Carpenters -the compact disc collection

This weekend gone I was talking with some people from a Furry Arts site while some stories were being red so if you're reading this from a link there, Hi!
As anyone who knows me and specifically about this blog realizes it is very rare for me to post about a physical item unless it is in some way connected to either being an adult little boy or actual boyhood.
It's not just a protection from being overrun by things like dvd or book reviews but to ensure there is clear reason routed in this blogs purpose for each post and that always comes back to being about me
The reason I am talking about something I own  today is because the music of the Carpenters is heavily connected emotionally to being a boy as it that I listened to  on the radio and played in our house as that boy being a part of the soundtrack of that time as you did things like read comics or make things from meccano or lego.
Play a track by them and mentally at least I'm back in that time.

This is a special limited edition set from 1990 when I was returning to more of the interests and routines of boyhood that contains all of their individual albums with notes about who sang and performed on what.
One reason for getting is I find listening to song in the order I am familiar that of the original records or tapes we had pulls me more into 'the past' than just a random selection to the point I recall the people and activities.
It also is a more rewarding object tactilewise for being a fraction bigger than a record with inserts behind glossy paper to flick through with photographs and the like which also help in taking me back. 

The individual cds are in wells within the box which keeps the form factor small and the set comprises of the following albums:
Ticket To Ride
Close To You
Carpenters
A Song for You
Now and Then
Horizon
A Kind of Hush
Passage
A Christmas Portrait (1978)
Made In America (1981)
Voice of the Heart (1983)
Lovelines (1989) - from not issued Karen Carpenter solo album sessions of 1977/8
The cds themselves are manufactured by Nimbus in Great Britain
While this isn't a technically minded blog the cds are very clear and rich  sounding which is a very good thing.
For me then having this set isn't just convenient it helps in returning to those past times.