Universal - for reasons best known to themselves, and not a million miles away from $$$ - chose to licence "Horizon" clones around the world; they are not lifted from the vinyl as "expert" guesses, but are early digital versions, rather than the "remastered" versions we hear now.
For the most part, there's little difference - but every time they are remastered, Karen's voice is reduced, and Richard's arrangements are enhanced - so one day, these will be a collector's item.
But for now, just for the "I must have everything" collector - like me!
This is an unauthorized CD taken from a scratchy vinyl record. It is taken from the Carpenters' 1975 album "Horizon," which is available in proper form from the original master tapes with proper artwork from Universal Music, which owns A&M Records. But do not buy this awful phony. For some reason, several Latin American bootleggers have released several bootlegs of the "Horizon" album on different CDs. All Carpenters recordings are exclusively available on A&M Records/Universal Music.
