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Articles on the day's biggest stars aimed at teens. ... Read more

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NOT A CD! THIS IS THE HARD-TO-FIND AUDIOTAPE CASSETTE AUDIOBOOK BY DOVE AUDIO! ISBN 0-7871-1087-1 UPC 022917907500. FICTIONAL /HYPOTHETICAL STORIES ABOUT ELVIS PRESLEY AND JUDY GARLAND. WHAT THEIR LIVES MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE IF THEY HAD NOT DIED AS EARLY AS THEY DID! DOLBY SYSTEM. DIGITALLY MASTERED. APPROX. 90 MIN. TOTAL PLAYING TIME. SIDE 1: ELVIS PRESLEY--WRITTEN BY MARILYN BECK--NARRATED BY RICHARD GRIECO. SIDE 2: JUDY GARLAND--WRITTEN BY RICHARD HACK--NARRATED BY LAINIE KAZAN. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

"Carpentermania"
This is a book written by a Carpenter's fan for Carpenter's fans. Yes, it is not a biography, but it narrates how Karen and Richard struggled to make every single song a hit!. Do you want to know how many concerts the Carpenters did?. Where at?. When?. Well, you will find it all within the "Carpentermania" section of this book. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it to any Carpenter's fan.

I love the Carpenters music and I love this book!
This is a book that I really enjoyed reading. I've been a Carpenters fan since the 70s and I really appreciate another viewpoint of this famous brother and sister team.The author finally gives credit where credit isdue. Because Karen and Richard were great talents, who were totally devotedto making their music perfect.I also enjoyed reading and learning newthings about the Carpenters that the Ray Coleman biography didn't cover.

Example. This book gives Karen's solo album a positive review over someof the unfair criticism made by others.I am so happy that this is writtendown for everyone to see it.Karen would have loved this very much. Another example.When I first started buying the CDs in the mid 80s, Inoticed that some of the songs sounded different.This book confirms it,thanks in part to the author's vast knowledge of the Carpenters recordings.

I think fans and the newer fans would enjoy this book very much. Karenwas a real person who was a lot of fun to be around and sincere withoutbeing phony.The same is true for Richard.He knew what worked for Karenand they were a team.

I've enjoyed reading and re-reading this book andI think you will too.

Sophomoric narration of songs, concerts, and appearances.
The subtitle of this book should be "The Story of the Music of Karen and Richard Carpenter."The book does not tell the story of their lives, as the title suggests.It is obviously written by a fan who hasdone a lot of fact gathering from fan clubs, magazines, and album covers. Garcia goes into agonizing detail on the chart history of many Carpenterssongs, and no detail on the real lives and circumstances in the lives ofthe Carpenters.The writing is amaturish.It would be considered anexcellent school report, although he describes the sound of an alto fluteas "picturesque" (you can't paint a picture of a sound).Garciahas also provided a lot of facts, in list form -- every song, album,concert, and public appearance made by (the) Carpenters.The illustrationsincluded in this book however, are lovely.

Overall, this was a verydisappointing read.

An excellent well-researched biography about the Carpenters.
"Close to You...The Story of Richard and Karen Carpenter" by Ronald Garcia, is a well written, easily read book on the Carpenters.There is a great deal of information, not found elsewhere, and there aresome lovely portraits of Richard and Karen that are suitable for framing. The Carpenters were a very underrated musical family and I think books likethis one will remind peoplejust how talented Richard and Karen were as ateam, and what a tremendous loss to the world Karen's death from anorexianervosa was.

Carpenters Remembered
I really enjoyed this book. It's a very flattering book about seventies icons Karen andRichard Carpenter. I recommend it highly. Theportraits in the book are worth the price of the book alone. ... Read more