Carpenters - Christmas Once More

Carpenters Christmas Portait (Extended Edition/Reissue) was a soundtrack of December in my house growing up.  This year the Carpenters Christmas songs have been repackaged again.  I grabbed it on vinyl.  I dont know if its the rawness of the medium.  Maybe its how things have to be mixed for vinyl.  My overall impression is it feels more raw than the extended edition.  The extended edition is CD digital perfection.  The vinyl seems more human.  On the surface I can easily hear breathing they would probably be cut from prior versions.   There are also places where the drums get too loud that I think brother Carpenter kept in to remember his sister's playing.

5/5 Love the new medium (for me)

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