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CarpentersClose To You

Label:

A&M Records – SP 4271, A&M Records – SP-4271

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Terre Haute Pressing, Transitional, No A&M Logo On Front, RIAA On Back

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock, Pop

Style:

Soft Rock, Vocal

Tracklist

A1We've Only Just Begun3:04
A2Love Is Surrender1:59
A3Maybe It's You3:09
A4Reason To Believe3:02
A5Help3:02
A6(They Long To Be) Close To You4:34
B1Baby It's You2:50
B2I'll Never Fall In Love Again2:56
B3Crescent Noon4:09
B4Mr. Guder3:17
B5I Kept On Loving You2:13
B6Another Song4:22
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  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

  • Arranged By, Keyboards, Conductor, VocalsRichard Carpenter
  • BassDanny Woodhams, Joe Osborn
  • DrumsHal Blaine, Karen Carpenter
  • EngineerDick Bogert, Ray Gerhardt
  • ProducerJack Daugherty
  • VocalsKaren Carpenter
  • WoodwindBob Messenger, Doug Strawn, Jim Horn

Notes

Transitional Terre Haute variant, on the tan label, has the following differentiations:

JACKET DIFFERENTIATIONS:
-NO A&M logo on front (as on first pressings)
-Has RIAA seal on back and the A&M logo is centered below the credits (as on first pressings)
-Bottom jacket credits on 8 lines (not 7) which includes the A&M Record Catalogue text (as on first pressings)
-Silverish ink in outer background, replaced on later pressings by simulated CMYK light grey ink.

LABEL/PUBLISHING CREDIT DIFFERENTIATIONS:
-Track A4 publisher 'Faithful Virtue' on jacket (as on first pressings) but listed as 'Koppelman & Rubin' on label.
-Carpenter / Bettis tracks are credited to Almo Music on the jacket (as on first pressings) but credited to Irving Music on labels.

LABEL LAYOUT DIFFERENTIATIONS:
-Columbia block-letter typesetting
-All tracks more centered on the labels and all aligned (Tracks A1 and B1 are not off to the right)

Runout strings are mostly etched with isolated stamped characters.

Original Terre Haute pressing: Close To You

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): T
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SP-4441
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SP-4442
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout ): T1 A&M SP 4441-T6 3 D
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout): A&M SP 4442-P9 0

Other Versions (5 of 176)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Close To You (LP, Album, Stereo)A&M RecordsAMLS 998UK1970
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Close To You (LP, Album, Pitman Pressing)A&M Records, A&M RecordsSP-4271, SP 4271US1970
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Close To You (LP, Album, Club Edition, Capitol Club)A&M Records, A&M Records, A&M RecordsSP-4271, 93844, SW-93844US1970
New Submission
Close To You (LP, Album)A&M RecordsSP-4271Canada1970
Close To You (LP, Album, Stereo)A&M RecordsSAML-933927Australia1970

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