CARPENTERS Offering SUPER RARE ORIGINAL Cover 12in LP
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Carpenters - Offering - ORIGINAL COVER! SUPER RARE!!! - 12" Vinyl LP - A&M Records - Catalog number SP 4205 - Plays in Stereo
The duo's first album, cut in 1969, amid the breakdown of America's social contract, the coming apart of the Beatles, the final flowering (and wilting) of the youth rebellion of the prior four years, and generally several seasons in hell. And in the middle of all of that, Karen and Richard Carpenter issued a finely crafted record that sometimes sounded like Spanky & Our Gang ("Your Wonderful Parade") and at other times like art-song — among the latter pieces, "Someday" is overproduced and overdramatic but also very beautiful, and a superb showcase for Karen Carpenter. "All I Can Do" is the most solid reminder of their origins as part of a light jazz trio called Spectrum, a pleasing vocal workout that might have been well covered by the Manhattan Transfer. Their version of "Get Together" is about as convincing as a version by the Cowsills would have been, but it's balanced by Richard Carpenter's slow ballad arrangement of "Ticket to Ride," an unexpected and beguiling (if too upbeat) cover of Neil Young's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," and a couple of superb originals, "Eve" and "All of My Life."
Track Listing Includes:
Side One - "Invocation", "Your Wonderful Parade", "Someday", "Get Together", "All Of My Life", "Turn Away".
Side Two - "Ticket To Ride", "Don't Be Afraid", "What's The Use", "All I Can Do", "Eve", "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing", "Benediction".
You are bidding on a very nice original US press from 1969 copy of The Carpenters Offering LP, A&M Records SP4205 Stereo.
Cover is very nice…with just a hint of ring wear.-- no writing, splits, tears, or tape. Back of cover has minimal spotting and very slight soiling and what appears to be some sort of humidity damage butr still not bad for a 35 yr old item. Paper sleeve has colorful ads promoting other A&M artists of the day.
The record itself shows VERY VERY MINOR scuffing and light surface marks from being slide in and out of its sleeve a few times. It plays PERFECTLY and the marks DO NOT MAKE SOUND WHILE PLAYING!!
This includes the beautiful rendition of the Beatles "Ticket To Ride," which John Lennon said was his favorite cover of one of his songs.
By the way, The Carpenters went back and re-recorded many of their hits, including "Ticket To Ride," and it's the re-recorded version that appears on many of their greatest hits collections.
The version on this album, is the orginal hit recording.
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(Review Courtesy of Allmusic.com)
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