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DISCID=ae08a40d
DTITLE=Carpenters / Ticket To Ride
DYEAR=1969
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Invocation
TTITLE1=Your Wonderful Parade
TTITLE2=Someday
TTITLE3=Get Together
TTITLE4=All Of My Life
TTITLE5=Turn Away
TTITLE6=Ticket To Ride
TTITLE7=Don't Be Afraid
TTITLE8=What's The Use
TTITLE9=All I Can Do
TTITLE10=Eve
TTITLE11=Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
TTITLE12=Benediction
EXTD=Originally Released 1969\nCD Edition Released 1987 ??\nRebound Re
EXTD=cords CD Edition Released April 16, 1995 and 1997 (black face)\nR
EXTD=emastered CD Edition Released December 8, 1998\n\nAMG EXPERT REVI
EXTD=EW: The Carpenters' first long-player, cut in 1969 (and originall
EXTD=y released as Offering) amid the breakdown of America's postwar s
EXTD=ocial contract, the Vietnam War's soaring to a crescendo of blood
EXTD=shed, the coming apart of the Beatles, and the final flowering (a
EXTD=nd wilting) of the youth rebellion of the prior four years. And i
EXTD=n the middle of all of that, Karen and Richard Carpenter issued a
EXTD= finely crafted record that moved effortlessly between Spanky & O
EXTD=ur Gang-style pop/rock ("Your Wonderful Parade") and art-song. In
EXTD= some ways, Ticket to Ride is the Carpenters' most interesting al
EXTD=bum, for it contains a range of interests and sounds that were mo
EXTD=dified or abandoned on subsequent albums. The lushly orchestrated
EXTD= "Someday" is a brilliant showcase for Richard's arranging skills
EXTD= and the most dramatic side of Karen's voice -- it points the way
EXTD= toward songs like "Crescent Noon" on the next album, and althoug
EXTD=h that highly dramatic sound proved a blind alley, it did result 
EXTD=in some ravishing performances by the duo. "All I Can Do" is the 
EXTD=most solid reminder of their origins as part of a light jazz trio
EXTD= called Spectrum, a pleasing vocal workout that might've been wel
EXTD=l covered by the Manhattan Transfer. Their version of "Get Togeth
EXTD=er" is about as convincing as a version by the Cowsills would've 
EXTD=been, but it's balanced by Richard's slow ballad arrangement of "
EXTD=Ticket to Ride," an unexpected and beguiling (if too upbeat) cove
EXTD=r of Neil Young's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing," and a couple
EXTD= of superb originals, "Eve" and "All of My Life." -- Bruce Eder\n
EXTD=\n\nAmazon.com Product Description \n1997 Rebound Records/Polygra
EXTD=m Special Products CD re-release of 1986 remastering of 1970 A&M 
EXTD=LP of the same name, which was a repackaging of a 1969 Excelsior 
EXTD=LP titled "Offering" with identical tracks that differed only in 
EXTD=its title and album art. Produced by Jack Daugherty, this atypica
EXTD=l Carpenters album features more than the average share of Richar
EXTD=d Carpenter vocals, as Karen had not yet become comfortable with 
EXTD=being lead vocalist. This release features a black label CD, whic
EXTD=h differs from the 1995 silver label Rebound Records CD release. 
