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August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 63
Carpenters, Ticket To Ride (1970) Bought a few Carpenters records recently – already had a few, but trying to pick up the ones I don’t have. In part it was because I was talking about the band for a radio show – which is done now. You can click that link to check it out […]Archive
August 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 69
Carpenters, Passage (1977) Of all the Carpenters albums (and I’m aiming to collect the set) I was most surprised by this one – a recent addition, one I hadn’t heard all the way through until just very recently. A strange, strange album – and I love it. It’s a very weird record; exhaustion from all […]Archive
August 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Signs Along The Way
I love the music the Carpenters made. Nearly every sha-la-la-la, and probably most of the wo-oh-wo-woes still shine. But Richard was weird. And Karen was scared. And when you see that you start to hear that. And it’s not that it makes the music better – or worse. But it’s hard to not know it […]Archive
July 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Carpenters: The Road To Yesterday (Live 1974)
Carpenters The Road To Yesterday (Live 1974) Stiletto Discs The Carpenters worked themselves non-stop. They were a hard-touring band on account of all the hits they had. That’s how it worked. They kept having hit singles, kept hitting the road. It sent Richard to the uppers and it was a big downer for Karen, part […]Archive
July 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 85
Carpenters, Voice of the Heart (1983) I am a Carpenters fan – but that wasn’t always the case, I had to ‘come out’ as such. The tribute album gave me the license – but the songs had always been in my heart. For many years I had a Greatest Hits album on vinyl but in […]Archive
November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman