Now & Then (The Carpenters album)

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	[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.

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

Side two

6. "Yesterday Once More" (John Bettis, Richard Carpenter) - 3:50
7. "Medley"
   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
8. "Yesterday Once More" (reprise) - 0:58

Singles

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

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

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

This Masquerade

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

EPs

Now & Then

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

Charts

Chart positions Chart (1973-75) Position Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[3] 3 Dutch Mega Albums Chart[4] 2 Japanese Oricon LP Chart[5] 1 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[6] 12 UK Albums Chart [7] 2 United States Billboard Pop Albums[8] 2 Certifications Region Provider Certification (sales thresholds) United States RIAA 2× Platinum[9] United Kingdom BPI Gold[10]

Year-end charts Chart (1973) Position Japanese Albums Chart[11] 5 Australian Albums Chart[3] 12 UK Albums Chart[12] 12 Chart (1974) Position Japanese Albums Chart[11] 4 UK Albums Chart[12] 25

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"

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. ^ ^{a b} Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0646119176. 
4. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Carpenters - Now & Then". dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
5. ^ 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/album/al_carpenters.html a-カーペンターズ. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
6. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Carpenters - Now & Then". http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Carpenters&titel=Now+%26+Then&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
7. ^ "Chart Stats - Carpenters - Now & Then". UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37564. Retrieved 2011-08-07. 
8. ^ Allmusic Carpenters > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
9. ^ "Carpenters" RIAA - Gold & Platinum "SEARCH RESULTS". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist="Carpenters" RIAA - Gold & Platinum. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
10. ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 13 August 2010.  Note: User needs to enter "Now and Then" in the "Search" field, "Title" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button.
11. ^ ^{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. 
12. ^ ^{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. 

Preceded by Super Deluxe by Cherish

Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album October 15, 1973

Succeeded by Third by Kaguyahime