Sold Date: July 1, 2023
Start Date: June 21, 2023
Final Price: $609.00 (USD)
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My dad was a lifelong collector of all things Carpenters, and he asked me to help him find a new home for a massive collection. I'm hoping there is a serious Carpenters fan that sees this posting, as the goal is for this to go to someone who appreciates the band. This entire collection is being sold as a single lot and I will work with the buyer on the best way to ship, as this involves several heavy boxes that I will packs/ship per your requirements.

I started to catalog the LP's, and then realized this process would be a full time job when I got to the 45's. Following is what did I catalog, but included with this lot are: rare, foreign, sealed, test, promo pressings of most records; close to 300 qty 45's; vhs tapes of appearances, interviews & concerts; cassette tapes and 8-track; printed materials ranging from books to sheet music to magazines to movie scripts; fan club promo items and memorabilia; photographs; and random things like albums of bands doing Carpenters tributes. Basically this is a ready-to-go Carpenters museum. I'm happy to answer any questions you have, but please don't ask me to grade individual items, as it would take forever...the range is from very rare items in mint condition to stock records in rough shape.

Here is my attempt to catalog:

LP Records

A Kind of Hush (3x)

A Kind of Hush (promo copy)

A Kind of Hush (test pressing)

A Kind of Hush (Japanese pressing)

A Kind of Hush (Japanese pressing; different artwork thanabove/paper sleeve)

A Kind of Hush (England pressing)

A Song for You (4x)

A Song for You (envelope fold jacket)

A Song for You (England pressing)

A Song for You (slightly different pressing; Interpak)

A Song for You (Japan pressing)

An Old-Fashioned Christmas (2x)

An Old-Fashioned Christmas (sealed)

Anthology (with Japanese booklet & copy of Richard Biofor the Japanese pressing)

Carpenters (3x)

Carpenters (envelope fold jacket)

Carpenters (German pressing)

Carpenters (German pressing with different sleeve/artwork)

Carpenters (England pressing)

Carpenters (no title; Sunshine label)

Carpenters (Gem Japan pressing; 2 copies with differentjackets/content)

Carpenters (El Salvador/Central America pressing)

Carpenters (Japan pressing/paper sleeve/First Records)

Carpenters From the Top (no record, only box and bookletalong with press clippings)

Close to You (3x)

Close to You (Australian pressing)

Close to You (England pressing)

Close to You (Japan pressing)

Close to You (possible bootleg? Paper sleeve; Japan orChina?)

Close to You/Merry Christmas Darling (3-song LP)

Christmas Portrait (4x)

Christmas Portrait (sealed; 3x)

Christmas Portrait (promo copy with to/from Carpenters tag—4copies; one to: Bono…no idea if real)

Christmas Portrait (test pressing copy, blank sleeve withtyped notes)

Featuring Carpenters Best Album (Korean pressing)

First 10 Years

Gem of Carpenters (Japanese bi-fold)

Golden Double Deluxe (Japanese; A&M)

Golden Double Deluxe (Japanese; IANT)

Golden Prize (Japan pressing)

Golden Prize Vol 2 (Japan pressing; 2x; one with extralabeling)

Great Hits of the Carpenters

Greatest Hits of the Carpenters Vol 2 1969-1973 (Australianpromo; 2x)

Horizon (sealed)

Horizon x2

Horizon (promo copy)

Horizon (Japanese pressing)

Horizon (England pressing)

Horizon (Brazil pressing; paper sleeve)

Live at the Palladium (Japan pressing)

Live at the Paladium (England pressing 2x)

Live at the Paladium (England pressing; sealed; 3x)

Live In Japan (Japan pressing)

Love Sounds/Golden Prize Vol 2 (Japan pressing)

Love Sounds (Japanese pressing)

Lovelines

Lovelines (promo copy)

Made in America (3x)

Made in America (sealed)

Made in America (Japan pressing)

Medley (Brazil pressing)

Now and Then

Now and Then (Japan pressing)

