Carpenters-"Close To You"

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   Both my commercial 45 (which is stereo), and my promo 45 (which is mono), have a listed time of (3:40), but both have an actual time of (3:36). The only database CD currently listing this time, and not the much more common (3:39-3:40) length, is on the remastered edition of "Singles 1969-73." To my ear, I am 99% sure that the 45 has simply been sped up, which likely accounts for this time difference.

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jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Carpenters-"Close To You" Posted: 14 March 2007 at 6:42pm
	Both my commercial 45 (which is stereo), and my promo 45 (which is mono), have a listed time of (3:40), but both have an actual time of (3:36). The only database CD currently listing this time, and not the much more common (3:39-3:40) length, is on the remastered edition of "Singles 1969-73." To my ear, I am 99% sure that the 45 has simply been sped up, which likely accounts for this time difference. Edited by jimct

davidclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 November 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidclark Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 April 2007 at 12:50pm
	and a good ear you have, Jim. After listening to the 45 dub you gratiously emailed me, I agree it was sped up! yet another Carpenters anomaly resolved!
	dc1

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 December 2011 at 2:06pm
	in addition to the speed issue...the intro on the cd versions are in the wrong channel as compared to the vinyl 45...the vinyl 45 has the piano intro in the right channel while cd versions from "classics vol 2" and "singles" have the into in the left channel....
	edtop40

The Hits Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 04 February 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Hits Man Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2012 at 11:10pm
	Well, it's no secret that Richard Carpenter constantly tinkered with all of the Carpenters material since the dawn of the CD age...


bwolfe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bwolfe Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 January 2012 at 1:14pm
	I know its a pipe dream, but I would love to see a domestic true singles collection of the Carpenters. If not there's always vinyl! Happy New Year gentlemen!
	the way it was heard on the radio

AaronsAmazing Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 April 2024 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote AaronsAmazing Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 hours 55 minutes ago at 10:51pm
	I own the non-hit 1991 remix (originally created for a karaoke album) on the 2005 Chronicles reissue of Carpenters Gold. It sounds like Richard Carpenter had to work with an incomplete multitrack, because a few musical elements aren't present. This particular mix is a known anomaly of mine, due to it likely being the basis of the crude rendition from Sony Pictures Animation's Open Season 2, and it doesn't take a detective to figure out what happened there.