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A1	Invocation Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	1:00
A2	Your Wonderful Parade Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	2:57
A3	Someday Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	5:13
A4	Get Together Written-By – Chet Powers	2:32
A5	All Of My Life Written-By – Richard Carpenter	3:00
A6	Turn Away Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	3:09
B1	Ticket To Ride Written-By – Lennon-McCartney	4:10
B2	Don't Be Afraid Written-By – Richard Carpenter	2:05
B3	What's The Use Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	2:43
B4	All I Can Do Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	1:42
B5	Eve Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	2:52
B6	Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Written-By – Neil Young	4:15
B7	Benediction Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter*	0:40

Credits

• Art Direction – Tom Wilkes
• Bass – Bob Messinger*, Joe Osborn
• Engineer – Ray Gerhardt
• Guitar – Gary Sims
• Photography By – Jim McCrary
• Producer – Jack Daugherty
• Shaker – H. Alpert*

Notes

Music is simple magic. A rhythm, a melody, a dash of words...presto. It's medicine for the soul, food for love, the essence of divinity, a reason for being. It can soar through an infinite range of ups and downs, strike a million dissonant chords, and topple the strongest resistance.
But for all its travels, however wide, however deep, it never forgets to make its simple offering.
Enclosed, neatly tucked beneath the confines of this cardboard jacket, is one of the most beautiful gifts two people can offer.
The vocal sound is a product of Richard and Karen Carpenter.
In addition to the vocals Karen (age 19) plays drums on all the selections and on two of the offerings she plays electric bass....
Her brother, Richard, sings, plays the keyboard instruments, composed 10 of the songs, and arranged all of them.
It is with pleasure A & M Presents: CARPENTERS

Herb Albert

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP 4205	Carpenters	Offering ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	SP 4205	US	1969
POCM-1809	Carpenters	Ticket To Ride ‎(CD, Album, RE)	A&M Records	POCM-1809	Japan	1993
UICY 25294	Carpenters	Ticket To Ride ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, SHM)	A&M Records	UICY 25294	Japan	2012
AML 195	Carpenters	Ticket To Ride ‎(LP, Album, RE)	A&M Records	AML 195	Japan	1973
ORL 8021	Carpenters	Ticket To Ride ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	ORL 8021	Italy	1975