V/A "IF I WERE A CARPENTER" 1994 A&M 7x7" 45's BOX SET OOP RARE PROMO STAMPED

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THIS 7” RECORD COMES FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, SOME ARE PROMO’S FROM THE NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK I WAS AT FOR 19 YEARS OTHERS FROM RECORD STORES, SWAPS,YARD SALES,CHARITY SHOPS, ETC.….ALL OF MY 45’S COME IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE…I DO COMBINE SHIPPING, .25 EACH FOR THE U.S. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.WHEN I CLICK ON EBAY’S “USED” THAT ONLY MEANS THE RECORD IS OPENED, IN MOST CASES IT IS UNPLAYED SO “NEW” IN THAT SENSE. I USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM.THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THEY ARE SLGHTLY BLURRY OR IF THERE MAY BE A LITTLE GLARE.THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE UNPLAYED. I WILL NOTE ANY MARKS OR SCRATCHES ON THE VINYL IF I SEE ANY... NOTE: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LIMITED AT THIS TIME, PLEASE CHECK IN THE SHIPPING TAB TO MAKE SURE I SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE BIDDING/BUYING... THANKS! THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DUST IN A COUPLE OF THE PICS CAUSED BY STATIC ELECTRICITY. ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

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ARTIST: VARIOUS ARTISTS

TITLE: “IF I WERE A CARPENTER” A CARPENTERS TRIBUTE PROJECT.

TRACKS: American Music Club - "Goodbye to Love" (3:12)

Shonen Knife - "Top of the World" (3:55)
Sonic Youth - "Superstar" (4:06)
The Cranberries - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (2:40)
Bettie Serveert - "For All We Know" (3:27)
Dishwalla - "It's Going to Take Some Time" (4:16)
Sheryl Crow - "Solitaire" (4:43)
Johnette Napolitano with Marc Moreland - "Hurting Each Other" (4:09)
Redd Kross - "Yesterday Once More" (3:58)
Babes In Toyland - "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (4:06)
Cracker - "Rainy Days and Mondays" (3:44)
Matthew Sweet - "Let Me Be the One" (3:26)
4 Non Blondes - "Bless the Beasts and Children" (4:17)
Grant Lee Buffalo - "We've Only Just Begun" (3:51)

LABEL: A&M RECORDS

CAT #: 31458 0704 7

YEAR: 1994

RECORD CONDITION: ALL 7 RECORDS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. NEVER PLAYED.

SLEEVE: ETHE BOX IS IN MINT CONDITION.

OTHER INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT.GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP ON THE BACK OF THE BOX (SEE PHOTO). NO RESERVE!

ARTIST & RELEASE INFO:

Forgotten Fridays is an occasional feature here at If It’s Too Loud... where we go back and find the lost records of our glory days. We played these on our college radio shows, put them on countless mix tapes, and then forgot they existed. Once a week we go back and remind you, and help decide if they were any good.

Back in the album sales glory days of the 1990's, a record company would throw together some kid of compilation (soundtrack, tribute album, sampler, etc.) without any real regard to basing it on a genre of music. In fact, having as many genres as possible represented seems to have been preferred since the only way to get a copy of the band you loved doing this song was to buy the album. (For any youths reading, this was before illegal downloading, YouTube, purchasing a single mp3 for $.99.) 

This thought process runs rampant in If I Were a Carpenter, a fairly random tribute album to The Carpenters released in 1994. The best known song on here is Sonic Youth's cover of "Superstar," but that's more well known for being featured in Juno, which might be the last hit soundtrack we'll ever see. The rest of the album is a hodgepodge of 1994. You get songs by The Cranberries and Cracker, because it was 1994, and I don't think it was legally possible to not include at least one of them in a compilation that year. Although, The Cranberries' version of "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is an absolutely perfect choice. Other giants of the alternative mainstream of 1994 are represented on this album with songs by Sheryl Crow, Matthew Sweet, and 4 Non Blondes. Dishwalla also pops up doing a version of "It's Going to Take Some Time," a full two years before they broke with "Counting Blue Cars."

Besides Sonic Youth, there is some more indie royalty represented on If I Were a Carpenter. Shonen Knife, who spent the 90's on the very cusp of superstardom if you judged by MTV News and any music magazine, do "Top of the World." You also get versions of Carpenters songs by Redd Kross and Bettie Serveert. Babes in Toyland's "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts" is the kind of song you would have assumed Sonic Youth's Carpenters cover would be. They do a louder, crunchier tribute compared to Sonic Youth's quiet, more earnest version.

NOTE: LIMITED INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AT THIS TIME DUE TO VIRUS MAILING CONCERNS

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. I AM NOW OFFERING A CHOICE BETWEEN MEDIA MAIL OR 1st CLASS SHIPPING DOMESTICALLY. 1st CLASS

ALL 7” SINGLES WILL BE MAILED OUT IN PADDED ENVELOPES WITH EXTRA STURDY CARDBOARD TO PROTECT THE ITEM. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING WITH OTHER LIKE SIZED ITEMS. ADDITIONAL 45’S .25 EA. IN THE U.S. VIA MEDIA MAIL OR OTHER USPS SERVICES. ONE 45 WITH SHIPPING MATERIALS IS 5 OUNCES, 2 6 OUNCES, THREE 8 OUNCES, FIGURE 2 OUNCES FOR EA. ADDITIONAL 45.

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING……….

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