The Carpenters: The Untold Story : An Authorized Biography

Product Information

The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history—the Carpenters—is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. The book's organization is confusing and it's a great shame that album track listings are omitted and that under the song-by-song listings many songs have just white space under "notes".

The Carpenters Songbook Starring Toni Lee is a celebration of the Carpenters’ music and the spirit of Karen Carpenter. But it’s their original studio recordings which shine their skill, raw talent and impulsive creativity in their youth.He’s a perfectionist, which has manifested itself in their excellent music, and in his attempts many times to redo things. This is a very good book for all who appreciate and enjoy beautiful music, and by the way, as I've mentioned, tears tend to fall. If you want creepy sensationalistic stuff about her Anorexia Nervosa, you won’t find it in this book. Friends and family began to notice extreme changes in Karen's eating habits, despite her attempts at subtlety. My life since has been filled with lots of good music, of all kinds, mostly Christian, but the 1973 version of Top Of The World will always be my very favorite love song and one of my all-time favorite songs, and my most favorite secular Pop song.

International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. But those portions of the book that talked about how a song was written, produced, and sung were wonderful. Which after reading, yes, most of the personal stuff didn't actually affect the music but did affect time in some instances (like Karen's hospitalization in 1975 for two months).She had a hectic four-week schedule lined up in Europe but I could not allow her to go through with it. A new book on the Carpenters takes a look back at nearly every rainy day and Monday of the legendary pop duo’s career. I'm ready to record again, and Richard and I have been talking about getting the group together and performing. This was a book that intentionally didn’t want to dive into their personal demons, and we make that point really clear,” says Lennox.