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The Carpenters
Jaap Eden Hal,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 16, 1976
Excellent FM broadcast

Source: AVRO, Cable FM Radio > CDR > EAC > COOL EDIT > CD WAV > FLAC

Including artwork.

Thanks to the person who shared this on the net in 2004 and to uninvited94 for keeping the show alive.

Original notes:

Lou’s Notes: Their latest album at the time, A Kind Of A Hush, had been released in June 1976. Karen had started her battle with anorexia nervosa in 1975, having to partially cancel their European/Japanese tour. She would sadly die in 1983 from the disease, when it seemed she was doing well and poised for a comeback. She was only 32 - I was 29 at the time. A few glitches were fixed and the show was re-tracked. Volume levels were raised slightly.


Extract from The Carpenters: The Untold Story, by Ray Coleman:

During the German leg of that European tour, Richard and Karen went their separate ways most of the time… They carried on normally with no signs of the prima donna touches exhibited by so many artists. Their energy level was extraordinarily high in public, even though he was relying on sleeping pills at night and she was eating little. Although Richard’s pill-taking habits were about to surface in a self-destructive debacle, there was no visual evidence of this. The public was completely unaware of this private drama that was about to reach a crescendo for the Carpenter family…

Their nadir came in September 1978 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Richard had reached the point where everyday, he could hardly control his slurred speech until 5 pm - and he simply could not wait to get back to bed.


Track 01. There’s A Kind Of Hush 
Track 02. Jambalaya (on The Bayou) 
Track 03. I Need to Be in Love 
Track 04. (They Long to Be) Close to You (a parody as it might have been done by Spike Jones and his City Slickers - Richard on vocals) 
Track 05. Yesterday Once More 
Track 06. Two Man Band (Richard on piano/vocals, Karen on drums) 
Track 07. Warsaw Concerto (Richard on piano) 
Track 08. From This Moment On 
Track 09. Greatest Hits Medley: (They Long to Be) Close to You/For All We Know/Top of the World/Ticket To Ride/Only Yesterday/I Won’t Last a Day Without You/Hurting Each Other/Please Mr  Postman/Superstar 
Track 10. Rainy Days And Mondays/Goodbye To Love (cut)