Carpenters (Quad Mix) Only Yesterday RARE HQ Sound

[shehanjoeybmw1]

happy birthday sweet karen mar. 2, 1950. you voice is unforgetable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[acelaexpress99]

lately listening to karen carpenter sing has become a dirty little pleasure that i can't admit to anyone, except here :)

[gforce4all]

Dear Karen.Is there any way I can get a message to you about how much you mean to me?

[jhkings1]

That park in Wellington,NZ was the perfect setting for this video

[Davilogmytube]

maravilhoso. minha vida cantada.

[Jim6019]

i keep waiting for a girl on american idol to sing this song and the judges just stop the show and say, "okay, you win!!!"

[Jim6019]

damn that girl could sing.  i LOVE her voice....

[heloleivas]

Coooolllll!!!! Thank you.

[ab9957]

there's a lot of melancholy in the carpenter's songs. 

[MrCharlescolt]

I am 56 years old and live alone so far, my biggest dream was to be the husband of Karen Carpenter, Karen was the only love of my life!

[LeibBunny]

wow. that is exactly how I feel, too. if only she had known how many lives she touched, maybe she would not have starved herself to death :-(

[MrCharlescolt]

I'm in love with Karen, this would never deny, I assume I'm in love with her!

[MrCharlescolt]

Karen Carpenter was arguably the best singer on this planet earth, love others, if I were single I'd marry he

[annygma]

Simply wonderful...thank you so much...:')

[shinymensdressshoes]

All these "American Idol" singers can't compare to Karen Carpenter. She was truly unique. A lot of people comment on how great a lower register she had, but she also had an outstanding high register. Check out "Want You Back In My Life Again" and "Love Is Surrender" and you will know what I mean.

[GreenLifeSource]

She was a master vocalist and he a master composer and arranger. You haven't seen that combination in one family since the Carpenters

[tiafeliable]

EU AMEI E MUITO TOCA A ALMA

[bigpoconut]

my absolute favorite song in the whole wide world. nobody sings like karen and no one will ever again!

[Budapestchipmunk]

still love it, sooo good! thanks for having it uploaded!

[1970alexmartin]

I listen to songs of today's era and they are of a different quality of that of the 70's, i am not sure if it is that they remind us of our youth, but they have a warm fuzzy feel to them.... Karen be happy and sing forever in our hearts.

[LEILA7167]

SIMPLESMENTE LINDA MELODIA

[shevstilkskin]

Its so haunting that she could have sang this about her condition she had, but chose not to tell any body, 

[raremountainbear]

I love hearing these old songs, though in a way it's a bit sad, as it brings back memories of my little sister (now deceased) and I playing around the house in the summer as kids in the 70's.

[garbulky]

@raremountainbear I'm sorry. That must have been hard.

[louisbdog]

Awesome song

[fran9860]

YouTube sucks big donkey dick

[PrisonFaces]

@fran9860 That's 12 videos now you've posted about sucking. I'm beginning to think you're not just gay....but also a whore.

[trungBK10]

thank you ! This really recalled sm of my sweet memories .

[harding46]

What a beautiful sound !! where do I get it CD? I want it !!

by the way, I'm Japanese.

[danielle82818]

wow its been a while since i heard this song.. my mother always sings this before when she is still young. i remember my childhood.. tnx to this song !

[MVR326]

Her voice is so soothing

[iksohng]

Amazing sound quality of the song I used to listen to when I was young. Thank you so much.

[jeromehazelwood]

two people dislike this?!wow!how is that possible?

[SuperGov07]

@jeromehazelwood I like to think that its because it makes them sad that KC is no longer with us. Cant think of any other reason.

[jeromehazelwood]

their best song. rest in peace karen-i love you!

[VLADAO1000]

beautiful girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Argeaux2]

Loved this song since I was little. Great to hear it again.

[TheOlivamatheus]

what voice !

[therealcarlossolis]

Yes. Awesome sound!! crisp and pure/ closest thing to being there...

[ROZIMEIREful]

AMO!!!!!!!

[JimyJak]

my favorite Carpenters Song...I totaly love their songs of Love, Hope, Pain, Lonliness, God,

[rolandnguyen90]

Excellent sound better than my CD sounds be honest ..love Carpenters thank you thank you

[thehistorywatcher]

Fabulous!

[er2975]

This is a great song and video. The blend of pictures of the Carpenters singing together, along with an upbeat song was very entertaining. Good work.

[vikingman202]

Cool! In this Quadraphonic version, it seems like the Wurlitzer piano is more audiable that the Stereophonic version. In the Stereophonic version the Wurlitzer seemed to be more muted. Or is it just me?

[britelite2657]

very very good but slightly echoey! if there is such a word but alas very good.

[tomitamugen]

THE BEST!!!

