Carpenters, Volume 1

Compilation by Carpenters

Released 1990

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