Offering

Offering (promo copy)

Passage (2x)

Passage (promo copy)

Singles 1974-1978 (England pressing; 2x)

Singles 1974-1978 (sealed England pressing)

Sound Capsule Carpenters Vol 1 (Japan pressing)

The Carpenters Collection (Limited Edition 3-record box)

The Carpenters Collection (Canadian pressing)

The Carpenters Collection (Canadian pressing; same tracklist as above but different sleeve/record label)

The Singles 1969-1973 (4x)

The Singles 1969-1973 (sealed)

The Singles 1969-1973 (Japan pressing)

The Singles 1969-1973 (England pressing)

The Very Best of the Carpenters

Their Greatest Hits (Sleeve only; damaged; England pressing)

Ticket to Ride (jacket is Ticket to Ride; record labeledOffering)

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride (England pressing; 2x)

Ticket to Ride (Hamlet England pressing)

Voice of the Heart (5x)

Voice of the Heart (Japanese pressing)

Yesterday Once More

Yesterday Once More (Bi-fold sleeve)

Yesterday Once More (England pressing)

Miscellaneous LPs

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Play the CarpentersSongbook

Ferrante & Teicher Play the Carpenters Songbook (2x)

The Young Lovers Carpenters Song Book

101 Strings Orchestra Featuring the Alshire Singers Play& Sing the Songs of Carpenters

The Carpenters Songbook As Performed by the L.A. Connection

Burt Bacharach & Friends (featuring Carpenters I’llNever Fall in Love Again)

Dick Clarks Rock Roll & Remember July 23, 1982 (4records with program notes; features Carpenters music and interview)

Bless the Beasts & Children Soundtrack (title song byCarpenters)

Love that Music (promo copy; features Close To You)

The “Multiple Artist” Album (featuring Carpenters Don’t BeAfraid)

True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Vol 19 (featuringCarpenters Merry Christmas Darling)

True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Vol 20 (featuringCarpenters Sleigh Ride)

True Value Hardware Stores Happy Holidays Vol 22 (featuringCarpenters Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)

Henry Mancini Selects Great Songs of Christmas (featuringCarpenters Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

Donnie Demers Kelly Conelly & Jimmy Demers Because ofDreams (featuring Karen Carpenter tribute; hand-signed by Donnie Demers to myparents)

Solid Gold Scrapbook/Unistar Radio Programming (featuringCarpenters section with interview)

Richard Carpenter LPs

Time

Time (sealed)

Time (promo copy)

CD’s

Carpenters Classics Vol 2 (one set of two discs; one onlydisc 1)

Made in America

Horizon

Close To You

Love Songs (x2, one sealed)

Christmas With the Carpenters

Christmas Collection

The Singles 1969-1973 (x2, one sealed)

Ticket To Ride (SelleS Records)

Startrax Carpenters (Australian)

The Carpenters Collection Series (Sanity, Australia)

Treasures (Pickwick Music, Great Britain)

Carpenters Perform Carpenter (sealed)

Carpenters Collection (Time Life, sealed)

Twenty-Two Hits of the Carpenters (Japan, x2, one sealed inbox/packaging)

Interpretations A 25th Anniversary Celebration(sealed)

Yesterday Once More (sealed)

Anthology (Japan, full packaging)

The Compact Disc Collection (England, fullpackaging/booklet/binder)

Carpenters (AAD 1991 promo)

Radio Years (Royal Collection)

The Carpenters Close To You Unauthorized Recordings (Live inTokyo & New York, Grapefruit Productions)

Miscellaneous CD’s

Karen Carpenter If I Had You

Karen Carpenter Make Believe It’s Your First Time (Japanminidisc)

Karen Carpenter (Japan)

Richard Carpenter Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor

If I Were A Carpenter

The Ventures Play the Carpenters

Dick Clark Rock Roll & Remember (4-discs, Airdate04/09-04/11)

Richard Clayderman The Carpenters Collection