Different CD compilations have been released through the years by the Carpenters. These compilations not also gave birth to many remixes of Carpenters’ songs, but (finally) presented us with CD-debuts of single mixes, alternative versions, demo cuts, karaoke sing-a-longs and even newly SACD mixes.
After a few dozen compilations I totally lost count and felt the urge to make an overview which gives information about which version has been released on which CD compilation. I used the official Universal CD compilations released in Europe, Japan and the US, starting with the first ‘Yesterday Once More’ UK set in 1984 and (for now) ending with the ‘Japanese Single Box’ in 2006.
Titles without any additional remix information don’t have other versions than the original album version (to my knowledge).
I tried to be as accurate as possible, but nobody is perfect.
Errors? Disagreements? Additional remix information? Please use this forum to elaborate.
This is the second survey, proceeding with the ‘Close To You’ album. More albums are to be followed very soon.
Close To You (1970)
1. We've Only Just Begun - 3.04
1973 Version With ‘Close To You’ Prelude:
•THE SINGLES: 1969-1973 (1973)
1985 Remix:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1985)
•A&M CLASSICS VOLUME 2 (1987)
•REMINISCING (1988)
•ANTHOLOGY (1989) JAPAN ONLY
•ONLY YESTERDAY: RICHARD AND KAREN CARPENTER’S GREATEST HITS (1990)
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) UK + US
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
1991 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•LOVE SONGS (1997)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1998)
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
1992 Karaoke:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE (1992)
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED. (2005) JAPAN ONLY
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
2. Love Is Surrender - 1.59
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•STARTRAX (1991)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•20TH CENTURY MASTERS: MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (2002)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
3. Maybe It's You - 3.04
Stand Alone Version:
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
•20TH CENTURY MASTERS: MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (2002)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
4. Reason To Believe - 3.03
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•TREASURES (1990)
•STARTRAX (1991)
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) US ONLY
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
5. Help - 3.04
6. (They Long To Be) Close To You - 4.34
Single Edit:
•THE SINGLES: 1969-1973 (1973)
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
1991 Remix:
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) UK + US
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•LOVE SONGS (1997)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1998)
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
1992 Karaoke:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE (1992)
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED. (2005) JAPAN ONLY
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
7. Baby It's You - 2.50
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•TREASURES (1990)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - 2.56
9. Crescent Moon - 4.09
10. Mr Guder - 3.17
1990 Remix:
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
11. I Kept On Loving You - 2.13
Stand Alone Version:
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
12. Another Song - 4.22
1991 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
After a few dozen compilations I totally lost count and felt the urge to make an overview which gives information about which version has been released on which CD compilation. I used the official Universal CD compilations released in Europe, Japan and the US, starting with the first ‘Yesterday Once More’ UK set in 1984 and (for now) ending with the ‘Japanese Single Box’ in 2006.
Titles without any additional remix information don’t have other versions than the original album version (to my knowledge).
I tried to be as accurate as possible, but nobody is perfect.
Errors? Disagreements? Additional remix information? Please use this forum to elaborate.
This is the second survey, proceeding with the ‘Close To You’ album. More albums are to be followed very soon.
Close To You (1970)
1. We've Only Just Begun - 3.04
1973 Version With ‘Close To You’ Prelude:
•THE SINGLES: 1969-1973 (1973)
1985 Remix:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1985)
•A&M CLASSICS VOLUME 2 (1987)
•REMINISCING (1988)
•ANTHOLOGY (1989) JAPAN ONLY
•ONLY YESTERDAY: RICHARD AND KAREN CARPENTER’S GREATEST HITS (1990)
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) UK + US
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
1991 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•LOVE SONGS (1997)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1998)
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
1992 Karaoke:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE (1992)
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED. (2005) JAPAN ONLY
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
2. Love Is Surrender - 1.59
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•STARTRAX (1991)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•20TH CENTURY MASTERS: MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (2002)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
3. Maybe It's You - 3.04
Stand Alone Version:
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
•20TH CENTURY MASTERS: MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (2002)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
4. Reason To Believe - 3.03
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•TREASURES (1990)
•STARTRAX (1991)
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) US ONLY
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
5. Help - 3.04
6. (They Long To Be) Close To You - 4.34
Single Edit:
•THE SINGLES: 1969-1973 (1973)
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
1991 Remix:
•INTERPRETATIONS (1994) UK + US
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
•LOVE SONGS (1997)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (1998)
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
1992 Karaoke:
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE (1992)
•TWENTY-TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED. (2005) JAPAN ONLY
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
7. Baby It's You - 2.50
1987 Remix:
•TREASURES (1987) JAPAN ONLY
•TREASURES (1990)
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•REFLECTIONS (1995)
•SWEET SWEET SMILE (2000)
8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - 2.56
9. Crescent Moon - 4.09
10. Mr Guder - 3.17
1990 Remix:
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
11. I Kept On Loving You - 2.13
Stand Alone Version:
•JAPANESE SINGLE BOX (2006) JAPAN ONLY
12. Another Song - 4.22
1991 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
