Live at the Palladium (The Carpenters album)

Live at the Palladium
Live at the Palladium
Live album by The Carpenters
Released	1976
Recorded	November 27, 1976
Venue	London Palladium; (London, England)
Genre	Pop
Length	40:36
Label	A&M
Producer	Richard Carpenter/Associate Producer - Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
Live/compilation chronology

Live at the Palladium is the second live album by the American music duo The Carpenters. It was recorded during a week of live concerts at the London Palladium in November 1976. No singles were released from the album, although it reached number 28 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1] On the cover of the record, Karen is wearing the same dress as in The Carpenters' First Television Special. The album was remastered and reissued in the 1980s on the budget Pickwick music label and went Gold in the UK. This 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.	"Flat Baroque"	Richard Carpenter	1:33
2.	"There's a Kind of Hush"	Les Reed Geoff Stephens	2:16
3.	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"	Hank Williams	2:51
4.	"Piano Picker"/"Strike Up the Band"/"S'Wonderful"/"Fascinatin' Rhythm" (medley)	Randy Edelman / George Gershwin Ira Gershwin / G. Gershwin I. Gershwin / G. Gershwin I. Gershwin	5:34
5.	"Warsaw Concerto"	Richard Addinsell	6:35
6.	"From This Moment On"	Cole Porter	2:11

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"/"For All We Know"/"Top of the World"/"Ticket to Ride"/"Only Yesterday"/"I Won't Last a Day Without You"/"Hurting Each Other"/"Superstar"/"Rainy Days and Mondays"/"Goodbye to Love" (medley)	Burt Bacharach Hal David / Fred Karlin Robb Wilson Arthur James / Carpenter John Bettis / John Lennon Paul McCartney / Carpenter Bettis / Paul Williams Roger Nichols / Peter Udell Gary Geld / Leon Russell Bonnie Bramlett / Williams Nichols / Carpenter Bettis / Williams Nichols	15:44
8.	"We've Only Just Begun"	Williams Nichols	3:52

Personnel

Musicians

Karen Carpenter – drums, percussion, vocals
Richard Carpenter – keyboards, vocals
Bob Messenger – bass, keyboards, tenor saxophone, flute
Cubby O'Brien – drums
Doug Strawn – keyboards, clarinet, vocals
Tony Peluso – guitar, keyboards, bass
Dan Woodhams – bass, vocals
Dick Palombi – orchestra conductor

Production

Richard Carpenter – producer, arranger, orchestrations
Karen Carpenter – associate producer
Frank Owen – engineer
Jon Kelly – engineer
Malcolm Davies – engineer
Ray Gerhardt – engineer
Jerry Weintraub – management

Design

Roland Young – art director
Chuck Beeson – art designer

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	24
UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	28

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Carpenters | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved September 21, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
^ "British album certifications – Carpenters – Live at the Palladium". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

[1] "Carpenters | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[Jachart-2] "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved September 21, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[ac_UK2_-3] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

[United_KingdomCarpentersLive_at_the_PalladiumalbumCertRef-4] "British album certifications – Carpenters – Live at the Palladium". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

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