(Richard Carpenter/John Bettis) Almo Music Corp./Hammer and Nails Music, Inc. ASCAP 3:50
A&M 1367 Single released: 6/19/72
Billboard #7, 7/15/72
b/w Crystal Lullaby
Original album version:
– A SONG FOR YOU LP, Remastered Classic CD, and original A&M CD
– CARPENTERS COLLECTED
– CARPENTERS-THE COMPLETE SINGLES
– JAPANESE SINGLE BOX
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (NL)
The mono promo single is a folddown of this mix, slightly sped-up, as is the A&M CD version.
1973 remix: contains segue from “Rainy Days And Mondays”
– THE SINGLES 1969-1973 Remastered Classic
– THE SINGLES 1969-1973 original A&M CD, slightly sped up
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (84)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (UK), slightly sped up
1985 remix with Richard’s added opening breath:
– CLASSICS VOL 2 and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (85)
– ONLY YESTERDAY-THEIR GREATEST HITS
1985 remix with Richard’s added opening breath, reversed stereo:
– O MELHOR DE CARPENTERS-ONLY YESTERDAY (BRZ)
1985 remix with Karen’s short opening breath flown in: oboe center-right, backing vocals on “DAY love is forgotten”
– A SONG FOR YOU (MFSL) and the COMPACT DISC COLLECTION version
– A&M COMPOSERS SERIES VOL 2 (RICHARD CARPENTER-JOHN BETTIS)
– A&M GOLD SERIES VOL 2
– A&M NEW GOLD SERIES VOL 1
– A&M GOLD SERIES (1991) and STARTRAX (AUS)
– THE CARPENTERS COLLECTION (THEIR GREATEST HITS)
– REMINISCING
1985 remix with audible count-in and long breath:
– FROM THE TOP
– ANTHOLOGY (89)
– THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS (UK)
1991 remix with long opening breath flown in:
– 20th CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION
– 40/40 BEST SELECTION (JP)
– 40/40 (US)
– ANTHOLOGY (97)
– CARPENTERS COLLECTION (Time-Life)
– CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER
– ESSENTIAL COLLECTION
– GOLD (JP)
– GOLD (UK)
– GOLD (US)
– LOVE SONGS
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on SACD stereo layer and CD Audio layer
– SWEET MEMORY on and off
– THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest)
– TWENTY TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (98)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (NL)
1991 remix with no opening breath:
– BEST OF BEST+
– CARPENTERS BEST VOL. 2
– MAGICAL MEMORIES OF THE CARPENTERS
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (UK)
Karaoke mix:
– ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE-YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
2004 SACD 5.1 surround mix:
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on surround layer
Quad remix: has a replaced lead where Karen sings “All the Tears of useless search” instead of “All the years..”
– A SONG FOR YOU Quad 8-track
– THE SINGLES 1969-1973 Quad LP and 8-track
Live version:
– LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM in the medley
2018 RPO Mix: enhanced version recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
– CARPENTERS WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Chris May says:
Basically the most obvious differences between the ’85 and ’91 mix is this–
1985 mix: the oboe is placed slightly right of center in the mix – (strings are all the same) – and at the bridge where Karen sings “from this DAY love is forgotten” – you hear the vocal double come back in on the word “day”, singing through to the end of the phrase. Also backing vocals are a little hotter in the mix.
1991 mix: the oboe is panned a little harder to the right, the vocal double at the bridge is deleted altogether and backing vocals are pulled down a little throughout…
SACD surround mix: Most of this is the instrumentation from ’85, with an alternate vocal take at 1:16 (“…from this day love is forgotten…”). Certainly a notable difference.