EXTD=\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nPotential But Unpolished, Janua
EXTD=ry 26, 2007\nReviewer: Maestroh "A.A., A.A.S.,B.M.E.,Th.M." (Ph.D
EXTD=. Textual Criticism)\nIn April 1969 - six months before I was bor
EXTD=n, in fact - the Carpenters trudged into A and M Records to recor
EXTD=d their first album. It was released as "Offering" and had a rath
EXTD=er unflattering photograph of Richard and Karen looking at a flow
EXTD=er. The one solid highlight of the recording was "Ticket To Ride,
EXTD=" a remake of the Beatles' hit from 1965, turned from rock 'n' ro
EXTD=ll into a ballad. \n\nAlthough this is one of the worst Carpenter
EXTD= albums - and Carpenters fans overrated it retrospectively - the 
EXTD=potential for stardom is clearly there. The best songs are "All o
EXTD=f My Life," which received due attention in "The Karen Carpenter 
EXTD=Story," "Someday" - a song that has the precognitive phrase, "Clo
EXTD=se To You" - the title track, and "Eve," Karen wailing. \n\nThis 
EXTD=album is indeed different from any other Carpenter record in exis
EXTD=tence. Richard later said he just 'had' to do the record. But the
EXTD= Carpenters had hit on a rough idea of what was to follow: \n\n1)
EXTD= Record some original compositions \n2) Record some hits by other
EXTD= groups ("Ticket To Ride" and "Get Together" by the Youngbloods a
EXTD=re on here) \n3) Record some lesser known songs by stars (on this
EXTD= one, Buffalo Springfield's "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing") \n
EXTD=\nSo although not up to par for the Carpenters, the bright future
EXTD= is seen on this recording. For Carpenters fans only.\n\n\nAMAZON
EXTD=.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCarpenters' debut, September 7, 2005\nRevie
EXTD=wer: Derek Norwood (Perth, Western Australia)\n\nThe debut album 
EXTD=from Richard and Karen, released in 1969. This is a must-have for
EXTD= any Carpenters fan. The version of the song 'Ticket To Ride' is 
EXTD=different to the version that has been included on numerous compi
EXTD=lations. Karen re-recorded her vocals and drums for the 1973 'Sin
EXTD=gles' compilation, and that's the version that has always been us
EXTD=ed, as far as I know. The original version sounds more melancholy
EXTD= and I prefer it to the later version. The other tracks, while no
EXTD=t well known, are all excellent. Stand-outs are the title track, 
EXTD='Eve', 'Someday' and 'All Of My Life'. The sound of this album is
EXTD= quite different to their later recordings, even to 1970's 'Close
EXTD= To You'. At the time that this album was recorded, the intention
EXTD= may have been for Carpenters to be a true duo, rather than the f
EXTD=ocus, at least vocally, being on Karen. Richard sings lead on FIV
EXTD=E of the songs.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe First Carpen
EXTD=ter Album Makes Its Debut in 1969, August 5, 2005\nReviewer: Jame
EXTD=s Koenig "Konedog4" (Fergus Falls, MN United States)\n\n"Ticket T
EXTD=o Ride" takes its name from the hit song single, "Ticket To Ride"
EXTD=, released by the Carpenters in 1969. It would become the Carpent
EXTD=ers first hit single (peaking at #56 onteh charts), and opened th
EXTD=e door for the duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter to begin their 
EXTD=string of hits that would span the decade of the 1970's. "Ticket 
EXTD=To Ride" is Richard Carpenter's soft-ballad adaptation of the Bea
EXTD=tle's hit of the same name. When the Beatles broke up in 1969, th
EXTD=e Carpenters' "Ticket To Ride" hit the airwaves and was a hit, fo
EXTD=r it was a sad ballad and Beatles'fans mourning the loss of their
EXTD= favorite group related to the mournful interpretation of the son
EXTD=g. \n\nThe distinctive "Carpenter sound", that of multi-layered h
EXTD=armonic vocals, is first heard on this album in several songs, in
EXTD=cluding "Ticket To Ride", "Your Wonderful Parade", "All of My Lif
EXTD=e", and "What's The Use". Karen's voice is not yet "perfect" in h
EXTD=er emotional content interpretation of the songs, as she is just 
EXTD=a young 19 years old. An example of this is the song "Someday", w
EXTD=hich Karen interprets with a "wailing" timbre to her voice, admit
EXTD=tedly not her best interpretation of the song. Karen reinterprete
EXTD=d this song in the 1980 TV special "Music, Music, Music", and her
EXTD= vocal is the definitive interpretation and performance, one of w
EXTD=hich she was very proud of. It is interesting to hear the early "
EXTD=primitive" Carpenter sound and Karen's voice, as the true Carpent
EXTD=er sound would fully emerge in the next album, "Close To You". \n
EXTD=\nAlthough it is their first work, this Carpenter album is one th
EXTD=at is pleasing, though inferior to their subsequent recordings. I
EXTD=f you are a fan of the Carpenters, you will want to have this alb
EXTD=um as many of the songs are not included on their later greatest 
EXTD=hits albums. I particularly liked "Get Together", the slow love b
EXTD=allad, "All of My Life", the lively "Don't Be Afraid", and the yo
EXTD=uthful "What's The Use". \n\nI give this album 4-stars, as it is 
EXTD=not of the quality of their later albums. It probably deserves ju
EXTD=st three stars, but how can I give any album with Karen Carpenter
EXTD='s exquisite voice just three stars?! That would be a sacrilege t
EXTD=o my favorite singer of all-time!  -- Jim "Konedog" Koenig\n\n\nA
EXTD=MAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWhat....is....that.....incredible.....
