Carpenters - Now & Then ( 1973 )

 

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sing" (Joe Raposo)	3:20
2.	"This Masquerade" (Leon Russell)	4:50
3.	"Heather" (Johnny Pearson)	2:47
4.	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams)	3:40
5.	"I Can't Make Music" (Randy Edelman)	3:17

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Yesterday Once More" (a) "Yesterday Once More" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) (b) "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) (c) "The End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee) (d) "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) (e) "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Wilson, Artie Kornfeld) (f) "Johnny Angel" (Lyn Duddy, Lee Pockriss) (g) "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilynn Garrett) (h) "Our Day Will Come" (Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson) (i) "One Fine Day" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)"	18:05
7.	"Yesterday Once More (reprise)" (Bettis, Carpenter)

Personnel

• Richard Carpenter – keyboards, lead and backing vocals, arranger, orchestration, producer
• Karen Carpenter – drums (except on "Jambalaya"), lead and backing vocals, producer
• Hal Blaine – drums on "Jambalaya"
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Bob Messenger – flute, tenor saxophone
• Doug Strawn – baritone saxophone
• Tom Scott – recorder
• Tony Peluso – lead and rhythm guitars, spoken word (DJ) on "Yesterday Once More"
• Gary Sims – rhythm guitar
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar
• Earl Dumler – oboe, bass oboe, English horn
• The Jimmy Joyce Children's Chorus – backing vocals on "Sing"