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Flat Baroque is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis in 1966, during their career at Disneyland. It lay dormant until 1970, when Carpenter and his sister, Karen Carpenter, appeared on a syndicated radio show, called "Your Navy Presents." They performed a slow, jazzy version of the song with the oboe being the main star. Carpenter did not think of recording a studio version of the song for record release until 1972 with the release of the album, "A Song for You". This cut is much faster than the "Your Navy Presents" version, and features the piano rather than the oboe. It won Richard Carpenter a Grammy award in 1972 for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals"[1]. In April 1972, it was released as the B-side song to "It's Going to Take Some Time."
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