EXTD=sound??????, November 2, 2003\nReviewer: Lawrence Brown "Larry Br
EXTD=own" (HOUSTON, TX United States)\n\nIt's the year 2003. I'm a 43 
EXTD=year old music lover. I've heard every amazing artist from The Be
EXTD=atles to Whitney Houston to Celine Dion to Michael Jackson and ba
EXTD=ck again. But I've never heard ____anything____ that sounds like 
EXTD=this. I was shocked at the polished, fully realized sound in this
EXTD= first effort. Even having been a Carpenters fan since 1973, and 
EXTD=having played the grooves off the record in my turmoiled adolesce
EXTD=nt years, I still got gigantic goosebumps all over my body when I
EXTD= dug out "Ticket To Ride" yesterday and listened to "Invocation" 
EXTD=for the first time in a while. From the first note to the last I 
EXTD=was electrified. And this is in 2003. In 1969??? The impact of th
EXTD=is recording is incalculable. \n\nOddly, I love pop style choral 
EXTD=music but can't stand traditional choral music. You remember the 
EXTD="beautiful music" radio stations that played elevator style music
EXTD= from the "Whats'is'name singers." I hated that stuff. Bing Crosb
EXTD=y singing "White Christmas" and in the middle comes a section sun
EXTD=g by choir, but it's the old style choral sound...I hate that stu
EXTD=ff. But pop choir in the style of Carpenters, Osmonds, or Bee Gee
EXTD=s...that's different and I really love it. \n\nThe first track of
EXTD= this record is a classical sounding, acapella tune done in a cho
EXTD=ral style. But I've never heard anything, before or since, that s
EXTD=ounds like this choir. It's beautiful and ethereal and moving all
EXTD= at once. \n\nI personally love Richard's voice and think his is 
EXTD=the "salt" that makes the Carpenters sound work. I like to hear h
EXTD=im sing lead and some of his leads are my favorite Carpenters tra
EXTD=cks, e.g. "Saturday." On this record he sings lead more than on l
EXTD=ater records and that's a plus for me. \n\nKaren's sound is 98% o
EXTD=f what it became, which is surprising at this early stage. Even s
EXTD=o, it's just ever so slightly green and young, which for a Carpen
EXTD=ters fan just increases the charm. \n\nNot surprisingly for the l
EXTD=ate 60s, The Beatles were a major influence on Richard. It may be
EXTD= impossible to outdo The Beatles on any rearrangement of one of t
EXTD=heir tunes but Richard puts forth a good effort here with the tit
EXTD=le track. He completely throws away the Beatles' arrangement and 
EXTD=turns the rocking tune into a slow and mournful ballad, spicing i
EXTD=t up and dropping in the fully realized Carpenters signature soun
EXTD=d on the chorous. Being more distanced from the Beatles by now, f
EXTD=or me this tune has aged well. I'm more able to accept the altern
EXTD=ate arrangement and appreciate it for its own merits. While overa
EXTD=ll the song suffers from the inevitable comparison with the Beatl
EXTD=es' version, Karen's vocal performance on this track benefits fro
EXTD=m it and is stunning. Since the Beatles' version is a rocking, ha
EXTD=rd driving tune, it's a little low on tormented emotion. Karen, i
EXTD=n contrast, wrings out every last ounce of torment possible from 
EXTD=the painful lyrics, delivering a masterful performance. Clever, u
EXTD=nique, couragous, and excellent. \n\nDespite all its ground break
EXTD=ing excellence, it's surprising that the Carpenters were able to 
EXTD=make inroads on the popular music scene with this church inspired
EXTD= offering. Titling the record "Offering" and opening and closing 
EXTD=the record with tracks "Invocation" and "Benediction," took a lot
EXTD= of guts in the hippie era when rebellion against the establishme
EXTD=nt, any establishment, long hair, drugs, free love, etc, was the 
EXTD=current style. What a refreshing break it must have been for many
EXTD= to rest from all the psychedelia and acid rock and instead hear 
EXTD=something positive and "good." While that may go in and out of st
EXTD=yle and the Carpenters career may have sufferred from that in the
EXTD= long run, to have the vision to put this out shows that Richard 
EXTD=was not just a musical leader, but a social one as well, and unli
EXTD=ke the Beatles he is leading us in a positive direction. Some may
