The soft glow of studio lights in Downey still lingers the same way it did in 1969. But in those quiet late-night sessions, the room fell utterly silent. No flashing cameras. No roaring crowds. Just one voice, carrying the purest promise of forever, floating over a gentle Wurlitzer and a bass line played by the singer herself. Karen Carpenter, the heart of The Carpenters, pouring devotion into a song her brother Richard had written from the soul—”All of My Life.”
phil THE NOTE THAT NEVER LEFT: Inside Karen Carpenter’s Quietest Recording — And The Haunting Truth It Left Behind The world remembers the…