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Background -

The XRCD represents JVC’s continuing commitment to the pursuit of digital audio perfection. This ongoing evolution of the XRCD series allows the discerning listener to participate in the results of JVC’s research and development in both mastering and manufacturing, hardware and methodology. As with the entire XRCD series, no proprietary chips, processors, or special compact disc players are required to enjoy the sonic benefits of the XRCD.

This 20 track compilation features the most popular tracks by the Connecticut-born brother/sister duo. Their fusion of easy listening and MOR pop brought The Carpenters a decade of chart success. 'Carpenters Gold' includes fourteen tracks which reached the UK top 40 in the 1970's.

Look no further for the definitive Carpenters collection; the Carpenters Gold contains 20 great songs! Karen Carpenter's pure, gentle voice, and brother Richard's smooth-but-sophisticated arrangements and keyboards provided the signature sound of the soft-pop 1970s. You could put this collection into a time capsule for a hundred years and accurately inform subsequent generations of what AM radio sounded like in the '70s. This anthology is also a tribute the great talents of the Paul Williams/Roger Nichols songwriting team, from whose pens flowed "Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Begun," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," and other mellow, tuneful gems--some of the classiest pure pop music of the era.

This listing is for a very rare, out of print audiophile XRCD title - an OPENED, NEAR MINT XRCD PRESSED and ISSUED on the XRCD-20 format. This is a highly collectible title featuring -

The Carpenters

XRCD Title -

Gold

Performers Include -

  • Karen Carpenter, vocals
  • Richard Carpenter, keyboards, background vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr., guitar
  • Tom Scott, tenor saxophone
  • Hal Blaine, drums
  • Track Listing -

1. Yesterday Once More
2. Superstar
3. Rainy Days and Mondays
4. Goodbye to Love
5. It's Going to Take Some Time
6. I Won't Last a Day Without You
7. For All We Know
8. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
9. Touch Me When We're Dancing
10. Please Mr Postman
11. I Need to Be in Love
12. Solitaire
13. We've Only Just Begun
14. (They Long to Be) Close to You
15. This Masquerade
16. Ticket to Ride
17. Top of the World
18. Only Yesterday
19. Sing
20. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Album Notes
Producers: Jack Daugherty, Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter. Compilation producer: Richard Carpenter. Recorded between 1970 & 1997. Includes liner notes by Richard Carpenter. Remastered edition including a comprehensive booklet and sleeve notes.

The XRCD is from the ultra-rare series of extended range, audiophile XRCD-20 CDs (LONG Out of Print).

  • Universal Music Group // A&M // JVC XRCD catalog # 602498450765
  • XRCD first issued in 2000
  • XRCD made in Japan
  • Extended Resolution using 20-Bit K2 Super Coding Technology

The XRCD, CASE and INSERTS are all in Near MINT condition - this XRCD may have a slight mark or two on the reflective side (when we checked it under strong white light, we could not see any serious marks at all). When play tested on our audio system, it performed PERFECTLY!

This CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).

Do not let this rarity slip by!