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Encyclopedia > Offering (album)
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Studio album by Carpenters
Released October 9, 1969 (Offering)
November, 1970 (Ticket to Ride)
Recorded 1968 - 1969
Genre Pop
Label A&M
Producer(s) Jack Daugherty
Carpenters chronology
"Offering/Ticket to Ride"
(1969)
"Close to You"
(1970)

Offering is the first album by American music duo The Carpenters. At the time of its release in 1969 it was a commercial failure and produced only one minor hit single - "Ticket to Ride", a ballad version of a song made famous by The Beatles. After the Carpenters' breakthrough however, the album was re-issued internationally under the name Ticket to Ride and sold moderately. The "Remastered Classics" CD went out of print in March 2007.[1] A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. ... Close to You is a 1970 album by The Carpenters. ... The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. ... Ticket to Ride is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released as a single in 1965. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. ...


Track Listing

  1. "Invocation"
  2. "Your Wonderful Parade"
  3. "Someday"
  4. "Get Together"
  5. "All Of My Life"
  6. "Turn Away"
  7. "Ticket to Ride"
  8. "Don't Be Afraid"
  9. "What's The Use"
  10. "All I Can Do"
  11. "Eve"
  12. "Nowadays' Clancy Can't Even Sing"
  13. "Benediction"

Singles

  • Ticket To Ride
 US 7" single (1969) A&M 1142 (mono) 1.Ticket To Ride 2.Your Wonderful Parade 
 JP 7" single (1969) KING AM-18 1.Ticket To Ride 2.All I Can Do 
 JP 7" single (1976) KING AM-1001 1.Ticket To Ride 2.All I Can Do 
 JP 7" single (1977) KING AM-2061 1.Ticket To Ride 2.All I Can Do 

People Involved

  • Producer: Jack Daugherty
  • Engineer: Ray Gerhardt
  • Guest Artist: Herb Alpert (shakers)
  • Bass: Joe Osborn and Bob Messenger
  • Guitar: Gary Sims
  • Art Director: Tom Wilkes
  • Photographer: Jim McCrary
The Carpenters
Their Singles

1969: Ticket to Ride1970: (They Long to Be) Close to YouWe've Only Just BegunMerry Christmas DarlingFor All We Know1971: Rainy Days and MondaysSuperstarBless the Beasts and Children (B-side) • Hurting Each Other1972: It's Going to Take Some TimeGoodbye to Love1973: SingYesterday Once MoreTop of the World1974: Jambalaya (On the Bayou)I Won't Last a Day Without YouPlease Mr. Postman1975: Only YesterdaySolitaire1976: There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)I Need to Be in LoveGoofusBreaking Up Is Hard to Do 1977: All You Get from Love Is a Love SongCalling Occupants of Interplanetary CraftThe Christmas Song1978: Sweet, Sweet Smile • I Believe You • 1981: Touch Me When We're Dancing • (Want You) Back in My Life Again • Those Good Old Dreams • 1982: Beechwood 4-57891983: Make Believe It's Your First Time • 1984: Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore • 1986: Honolulu City Lights For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Ticket to Ride is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 at Abbey Road Studios and released as a single in 1965. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... (They Long to Be) Close to You is a popular song by The Carpenters External link Close To You (Lyrics and some information) Category: ... Weve Only Just Begun is a song first recorded by Carpenters, and still much in demand as a wedding anthem. ... Merry Christmas Darling by The Carpenters was originally recorded in 1970. ... For All We Know is a popular song. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Composed in 1971 by fairly unheard of composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams, Rainy Days and Mondays is a 3:35 long song by The Carpenters that went to the top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100 charts. ... Superstar is a 1969 song written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett, that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the most known version is by The Carpenters in 1971. ... The Carpenters sang the theme song to the movie Bless the Beasts and Children in 1971. ... Hurting Each Other is a song popularized by the Carpenters in 1972. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Its Going to Take Some Time is a song written by Carole King and Toni Stern in 1971 album for her Music album. ... Goodbye to Love is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Sing is a song created for Sesame Street, that gained popularity when performed by The Carpenters. ... Yesterday Once More, written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, was a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. ... Top of the World is the name of a 1973 song by the Carpenters. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jambalaya (On the Bayou) is a song credited to Hank Williams, released in 1952, which reached great popularity in two genres: country and popular music. ... I Wont Last a Day Without You is a song composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. ... Please Mr. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Only Yesterday is a song recorded by the Carpenters in 1975. ... Solitaire is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Theres A Kind Of Hush is a popular song written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens. ... I Need to Be in Love is a song written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. ... Goofus is a popular song. ... Breaking Up is Hard to Do is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... All You Get from Love Is a Love Song is a song composed by Steve Eaton. ... Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976. ... The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) is the name of a classic Christmas song, written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beechwood 4-5789 is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla label. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Honolulu City Lights is a song composed by Keola Beamer in the early 1970s. ...

