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

[David Lennick]

Who said anything about 78 B-sides? Although smaller labels gave you just that 
in the 50s, especially if they owned the copyright on the flip side. Grey Gull 
did likewise. No question, many intended B-sides did better than the plug sides 
and many others became hits in their own right, especially by Elvis.

dl

Jason Beard wrote:
> David,
> 
>     Not ALL 78 b-siders were tossers......Nat Cole recorded a 78 with the A-side titled "The Greatest Inventor (of Them All)". Never heard of it? Many people haven't....by the way, the B-side was titled "Mona Lisa", which went on to become one of his many signature songs.
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> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] OT: Instrumental B-sides to singles
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> 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
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>> 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             
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