[78-L] OT: Instrumental B-sides to singles

[David Lennick]

There were quite a few singles issued in the 70s and 80s with just the 
instrumental track on the flip side. I seem to recall "You Don't Bring Me 
Flowers" being one of them..fortunately I don't have any memory (or I've had it 
brainwashed out of me) of disc jockeys singing along with it. If nothing else, 
these would come in handy for fading out at the top of the hour.

B sides were just tossers anyway..sometimes you'd get a longer version of the 
song on one side and the "AM" version (shorter or censored) on the other.

dl

David Lewis wrote:
> I found this white label promo 45 in the thrift store Saturday:
>  
> Warner Bros. 
> Records
> Made in U.S.A. Warner Bros. Records, Inc. A Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
>  
> George                                      5632
> Goodman                                     (HX14456)
> and his
> Headliners
> Instrumental
>  
> Let Me Love You
> (Genne Salo)
> Donnator Music
> BMI - 2:57
> An Ideal Record
> Production
>  
> My question is: What was the rationale behind issuing an instrumental backing with no vocal for promotional purposes? To provide an additional bit of background music just in case they didn't like the A-side? And admittedly, the vocal arrangement on the "A" of this disc is a tad confused.
>  
> For my part, I used it to accompany some words of Sarah Palin:
> http://www.box.net/shared/bfz8ohma1m
> 
> 
> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com