounds fantastic.
But....
here we are (imagine the audience in 1978) and we almost get to revisit the 1976 Television Special ( "Hits Medley," for example).
It is easy to see why a "live" album release for the USA was never going to happen, it had all been heard previously.
Also, one has to wonder if these Las Vegas shows could be "scaled up" for bigger venues--
that is, if the duo had been performing for larger audiences at that point in time.
To this day, the habit of singing the songs in a faster tempo has not set well with me-- sounding too rushed.
It is easy to see that Passage had to happen. I appreciate the effort more than ever.
Oh, so do I, so do I...I Can Dream, Can't I?And a deep rich Yesterday Once More. I would have loved to hear her sing the opening of Only Yesterday.
Maybe the Helen Reddy reference could point us in the right direction?
What a discovery: short but sweet! She sang yesterday once more like she did on thank you rocknroll, I need to be in love like she did on Bruce Forsyth, we’ve only just begun like she did in 1976 at Osaka, and the superstar rainy days and goodbye to love medley like she did on the 1978 tonight show, some of my favourite moments. plus, a beautiful live version of when I fall in love! Already I am so excited to have this recording. Now if this was their last night at Tahoe, that was June 15th 1978, it was the day I was born!From Fan Club Newsletters (59 & 60, May & July respectively).
Carpenters played Las Vegas Harrah's: June 2- June 15, 1978.
Then, MGM Grand, June 29- July 12, 1978. This later show included Richard's Warsaw Concerto and Star Wars/Close Encounters.
I wonder if this show was before or after they recorded the studio version of When I Fall In Love. The arrangement - save for some nice electric guitar on this live version - is virtually identical.
They were in Vegas in March... which was would pre-date "Space Encounters" for the recording of "When I Fall In Love" (depending on how close the recording/taping was from the May airing) so it could have been around then.
From Fan Club Newsletters (59 & 60, May & July respectively). Carpenters played Las Vegas Harrah's: June 2- June 15, 1978.
June 15, 1978Wow, I love getting new live material. Especially bootlegs. Does anyone know the date for this show?
I listened to parts of it again last night!Just listening to this again. Thank you so much!
Remarkable odds lolWell how about that! The photos in the post above this one are from (ca. early June) 1973, but later that same year Karen & Richard were actually there too for a 2-week engagement, as shown in this clipping from the Reno Gazette-Journal, August 17, '73:
So with the other 2 photos we can imagine what it was like driving up to the Sahara to see Richard & Karen, late August '73
Oh my.... I was just looking for a photo of the Sahara to put here as well and found this nice one in color, which looked like early 1970s to me (looking at the cars), and then I zoomed in on the marquee... (what are the odds?!! )
Just found this video, made pretty recently and it still looks nice and clean there as far as I can see.Remarkable odds lol
How cool is that of all the performers, nice find.
The thing I noticed about those 70’s photos other than the cars and signs is how clean the streets are, no garbage, no litter. It also looks safe walking those streets back them then, I bet not so much now.
I'm sooo jealous, but really awesome! dbI saw them at the Sahara twice in the winters of 1976,1977. It was a nice venue, and dinner shows.
It was sold, and goes by another name now. There were only 4 casinos there in the mid 70’s. 2 on each side of the tiny strip. There was another under construction, but stalled, very rusted iron, on the Harrah’s side of the street.
You can see the framing in the 1st picture.