Carpenters " Offering " Debut Vinyl LP - Withdrawn Cover - Rare Collector's Item
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There are a few surface scratches and smudges on the vinyl.
Offering is the debut studio album by American music duo the Carpenters and produced one minor hit single, a ballad version of the Lennon-McCartney song "Ticket to Ride".After the Carpenters' subsequent breakthrough, however, the album was reissued internationally under the name Ticket to Ride, with different front and back covers.
The album is far more self-contained than other Carpenters albums; excluding the orchestrations, bass by Joe Osborn and occasional guitar from Gary Sims, most of the instruments were played by Karen and Richard Carpenter themselves—drums and keyboards respectively—and 10 of the 13 songs were written by Richard and his lyricist John Bettis. It also stands out from subsequent Carpenters albums in that the lead vocals are evenly split between the two band members; on later albums, Karen would perform most of the lead vocals and this is one of two albums where Karen provided virtually all of the drumming, the other being Now & Then, released in 1973.
Track listing[edit]
All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter except where noted; all tracks written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, except where noted.
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Invocation" (lead vocals by K. and R. Carpenter) 1:04 2. "Your Wonderful Parade" (lead vocals by R. Carpenter) 2:54 3. "Someday" 5:19 4. "Get Together" (lead vocals by R. Carpenter) Chet Powers 2:37 5. "All of My Life" R. Carpenter 3:07 6. "Turn Away" (lead vocals by R. Carpenter) 3:12 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 7. "Ticket to Ride" Lennon–McCartney 4:13 8. "Don't Be Afraid" R. Carpenter 2:07 9. "What's the Use" (lead vocals by R. Carpenter) 2:43 10. "All I Can Do" 1:41 11. "Eve" 2:53 12. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (lead vocals by R. Carpenter) Neil Young 4:21 13. "Benediction" (lead vocals by K. and R. Carpenter) 0:41Personnel
- Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, harpsichord
- Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums, bass guitar on "All of My Life" and "Eve"[3]
- Joe Osborn – bass
- Bob Messenger – bass
- Gary Sims – guitar on "All of My Life"
- Herb Alpert – shakers
- Producer: Jack Daugherty
- Engineer: Ray Gerhardt
- Art director: Tom Wilkes
- Photographer: Jim McCrary
- Bernie Grundman, Richard Carpenter – remastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Original cover Studio album by the Carpenters Released October 9, 1969 (Offering)
November 10, 1970 (Ticket to Ride) Studio A&M Studios (Los Angeles) Genre Pop, soft rock,
easy listening,
adult contemporary Length 36:52 Label A&M Producer Jack Daugherty
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