(Richard Carpenter, John Bettis) Almo Music Corp. – Hammer and Nails Music ASCAP 3:50
A&M 1446 Single released: 5/16/73
Billboard #2, 6/2/73
b/w Road Ode
Original album mix: missing electric guitar figures and oboe toward end, contains revving of engines
– NOW AND THEN LP and Remastered Classics CD
– CARPENTERS COLLECTED
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (NL)
Single mix: added electric guitar figures and oboe toward end
– A&M GOLD SERIES VOL 1
– A&M NEW GOLD SERIES VOL 2
– CARPENTERS-THE COMPLETE SINGLES
– JAPANESE SINGLE BOX
– THE SINGLES 1969-1973 both Remastered Classics and original A&M CD (some later versions of this CD, notably Canadian, feature a remix instead)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (84)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (UK)
The promo 45 for this song contains a folddown mono mix.
Single mix: added electric guitar figures and oboe toward end, contains revving of engines
– NOW AND THEN, original A&M CD
– ANTHOLOGY (89) (also includes entire medley on one track, but not reprise)
1985 remix: stereo piano, reverb vocal, heavier bass and drums, oboe centered
– 20th CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION
– A&M COMPOSERS SERIES VOL 2 (RICHARD CARPENTER-JOHN BETTIS)
– THE BEST OF CARPENTERS (Brazil)
– CARPENTERS BEST VOL. 2
– THE CARPENTERS COLLECTION (THEIR GREATEST HITS)
– CARPENTERS COLLECTION (Time-Life)
– CARPENTERS PERFORM CARPENTER
– CLASSICS VOL 2 and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (85)
– ONLY YESTERDAY-THEIR GREATEST HITS
– REMINISCING
– THEIR GREATEST HITS AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest)
– TWENTY TWO HITS OF THE CARPENTERS
– ULTIMATE COLLECTION (UK)
1985 remix: same as above with reversed stereo
– A ARTE DE CARPENTERS
1985 remix: same as above with revving of engines:
– ANTHOLOGY (97) (has entire side of album on one track)
– ESSENTIAL COLLECTION
– FROM THE TOP
– MAGICAL MEMORIES OF THE CARPENTERS (has entire side of album on one track)
– SWEET MEMORY those days
1991 remix: similar to 85, harp/elec. piano softer in mix, oboe more to left
– 20/20 BEST OF BEST SELECTION
– 40/40 BEST SELECTION (JP)
– 40/40 (US)
– BEST OF BEST+
– BY REQUEST
– ICON
– GOLD (JP)
– GOLD (UK)
– GOLD (US)
– THE NATION’S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS (UK)
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD on SACD stereo layer and CD Audio layer
– TOP OF THE WORLD (original & karaoke masters)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (98)
– YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (NL)
Karaoke mix: backing track to 1991 remix
– ORIGINAL MASTER KARAOKE-YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
– TOP OF THE WORLD (original & karaoke masters)
SACD 5.1 surround mix:
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 SACD surround layer
Quad mix:
– NOW AND THEN quad album
– THE SINGLES 1969-1981 quad album
Live mix:
– LIVE IN JAPAN
Instrumental recording: totally different version of the song
– PIANIST, ARRANGER, COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR
2018 RPO Mix: enhanced version recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
– CARPENTERS WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Songbook recording:
– RICHARD CARPENTER’S PIANO SONGBOOK
Chris May says:
Stereo piano recorded in ’85, along with additional keyboards to also include digital electric piano. Tambourine deleted from choruses.
’85 Mix – Violins mixed right of center, arpeggiated harp/digital electric piano (at second verse) hotter in mix, oboe centered
’91 Mix – Electric bass hotter in mix, violins now mixed to the left, arpeggiated harp/digital electric piano (at second verse) softer in mix, oboe more predominatly to left.
’04 Surround Mix – A great remix with great separation. You can hear the orchestra bell much louder at 1:27, 1:36 and 3:05.