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| "Flat Baroque" | ||||
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| Single by the Carpenters | ||||
| from the album A Song for You | ||||
| A-side | "It's Going to Take Some Time" | |||
| Released | April 29, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 1971–1972 | |||
| Studio | A&M (Hollywood, California)[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 1:48 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter | Richard Carpenter | |||
| Producer | Jack Daugherty | |||
| The Carpenters singles chronology | ||||
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| A Song for You track listing | ||||
13 tracks
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"Flat Baroque" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter in 1966, during his joint career with John Bettis at Disneyland. It lay dormant until 1970, when Carpenter and his sister, Karen Carpenter, appeared on a syndicated radio show, called Your Navy Presents. They performed a slow, jazzy version of the song with the oboe being the main star. Carpenter did not think of recording a studio version of the song for record release until 1972 with the release of the album, A Song for You. This cut is much faster than the Your Navy Presents version, and features the piano rather than the oboe. The song gained Richard a Grammy award nomination in 1972 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals.[2] In April 1972, it was released as the B-side song to "It's Going to Take Some Time".
Personnel
[edit]- Richard Carpenter – piano, orchestration
- Karen Carpenter – drums
- Joe Osborn – bass
- Earl Dumler – English horn
- Norm Herzberg – bassoon
References
[edit]- ↑ "A Song for You - Carpenters | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Richard Carpenter". grammy.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
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