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MAKE BELIEVE IT�S YOUR FIRST TIME
Music and Lyrics by Bob Morrison and
Johnny Wilson
In early 1980, believing
this song to be one of the better selections in Karen�s solo project, and now
knowing that project was not going to be released, I set out to arrange the song
for the album on which we were starting production. In the process, I
contacted the writers, asking them to write a bridge, which it originally did
not have. The revision was made and a track recorded with Karen�s �work
lead.� It was then set aside, as one of many Made In America
outtakes. Some time after Karen�s untimely passing on February 4, 1983, I
returned to the A&M studios, to work on what would become the Voice Of The
Heart album. This was, with the exception of �Now� (1982), a collection
of other outtakes from various years. �Make Believe It�s Your First Time� was
chosen as the debut single, even though I didn�t believe there was a hit in that
album. I still feel it�s a pretty song, and that it showcases Karen�s
resonant alto very well.
EMI April Music, Inc. / Music City Music,
Inc. (ASCAP)
Produced and Arranged by Richard
Carpenter
Lead Vocal: Karen Carpenter
Backing Vocals: The O.K. Chorale
Keyboards: Richard Carpenter
Bass: Joe Osborn
Drums: Ron Tutt
Acoustic Guitar: Tim May
Electric Guitar: Tony Peluso
Pedal Steel Guitar: Jay Dee Maness
Flute: Sheridon Stokes
Oboe: Earle Dumler
Engineer: Roger Young
From the album
Voice Of The Heart (1983)
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