Alan71
Active Member
Hello, I’ve just registered but have been following this site for a few years now and have learnt a lot from it.
What prompted me to finally register was that I have done something I daren’t tell anyone in “real life”.
I’ve bought, off a well-known auction site, the rare Yesterday Once More 1984 UK compilation on CD... for £60. Yep, I’m probably mad but the entry for this on this site state that it’s very rare and includes a mix of Those Good Old Dreams not available anywhere else on CD (and also Please, Mr Postman single mix).
It was this album (in its vinyl version) that helped get me into The Carpenters in 1988. That summer, the Yesterday Once More video program was shown on ITV (UK commercial TV network). It was shown late night but my brother videoed it and we watched it loads of times. From that, we got the UK vinyl album.
Surprisingly, I didn’t venture further into the Carpenters catalogue until 2000, when Carpenters Gold was released in the UK. A few years later The Ultimate Collection, and then in the last few years, Carpenters Collected. From there I got the UK 1990 “Compact Disc Collection” off that same auction site for a very good price, finally giving me most of their albums in one go (and I’ve since got the others - As Time Goes By, Live at the Palladium etc).
I’ve also acquired some of the main compilations, but it was this 1984 one I really wanted again as it was what started it all for me 32 years ago.
I know I’ve paid a ridiculous price - I missed a listing in January where a seller sold it for £7.99 as a buy-it-now, obviously not aware how rare or sought-after it is.
Certainly not every day I pay £60 for one double-CD. I’d also like “The Complete Singles” but as that goes for even more extortionate prices, it’s unlikely.
What prompted me to finally register was that I have done something I daren’t tell anyone in “real life”.
I’ve bought, off a well-known auction site, the rare Yesterday Once More 1984 UK compilation on CD... for £60. Yep, I’m probably mad but the entry for this on this site state that it’s very rare and includes a mix of Those Good Old Dreams not available anywhere else on CD (and also Please, Mr Postman single mix).
It was this album (in its vinyl version) that helped get me into The Carpenters in 1988. That summer, the Yesterday Once More video program was shown on ITV (UK commercial TV network). It was shown late night but my brother videoed it and we watched it loads of times. From that, we got the UK vinyl album.
Surprisingly, I didn’t venture further into the Carpenters catalogue until 2000, when Carpenters Gold was released in the UK. A few years later The Ultimate Collection, and then in the last few years, Carpenters Collected. From there I got the UK 1990 “Compact Disc Collection” off that same auction site for a very good price, finally giving me most of their albums in one go (and I’ve since got the others - As Time Goes By, Live at the Palladium etc).
I’ve also acquired some of the main compilations, but it was this 1984 one I really wanted again as it was what started it all for me 32 years ago.
I know I’ve paid a ridiculous price - I missed a listing in January where a seller sold it for £7.99 as a buy-it-now, obviously not aware how rare or sought-after it is.
Certainly not every day I pay £60 for one double-CD. I’d also like “The Complete Singles” but as that goes for even more extortionate prices, it’s unlikely.