[philonline31]

fantastic!

sound totally different

[51emcee]

THANK YOU MOTOWNBOY. KAREN WAS HEAVEN-SENT.

[gacj2010]

The brother was a selfish controller who helped cause her death

[greenwich1754]

@gacj2010 Yeah, he really wanted to kill his sister. They both had controlling personalities. Karen would hound & interfere anytime Richard attempted a relationship. Richard was the Rodney Dangerfield of the Carpenters. He chose, arranged, and produced (& sometimes wrote music) songs that he knew would fit Karen's voice. My only complaint with Richard was getting her out from behind the drums - I think that was her identity/security.

[carpentersfan2010]

This song is one of the 12 or so that I am going to put on my "Wedding CD"... and of course "We've Only Just Begun.." too.. but "Only Yesterday" is by far my anthem...

[2h12uchangle]

Oh yeah, this almost fixed my hearing problem. how many channels recording is it?

[joeljack1]

That beautiful lower register. No one had that quality then, nor have i heard it since. Thanks for posting.

[suprdblhelix7322]

Rest well Karen.

[suprdblhelix7322]

WOW!!! Thank you sooo much. Just AWESOME!!

[alexshaun98]

Beautiful song-but such a pleasure to hear in such amazing audio quality.

God bless you,son!

[carlahz83]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!!!



[carlahz83]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!!!



[wdawson61]

You can also hear the growly Rhodes sound more i this mix...

[36519sp]

lindo,lindo,lindo!!!!!!

[GoodoldKO]

Sensational sound from my favourite Carpenters track- Thanks ever so much!

[stevewaugh2]

Thanks .. Brilliant Song and Sound .. As good as it gets !

[bearclassic]

Q LINDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[cfpauloc]

The Carpenters - Only Yesterday

[therealjoebloggs]

@cfpauloc It's yesterday once more...

[gant555]

@therealjoebloggs yesterday once more is a different Carpenters song, listen to it. this is titled Only Yesterday.

[therealjoebloggs]

@gant555 Actually, I was trying to convey the thought that once more I can listen to KC, like I did yesterday. It was intended to to be a reference to the other song. No intent to argue about it.

[Marksnotebook]

I had this love once but sadly death can take away from you. 

[Eliana270173]

saudades  e boas lembranças!!!

[indianfkdbyindians]

this song says it all for me ,i have a lovely wife who is my world ,when i look at her and listen to this i am reborn we have been married 23 yrs ,had all the crapp in life ,but we are still one mgreat songs

[mo2cros]

where was the video filmed? Huntington library?

[yandrsupreme]

@mo2cros yes, this was filmed at Huntington

[eireman]

LOVE IT! MISS HAVING THE CARPENTERS around!

[slaynt]

Serious question, Motownboy. I am very impressed with the quality. Is this that I am listening to better than downloading it from itunes, or better than what I would get from a CD? or is it the other way round? I have a decent hifi and I am convinced that vinyl gives better quality than CD. I havent felt tempted at all towards itunes, because i think it just devalues music to junk status. Buy it, listen twice, chuck it away.

[slaynt]

OOOOOOOH. I got genuine goose bumps listening. That doesn't happen to me!

[sobefobik]

Wow she is thin.

[slaynt]

@sobefobik If only someone had been able to persuade her to go to McDonalds with Elvis. We might have many more wonderful songs like this.

[thefabulousthomasj]

:')

Thank you!

[Pachichin2012]

personally I think is his best song

that beautiful voice of Karen

thanks for uploading your video

THEmotownboy

[shehanjoeybmw1]

very good job motownboy! sounds great.

[lgendarychickenfairy]

Great version of this wonderful song, never heard this take before. I can hear so many changes to this in the back end (from about 3 min mark) & a lighter drum beat.

Thanks!

[HackerGuitarist]

unfortunately it still has that too much high end sizzle that's on the stereo record

[MRJELLYJ2]

These quad mixes are better then any cd I have ^_^

[oldminiman]

Great mix thanks

[The1fuzzylogic]

One of a kind voice. Will never tire of their music.

[JimNKnoxville]

You're absolutely right about her reading of that line. Especially the word "through." Her intonation is very different. Thanks for this most excellent sound quality!

[JimNKnoxville]

You're absolutely right about her reading of that line. Especially the word "through." Her intonation is very different.

[cfpauloc]

Carpenters "Only Yesterday" Quad Mix 4:10 RARE in HQ Sound

[54Snickers]

Really nice job! Great music videos and a GREAT channel! 

[Lonewolfmichigan]

Thank you for the music Carpenters.After all these years you sound great as ever!!!!!!!!!Karen.....especia­lly.Heaven is hers!

[Lonewolfmichigan]

Thank you for the music Carpenters.After all these years YOU ARE STILL LOVED.:)

[714AD]

Quadraphonic? That's way back. That was a great video of a young & very pretty Karen Carpenter. What a talent and they did benefit from employing good material!

