1984 Carpenters – An Old-Fashioned Christmas
An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the second Christmas album and twelfth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters, released on October 26, 1984. It is also second posthumous release after the death of singer and drummer Karen Carpenter in 1983.
Tracks
1 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Edmund Sears; Richard Willis) 00:43
2 Overture (An Old Fashioned Christmas) (Traditional; Irving Berlin; Richard Carpenter; Victor Herbert; Tommie Connor; Phillips Brooks; Lewis Redner; Pietro Yon) 08:14
3 An Old Fashioned Christmas (Richard Carpenter; John Bettis) 02:14
4 O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam; Richard Carpenter) 03:09
5 Home For The Holidays (Al Stillman; Robert Allen) 02:35
6 Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry; Oakley Haldeman; Steve Nelson; Jack Rollins; Johnny Marks; John Mason Neale; Richard Carpenter) 03:42
7 Little Altar Boy (Pete Howlett) 03:42
8 Do You Hear What I Hear? (Gloria Shayne; Noel Regney) 02:52
9 My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) 03:53
10 He Came Here For Me (Ron Nelson) 02:12
11 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Fred Coots; Haven Gillespie) 04:05
12 What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (Frank Loesser) 02:50
13 Selection From Nutcracker (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Richard Carpenter) 06:14
14 I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Johnny Marks) 02:22
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Joe Osborn |
| Upright Bass | Pete Morgan |
| Drums | Barry Morgan |
| Drums | Ron Tutt |
| Keyboards | Pete Jolly |
| Keyboards | Richard Carpenter |
| Piano | Richard Carpenter |
| Sax | John Phillips |
| Harp | Gayle Levant |
| Harp | Skaila Kanga |
| Vocals | Richard Carpenter |
| Vocals | Karen Carpenter |
Other Musicians
Choir – The English Chorale, The O.K. Chorale
Liner Notes
Producer – Richard Carpenter
Arranged By – Richard Carpenter (Tracks 1, 11)
Arranged By – Peter Knight (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14)
Arranged By – Billy May (Track 10)
Conductor (Choir) – Dick Bolks, Robert Howes
Engineer – Allan Rouse, Clyde Kaplan, Dave Marquette, Eric Tomlinson, Jim Kassell, John Richards, Mike Hatcher, Ray Gerhardt, Robert De La Garza, Roger Young
Mastered By – Arnie Acosta
Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
Design – Melanie Nissen
Illustration – Robert Tanenbaum
Mastered At A&M Mastering Studios
Mixed At A&M Studios
Mixed At Evergreen Studios
Recorded At A&M Studios
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Phonographic Copyright A&M Records Inc
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