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TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN
Music and Lyrics by David Pomeranz
Karen and I recorded this track in
January 1975, during the Horizon sessions. We did not include it in
that release, as we felt that that set ultimately featured an adequate amount of
ballads. For some unknown reason, the title was never catalogued, and over
the years Karen, Roger and I assumed it had been inadvertently discarded.
On November 29, 1991 while remixing tracks for our
Best of Best (Japanese karaoke) album, Roger found the title on the
multi-track tape containing “Only Yesterday.” The impending release of
Interpretations in October, 1994, provided an excellent reason for me to
orchestrate and complete the production. Strings were recorded on May 31,
1994, and Roger and I mixed the selection on June 6. Karen’s flawless
performance of the song is another “work lead”. (One can hear the
lyric sheet being
turned over by Karen, as she segues from the end of the first chorus into the
second verse.) For this reason alone, the lead would have been re-recorded
had we decided to complete production in 1975. Certain sections of the
lead also would have been doubled, hence the effect used in the mix. Karen
sings the lyrics as originally written by David Pomeranz; Barry Manilow, who
subsequently had a hit with this song, asked that some words be changed for
his
interpretation.
Upward Spiral Music administered by WB
Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Produced and Arranged by Richard
Carpenter
Lead Vocal: Karen Carpenter
Backing Vocals: Karen and Richard
Carpenter
Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
Bass: Joe Osborn
Drums: Jim Gordon
Guitar: Tim May
Engineer: Roger Young
From the album
Interpretations (1994)
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