Now & Then (The Carpenters album)

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Now & Then
Studio album by The Carpenters
Released May 16, 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Pop
Length 37:51
Label A&M
Producer Richard and Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
A Song for You
(1972)		 Now & Then
(1973)		 Horizon
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (Not Rated)[2]

Now & Then is the fifth album from The Carpenters, released on May 16, 1973. In Cash Box Year-End Charts of 1973, Now & Then appeared at number 20. The title for the album was suggested by Richard and Karen's mother, Agnes Carpenter.

As an outgrowth of the Rick Nelson Garden Party incident, an oldies revival occurred in pop music around 1973, so Side "B" of the album featured an oldies medley. The medley starts with the Carpenters' original song "Yesterday Once More". Tony Peluso, the Carpenters' electric guitarist, is heard as a radio DJ throughout the medley, which included such songs as "The End of the World," "Dead Man's Curve," "Johnny Angel" and "One Fine Day." Peluso would also be heard as a DJ was on the Carpenters' "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" recording in 1977.

The Now & Then album also featured Mark Rudolph, a cousin of the Carpenters, on the "Guess the Golden Goodies Group Contest," as the listener who calls in. He guesses that the mystery group is The Four Seasons, but is incorrect.

The LP album featured a three-panel cover that folded out, showing a panoramic view of Karen and Richard Carpenter driving past the Carpenter family home on Newville Avenue in Downey, California. The car pictured on the cover was a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 ("Daytona") owned by Richard. (Richard later sold the original red Ferrari featured on the album cover, but bought another car of the same type in 1995.)

In February 2008, fans created a worldwide awareness campaign of the impending demolition of the Now & Then Carpenter house, which had been made famous on the album cover and become a tourist destination, by the home's present owners, who had purchased it in 1997.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side one
  1. "Sing" (Joe Raposo) - 3:20
  2. "This Masquerade" (Leon Russell) - 4:50
  3. "Heather" (Johnny Pearson) - 2:47
  4. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams) - 3:40
  5. "I Can't Make Music" (Randy Edelman) - 3:17
  6. "Yesterday Once More" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) - 3:50
Side two
  1. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) - 1:32
  2. "The End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee) - 2:25
  3. "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) - 1:43
  4. "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan Berry, Roger Christian, Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld) - 1:40
  5. "Johnny Angel" (Lyn Duddy, Lee Pockriss) - 1:30
  6. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilynn Garrett) - 1:45
  7. "Our Day Will Come" (Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson) - 2:00
  8. "One Fine Day" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 1:40
  9. "Yesterday Once More" (reprise) - 0:58

On CD issues of the album, the "oldies" covers are split off onto a separate track from "Yesterday Once More" and labeled as "Medley".

[edit] Singles

[edit] Sing

  • US 7" single (1973) A&M 1413
    1. Sing
    2. Druscilla Penny
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-175
    1. Sing
    2. I Won't Last A Day Without You

[edit] Yesterday Once More

  • US 7" single (1973) A&M 1446
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • UK 7" promo (1973) AM1446
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-200
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 7" single (1973) AMP-780
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Sing
  • JP 7" single (1973) OH-134
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Superstar
    3. Top Of The World
    4. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  • MX 7" single (1973) SP-125
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Road Ode
  • JP 12" single (1978) CML3
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Please Mr. Postman
  • JP CD single (1988) S12Y3014
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Superstar
    3. We've Only Just Begun
  • JP CD single (1992) PODM-1025
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Yesterday Once More (Remix Version)
    3. Yesterday Once More (Original Master Karaoke Version)
  • JP CD single (1996) POCM-1187
    1. Yesterday Once More
    2. Yesterday Once More (Karaoke Version)
    3. Goodbye To Love
    4. Only Yesterday

[edit] Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

  • UK 7" single (1973) AMS7098
    1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 3.40
    2. Mr. Guder 3.17
  • JP 7" single (1973) AM-201
    1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
    2. Heather

[edit] This Masquerade

  • MX 7" single (1973) SP-133
    1. This Masquerade
    2. Top Of The World

[edit] EPs

[edit] Now & Then

  • US 7" promo (1973) A&M LLP 222
    1. Oldies Medley (part one)
    2. Oldies Medley (part two)

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Japan (Oricon Charts) 514,000[3]
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1973–75) Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[6] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[7] 2
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[8] 2
Japanese Oricon LP Chart[9] 1
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[10] 12
UK Albums Chart [11] 2
United States Billboard Pop Albums[12] 2

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1973) Position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 12
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 5
UK Albums Chart[14] 12
U.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums[15] 51
Chart (1974) Position
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 4
UK Albums Chart[14] 25

[edit] Personnel

  • Produced by: Richard and Karen Carpenter
  • Arranged and orchestrated by: Richard Carpenter
  • All vocals: Richard and Karen Carpenter
  • Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
  • Bass: Joe Osborn
  • Drums: Karen Carpenter
  • Flute and tenor sax: Bob Messenger
  • Baritone saxophone: Doug Strawn
  • Recorder: Tom Scott
  • Lead guitar: Tony Peluso
  • Guitar: Tony Peluso and Gary Sims
  • Steel guitar: Buddy Emmons, Jay Dee Maness
  • Oboe and bass Oboe - English horn: Earl Dumler
  • Voice of D.J.: Tony Peluso
  • Engineered by: Ray Gerhardt, Assistant: Roger Young
  • Mastering engineer: Bernie Grundman
  • Art direction: Roland Young
  • Photography - front cover: Jim McCrary
  • Illustrations - front cover: Design Maru; inside cover: Len Freas
  • Others:
  • The Jimmy Joyce Children's Chorus on "Sing"
  • Ron Gorow
  • Hal Blaine: Drums on "Jambalaya"


[edit] References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Now & Then (The Carpenters album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Gordon (July 5, 1973), "Music Reviews : Now and Then by the Carpenters", Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2011-08-17, http://web.archive.org/web/20081011095008/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecarpenters/albums/album/121807/review/5941226/now_and_then 
  3. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4871310779. 
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Carpenters – Now and Then". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Now and Then in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Carpenters – Now and Then". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Now+and+Then%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  6. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0646119176. 
  7. ^ "Item Desplay - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4877&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  8. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Carpenters - Now & Then" (in Dutch) (ASP). dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  9. ^ a-カーペンターズ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 2007-12-30. http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album2012/al_carpenters.html a-カーペンターズ. Retrieved 2012-02-22. 
  10. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Carpenters - Now & Then" (ASP). http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
  11. ^ "Chart Stats - Carpenters - Now & Then" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37564. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
  12. ^ Allmusic Carpenters > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  13. ^ a b 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Top-ten of the Japanese Year-End Albums Charts 1970-1974" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1970-74.html 1970~1974年アルバム年間ヒットチャート. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  14. ^ a b "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html. Retrieved 2011-09-12. 
  15. ^ "Top Pop Albums of 1973". billboard.biz. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855834?imw=Y. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 


Preceded by
Super Deluxe by Cherish		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
October 15, 1973		 Succeeded by
Third by Kaguyahime
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