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 third survey, proceeding with the ‘Carpenters’ album. More albums are to be followed very soon.
Carpenters (1971)
1. Rainy Days And Mondays - 3.36
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)
•STARTRAX (1991)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
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)
2. Saturday - 1.18
3. Let Me Be The One - 2.24
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•TREASURES (1990)
1990 Remix Edit:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
4. (A Place To) Hideaway - 3.39
5. For All We Know - 2.33
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
1991 Remix:
•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)
•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
2000 Reprise:
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
6. Superstar - 3.48
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)
•STARTRAX (1991)
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
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)
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
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. Druscilla Penny - 2.14
8. One Love - 3.23
1994 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
9. Bacharach/David Medley - 5.25
Full Length Version With Additional Studio Recording:
•ANTHOLOGY (1989) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
10. Sometimes - 2.49
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 third survey, proceeding with the ‘Carpenters’ album. More albums are to be followed very soon.
Carpenters (1971)
1. Rainy Days And Mondays - 3.36
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)
•STARTRAX (1991)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION: 1965-1997 (2002)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
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)
2. Saturday - 1.18
3. Let Me Be The One - 2.24
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•TREASURES (1990)
1990 Remix Edit:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
4. (A Place To) Hideaway - 3.39
5. For All We Know - 2.33
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
1991 Remix:
•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)
•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
2000 Reprise:
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
2004 SACD Hybrid Remix:
•THE SINLGES: 1969-1981 SACD HYBRID (2004)
6. Superstar - 3.48
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)
•STARTRAX (1991)
1990 Remix:
•FROM THE TOP (1990)
•CARPENTERS COLLECTION (1993)
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)
•GOLD (2000) EUROPE ONLY
•THE SINGLES 1969-1981 (2000)
•YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE DUTCH SINGLES COLLECTION (2001)
•GOLD (2001) JAPAN ONLY
•GOLD: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY 2 CD EDITION (2004)
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. Druscilla Penny - 2.14
8. One Love - 3.23
1994 Remix:
•SWEET MEMORY (1995) JAPAN ONLY
•BY REQUEST (2000) JAPAN ONLY
•CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER (2003)
9. Bacharach/David Medley - 5.25
Full Length Version With Additional Studio Recording:
•ANTHOLOGY (1989) JAPAN ONLY
•THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (1997) READER’S DIGEST
10. Sometimes - 2.49
