JAZZ4JEFF
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I just received my copy of "The Essential collection". It lives up to all the advance. There really is not much new. The CD's have the same layout as "From the top". Most of Richard's song-by-song comments are identical. (However, he does lament over "The Karen Carpenter Story" on the liner note for "Karen's theme". They are quite interesting)
No special re-mixes here. They even included the re-recording of "Santa Clause is coming to town" and not the original). We heard this was just a re-tinkering of the box set, and that's all it is. I do appreciate the extensive track-by-track listings that tell when the song was re-mixed, and if any re-recording was done. No new pictures that we've never seen before.
I'd love to hear from the re-mix experts if there are any hidden gems on the 4-disc set. On first listen, I did not hear any thing new.
I guess 2002 is just a disappointing year for Carpenter fans. A DVD is released that's just the 18 year old video "Yesterday once more". Richard delays his new Christmas album, and now a box set with nothing really exciting.
Jeff
No special re-mixes here. They even included the re-recording of "Santa Clause is coming to town" and not the original). We heard this was just a re-tinkering of the box set, and that's all it is. I do appreciate the extensive track-by-track listings that tell when the song was re-mixed, and if any re-recording was done. No new pictures that we've never seen before.
I'd love to hear from the re-mix experts if there are any hidden gems on the 4-disc set. On first listen, I did not hear any thing new.
I guess 2002 is just a disappointing year for Carpenter fans. A DVD is released that's just the 18 year old video "Yesterday once more". Richard delays his new Christmas album, and now a box set with nothing really exciting.
Jeff