The Carpenters were selling enough albums during these years to follow the Rock artist model of touring. Once a year a 30-50 date tour playing arenas,that held 10,000 seats and up. I've read they were doing over 100 a concerts a year in this timeframe,correct? Generally small venues. Why not,for example,in the northeast hit MSG,Nassau Coliseum,Boston Garden,Capital Center,Hartford Civic Center,Buffalo Aud,etc. Less actual dates,more "big money" venues = less time on the road,maybe more bootlegs. Smarter course like this may have helped Karen especially. Your thoughts?