European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 entertainment the stars and stripes july 1985 going it alone Carpenter Dpi photo Carpenter recording first Solo by Frank Spotnitz United press International Richard Carpenter is Back in the studio to record his first new album since sister Karen died in february 1984 from anorexia Carpenter said it still is difficult for him to talk about karens explaining that when she died it was As much of a Shock to her family As to the i Felt that Karen was not 100 percent but certainly i did not think it was anywhere near that be Carpenter the theory at the time was that she had added weight in too Short a in recent Karen carpenters death instead has been attributed to the overt counter drug which is taken to induce ipecac is a Poison if used can prove i just heard about this Carpenter it hit me like a ton of in still not really All that up on it to be Able to offer any sound advice or inform Carpenter prefers to talk about the Success he and his younger sister including a decade of hits such As Rainy Days and mondays and top of the if he wanted Carpenter could put a Small Dent in that wholesome image he has been stamped with since close to you hit 1 in he smokes cigarettes for one and then theres his taste in which As you might expect includes people like Perry but surprisingly has room for bands like the mothers of invention and led can this be True of he said and i believe a Karen Carpenter Here with brother died of anorexia Nerosa in whole lot of people like More than one style of i and i feel that if More people were exposed to More they find themselves liking More than they thought they these revelations Only put a Dent in carpenters because from All appearances most of that wholesome image is still lives in where his parents raised him and Karen since Richard was his admittedly noncontroversial hobbies include collecting classic cars i putting what he listens to he is Only Comfort Able performing in the softer style for which the car Penters Are Carpenter said his first Solo which he is now will be in the same he recently gave his blessings to a double record yesterday once in which he remixed some of their and a compilation of is promotional films to be sold As a there also is enough unreleased material for another carpenters most of it recorded from 1980 to but release of that still is More definite plans Are under Way for a television film about Karen carpenters Carpenter is cipro during the film and working with the writer on How to Tell her Carpenter said he and his sister never set out to project the Good Goody image that he believes eventually Hurt their the music was soft and we just looked kind of like your average two people walking Down the he so really the of they labelled it kind of snowballed after the medias depictions smarted a bit at but the carpenters grew used to then came the disco wave of the late and the carpenters which had withstood Competition from psychedelia and heavy could no longer crack the top although its hard for any act to stay at the top of the Carpenter said their clean image began to work against they were seen As a Little too a Little too White however a person wants to term he said he is not sure that the time is better now for one of his but then i dont want to sit Down and i wonder if this is a Good time and look at the charts and if we had done we never would have put out close to you because that was different than anything that was on the air at that Carpenter expects to release his record by next following up with a in going to miss of both personally and As i have since she passed he but i know what i want to do and How to do and in rather excited about