Carpenters - Carpenters

Compilation by Carpenters

Released 21 September 1986

Bob Messenger
bass [7], saxophone [5], woodwind [8]
Bobby Bruce
fiddle [16]
Carolyn Dennis
background vocals [14]
Danny Woodhams
bass [8]
Dave Iveland
assistant [14-15], engineer [16]
Dick Bogert
engineer [8, 13]
Douglass Strawn
woodwind [8]
Earle Dumler
oboe [3, 14, 18]
Gary Sims
guitar [7]
Gayle Levant
harp [14-15, 18]
Hal Blaine
drums (drum set) [3, 5, 8]
Jack Daugherty
orchestrator [7], producer [1-8, 10, 13]
James Getzoff
concertmaster [14-15]
Jay Dee Maness
pedal steel guitar [15, 18]
Jim Horn
woodwind [8]
Joe Osborn
bass [7-8, 16], bass guitar [3, 5, 14-15, 18]
Karen Carpenter
associate [12, 16], background vocals [3, 5, 14-15], drums (drum set) [7-8], lead vocals [1-5, 7-8, 12, 14-16, 18], percussion [15], producer [2], vocal [13]
Larry Londin
drums (drum set) [14]
Larry McNeely
banjo [16]
Norm Kinney
assistant [3, 5, 13]
Paulinho da Costa
percussion [14-15]
Ray Gerhardt
engineer [3, 5, 7-8, 13, 16]
Richard Carpenter
Wurlitzer electric piano [8], arranger [1-5, 8, 12-16, 18], background vocals [3, 5, 14-15], keyboard [3, 5, 13-15, 18], lead vocals [8], orchestrator [1-5, 8, 12-16], producer [2, 12, 14-16], vocal [13, 16]
Roger Young
engineer [14-16]
Ron Tutt
drums (drum set) [15-16, 18]
Sheridon Stokes
flute [18], solo [18]
The O.K. Chorale
background vocals [18]
Tim May
acoustic guitar [14-15, 18], electric guitar [14-15]
Tom Hensley
tack piano [16]
Tom Scott
tenor saxophone [14]
Tommy Morgan
harmonica [5]
Tony Peluso
acoustic guitar [14, 16], electric guitar [6, 14, 16, 18]