[Drillin4Oil]

what is that percussion instrument that I keep hearing? it sound like a maraca but more controlled.

[arfies]

@Drillin4Oil Castanets?

[Drillin4Oil]

@arfies that's it.  Thanks!

[themightyjaybird]

Playing this CD-4 record as stereo loses the quad effect. The rear channels fold into the front ones, and it sounds much like a conventional stereo record. The best way to present it would be to play it through a CD-4 demodulator, and use a QS or SQ encoder to matrix-encode the original four channels so they could be recovered by playing this video through a Dolby Pro-Logic II decoder. Dolby PL II can decode QS perfectly. SQ would be close, but rear channels ambiguous.

[beeb1421]

i've listened to this on very,very good speakers. And i've listened to this on crappy "acer" speaker, the sound quality is amazing on both.

thanks "motownboy"!

[THEmotownboy]

@beeb1421 - Thank you so much! :)

[mwmatthewkc51]

@beeb1421 i have listening this on my crappy compaq laptop spekaers, my sony 5.1 surround system, and my 2.1 (x4) and they are all amazing. i know how you feel!

[cfpauloc]

Carpenters "Only Yesterday"

[thegonz9]

Judith Durham, Diana Ross and Karen Carpenter. Three of the best.

[FLBoy46]

Funny how Karen and Patsy Cline died very young, yet we listen to their music over and over again all these years later. Time stands still for these artists!!!!

[clareaustin]

Karen Carpenter had one of the most beautiful voices in all music. Losing her was tragic. I hope the recordings will keep her with us forever. This one is brilliant.

[danmyname]

Simply one of the best if not the best piece of music I've ever heard and coming from the Carpenters is even better.

[toastyplatters70]

Incredible stuff! THANKS for the upload :)

[loocee95]

Ignore the tech nuts, this sounds wonderful in my studio. One of the greatest pop vocalists of all time. What a shame she passed on so early in her life.

[craigalan100]

greatest female voice all time ever.

[prbpngtcpbd]

Thanks this was great thanks again!

[Muziclvr07]

I really miss this woman and her wonderful voice. So hauntingly beautiful.

Excellent sound quality!

[r19600202]

@Muziclvr07

[wychwood7]

sometimes it's only hindsight but she has one of the clearest most beautiful voices of the twentieth century; whether it was a 4"speaker in a tinny car radio or an elaborate quad system.thanks for posting! an aural orgasm. Can you do 'GooDBYE TO LoVE'?

[falldownhard]

I LOVE the album cut of this song - right before the fade-out when Richard's voice track comes in with this note of really cool harmony I always get goosebumps. You do brilliant work - thanks so much!

[karencarpenterfan1]

wonderful quality video! How did you do that? VERY NICE! :D

[tja2729]

Well, if you recorded this off the LP straight (i.e. no CD-4 demodulation (or SQ or QS decoding in the other albums) then the quadraphonics will indeed be lost, and all you're left with is the extremely centered lead vocals and the extremely widely separated left-and-right compared to the narrowly separated original mixes.

And, of course, since the Carpenters promo clips (they didn't call them music videos yet) were lip syncs, the other mixes will lock up. Originally, all mono AM radio mixes.

[patrick9648]

@tja2729 I was under the impression that vinyl records used matrix surround instead of discrete quad channel. If that is true the decoder in the stereo would decode the quad effect similar to the way Dolby surround does (not digital but the older analog or pro logic) VHS tape also has surround sound with only stereo left and right channels. a surround effect is created added on the recording and your stereo decodes it on playback with only 2 channels on the tape. SQ quad vinyl worked similar

[NotABoyScoutNYC]

just have to say again what an incredible job you do with these remasters......

[snich63]

I loved this album and still have the original vinyl in its unusual envelope-like sleeve.

We had a quadraphonic set up at home when I was growing up - a great rarity here in New Zealand. I still have the Carpenters "Now and Then" album in quadraphonic, if you would like a contribution towards your HQ remastering cause.

[nealman1234]

Awesome quality allows the lowest range of KC to resonate unlike 1975...hot

[steveatl40]

The clean up of these old quad remixes are fantastic. I hope you will post more, motownboy :)

[carps1000]

rip tony peluso

[eli4777]

Simply beautiful! Classic :)

[kcrcbest]

OK THIS IS SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL WOOOOOOW THANX

[carps1000]

Horizon. The album is the 8th wonder of the world. Richard the genius Karen the voice = Carpenters the 9th wonder of the world

[disastertom]

Karen is arguably one of the top ten pop female vocalists of all time. She has a clarity and resonance that is unmatched today.

