Karen Carpenter set about recording an expansive solo album, but A&M refused to release the album until 1996, over a decade ...

For his part, Richard would downplay his own contributions to Christmas Portrait, even suggesting it should have been billed and released as a Karen Carpenter solo album — but he was the one ...

co-author of Carpenters: The Musical Legacy. “But when Karen was struggling with something, she threw herself into her work.” There were other heartbreaks: Karen’s solo album, recorded while ...

Karen, meanwhile ... signed to A&M records in 1969 and it was here they rebranded as the Carpenters; recording their debut album and producing it in their own unique style. It didn’t set ...

Carpenter had invested a lot in this ... and still honor recording commitments for the next album. It was during this fortnight that Karen went into A&M’s Studio D with Richard and began work ...

But it was Karen Carpenter’s deep, rich contralto voice and older brother ... The duo recorded a melancholic-style version of Ticket To Ride as a single on their debut album Offering, released in ...