This set is a PBS exclusive.  It was available during a fundraising campaign that showed the video "Close to You:  Remembering the Carpenters".  If you made a pledge, you would receive this 3-CD set, a DVD of the program and a copy of Christmas Portrait.  This was my Christmas gift that year.

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Every  single is included here, and all have been sourced from original single master tapes, with just two exceptions: the first two mono tracks were sourced from original vinyl. It also includes the "b" side of the single.  

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Some of the mixes of these tracks are making their first-ever appearance on CD. You will also find the 1974 single version of "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town", and shorter versions of "Mr. Guder" and "Look to Your Dreams".

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The three discs themselves use artwork from the three main eras of A&M labels that Carpenters recorded under: the old ochre color, the silver & tan design, and the flying red logo design.  Basically the singles on each CD have the same color they would have had when first released.

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One of the coolest sets I have.