THE CARPENTERS A SONG FOR YOU ORIG 1971 MINT VINYL RECORD ALBUM LP
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THE
CARPENTERS
"A SONG FOR YOU"
1ST PRESSING 1971 VINYL RECORD ALBUM
A&M RECORDS #SP-3511
This is a First Release with a color-printed inner lyrics sleeve. Jacket has an envelope-style flap on the left side of the back cover with an embossed image of Karen and Richard Carpenter. Please note: the record has never been taken out. The envelope flap is very tight and was gently opened in order to take photos of the vinyl record.
A Song for You is the fourth studio album by American music duo the Carpenters, released on June 22, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, A Song for You was intended to be a concept album with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'. "A Song For You" was written by songwriter Leon Russell.
Personnel
- Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums
- Richard Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, celesta, orchestration
- Tony Peluso – lead guitar
- Louie Shelton – guitar
- Red Rhodes – steel guitar
- Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar on "Top of the World"
- Joe Osborn – bass guitar
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Earl Dumler – oboe, English horn
- Bob Messenger – tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
- Tim Weisberg – bass flute on "It's Going to Take Some Time"
- Norm Herzberg – bassoon
- Gary Coleman – percussion on "Hurting Each Other"
SIDE ONE
SONG FOR YOU TOP OF THE WORLD HURTING EACH OTHER IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME GOODBYE TO LOVE INTERMISSION
SIDE TWO BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN FLAT BAROQUE PIANO PICKER I WON'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU CRYSTAL LULLABY ROAD ODE A SONG FOR YOU (Reprise)
"Hurting Each Other" was the first single issued from A Song for You in early 1972, and reached number two, becoming the Carpenters' sixth straight gold single. A cover of Carole King's "It's Going To Take Some Time" followed and peaked at number 12, and was followed by the number seven hit "Goodbye to Love". The album also included the Carpenters' version of the Academy Award-nominated title song from the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children, which had already charted at number 67 on the Hot 100 as the flip side of the duo's version of "Superstar".
The album's biggest hit single, the number one smash "Top of the World", was not issued until over a year after the album's release. According to Richard Carpenter, who co-wrote the song with John Bettis, the reason for the song's late release in the U.S. was that he had misjudged the song's commercial appeal, but was proven wrong when the Carpenters' "Top of the World" became a hit in Japan in 1972 and Lynn Anderson's cover reached number 2 on the US country charts in 1973. The song went through a few minor revisions, including a slight remix, before it was finally released as a single in the US. The Carpenters' treatment of the much-covered Paul Williams/Roger Nichols composition "I Won't Last a Day Without You" also got a belated single release in 1974, and peaked at number eleven on the Hot 100.
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