Carpenters - Live in Japan
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Artist: CarpentersEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Live
CD Release Date: 1992-06-08
Music Label: Import [Generic]
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Superstar
- Rainy Days and Mondays
- Goodbye to Love
- Top of the World
- Help!
- Mr. Guder
- (They Long to Be) Close to You
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
- Yesterday Once More
- Hurting Each Other
- Little Honda
- End of the World
- Runaway
- Da Doo Ron Ron
- Leader of the Pack
- Johnny Angel
- Book of Love
- Sh-Boom
- Daddy's Home
- Johnny B. Goode
- Sing
- Sometimes
- We've Only Just Begun
- For All We Know
Music reviews of Live in Japan
Music Review: "Live In Japan"
Rating: 3 Stars
"Live in Japan" is a double CD set released only in Japan - thus its expensive list price (generally over $50 dollars). Together, there are 24 songs; disc one consisting of a medley of their more traditional singles hits, and side two being a retro-rock salute to hit songs from 1954 - 1964. Similar to the "Yesterday Once More" medley from "Now and Then", this series of songs is different, with the new songs being "Little Honda," "Runaway," "Leader of the Pack," "Book of Love," "Shuboom," "Daddy's Home" and a rousing version of "Johnny B. Goode". Tony "The Bone" Peluso reprises his role as the radio disc-jockey who introduces each song.
For being a "live" ablum, the sound is remarkably clear. Karen's voice is wonderful as always, and surprisingly, the back-up vocals by the band are pretty good as well. The Carpenters are noted for their multi-track layered sound, which was the brainchild of Richard Carpenter, and all the studio album background vocals are sang in a multi-layered fashion by Karen and Richard. To duplicate this sound on-stage is quite a feat, and it is done remarkably well.
Unique to this album is Karen's Japanese version of "Sing". It is amazing how she is able to sing this song in Japanese even though she does not speak the language; of couse, she does it flawlessly.
I cannot rate this album higher than 3-stars because of the relatively short length of the combined CD's and the huge price tag. The entire set runs just over an hour in length. (I wonder if this was the entire concert, or if portions were eliminated?) In any event, it seems too short for a full concert. At over 50 dollars for the set, it is too costly, and I recommend it only for the die-hard CArpenter fan who wants every release of the brother-sister duo.
konedog
Description of Live in Japan
Japanese-only release, a double disc set featuring 24 of Karen & Richard's finest recorded live in concert. Includes 'Superstar', 'Rainy Days And Mondays', '(They Long To Be) Close To You' and 'We've Only Just Begun'. 1993 reissue on A&M of the original 1974 release for the label. Double jewel case.General CDs
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