Their Albums

1969: Offering • (repackaged as "Ticket to Ride") • 1970: Close to You1971: Carpenters1972: A Song for You1973: Now & Then1975: Horizon
1976: A Kind of Hush1977: Passage1978: Christmas Portrait1981: Made in America1983: Voice of the Heart
1984: An Old-Fashioned Christmas1989: Lovelines2004: As Time Goes By For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Close to You is a 1970 album by The Carpenters. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Carpenters is the third studio album by The Carpenters. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A Song for You is the fourth album released by the Carpenters. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Now & Then is an album from The Carpenters, released on 9 May 1973. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Horizon is a 1975 album by musical American duo The Carpenters. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... A Kind of Hush is an album by American popular music duo The Carpenters. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Passage is an album by American popular music duo The Carpenters. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Christmas Portrait is a Christmas album from The Carpenters, released on 13 October 1978. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Made in America is the last album released by The Carpenters during Karen Carpenters lifetime. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Voice of the Heart is an album by American pop duo The Carpenters. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Old-Fashioned Christmas is a Christmas album from The Carpenters, released in 1984. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lovelines is a Carpenters album released in 1989. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... As Time Goes By was first released in 2000 in Japan, but the CD had some copyright issues. ...

Their Compilations

1973: The Singles: 1969-19731978: The Singles: 1974-19781985: Yesterday Once More1991: From The Top1995: Interpretations
1997: Love Songs1998: Reflections2000: The Singles: 1969-19812002: The Essential Collection: 1965-19972003: Carpenters Perform Carpenter
2004: Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yesterday Once More is a 2-disc compilation released by the Carpenters in 1985 and re-released in 2004 with a red and sepia cover. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The songs from this box set are everything from the Richard Carpenter Trio recordings from 1965 to their biggest hits in the early 1970s to the last song ever recorded by the Carpenters: Now. This compilation was revised and expanded with The Essential Collection in 2002. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Carpenters compilation Interpretations was released in 1995 as both a cassette tape and a CD. Some songs on here were never before released, such as Without a Song and From This Moment On. This CD was released in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Offering... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Love Songs contains the Carpenters best love ballads, from their first big hit, (They Long to Be) Close to You to their later songs, like Make Believe Its Your First Time and Where Do I Go From Here? I Need to Be in Love - From the album A Kind... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Reflections isnt your common Carpenters compilation. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carpenters Perform Carpenter, like its predecessor, Reflections, contains some not-so-well-known songs, but at the same time, it features hits, such as Top of the World and Yesterday Once More. The concept of this album is to feature songs that are all written by Richard Carpenter himself. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Live Performances

1971: Carpenters: Live at the BBC1974: Live in Japan • Live at Budokan • 1976: Live at the Palladium 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Live at the Palladium is an album by American pop duo The Carpenters released in the U.K. in 1976. ...

Solo Albums

1987: Time (Richard Carpenter)1979-1980: Karen Carpenter (Karen Carpenter)1997: Pianist Arranger Composer Conductor (Richard Carpenter) 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time is the first solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Karen Carpenter is a solo CD released by A&M Records in 1996. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pianist Arranger Composer Conductor is the second solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter. ...

Their DVDs

1985: Yesterday Once More1995: Interpretations1997: Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters2002: Gold: Greatest Hits 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Carpenters DVD Interpretations was originally released as a VHS cassette tape in 1995 until 1997, with the debut of the DVD. The DVD contains footage mainly from their 5 TV specials and TV series from 1971-1980. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Biographies & Films

1987: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story1989: The Karen Carpenter Story1995: The Untold Story
1997: Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters2000: Yesterday Once More
2007: Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Karen Carpenter Story is a TV movie that aired on CBS in 1989. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

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