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Albums
Carpenters
Now & Then
US · 1973 · Vinyl

Vinyl pressing

US · 1973 · Vinyl

Vinyl · LP · Album · Stereo pressing of Now & Then by Carpenters

US 1973 VinylSP-3519Main pressing

Pressing 1 of 5 known variants · First-year pressing. View the master album profile →

Variant of

Now & Then

Carpenters

Released 1973

Open master

Pressing identity

How this pressing is catalogued

Country: US
Released: 16th May 1973

Format: Vinyl · LP · Album · Stereo; Monarch Pressing Gatefold
Label imprint: A&M Records(SP-3519)

Catalogue identifiers

Codes printed on this release

Barcodes, matrix runouts, SID codes and label codes used to authenticate this specific variant.

Matrix / Runout
- A&M SP3555-M1 -EX (MR) Δ17883(5)Side A Run Out, variant 1
- A&M SP3555-M3 -EX (MR) Δ17883(14)Side A Runout etch exc. (MR) stamp, variant 2
- A&M SP3556-M2 -R̶ex (MR) Δ17883-X(8)Side B Run Out, variant 1
- A&M SP3556-M3 -EX (MR) Δ17883(16)Side B Runout etch exc. (MR) stamp, variant 2
- SP-3555Side A label
- SP-3556Side B label
Pressing Plant ID

Companies & studios

Who made this specific pressing

Pressed By
- Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
Phonographic Copyright (p)
- A&M Records, Inc.

Variant credits

Credits specific to this pressing

Lacquer cutters, mastering engineers, designers and photographers credited on this release in particular.

Richard Carpenter
Arranged By, Orchestrated By
Roland Young (3)
Art Direction
Doug Strawn
Baritone Saxophone
Joe Osborn
Bass
Karen Carpenter
Drums
Ray Gerhardt
Engineer
Roger Young
Engineer [Assistant]

Other pressings

Other variants of Now & Then

Each variant has its own page; the master album lives at the top of the page.

Cassette · Album
US1973
A&M Records · CS 3519
Vinyl · LP · Album · Repress · Stereo
UK1973
A&M Records · AMLH 63519
Vinyl · LP · Album · Promo
US1973
A&M Records · SP-3519
Vinyl · LP · Album · Stereo
Germany1973
A&M Records · 86 903 IT

Now & Then

Master album

Now & Then

Carpenters · 1973

(MR) ΔFound in runout deadwax

Bob Messenger

Flute, Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]

Gary Sims

Guitar

Tony Peluso

Guitar

Design Maru

Illustration [Illustrations - Front Cover]

Len Freas

Illustration [Illustrations - Inside Cover]

Richard Carpenter

Keyboards

Tony Peluso

Lead Guitar

Bernie Grundman

Mastered By [Mastering Engineer]

Earl Dumler

Oboe, Oboe [Bass Oboe], English Horn

Jim McCrary

Photography By [Front Cover]

Karen Carpenter

Producer

Richard Carpenter

Producer

Tom Scott

Recorder

Buddy Emmons

Steel Guitar

Jay Dee Maness

Steel Guitar

Karen Carpenter

Vocals [All Vocals]

Richard Carpenter

Vocals [All Vocals]

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