The Carpenters
Album: Christmas Portrait
Rating: * * * * 1/2
Release Date: Nov 1978
Label: A&M
Time: 68:47

Tracklist:
 1 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 		Sears, Willis 		:41
 2 Overture: Happy Holiday/The First Noel/March of the Toys/
   Little Jesus [medley] 			Berlin, Brown,Conner.. 	8:16
 3 An Old-Fashioned Christmas 			Bettis, Carpenter 	2:11
 4 The Christmas Waltz 				Cahn, Styne 		2:12
 5 Sleigh Ride 					Anderson, Parish 	2:39
 6 It's Christmas Time 				Stillman, Young 	2:53
 7 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 	Blane, Martin 		3:54
 8 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 		Coots, Gillespie 	1:05
 9 The Christmas Song 				Torme, Wells 	3:39
10 Carol of the Bells 				Leontovich, Traditional 1:39
11 Merry Christmas Darling 			Carpenter, Pooler 	3:07
12 Christ Is Born 				Bartolucci, Charles 	3:13
13 O Holy Night 				Adam, Dwight 	3:10
14 (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays Allen, Stillman 	2:36
15 Medley: Here Comes Santa Claus/Frosty the Snowman/
   Rudolph the Red... 			   Autry,Haldeman,Marks,Neale..	3:42
16 Winter Wonderland/Silver Bells/
   White Christmas 				Berlin, Bernard, Evans 	5:28
17 Ave Maria 					Schubert 		2:34
18 Selections from "Nutcracker": 
   Oveerture Miniature/Dance of the ... 	Tchaikovsky 		5:27
19 Little Altar Boy 				Smith 			3:43
20 I'll Be Home for Christmas 			Gannon, Kent, Ram 	3:49
21 Silent Night 				Gruber, Mohr 		3:20

Credits:
Arnie Acosta 		Mastering
Tim Bryant 		Art Direction, Design
Karen Carpenter 	Vocals
Richard Carpenter 	Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
Jim Cassell 		Mixing
Jack Daugherty 		Producer
Robert DeLaGarza 	Assistant Engineer
English Chorale 	Vocals (bckgr)
Ray Gerhardt 		Engineer
Charles Gounod 		Adaptation
Dave Iveland 		Assistant Engineer
Pete Jolly 		Keyboards
Skaila Kanga 		Harp
Clyde Kaplan 		Assistant Engineer, Mixing
Peter Knight 		Adaptation
Gayle Levant 		Harp
Dave Marquette 		Assistant Engineer
Billy May 		Arranger
Bob Messenger 		Sax (Tenor)
Barry Morgan 		Drums
Pete Morgan 		Bass (Upright)
Peter Morgan 		Bass
Cubby O'Brien 		Drums
O.K. Chorale 		Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Joe Osborne 		Bass (Electric)
Nick Perito 		Arranger
Dorothy Remsen 		Harp
John Richards 		Engineer
Eric Tomlinson 		Engineer
Ron Tutt 		Drums
Roger Young 		Engineer, Mixing

Charts (Billboard)
Album:
1990	Christmas Portrait	The Billboard 200	159