I remember listening to The Carpenters, like every one else, growing up in the 70s. As a teenager of 15,1983, heard the news of Karen's passing. Broke my heart. So young. So talented. I, as everyone else, miss you Karen.❤
My mother introduced me to this beautiful woman's voice when i was a kid. Now, I am filled with beautiful, wonderful memories of both of these major life influences, and thanks to RU-vid, I am able to relive these memories. Thanks Mom!
Your "enhancements" are GREAT! This is my all-time favorite Carpenters tune. Released 42 years ago and I still love it! Sad to think that Karen left us 35 years ago already... Thanks again for all of your hard work you put into this and reintroducing us to this classic Carpenters track!
This sound enhancement that sounds more like an exquisite arrangement only makes this song infinitely better. My face is soaked in tears. This is my most favorite Carpenter's song. In the top 10 of my list of other American music.
Excellent, clean re-master. 'Course, if you started with their CD, you had a heck of a mix to start with. I've listened to their songs time and again. She is my all-time favorite female vocalist. My late wife loved her, too. We spent many an hour listening, singing to each other, and basically enhancing our lives together. Thanks for the good work.
Years ago I took alot of guff for liking the Carpenters. My friends could not understand listening to anything that did not blow your eardrums out. To each his or her own.
Carpenters are the best! Like singer/composer Paul Williams said that some people called them "vanilla," but how exquisite a flavor vanilla is. Karen Carpenter is one of the finest singers who ever lived and her perfect pitch and impeccable timing (and Richard's arrangements) are awesome any singer or group would be lucky to have.
I was one of those kids who was to “cool” to like the Carpenters. Now I’m much older, maybe a little wiser and I miss them. This song and Superstar always touch me deeply. Among others.
Most people forget she was a drummer first and a singer second. In a 1975 Playboy magazine readers poll, Karen Carpenter was voted the best rock drummer of the year-beating out Led Zeppelin's John Bonham.
My Oh My!! Slap on some quality headphones. The instrumentation and harmonies are off the charts. Karen’s voice is crystal clear, pitch perfect and superb as usual. Richard really knew how to compose and arrange songs which brought out the best in Karen. These songs are timeless gems 💎
Carpenters are unmatched! Loved them then and never stopped. Love the video here and a quite impressive batch of photos put together and highly interesting to see the various collections of the tune.
I 'd like to do "Yesterday Once More" and a few others. The beauty of these songs is unmatched in the annals of music and I'm quite privileged to be able to promote these songs anyway I can. Thanks to all of you who send nice comments. Glad I have an audience to share them with.
Kenn, this is wondeful, you have given this song such depth and it sounds so fresh and clean, you have made Karen's voice sound simply wonderful !!! This is a triumph thank you so much, sounds wonderful. Best Wishes Nick
I didn't think it was possible either. When you get these requests (and they throw the book at you) and up comes the Carpenters I thought to myself "these songs don't need to be to be improved on" so what am I to do to improve on them? You almost have to be a crazy man to take on some of these musical challenges. I will say one thing about the Carpenters. When I decided to work on some of their songs there could be no sloppy piling of tracks on top of the original without serious consideration. I had to sharpen my talents to the absolute extreme if I was to make any improvement on these songs. These people are incredible I want to honor their memory by keeping the standard as high as I can. I plan on doing more Carpenters in the future too. Kenn
Love how you brought out Jim Gordon's drums. If he didn't turn out to be such a psycho, he might have been remembered as one of the best drummers in the world.
Your comments are understood. A&M didn't produce outstanding sounding recordings but this album and specifically this track,was an exception. But you should be proud, you did improve it and it is even more clear and detailed than the original.
I LOVE the additional vocal harmonies as well as the subtle nuances adding additional depth to Karen's voice. Well done my friend ! I dare you to take on Goofus...LOLOL
If you like to hear the raw depth of Karen's voice, check out this original first-generation stereo master tape. It's breathtaking. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F-CJ_KNNWns.html
@@JohninTucson Your very welcome JohninTucson. This mix is one of the unfinished stereo masters before the echoes were added to the vocals so you can hear Karen's voice in its purest form. Thanks for checking it out.
Heck yeah, it sounds good with the Beyerdynamic DT 177 GO headphones. I can hear bass drum first and that hi hat cymbal real clear. Audio Technica M50 and M50X headphones same thing. I am eyeing on another set (another brand) this Christmas at a reduced price.
Superb enhancement. Even though the edited version is excellent, I've always preferred the album version. Would it be possible and hopefully not too much of a bugger to produce an enhanced version of it?
Nicely done! May I suggest their version of Please, Mr. Postman? Excellent multi-guitar soloing in the background in addition to the always superb vocals.
It called my attention that the score shown at the beginning of the video is in the key of G major. Nevertheless, the song is performed by The Carpenters in E flat major. There is a difference of two tones, which is the usual difference in tones for male compared to female singers. The male, two tones above the female.