[Iwakuni8]

@disastertom At the very least. Honestly, I can't think of anyone I'd rate higher, but of course I admit there is a subjective factor. What sets her apart are that extremely rounded, soothing quality to her contralto, as well as the deep conviction and sincerity that comes through the microphone, and those telltale subtle emotional cracks from time to time. To me, the closest to her is Astrud Gilberto. The sopranos, or course, are a separate category with different standards.

[myfeeling4you]

yes you can hear the dub over in the quad mix, a very good version. Have never seen this vid at all and being a lover of all of Karen's songs I felt such sadness for our loss of this fantastic singer, many thanks for posting this vid. Cheers

[greenwich1754]

"Mr. Peabody, please take me into the wayback machine!!"

[Karenfan09]

Still just hear, maybe, and not baby.

[giblinked]

"Baby, baby, things will be allright."

Indeed Sweetheart, indeed.

[giblinked]

Karen's renditions was a profound time marker in our lives. I am sure I am not alone if I were to exclaim God! I love this woman. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

[steveatl40]

I would love to hear more of these Quad mixes from the Carpenters. The sound quality is unsurpassed.

[MrJonk1969]

oh, and it's nice to have an actual video for this song, before mtv or anything like that existed. And sometimes on youtube, people will show videos of karen singing but her voice is edited out and the audio is replaced with a completely different song than the song she is singing in the video. it looks really weird.

[MrJonk1969]

this is great. I *thought* there was a longer version of this song, and here it is. most times I hear this song, the ending seems to get cut off too soon and i find myself wanting to hear more, and it's annoying! I wonder which is the original version, the shorter one or this longer one?

[earcandy2008]

@MrJonk1969 ...I have always felt that if they hadn't edited the song for single release and kept the album length it would not have stopped at #4, and would have hit #1.

[DISCOVEGASGUY]

This is INCREDIBLE !! The sound is just fantastic. Its like having Karen Carpenter in the same room , alive again, and splendid and wonderful !! Thanks so much !

[Karenfan09]

Karen sings, "Tomorrow maybe even brighter than today and not "Tomorrow baby even brighter than today at the end of the song.

[earcandy2008]

@Karenfan09 ...listen more carefully. She changes it the final time.

[earcandy2008]

...in the final few seconds, Karen sings 'tomorrow baby even brighter than today' rather than 'may be.' Awesome.

[RickHenry]

Outstanding. This is the Carpenters at their very best. I love this quad mix it sounds great!

[disastertom]

thanks - juts listened on good quality speakers - FANTASTIC!

[EMUHO1]

THANKS

[Abbot63]

Excellent posting in truly H.Q of my favourite song from Carpenters.

Thank You !!!!

[8969deinze]

I like this version better than the original. I find the drums on the original annoying, but now it's toned down. And you can hear more of the backing orchestra. Heaven!! I wish they would bring it out on cd. Thanks for this.

[68NYC]

This sounds great .

Thanks.

[wildbilltexas]

Nice mix, I especially enjoyed the longer fade.

[Iwakuni8]

Excellent work on this great Carpenters' song and video, terrific quality.

[earcandy2008]

...excellent sound and nuances brought to life from my favorite song of all time.

[nednickerson2009]

Thanks for reminding me that next to "Superstar," THIS is my favorite Carpenters song. My favorite part is the guitar part at :52 and later when the castanets are played. My understanding is that the album was recorded with 24-track recording technology and every instrument has its own mic. This created a "wall of sound" with each instrument clearly recognizable. I've always like how the lyrics start off dark and sombre and by the end of the song, you're caught up in the brightness of it/

[erginakif]

Yes, very clear. Thank you. So many details, amazing.

[sparkles0208]

Awesome! I can hear the differences too...and it's nice to hear the backing vocals better...

[ianhawdon]

This is awesome :-) Shame youtube doesn't do quad :-(

[allhitradio]

Incredible! You really have a great ear to hear those tiny variations from the original. You're absolutely correct, though. Another great job. Thanks for putting in the work to share this with us!

[daniel1982spain]

I notice the difference in the mix, but no "alternate takes here" the Take is the same, the original Track in Horizon's LP was that long :)

[THEmotownboy]

I made no reference to a difference in length. The "alternate take" refers to the lines "the pain I was going through, and waiting was all my heart could do." For example, you can hear the difference in the inhale breath that Karen takes between the words "through" and "and", plus she gives a bit more inflection on the words pain and waiting in the quad version.

[steveatl40]

I'm thinking this is the exact same track from the album, not a different take. You can just hear the nuances better. maybe I'm wrong...

[earcandy2008]

@THEmotownboy ....you have one heck of an excellent ear motownboy.

[JimNKnoxville]

@daniel1982spain Yeah, it's not about the length. Listen to your CD, and then listen to this version. There's a totally different inflection on the word "through" in the first verse. They obviously cleaned it up a bit for the album release.

[JonPHX]

AMAZINGLY CLEAR! WOW!