Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.

@unclewilbur Yes, I own the "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" CD. The last time I checked, a new copy on Amazon was only $9,00, which is a steal. It has become one of many go to CD's for showing off my audio system. 

Since you lived on the Dry Tortugas, do you know the song "Hey Papa" by Terence Boylan? The song is about Ernest Hemmingway. Terence went to Bard College and was friends with Walter Becker, Donald Fagen & Chevy Chase. His brother, John Boylan, was a well-known record producer in the 1970's. Not surprisingly, many of the great session musicians who played on Steely Dan albums also played on Terence's albums (Eponymous Debut & "Suzy"). 

@unclewilbur thanks for your response, and sorry if I came across harsh. We all make mistakes, no worries. I am an ESL person, with a terrible accent so at least I try to spell  

With all this talk about the Royal Philharmonic, I guess I'll have to give it another listen.  I bought an import of it a few years ago, and I only played it once.  I cannot say it did a lot for me, but sometimes I put stuff on on the wrong night.

The only other Carpenters CD I own is the MFSL A Song For You which I bought back in the '90s and which truly has a great sound.  I cannot help but love Top Of The World.  I remember when I was in Junior High or there abouts hearing the Now And Then cassette one of my friends owned, and thinking it had some neat songs on it.   I used to see it on ebay, I think it may have been a Pony Canyon import or maybe a JVC XRCD, and nostalgia has had me close to pulling the trigger, but I have so far felt that they always wanted ridiculously too much $ for it. 

@grislybutter You wrote “ESL” … My brain refuses to cooperate with acronyms so I looked it up.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Now I get the idea. Is that a real acronym?!? A lot of time could be saved for the reader if it were written as “english second language.” 😄. Anyway, what is your first language, and where are you from?

…And about my mistake, my embarrassment was much more harsh than your words. ☺️ But I’ll get over it.

@mitchagain I never heard the song “Hey Papa” so I streamed it to know more. It’s a nice song and I could listen to more of that. 
 

There are many things like music, movies, news, popular trends, etc that I have missed through most of my life, because I lived a fairly remote life. Dry Tortugas is just one example. But currently I’m getting caught up with normal [abnormal] life.