9 thoughts on “ An Old-Fashioned Christmas - Carpenters - Christmas Portrait (CD, Album) ”

1. The Carpenters were just about the last adult pop outfit of their era with anything resembling rock credibility (they did have a little of the latter in the early days, and weren't a kid act like the Osmonds) who could have pulled off a straight Christmas rhodadadtenita.galbergrencalatasasumjuawellupe.co they did it in superb style here, illuminated throughout by the delightful, complex, often playful arrangements, courtesy of Peter 7/

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2. Entire CD plays continuously, and this Special Edition combines selected tracks from their 2 previous Christmas albums, Christmas Portrait () and An Old Fashioned Christmas (

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3. This is one of many Christmas albums produced by The Carpenters. It starts out with close harmonies as sung by Richard Carpenter and possibly others. The album is laced with arrangements put together by Richard Carpenter/5(8).

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4. In , when CDs were still a new format, Richard had just completed the second Christmas album, AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS. With this album’s material still fresh in his mind, when he set about providing a compact disc version of Carpenters Christmas music, it was decided that A&M would release a “Special Edition” of CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT.

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5. Jun 04,  · With so much music, not to mention people, around the studio while the album was being made, the choral parts were misplaced, only to be discovered after the album was in the can. The multi-track was retrieved, and the chorus recorded, in , during the An Old Fashioned Christmas .

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6. The next special CD that was produced broke apart the flow that was in that original album by inserting 4 songs from the second album into the mix, making the portrait a little more blurry. The Christmas Collection was an attempt to bring back the original albums in their original form/5().

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7. An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the second Christmas album and posthumous twelfth studio album by American music duo Carpenters, released on September 28, , and after the death of singer and drummer Karen Carpenter.

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8. In , A&M released the original Carpenters ' albums for the first time on CD. Along with the reissues, the label released Christmas Collection, a double-disc that combines Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas on one set.

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9. Carpenters’ entry into the Christmas records market was a big one. Released a year after PASSAGE, CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT was an immediate seasonal favorite, that only built its reputation over time. Every year, the album would appear in the Christmas racks, and every year it seems to grow in stature. The reason has to be Karen’s enthusiasm.

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