40th Anniversary Collector's Edition

~ Release by Carpenters (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Individually numbered box set containing all of the Carpenters studio albums in their original mixes (except "Christmas Portrait" which is the 1996 remixed version from Carpenters - Christmas Collection), the compilation album "Sweet Sixteen" and the DVD "Gold".
The regular studio albums (Discs 1 through 11) are the "Remastered Classics" editions from 1998.
All CDs in this set are SHM-CDs.

Each album comes in a hardcover book with a mini-LP replica card sleeve bound into the book. These card sleeves house the discs which are protected by plastic inserts. The extensive booklets feature introductions by Richard for each album (in English and Japanese), credits, lyrics (in English and Japanese) and photographs with captions provided by Richard.

The liner notes from "Sweet Sixteen" incorrectly list "Please Mr. Postman" as being the 1991 remix, but it is the single mix.

Annotation last modified on 2022-06-11 11:33 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Offering
2CD: Close To You
3CD: Carpenters
4CD: A Song for You
5CD: Now & Then
6CD: Horizon
7CD: A Kind Of Hush
8CD: Passage
9CD: Made In America
10CD: Voice Of The Heart
11CD: Lovelines
12CD: As Time Goes By
13CD: Sweet Sixteen
14CD: Christmas Portrait
15CD: An Old-Fashioned Christmas
#TitleRatingLength
1It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
10:43
2Overture: Happy Holiday / The First Noel / March of the Toys / Little Jesus / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / O Little Town of Bethlehem / In Dulce Jubilo / Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) / Angels We Have Heard on High
38:15
3An Old-Fashioned Christmas
cover recording of:
An Old Fashioned Christmas
composer:
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
The Songwriters Guild and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
32:15
4O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
33:11
5(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
cover recording of:
Home for the Holidays
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
publisher:
Charlie Deitcher Productions, Inc., Kitty Anne Music Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3.52:36
6Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus / Frosty the Snowman / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Good King Wenceslas
23:43
7Little Altar Boy
recording of:
Little Altar Boy
writer:
Howlett Smith (American pianist, keyboardist & composer)
23:44
8Do You Hear What I Hear?
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
32:53
9My Favorite Things
33:54
10He Came Here for Me
22:13
11Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town34:05
12What Are You Doing New Years' Eve?
recording of:
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Frank Music Corp. (in 1947) and MPL Music Publishing Inc. (in 1947)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
32:52
13Selections from 'The Nutcracker': Overture Miniature / Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Trepak / Valse Des Fleurs
26:15
14I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
32:25