Favourite 'B' sides

[Igzilla]

Well said sir! Great song that I've only ever seen as a live recording on the Turning Japanese B Side. Given that both their albums 'New Clear Days' and 'Magnets' are nothing to write home about, I can't believe that they never thought it worthy of doing in the studio.

I rather like their albums! In the comments section of the video I posted, consensus is that it's better than the A side.

 

[sully]

B-side to the utterly brilliant 'Life on Mars' (RIP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40VXrQxQlQ

The Man Who Sold The World was the B side of The Jean Genie, too. Another cracker.

 

[BensGrandad]

The most well known must be Dolly Parton ' I will always love you' B side of D I V O R C E . Useless bit of trivia Dolly offered this song to Elvis but he wanted 50% of all royalties to record it, which she declined. This song has since earned her $90m , good decision by her

 

[Stato]

The most well known must be Dolly Parton ' I will always love you' B side of D I V O R C E . Useless bit of trivia Dolly offered this song to Elvis but he wanted 50% of all royalties to record it, which she declined. This song has since earned her $90m , good decision by her

Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You' was on the B Side of D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Tammy Wynette was it?

 

[BensGrandad]

Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You' was on the B Side of D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Tammy Wynette was it?

Sorry not D I V O R C E got confused with Jolene.

 

[Stato]

Well said sir! Great song that I've only ever seen as a live recording on the Turning Japanese B Side. Given that both their albums 'New Clear Days' and 'Magnets' are nothing to write home about, I can't believe that they never thought it worthy of doing in the studio.

I rather like their albums! In the comments section of the video I posted, consensus is that it's better than the A side.

I've still got both albums and I'm not saying they are bad, just that either could have been improved by 'Here Come The Judge.' 'News At Ten' was a really good song and they deserved more than just the one hit.

Back to the B Sides. This was on the other side of 'Sunny Afternoon':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmb7TU0OrOI

 

[Icy Gull]

Having recently seen the excellent Sunny Afternoon, I have been revisiting the Kinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkYoT5Gezo

 

[wakeytom]

I know this is not what many will be looking for but its probably the most important B side in Jungle/Drum and Bass and electronic music post mid 90s as a whole (this record is not the original but a later re-release) the original was the B to "The Touch" RAMM 004:



Also possibly the most important in terms of samples for the whole of breakbeat, Rap Jungle etc:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break

 

[studio150]

End of the thread

 

[studio150]

My 1st thought was The Butterfly Collector and also These are the Days of our lives - although on checking it was apparently a double A side with Bohemian Rhapsody!


And then of course there was Who Killed Bambi (The Sex Pistols)!

Flick of the wrist was the B side to Bohemian Rhapsody when first released

 

[Stato]

Sorry not D I V O R C E got confused with Jolene.

No, Jolene's B Side was apparently called: 'Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight.' 'I Will Always Love You' wasn't a B Side, but a separate single from the same album as Jolene. It didn't chart in the UK, but was number one in the US Country charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton_singles_discography

 

[hart's shirt]

B-side of She Bangs The Drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFvm399N_E

 

[Icy Gull]

Flip side of All Along The Watchtower

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwcg9c_bob-dylan-i-ll-be-your-baby-tonight-1967_music

 

[Peteinblack]

Flick of the wrist was the B side to Bohemian Rhapsody when first released

Flick of the Wrist (brilliant track, by the way) was the B side to Killer Queen; the B-side to the original release of Bohemian Rhapsody was 'I'm in Love With my Car' (sung by drummer Roger Taylor).

 

[Stato]

Having recently seen the excellent Sunny Afternoon, I have been revisiting the Kinks

As should everyone.

Weird that two of us should simultaneously post a song about not being like other people.

Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr did this on the B Side of 'Levi Stubbs Tears,' which also had a cover of Dick Gaughan's brilliant 'Think Again'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9s85pfH8I

 

[Peteinblack]

One of The Clash's reggae B-sides; this on the flip side to English Civil War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjP8sbdQaq8

 

[hitony]

Ruby Tuesday / Let's spend the night together ..... Rolling Stones.......awesome IMO....

 

[BensGrandad]

No, Jolene's B Side was apparently called: 'Love, You're So Beautiful Tonight.' 'I Will Always Love You' wasn't a B Side, but a separate single from the same album as Jolene. It didn't chart in the UK, but was number one in the US Country charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton_singles_discography

What I quoted was said by a guide at Sun Studios in Memphis when we went to Gracelands. Perhaps it was just speil knowing the other people wouldnt know any difference. So my apologies if that is so.

 

[studio150]

Flick of the Wrist (brilliant track, by the way) was the B side to Killer Queen; the B-side to the original release of Bohemian Rhapsody was 'I'm in Love With my Car' (sung by drummer Roger Taylor).

My mistake memory failing

 

[Stato]

What I quoted was said by a guide at Sun Studios in Memphis when we went to Gracelands. Perhaps it was just speil knowing the other people wouldnt know any difference. So my apologies if that is so.

The part about Dolly Parton not letting Elvis have a slice of the royalties is true. Tom Parker was known for demanding this of songwriters and Dolly had the guts to tell him to whistle.

However, the song wasn't a B-Side. It was well known in America after she sang it as a goodbye when leaving the Porter Wagoner Show.