The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More

I saw a Carpenters video recently and was struck by how great they all looked early on, a bit like Led Zep or something.

Disc: 1
1. Caravan
2. The Parting Of Our Ways
3. Looking For Love
4. I'll Be Yours
5. Iced Tea
6. You'll Love Me
7. All I Can Do (Demo Version)
8. Don't Be Afraid (Demo Version)
9. Invocation (Demo Version)
10. Your Wonderful Parade (Demo Version)
11. All Of My Life (1990 Box Set Remix)
12. Eve (1990 Box Set Remix)
13. Ticket To Ride (Singles 69-73 Version)
14. Get Together (Your Navy Presents Version)
15. Interview (Your Navy Presents)
16. Love Is Surrender (1987 Treasures Remix)
17. Maybe It's You (1990 Box Set Remix)
18. (They Long To Be) Close To You (Album Version)
19. Mr. Guder (1990 Box Set Remix)

Disc: 2
1. We've Only Just Begun (Album Version)
2. Merry Christmas Darling (Single Version)
3. For All We Know (Album Version)
4. Rainy Days And Mondays (1990 Box Set Remix)
5. Superstar
6. Let Me Be The One (Album Version)
7. Bless The Beasts And Children (1991 Karaoke Remix)
8. Hurting Each Other (SIngles 69-73 Remix)
9. It's Going To Take Some Time (Album Version)
10. I Won't Last A Day Without You (1997 Remix)
11. A Song For You (1997 Remix)
12. Top Of The World (Album Version)
13. Goodbye To Love (1985 Remix)
14. This Masquerade (1990 Box Set Remix)
15. Sing (Singles 69-81 Version)
16. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1997 Remix)
17. Yesterday Once More (1990 Box Set Remix)
18. Oldies Medley (1990 Box Set Remix)

Disc: 3
1. Yesterday Once More - Reprise (1990 Box Set Remix)
2. Radio Contest Outtakes
3. Morinagas High Crown Chocolate Commercial
4. Please Mr. Postman (1991 Karaoke Remix)
5. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1990 Box Set Remix)
6. Only Yesterday (Album Version)
7. Solitaire (Album Version)
8. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again (Album Version)
9. Good Friends Are For Keeps
10. Ordinary Fool (Album Version)
11. Sandy (Album Version)
12. There's A Kind Of Hush (Album Version)
13. I Need To Be In Love (1990 Box Set Remix)
14. From This Moment On (Live)
15. Suntory Pop Jingle #1
16. Suntory Pop Jingle #2
17. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song (1990 Box Set Remix)
18. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (1989 Remix)

Disc: 4
1. Sweet, Sweet Smile (Album Version)
2. Christ Is Born (1990 Box Set Remix)
3. White Christmas (1990 Box Set Remix)
4. Little Altar Boy (Album Version)
5. Ave Maria (1990 Box Set Remix)
6. Where Do I Go From Here (Album Version)
7. Little Girl Blue (Album Version)
8. I Believe You (Album Version)
9. If I Had You (1990 Box Set Remix)
10. Karen/Ella Medley (As Time Goes By 2000 Version)
11. Medley: Sing (1990 Box Set Remix)
12. Make Believe It's Your First Time (Album Version)
13. Touch Me When We're Dancing (Album Version)
14. When It's Gone (Album Version)
15. Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) (Album Version)
16. Those Good Old Dreams (Album Version)
17. Now (Album Version)
18. Karen's Theme

"Your Navy Presents" is, perhaps disappointingly, a US Navy radio show. The "interview" here is, as RC notes, very obviously scripted.

the version i have on itunes just has vocals, a snare drum and an electric bass, both played very softly. incredible.

i don't know where it's from. it's labeled as the "singles" collection, but on spotify that album has all of the fuller arrangements and they are not as good.

anyway, whatever this collection is all of the arrangements are minimal and i've had it as part of my itunes library since high school. the ordinary versions i hear on the radio seem completely wrong.

what is this version of this song that i have on my itunes??????? i can't find it anywhere and i think it is one of the best mp3s i've ever heard.

appealing to ilm's collective wisdom. this used to be a music message board after all.

I read your post when you posted it and spent a fair amount of time searching for this but came up with nothing. Carpenters are very well documented online - all versions of the song are documented on that one website I'm sure you've seen. Can you post it or share it somehow? I want to hear it.

https://soundcloud.com/pat-finn-1/sacd-yesterday-once-more

here you go. included a photo i took of bok choy as well.

i have, i think, all of their singles with these kinds of mixes.

thanks for posting, that's awesome. never heard the stripped down version before.

Based on the first 30s, it sounds like the version here: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/karen_carpenters_voice_listen_to_her_isolated_vocal

This is sooooo beautiful!

https://soundcloud.com/pat-finn-1/sacd-superstar

here's another one that sounds particular striking when pared down.

https://soundcloud.com/pat-finn-1/sacd-i-wont-last-a-day-without-you

this one has some layered vocals

xp also sund4r, you're right those are the same versions. i am still confused about where these came from.

The link in the DM article directs you to Studio Multitracks, where you can find isolated tracks for many popular recordings. I don't know where those are coming from either, though, yeah.