Rick-An Ordinary Fool
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Richard wrote on From the Top box set that "Now" became Karen's last recording session. This flawless reading is a work lead sung during the rhythm tracking session to familiarize the musicians with the song. Richard says that orchestration was added in 1983 along with the singers and sax solo.
Does anyone know what "during the rhythm tracking session" means?
I was wondering when Richard says musicians is he speaking of himself and Karen and whoever else was in the control room at the time it was sung by Karen or was he talking in general, that she sang the work lead to put her voice to the song and later put the rest of the song together later (of which Karen was not around later due to what ultimately happen to her)
I also wonder what did Karen hear when she sang this work lead that we hear on "Now" From the TV Movie, The Karen Carpenter Story, we see Karen in the studio by herself in closed room with headphones on singing the "work lead" I have to believe this was probably how it occured, right, since Richard was involved in the music portion of this tv movie. But more importantly what did Karen hear while she sang this track, when I hear this song I often wonder what Karen heard since when Richard completed the track for VOTH album, what Karen heard was not the finished product since so much was added after she passed away, for instance the OK Choral etc...
Does anyone know what "during the rhythm tracking session" means?
I was wondering when Richard says musicians is he speaking of himself and Karen and whoever else was in the control room at the time it was sung by Karen or was he talking in general, that she sang the work lead to put her voice to the song and later put the rest of the song together later (of which Karen was not around later due to what ultimately happen to her)
I also wonder what did Karen hear when she sang this work lead that we hear on "Now" From the TV Movie, The Karen Carpenter Story, we see Karen in the studio by herself in closed room with headphones on singing the "work lead" I have to believe this was probably how it occured, right, since Richard was involved in the music portion of this tv movie. But more importantly what did Karen hear while she sang this track, when I hear this song I often wonder what Karen heard since when Richard completed the track for VOTH album, what Karen heard was not the finished product since so much was added after she passed away, for instance the OK Choral etc...