Live in Japan (The Carpenters album)

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1975 live album by Carpenters

Live in Japan
Live album by Carpenters
Released	March 7, 1975
Recorded	June 7–9, 1974
Venue	Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)
Genre	Pop
Length	59:15
Label	A&M King Universal
Producer	Richard & Karen Carpenter
Carpenters chronology
Now & Then (1973) Live in Japan (1975) Horizon (1975)
Live/compilation chronology
The Singles: 1969–1973 (1973) Live in Japan Live at the Palladium (1979)

Live in Japan was the first live album released internationally by the American pop music duo Carpenters. The album contained a new version of "Sing" with the children's chorus sung by the Kyoto Children's Choir. The band released "The End of the World" as a promotional single. The album was not released in the U.S., but was widely available as an import.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Superstar"/"Rainy Days and Mondays"/"Goodbye to Love"/"Top of the World"/"Help!" (medley)	Bonnie Bramlett Leon Russell / Roger Nichols Paul Williams / Richard Carpenter John Bettis / Carpenter Bettis / John Lennon / Paul McCartney	13:24

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Mr. Guder"	Carpenter Bettis	3:52
3.	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	4:07
4.	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"	Hank Williams Moon Mullican	3:22
5.	"Yesterday Once More"	Carpenter Bettis	1:38
6.	"Hurting Each Other"	Peter Udell Gary Geld	2:13

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Little Honda"/"The End of the World"/"Runaway"/"Da Doo Ron Ron"/"Leader of the Pack"/"Johnny Angel"/"Book of Love"/"Shuboom"/"Daddy’s Home"/"Johnny B. Goode" (oldies medley)	Brian Wilson Mike Love / Sylvia Dee Arthur Kent / Del Shannon Max Crook / Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector / Barry Greenwich Morton / Lee Pockriss Lyn Duddy / Warren Davis Charles Patrick George Malone / Carl Feaster Claude Feaster James Keyes Floyd Mcrae James Edwards / James Sheppard William Miller / Chuck Berry	17:15

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Introduction: Colonel Bogey"/"Sing"	Kenneth J. Alford / Joe Raposo (Japanese Lyric:Rumiko Hoshika)	4:26
9.	"Sometimes"	Henry Mancini Felice Mancini	2:39
10.	"We've Only Just Begun"	Nichols Williams	4:22
11.	"For All We Know"	Fred Karlin Arthur James Robb Wilson	3:13

Personnel

Musicians Richard Carpenter – piano, synthesizer, vocals Karen Carpenter – vocals, drums Tony Peluso – guitar, organ, electric bass, synthesizer Doug Strawn – clarinet, organ, vocals Danny Woodhams – electric bass, vocals Bob Messenger – electric bass, flute, tenor saxophone Cubby O'Brien – drums Pete Henderson – vocals Kyoto Children Choir – backing chorus

Production Richard Carpenter – producer, arranger, orchestrations Karen Carpenter – co-producer Kazuo Nagao – engineer Ray Gerhardt – engineer Roger Young – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon 8

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon 37

References

1. ^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2012-03-03.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ^ "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart of 1975" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from 1975年アルバム年間ヒットチャート the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2012-03-03. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)