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

[Kristjan Saag]

Many of these instrumental B-sides were just as good or better than the 
A-sides. I remember a 1967 issue with Felice Taylor singing "I'm Under The 
Influence Of Love" on the A-side, and Bob Keene's funky, pulsating "Love 
Theme" on the flip - the same tune, but without the vocals. I still play the 
latter...
And every other dance floor issue these days includes at least one 
instrumental version of the main title (and usually a few remixes). For dj's 
to sing along to? No, they don't do that (anymore). For karaoke purposes? 
None of that. This is just offered as alternatives, taking into account that 
the groove is the basis for the whole thing. And sometimes a dance floor 
audience will be more happy with the instrumental. It's up to the dj to know 
when and where...
Kristjan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] OT: Instrumental B-sides to singles


> 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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