EXTD= not appreciate that, but I do. Thank you Richard. \nLB\n\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Classic, September 17, 2002\nReviewer: 
EXTD=TopDawg689 "topdawg689" (Palm Springs, CA USA)\nThis album is a c
EXTD=lassic, featuring several very dated tracks, such as "Your Wonder
EXTD=ful Parade", "Get Together", and others which are very specific t
EXTD=o the anti-establishment, Vietnam-era '60s. These songs are a kic
EXTD=k to listen to. It is hard to believe that Karen Carpenter was on
EXTD=ly 19 years old when she recorded this. "Eve" is a knockout perfo
EXTD=rmance by her, and I find myself listening to it over and over. I
EXTD=t is a gem. Same with "Someday". Her voice is a bit rougher aroun
EXTD=d the edges here than it was later, and it is most effective on t
EXTD=hese songs. Richard's genius for arrangement is evident here, alt
EXTD=hough I do not care for his voice on this album, which has him ta
EXTD=king the lead on several of the selections.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTO
EXTD=MER REVIEW\nKaren Shines on Nice Carpenter/Bettis Originals, Dece
EXTD=mber 7, 2000\nReviewer: J. Wade (USA)\n\nAfter having over two de
EXTD=cades to assess the whole of the Carpenters output, I find this o
EXTD=ne still a favourite. Richard Carpenter and John Bettis wrote 10 
EXTD=of the album's 13 songs, and most of them are very nice. The choi
EXTD=ce of cover material includes Neil Young's excellent, "Nowadays C
EXTD=lancy Can't Even Sing" and Chet Powers',"Get Together". Richard s
EXTD=ings both songs with the former working well for his limited rang
EXTD=e, but the annoying vocal effects on the latter marr this 60's an
EXTD=them.\nOne of Karen's most beautiful vocals is on "Someday". It's
EXTD= too bad that the 1998 remaster did not correct the distortion th
EXTD=at occurs in the last minute of this 5:13 track. A similar distor
EXTD=ted moment occurs on the :43 closing track, "Benediction". This i
EXTD=s the only Carpenters album that was recorded on eight track mast
EXTD=er tape, but if Glenn Miller's recording from the 40's can be mad
EXTD=e to sound clean and distortion free, then surely these two songs
EXTD= could have been repaired. \n\nStill, even with those technical f
EXTD=laws, the songs and performances make it easy to love this album.
EXTD= "All of My Life", "Eve", and Lennon-McCartney's "Ticket To Ride"
EXTD= are also outstanding. I prefer this original version of "Ticket.
EXTD=.." which was rerecorded for the 1973 Singles album. As others ha
EXTD=ve mentioned, Richard Carpenter tampers with the music tracks on 
EXTD=every Carpenters compilation CD. But if you want the original rec
EXTD=ordings, you'll have to buy the individual albums. Some may resen
EXTD=t that, but the Carpenters catalog is, for the most part, a treas
EXTD=ure trove of the finest pop music ever made.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUST
EXTD=OMER REVIEW\nA wonderful start, November 25, 2000\nReviewer: A mu
EXTD=sic fan\nSo much of this album is stunning it's incredible this w
EXTD=as the first collection by the Carpenters. Some of Karen't best b
EXTD=allads appear and she is glorious. For those of you with Carpente
EXTD=rs' greatest-hits type collections, be forewarned. Richard has ne
EXTD=ver stopped tinkering, so the only way to get the original versio
EXTD=ns is to go back to the original albums. At this point "Close to 
EXTD=You" barely sounds like the original, so much has been altered, a
EXTD=nd the original "Ticket to Ride" long ago was silently replaced b
EXTD=y a later vocal, new piano work and so on, but if you go back to 
EXTD=these albums you get the original (just for the record, the singl
EXTD=e and album versions of "Merry Christmas Darling," "Top of the Wo
EXTD=rld" also are a matter of original and redo). Richard's unique ta
EXTD=lents at keeping old records new is quite something, particularly
EXTD= as he does it step by step within the record from reissue to rei
EXTD=ssue. With the Carpenters you seldom get a repeat with a rereleas
EXTD=e. Which is why the originals are well worth getting.\n\n\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNice Taste of "Yet to Come", November 7, 
EXTD=1999\nReviewer: A music fan\nHard to believe that the teenage Kar
