Karen Carpenter - Karen Carpenter FLAC download

there's a cassette version of this. i have a sealed copy of it, i'll list it at some point.

I wish they would make a vinyl copy of this album. Karen has such an amazing voice!

Love this album!!!

Additional credit info from BestBuy site:Producer: Michele Slagter; Ed Sulzer; Laura Loncteaux; Karen Ichiuju; Phil RamoneEngineer: Dave Crowthen; Randy Pipes; Glenn Berger; Dave Iveland; Ralph Osborne; James Guthrie; Jim Boyer; Ray Gerhardt; Bradshaw Leigh; Chaz CliftonNotes & Personnel Info:Karen Carpenter recorded her only solo album in 1979 and 1980 with members of Billy Joel's backing band. It remained unreleased until 1996.Personnel includes: Karen Carpenter, Peter Cetera (vocals); Michael Brecker (saxophone); Bob James, Greg Phillinganes, Rob Mounsey, Richard Tee (keyboards); Steve Gadd (drums); Airto Moreira (percussion).Muze PNote Recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, New York; A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California between May 2, 1979 and 1980. Includes liner notes by Richard Carpenter and Phil Ramone.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: Rod Temperton (vocals); Eric Johns-Rasmussen, Russell Javors (guitar); Greg Philinganes, Richard Tee, Rob Mounsey (keyboards); Steve Gadd , Liberty DeVitto (drums); Airto Moreira, Ralph McDonald (percussion).Audio Remixers: Jim Boyer; Phil Ramone.Liner Note Authors: Phil Ramone; Richard Carpenter .Recording information: A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; A&R Recording Studios, New York, NY; Kendun Records, Burbank, CA.Photographer: Claude Mougin.Karen Carpenter's only solo album, recorded in New York in 1979 with producer Phil Ramone but unreleased until 1996, was also the only album she ever recorded with a producer other than her older brother Richard. The difference is immediately obvious. Ramone, whose biggest client was Billy Joel, prefers a looser, more spacious sound than Richard's note-perfect, almost-antiseptic orchestral pop.Not to take anything away from Karen and Richard's endless string of classic pop singles, but it is refreshing to hear Karen's near-perfect voice, a dusky, melancholy alto with bell-like clarity, in a more relaxed and jazz-influenced setting. Arrangements are by jazz greats Bob James and Rod Temperton, and accompaniment includes most of Joel's backing band. The clear highlight, a sensuous yet melancholy version of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years," is easily among the best things Karen Carpenter ever recorded in her short career.