Love Songs

Compilation by Carpenters

Released 17 December 1997

Bob Messenger
saxophone [8], woodwind [4]
Carlena Williams
background vocals [15]
Cubby O’Brien
drums (drum set) [16]
Danny Woodhams
bass [4]
Dave Iveland
assistant [6, 16], engineer [15]
Dick Bogert
engineer [4, 12]
Douglass Strawn
clarinet [4], woodwind [4]
Earle Dumler
oboe [7, 12]
Ed Green
drums (drum set) [15]
Gayle Levant
harp [16]
Greg Goldman
assistant [6, 16]
Hal Blaine
drums (drum set) [4, 7-8, 12]
Jack Daugherty
producer [4, 7-8, 11-12, 17]
Jerry Steinholtz
percussion [15]
Jim Horn
woodwind [4]
Joe Osborn
bass [4, 15], bass guitar [6-8, 12, 16]
Julia Waters
background vocals [15]
Karen Carpenter
associate [3, 14-15], background vocals [4, 6-8, 12, 15], drums (drum set) [4], lead vocals [3-4, 7-8, 11-12, 12, 14-15, 17], producer [1]
Maxine Waters
background vocals [15]
Norm Kinney
assistant [7-8, 12]
Pete Jolly
keyboard [16]
Peter Knight
arranger [16], orchestrator [16]
Ray Gerhardt
engineer [4, 6-8, 12, 15-16]
Ray Parker Jr.
electric guitar [15]
Richard Carpenter
Wurlitzer electric piano [4], arranger [3-4, 6-8, 11-12, 14-15, 17], background vocals [4, 6-8, 12, 15], electric piano [15], keyboard [6-8, 12], lead vocals [4], orchestrator [3-4, 6-8, 11-12, 14-15, 17], piano [15], producer [1, 3, 6, 14-16], vocal [15]
Robert de la Garza
assistant [16], mix [6, 16]
Roger Young
engineer [6, 15-16], mix [16]
Ron Tutt
drums (drum set) [6]
Tim May
acoustic guitar [6]
Tom Scott
tenor saxophone [15]
Tommy Morgan
harmonica [8]
Tommy Vig
congas [15]
Tony Peluso
electric guitar [15]