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An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the second Christmas album and posthumous twelfth studio album by American music duo Carpenters, released on October 26, 1984, and after the death of singer and drummer Karen Carpenter.

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AllMusic	[1]

An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Studio album by Carpenters
Released	October 26, 1984
Recorded	1974, 1978
Genre	Holiday
Label	A&M
Producer	Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Jack Daugherty
Carpenters chronology
Voice of the Heart (1983) An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984) Lovelines (1989)

Background

The album project had its genesis in several unused tracks from the Carpenters' previous Christmas album, 1978's Christmas Portrait. Richard Carpenter took these tracks and recorded new material around them, and this album was the end result. The album includes the slower version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town".

Reissue

A 1984 expanded CD reissue of Christmas Portrait included eight tracks from An Old-Fashioned Christmas. In 1996 a two-CD set, Christmas Collection, was issued containing both albums in their original running order.

Track listing

All lead vocals by Karen Carpenter, except where noted; all tracks produced by Richard Carpenter except "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" by Jack Daugherty, R. Carpenter, and K. Carpenter.

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Personnel

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Lead Sister[2]
Performance

• Richard Carpenter - vocals (all on track 1, lead on tracks 3, 8, 11), vocal arrangements (1), musical arrangements (11), piano (4, 13),[3] keyboards, background vocals
• Karen Carpenter - lead vocals (tracks 5, 7-8, 10-12, 14),[4] background vocals
• Dick Bolks - O.K. Choir director, choir conductor
• The English Chorale - background vocals
• Robert Howes - English Choir director, choir conductor
• Pete Jolly - keyboards
• Skiala Kanga - harp
• Peter Knight - musical arrangement (tracks 2-6, 7-9, 12-14)
• Gayle Levant - harp
• Billy May - musical arrangement (track 10)
• Barry Morgan - drums
• Joe Osborn - electric bass
• Pete Morgan - upright bass
• The O.K. Chorale - background vocals
• John "Francis" Phillips - tenor saxophone
• Ron Tutt - drums

Production and technical

• Richard Carpenter - producer (All tracks)
• Karen Carpenter - producer (track 11)[5]
• Jim Cassell - assistant audio mixing
• Jack Daugherty - producer (track 11)
• Robert De La Garza - recording engineer
• Ray Gerhardt - recording engineer
• Mike Hatcher - assistant audio mixing
• Clyde Kaplan - assistant audio mixing
• Dave Marquette - assistant audio mixing
• John Richards - audio mixing
• Alan Rouse - assistant recording engineer
• Eric Tomlinson - recording engineer
• Roger Young - recording engineer, audio mixing

Singles

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1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (A&M SP-1648): US 7-inch single (1974)
   1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
   2. "Merry Christmas Darling"
2. "Little Altar Boy" (A&M SP-2700): US 7-inch single (1984)
   1. "Little Altar Boy"
   2. "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

Chart positions

Chart (1984)	Position
United States Billboard Pop Albums[6]	190

References

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