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Carole R.
Higher and Higher
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/03/2008 : 10:43:44
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Did you ever buy a single that you really loved and played until it was worn out and you got heartily sick of it?
Occasionally, you bought a single,listened to the 'B' side and found that you started to play that track more than than the 'A' side..
Have you any examples of doing this?..In other words, we're looking for 'B ' sides that you ended up preferring to the 'A' side...
Hope thats abit clearer than mud!...
Carole R xx
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Edited by - Carole R. on 01/03/2008 11:04:02 |
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Brian
Something Special
United Kingdom
1873 Posts |
 Posted - 01/03/2008 : 17:41:07
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Not many 'takers' is there??...so I'll start...
Summer is over - Dusty Springfield
Third finger, left hand - Martha & The Vandellas *
*The 'A' side was fabulous too! (Jimmy Mack)
Going down for the third time - The Supremes
Any more...for any more?
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reputation
Something Special
United Kingdom
1232 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2008 : 17:48:55
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I second the last two of Brian's.
Some b sides were fantastic especially:-
Maybe I'm Amazed - Sandie Shaw
You Can't Do That - The Beatles
All Of Dusty's B sides
How Many Days Of Sadness - Dionne Warwick
Two Rivers - Petula Clark
Jack & John - Petula Clark
Super Loving Lady - Petula Clark (she rocks on this)
There will be more but these are the one's that spring to mind. |
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dave d
Wishing And Hoping
United Kingdom
786 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2008 : 20:45:58
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one that springs to mind for me- back around 1979 i bought a 12" white vinyl( remember when coloured vinyl was all the rage) copy of the electric light orchestra's- Dont bring me down- a good track from the Discovery album the b side was- Dreaming of 4000- from the On the third day album,,,,, tha A side hardly got played
cant find a link so heres some lyrics off the top of my head
saviour of the night came slowly down the silent river
And the lord of life came following, his sins to be forgiven
While the world sat back and laughed away the hours
Till the dawning of the daybreak
I heard them laugh I heard them cry
I saw them praying to the sky
I heard the wind howl in the trees
Down there on bended knee
And I see the light
But I know I must be dreaming
needles to say i dont know the lyrics to Dont bring me down!!!!
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Tom Lovett
Brand New Me
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2008 : 19:25:02
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B Side of Neil Sedaka's Oh Carole - One Way Ticket
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Sweetbaby
Something Special
Canada
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Posted - 03/03/2008 : 00:33:35
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I Gotta Dream On the B-side of Herman's Hermits Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter is one of my fave songs by the group. My very fave HH song No Milk Today was a Top 10 UK hit in 1966 but wasn't issued as a 45 in North America until '67 & then as the B-side of There's a Kind of Hush: No Milk Today did eventually become a "flipped hit" stateside but only reached no#37.
The B-side of the Monkees' first single Last Train to Clarksville is a brill Carole King/Gerry Goffin song called Take a Giant Step. It amazes me that perhaps the best song the group ever recorded should be in a sense buried as a B-side especially as several of the Monkees' later singles had both sides chart - perhaps their label wasn't sure enough of the group's popularity to try for a double sided hit with their first release. All of the Monkees' songs were aired on their show but of course only the charted singles now live on as Golden Oldies. |
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Brilliant 'B' Sides.
