February 24, 201213 yr I prefer to have new tracks, but it's only really a few acts who do that now. If the B-Sides are remixes, I just buy the main track and that's it.
February 24, 201213 yr I always prefer new songs, in fact they can often encourage me to buy singles/download EP's that I wouldn't have done otherwise. B-sides aren't always 'album rejects' for being of a poorer quality, but perhaps because they wouldn't have fit with the flow of the album, so I always appreciate hearing them. Delta Goodrem's b-sides are almost universally as good as her album tracks. As for b-sides that have taken on a life of their own, the b-side to Flip & Fill's #7 hit True Love Never Dies was Shooting Star, which was released in its own right a few months later and went to #3!
February 24, 201213 yr Feeder's 'Just A Day' is one of the most successful b-sides, certainly of recent times. Ended up being one of their two most popular songs!
February 24, 201213 yr "Dear God" by XTC started off as a b-side, and became one of their better known songs. Then of course there's Suede, with their live sets containing almost as many b-sides than album/single tracks.
February 24, 201213 yr "Dear God" by XTC started off as a b-side, and became one of their better known songs. Then of course there's Suede, with their live sets containing almost as many b-sides than album/single tracks. And who once did a gig devoted entirely to b-sides :D
February 24, 201213 yr Feeder's 'Just A Day' is one of the most successful b-sides, certainly of recent times. Ended up being one of their two most popular songs! So much that I forget it was even a B-Side most of the time, was on the less successful Seven Days In The Sun single originally. Shatter also began life as a B-Side before being a Double A-Side with Tender.
February 26, 201213 yr Three b-sides (to my knowledge) have ended up topping the charts. The Four Pennies - Juliet (although the sides were numbered 1 and 2 so this was a 2-side, phillips records had to be different..) and Odyssey - Use it up and wear it out and of course the most famous b-side of all time by far.. Rod Stewart - Maggie May, which was the b-side to reason to believe. One other example of a well-known (ish) b-side was Waltzing Matilda by Frank Ifield, which was the b-side to his chart topper Confessin' and probably just as weel known if not more so.
February 26, 201213 yr Author Three b-sides (to my knowledge) have ended up topping the charts. The Four Pennies - Juliet (although the sides were numbered 1 and 2 so this was a 2-side, phillips records had to be different..) and Odyssey - Use it up and wear it out and of course the most famous b-side of all time by far.. Rod Stewart - Maggie May, which was the b-side to reason to believe. I bought that ages ago in a 2nd hand record store (can't remember *why* though), so I'll check.
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