The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More

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.