While dubbing off the little 3-inch singles from the Carpenters' Japan Single Box Set, I came upon the song "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do." Though I've heard it many times before, it struck me that it didn't sound quite as familiar to me as most Carpenters "hits" do.
Then it occured to me to check just how many times this particular song had made it to a compilation. Starting with the recent ULTIMATE COLLECTION's and working backwards chronologically, I was shocked that it hadn't appeared on very many compilations at all - in fact until I got to the end of the compilations, I hadn't found it *anywhere*. That includes the two box sets, the Readers Digest set, the old ANTHOLOGY set, and even the exhaustive six-disc SWEET MEMORY set from Japan! I finally found it on an old '80s Japanese compilation called GOLD SERIES VOLUME 1.
Given the sheer number of Carpenters compilations that have been issued, I find it interesting that even "Goofus" has better representation than "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
Obviously it was a single in Japan, and probably charted and got airplay over there. It must have been largely ignored in the rest of the world. (?)
Harry
Then it occured to me to check just how many times this particular song had made it to a compilation. Starting with the recent ULTIMATE COLLECTION's and working backwards chronologically, I was shocked that it hadn't appeared on very many compilations at all - in fact until I got to the end of the compilations, I hadn't found it *anywhere*. That includes the two box sets, the Readers Digest set, the old ANTHOLOGY set, and even the exhaustive six-disc SWEET MEMORY set from Japan! I finally found it on an old '80s Japanese compilation called GOLD SERIES VOLUME 1.
Given the sheer number of Carpenters compilations that have been issued, I find it interesting that even "Goofus" has better representation than "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
Obviously it was a single in Japan, and probably charted and got airplay over there. It must have been largely ignored in the rest of the world. (?)
Harry