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I've been buying off Ebay some vinyls of Carpenters because I want to hear the original recordings (although I don't have the record player yet). I have Voice of the Heart, A Song For You, Made in America, and I just won Horizon, next up I'll be buying Passage, so what do vinyls do you own of theirs?

Both Christmas albums, the self titled one, Close To You, and Voice Of The Heart

I have the
Singles 1969-74,
Close to You,
A Song For You,
Now and Then,
2 Tan albums, one has their autographs on it, well on the large picture of them,
Horizon,
A Kind of Hush,
and Passage.

Plus Christmas Portrait.

Basically most of the releases from the 70s decade.
Edited by Crazy Cat Lady, 01 October 2007 - 01:42 AM.

I have in 33 at the moment (LP):

Offering
The Singles 1969-1973

I have in 45 (EP):

(They Long To Be) Close To You/I Kept On Loving You
Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children
Rainy Days And Mondays/Saturday
Hurting Each Other/Maybe It's You
Top Of The World/Heather
Yesterday Once More/Road Ode
Sing/Druscilla Penny
I Won't Last A Day Without You/One Love
Solitaire/Love Me For What I Am
Christmas Song/Merry Christmas, Darling

I really love what Sailing On The Tide sounds like on Vinyl, this song sounds almost like a more magical version of something that Peter Paul and Mary would have done or something, Karen is great, she could have sang anything, what album is Strength Of A Woman on ? Strength Of A Woman sounds similar to Loretta Lynn's songs, without any twang, that was another powerful performence, that along with Slow Dance, and Those Good Old Dreams, those are my favorite fast songs, I think, if I can ever decide lol

Offering
Close To You
Carpenters (tan album)
A Song For You
Now And Then
Horizon
A Kind Of Hush
Voice Of The Heart
The Singles 1969-1973
Yesterday Once More

I also have a 45 of Please Mr. Postman/This Masquerade.
Edited by wisejester7, 01 October 2007 - 08:20 AM.

I love the way that Karen says "Low key life".

I think my favorite part is " Maybe if you feel like it too, you might like to make the run, sail on over the ocean to my beautiful island in the sun " that's awesome, and her voice is amazing there, I love how her voice soars so high, then she goes so deep effortleslly

Uh, what's a vinyl?

Offering
Close To You
Ticket To Ride
Carpenters
Song For You
Now & Then
Singles 69-73
Live In Japan
Horizon
A Kind Of Hush
Live At The Palladium
Passage
Singles 74-78
Christmas Portrait
Made In America
Voice Of The Heart
And Old Fashioned Christmas
Yesterday Once More
Lovelines
Time (Richard Carpenter solo album)

plus a few 45 singles

I've been wanting to get all of the albums in vinyl, but usually I end up getting something else of the Carpenters instead.

I have several copies of the same album, because I found them in used record stores, and I just felt compelled to buy them. I once found a shop that had a box of Made In America albums. There were about 15 copies in it. I wish I had bought them now...

Albums:
Offering
Ticket To Ride
Close To You (two copies)
Carpenters (three copies)
A Song For You
Now and Then
Now and Then (Quadraphonic)
The Singles 1969-1973 (two copies)
The Singles 1969 - 1973 (Quadraphonic)
Horizon (two copies)
Live At The Palladium (three copies)
Live In Japan
The Singles 1974-1978 (two copies)
A Kind of Hush
Passage (two copies)
Christmas Portrait (two copies)
Made In America (three copies)
Voice Of The Heart
An Old-Fashioned Christmas (two copies)
Lovelines
Richard Carpenter - Time

Others:
Your Navy Presents (mint condition)
An A&M Sampler record which includes a recording of Ave Maria (very scratched)

Compilations:
Ticket To Ride (a British record - the track listing was the same as on the Ticket To Ride album,
but there in place of Invocation, they used We've Only Just Begun and in place of Benediction, they used Close To You

The Carpenters Collection (a double album known as "the brown album," released in Canada)

The Carpenters Collection (double album, silver-gray cover) released on TV

Yesterday Once More (double album silver-gray cover) I have four copies, two the same, two others with different track listings and different covers)

I also have innumerable other albums which are instrumental recordings of Carpenter songs, many of which I have never seen anywhere else, not even on eBay.

I also have all the singles, including several mono copies of Goodbye To Love and Solitaire

I know what you're saying, Ned. It's great to have more than one of some things. I kick myself for some things that I should've bought but didn't.

LP:

A Song For You
Singles - 1969 - 1973
Close To You

Single:

The Xmas one with Merry Xmas Darling and Close To You plus another song I can't remember.
Please Mr. Postman / This Masquerade
I Won't Last A Day Without You / Goodbye To Love

LP:
Ticket To Ride
Close To You
Carpenters
A Song For You
Now & Then (2 copies)
The Singles 1969-1974
Horizon
A Kind Of Hush
Made In America
Voice of the Heart (2 copies)

Singles:
Please Mr. Postman/This Masquerade (2 copies)
Only Yesterday/Happy