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In 1998, A&M released the original Carpenters' albums for the first time on CD. Along with the reissues, the label released Christmas Collection, a double-disc that combines Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas on one set. Neither album offers any surprises -- they sound exactly like you'd imagine a Carpenters Christmas album would sound like. Since the two albums are virtually interchangeable, relying on Richard's famously light, inoffensive arrangements and Karen's sweet, soaring vocals, they make for a terrific pairing. It is true that only hardcore fans will need this set, but they should be more than pleased by this definitive collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Joe Osborn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Ellis, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Pete Jolly, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Peluso, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Tedesco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Earle Dumler, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bain, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Remsen, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Messenger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Bahler Chorale, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Perito, Arranger, Work Arranger - Frederick Oakeley, ComposerLyricist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Adapter - Olivia Newton-John, Arranger, Work Arranger - Martin Luther, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Jonathan Spilman, ComposerLyricist - Carl Mueller, ComposerLyricist - Will C. Dix, ComposerLyricist - John Read, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Janice Preece, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Drums, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gayle Levant, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Osborn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - John Ellis, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Pete Jolly, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Peluso, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Tutt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Tedesco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Earle Dumler, Oboe, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bain, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Klatzkin, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Remsen, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Gerhardt, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cubby O'Brien, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Messenger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Iveland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Bahler Chorale, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Joseph Mohr, ComposerLyricist - Franz Xaver Gruber, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - James Pierpont, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Joseph Francis Burke, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Nick Perito, Arranger, Work Arranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Adapter - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Pooler, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Buck Ram, ComposerLyricist - KIM GANNON, ComposerLyricist - WALTER KENT, ComposerLyricist - My Morning Jacket, Arranger, Work Arranger - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Domenico Bartolucci, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 A&M Records
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Felix Bernard, Composer - Richard B. Smith, Author - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johann Sebastian Bach, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Carpenters, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Storrs Willis, ComposerLyricist - Edmund Hamilton Sears, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - VICTOR HERBERT, Composer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phillips Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Lewis H. Redner, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Pietro Alessandro Yon, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Thomas Conner, ComposerLyricist - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Donald J Wyrtzen, ComposerLyricist - Lynne E. Brower, ComposerLyricist - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Adolphe Adam, Composer - John Sullivan Dwight, Author - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Co-Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 A&M Records
Carpenters, MainArtist - Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ROBERT ALLEN, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter E. Rollins, ComposerLyricist - JOHN D. MARKS, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Autry, ComposerLyricist - Oakley Haldeman, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nelson, ComposerLyricist - John Mason, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Tomlinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Richards, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Roger Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Carpenter, Producer, Associate Producer - Howlett Peter Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gloria Adele Shain, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Noel Regney, ComposerLyricist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Carpenters, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Ron Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Ray Gerhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1974 A&M Records
FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carpenters, MainArtist - Peter Knight, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Marks, ComposerLyricist - Richard Carpenter, Producer - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, ComposerLyricist - Karen Carpenter, Producer - Jack Daugherty, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
In 1998, A&M released the original Carpenters' albums for the first time on CD. Along with the reissues, the label released Christmas Collection, a double-disc that combines Christmas Portrait and An Old Fashioned Christmas on one set. Neither album offers any surprises -- they sound exactly like you'd imagine a Carpenters Christmas album would sound like. Since the two albums are virtually interchangeable, relying on Richard's famously light, inoffensive arrangements and Karen's sweet, soaring vocals, they make for a terrific pairing. It is true that only hardcore fans will need this set, but they should be more than pleased by this definitive collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:38:20
- Main artists: The Carpenters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
© 1984 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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