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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 10:53 AM 10/5/2009, you 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.
>

Greatest Inventor (Nat King Cole) is a fairly good song. Many Mercury 
Pattie Page 78's are worth flipping over to play the B side too. 
Mocking Bird Hill/I Love You Because for example......



>________________________________
>From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 10:49:59 AM
>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