Ticket to Ride
The Carpenters
1970
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1969
Release: 1969Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Richard explicitly dates the debut single to 1969. The selected original vocal and drum performance is distinct from the parts rerecorded and guitars added for the 1973 anthology. The earlier supplied year 1970 is retained in the attribute-change audit.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1970.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Ticket to Ride - first-person original single and rerecording history
Richard explicitly dates the debut single to October 1969 and distinguishes the drums and lead vocal rerecorded in 1973, with added guitars, for the later anthology. The original 1969 single performance is selected.
Offering - Richard Carpenter original album notes and program
Richard Carpenter presents the original 1969 album program and credited duo performances. Selected original recordings are distinct from subsequent remixes, re-recorded vocals, solo work and orchestral reconstructions. Personal health and family passages are not used in the editorial notes.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
This slowed-down cover of The Beatles' hit helped establish The Carpenters' signature sound.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1970.html, song-list position 125
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1970.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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