EXTD=en and 24ish Richard were so professional sounding in their early
EXTD= years. Richard's arrangements complement the heartfelt vocals of
EXTD= his sister, who plays drums like nobody's business throughout th
EXTD=e album. Ironically, the two hit songs they cover, the Beatles' "
EXTD=Ticket to Ride" and the Youngbloods' "Get Together," are less eff
EXTD=ective than the Bettis/Carpenter collaborations, some of which sh
EXTD=ould have been released by A&M as potential singles, especially "
EXTD=Someday" and "Eve," two of the most smouldering vocals Karen ever
EXTD= recorded in her brief life.\nListening to compliations and hits 
EXTD=packages of the Carpeneters is okay; however, the listener is adv
EXTD=ised to hear each original album, track by track, to really get t
EXTD=he importance of the duo's legacy. Richard put so much into the i
EXTD=ntricate continuity of the tracks on each album--songs fade into 
EXTD=each other, keys change subtly yet perfectly, especially at the c
EXTD=odas of certain songs, and occasional witty tunes pepper each alb
EXTD=um to break up the pace of the more serious love songs. \n\nI att
EXTD=ended a Carpenters concert in the late 1970s, and they put on a c
EXTD=omplete show, complete with costume changes, orchestra, and even 
EXTD=cars and motorcycles onstage, rather than a predictable recital o
EXTD=f their hits--no one could take their eyes off them for those two
EXTD= hours (and I wasn't even 10 years old).\n\nThe only part of this
EXTD= album that will make you cringe is the original "flower" cover p
EXTD=hoto, which recently has been wisely replaced with a more neutral
EXTD= shot of the two on a sailboat . . . it doesn't make much sense, 
EXTD=given the album's title, but as Charlie Parker said, Let the musi
EXTD=c do the talking!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nCarpenters leg
EXTD=acy begins!, April 3, 1999\nReviewer: A music fan\n"Ticket to Rid
EXTD=e" is the Carpenters first album, and it shows the signature soun
EXTD=ds from the beginning. Karen's haunting vocal on tunes like "Some
EXTD=day" and "Ticket to Ride" provide the highlights. Most of these s
EXTD=ongs are just average though and the lyrics are weak but well sun
EXTD=g. Karen's voice is still developing, and she shows strength on t
EXTD=he lovely "Eve" and "All of My Life". Clearly, the title song and
EXTD= first single "Ticket to Ride" is the best outing on this album, 
EXTD=although it only made it to #54 in 1970 on the Billboard charts. 
EXTD=For the new Carpenters fan, save this album for later. For the co
EXTD=llector, this album is a must have!\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContr
EXTD=ibuting artists: Herb Alpert \nProducer: Jack Daugherty \n\nAlbum
EXTD= Notes\nTICKET TO RIDE was originally released on LP in 1969 unde
EXTD=r the title OFFERING.\nThe Carpenters: Richard Carpenter (vocals,
EXTD= keyboards); Karen Carpenter (vocals, bass, drums).\n\nAdditional
EXTD= personnel: Gary Sims (guitar); Joe Osborn, Bob Messinger (bass);
EXTD= Herb Alpert (shaker).\n\nIncludes liner notes by Herb Alpert.\nD
EXTD=igitally remastered by Richard Carpenter.\n\nAs strange as it may
EXTD= seem in light of their decades of commercial success, Karen and 
EXTD=Richard Carpenter's first album was a flop when it was originally
EXTD= released in 1969 under the title OFFERING. Only after the siblin
EXTD=gs' mournful cover of The Beatles' "Ticket To Ride" became a surp
EXTD=rise hit did the album, quickly withdrawn and reissued under the 
EXTD=single's title, follow suit.\nTICKET TO RIDE is an interesting an
EXTD=d arresting debut. The album is bracketed by Richard Carpenter pi
EXTD=ano instrumentals ("Invocation" and "Benediction") and featuring 
EXTD=covers of the Youngbloods' "Get Together" and Buffalo Springfield
EXTD='s excellent "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" alongside a number
EXTD= of Richard Carpenter-Joe Bettis originals. The CD was remastered
EXTD= by Richard Carpenter in 1998 as part of a general overhaul of th
EXTD=e Carpenters' A&M catalogue. A limited-edition Japanese release f
EXTD=eatures 32-bit digital remastering and an LP-style slipcase.
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