Another compilation from Karen and Richard

"Classics, Volume 2" contains the big hits from the Carpenters and some more less known songs from their albums. I would recommend that one get each individual album instead of these incomplete collections, however if you are just "getting into" the Carpenters, this wouldn't be the worst starting point.

Wishing

Is it possible to get the original music not remastered transferred to CD. If you listen to the original records then the remastered CD, there is a slight blanding out of the original music. I would really appreciate it if someone out there could ask whoever is in charge if we could get the original Carpenters,not remastered non CD.

You can do better

I am amazed that this particular title is still in print. The CLASSICS VOL. 2 collection was part of A&M Records' 25th Anniversary celebration and just months before, Richard had released the YESTERDAY ONCE MORE 2-disc set. Seeing no need to reformulate yet another set for the celebration, Richard & A&M simply re-titled and repackaged the YESTERDAY ONCE MORE set under this new title.

Since then YESTERDAY ONCE MORE, which featured remixes of the classic tunes, has been re-mastered and re-issued again with an additional tune and slightly different order. As a result, you can get this same package in a better format for about the same money.

As I said, although in its day this was a great package, you can do better. I'm amazed that it's still out there.