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As Time Goes By is a collection of songs taken from demos, live shows, and television performances recorded by the Carpenters between 1967 and 1980. In his liner notes, Richard Carpenter says this is a record for hardcore Carpenters fans only and he is right. The songs from the various TV specials the duo recorded are cute, mostly versions of standards like "I Got Rhythm," versions of the hits of the day, and Richard Carpenter instrumentals. Apart from the pretty take on the Wildweeds' country-rock-influenced "And When He Smiles," a song that should have been a hit for them if they had officially released it, the best of the lot is the duet on a medley of standards by Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald from 1980. While Ella is near the end of the road vocally, it is interesting to have two of the most precise singers ever trading verses back and forth. The "Carpenters/Como Medley" is also fun but much cheesier. The disc also includes a couple of songs that were previously unreleased ("Leave Yesterday Behind," a sweetly sung ballad recorded for a TV movie of the same name, and "The Rainbow Connection," which features a typically charming vocal from Karen as well as their versions of "California Dreamin'" and "Nowhere Man" from the original demos that got the band its record deal). The only problem with the outtakes and rarities here are that Carpenter felt the need to go in and fix, sweeten, or totally refurnish the songs. Perhaps he just has too much free time, perhaps he is an obsessive tinkerer. Whatever the excuse, the archival value of the songs has been tampered with and that makes the songs less valuable somehow. If indeed this set is designed with Carpenters diehards in mind, wouldn't they have liked to hear the original version of "Nowhere Man," the one-track mono version? Richard proudly boasts that he transferred the acetate disc to a 48-track, leaving him "47 tracks with which to play." Fine and dandy, but why not put the original on the disc and then follow it with the new version for comparison's sake? Or just listen to your new version at home and let the fans get a chance to hear an extremely rare and no doubt very interesting piece of Carpenters history? As for the tracks like "The Rainbow Connection" and the "Superstar/Rainy Days and Mondays" medley, Richard drenches his sister's vocals with strings and background singers when he should have left them alone. Maybe he just doesn't understand that people don't really care about his arrangements. What they care most about are his sister's vocals. As it is, he has done Karen and Carpenters fans a big disservice by tampering with artifacts that could have made for a very interesting disc. It still might be worthwhile to have for the material from the television specials and to hear Karen's voice again, however.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - Edward Eliscu, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The O.K. Chorale, Singer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bonnie Bramlett, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Morgan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Russell, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Earle Dumler, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Roger S Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Tommy Morgan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Carpenters, MainArtist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
George Gershwin, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Bobby Hammack, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berghofer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Mixer, Drum, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Messenger, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Paul Riser, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Osborn, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Carpenters, MainArtist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Carpenters, MainArtist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Zez Confrey, ComposerLyricist - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Van Epps, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Jay Dee Maness, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor - Carpenters, MainArtist - Bobby Hammack, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Peluso, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The O.K. Chorale, Singer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Leon Russell, ComposerLyricist - George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Bob Russell, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Herman Hupfeld, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Fain, ComposerLyricist - Irving Kahal, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Berghofer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Pete Jolly, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - George Wyle, Unknown, Other - HENRY NEMO, ComposerLyricist - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Redmond, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Mixer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - John Williams, ComposerLyricist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Fred Karlin, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Morgan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Osborn, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Carpenters, MainArtist - Al Schmitt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Roger Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Ted Mossman, ComposerLyricist - Slim Willet, ComposerLyricist - Ray Charles, Unknown, Other - Burt Bacharach, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, Author, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Perry Como, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - DON MCLEAN, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Armando Manzanero, ComposerLyricist - Sid Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Kaye, ComposerLyricist - Joe Raposo, ComposerLyricist - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Pockriss, ComposerLyricist - PAUL VANCE, ComposerLyricist - Tony Peluso, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Ranier, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Unknown, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Strawn, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michelle Phillips, ComposerLyricist - John Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Carpenters, MainArtist - Tim May, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Nimitz, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Joe Osborn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Buddy Childers, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Tim May, Banjo, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Asher, ComposerLyricist - Sheridon Stokes, Flute, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - The O.K. Chorale, Singer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 A&M Records
Harvey Mason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robb Royer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Karlin, ComposerLyricist - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - James Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Carpenters, MainArtist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Childers, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Raposo, ComposerLyricist - Paul Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Hendrickson, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Peluso, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Earle Dumler, English Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Roger S Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheridon Stokes, Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Tom Ranier, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Keyboards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Gordon Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Dan Woodhams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Messenger, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Strawn, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Barker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Album review
As Time Goes By is a collection of songs taken from demos, live shows, and television performances recorded by the Carpenters between 1967 and 1980. In his liner notes, Richard Carpenter says this is a record for hardcore Carpenters fans only and he is right. The songs from the various TV specials the duo recorded are cute, mostly versions of standards like "I Got Rhythm," versions of the hits of the day, and Richard Carpenter instrumentals. Apart from the pretty take on the Wildweeds' country-rock-influenced "And When He Smiles," a song that should have been a hit for them if they had officially released it, the best of the lot is the duet on a medley of standards by Karen Carpenter and Ella Fitzgerald from 1980. While Ella is near the end of the road vocally, it is interesting to have two of the most precise singers ever trading verses back and forth. The "Carpenters/Como Medley" is also fun but much cheesier. The disc also includes a couple of songs that were previously unreleased ("Leave Yesterday Behind," a sweetly sung ballad recorded for a TV movie of the same name, and "The Rainbow Connection," which features a typically charming vocal from Karen as well as their versions of "California Dreamin'" and "Nowhere Man" from the original demos that got the band its record deal). The only problem with the outtakes and rarities here are that Carpenter felt the need to go in and fix, sweeten, or totally refurnish the songs. Perhaps he just has too much free time, perhaps he is an obsessive tinkerer. Whatever the excuse, the archival value of the songs has been tampered with and that makes the songs less valuable somehow. If indeed this set is designed with Carpenters diehards in mind, wouldn't they have liked to hear the original version of "Nowhere Man," the one-track mono version? Richard proudly boasts that he transferred the acetate disc to a 48-track, leaving him "47 tracks with which to play." Fine and dandy, but why not put the original on the disc and then follow it with the new version for comparison's sake? Or just listen to your new version at home and let the fans get a chance to hear an extremely rare and no doubt very interesting piece of Carpenters history? As for the tracks like "The Rainbow Connection" and the "Superstar/Rainy Days and Mondays" medley, Richard drenches his sister's vocals with strings and background singers when he should have left them alone. Maybe he just doesn't understand that people don't really care about his arrangements. What they care most about are his sister's vocals. As it is, he has done Karen and Carpenters fans a big disservice by tampering with artifacts that could have made for a very interesting disc. It still might be worthwhile to have for the material from the television specials and to hear Karen's voice again, however.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:07
- Main artists: The Carpenters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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