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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Just "tossers", yes, but not to the people who wrote them! To them they 
meant royalties. For a hit -A side that translates as lots and lots of 
royalties for(mostly) mediocre work.
I wonder if the instrumental versions on the flip meant the writers were 
paid twice? OF COURSE they were!
Mal

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David Lennick wrote:
> 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 		 	
>>     
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