Another in our batch of Holiday Records of the Week.
I know it's not cool to like the Carpenters and I don't care. For my money there is no better voice in music than Karen Carpenter.
I only wish that she had lived so that that voice could have continued. Sadly, Karen's life was cut short, and there is a limited body of work left behind.
She did record quite a bit of Christmas music, and Merry Christmas Darling is one of the Carpenters' signature songs. It remains a holiday favorite of mine.
The sleeve and record pictured are from the reissue version. The sleeve is different from the original, which was a photo of Richard and Karen, and the actual record utilizes the A&M Forget-Me-Nots label.
Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling - Picture Sleeve
Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling - Picture Sleeve Back
Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling - 45 - A - Side
Carpenters - Christmas Song - Single - B - Side
Merry Christmas Darling from the Carpenters Christmas Special
'til Richard releases more music from the Carpenters vault
Keep the Adventure Alive,
