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Post by daniel on Aug 28, 2008 0:04:19 GMT -5
Going through my 45's I found this:   How common were these? I didn't think 45's were *that* expensive an item to warrant a B-sideless release. By the time I started buying music 45's weren't available in stores anymore so I missed these the first time around. In my thrift shopping I've only ever seen 1 other of these, a copy of Neil Diamond's "Heartlight", but it was scratched all to heck and they wanted some insane amount of money for it (I think it was $2) and I really don't care for that song so I left it there. |
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Post by edehl on Nov 21, 2008 23:30:50 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the live version of Paul McCartney's Coming Up was a one-sided single. It came with the LP "McCartney II" as a 45 RPM extra. I will have to look for it to verify, but I'm pretty sure it didn't have anything on the other side.
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Post by Pete70s on Nov 22, 2008 11:53:16 GMT -5
The commercial single release had the studio version on one side, and 2 tracks on the b-side. The live version (which was not intended to be the hit) and a short instrumental called "Lunch Box/Odd Sox". Since the live version picked up the airplay by fluke, the McCartney II album came with a bonus one-sided single of the live version. Inexplicably, the CD reissue does not include the live version as a bonus track...
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Nov 22, 2008 15:33:54 GMT -5
The commercial single release had the studio version on one side, and 2 tracks on the b-side. The live version (which was not intended to be the hit) and a short instrumental called "Lunch Box/Odd Sox". Since the live version picked up the airplay by fluke, the McCartney II album came with a bonus one-sided single of the live version. Inexplicably, the CD reissue does not include the live version as a bonus track... Yeah. That's the version I have. The studio version on one side, and the live version and Lunch Box/ Old Sox on the other. |
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Post by edehl on Nov 22, 2008 21:50:59 GMT -5
Ah.....interesting. Yeah, I have the one-sided single that came with the original LP, so no Lunchbox/Odd Socks in my world.  |
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Post by Pete70s on Nov 23, 2008 1:57:06 GMT -5
Ah.....interesting. Yeah, I have the one-sided single that came with the original LP, so no Lunchbox/Odd Socks in my world. It's a throwaway. You're not missing much.. |
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Post by Pete70s on Nov 23, 2008 1:58:30 GMT -5
Going through my 45's I found this: How common were these? I didn't think 45's were *that* expensive an item to warrant a B-sideless release. By the time I started buying music 45's weren't available in stores anymore so I missed these the first time around. In my thrift shopping I've only ever seen 1 other of these, a copy of Neil Diamond's "Heartlight", but it was scratched all to heck and they wanted some insane amount of money for it (I think it was $2) and I really don't care for that song so I left it there. I love how it says "Do not play this side" (as if somebody would be stupid enough to play a record with no grooves). |
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Post by 55dodger on Nov 23, 2008 4:22:10 GMT -5
Going through my 45's I found this: How common were these? I didn't think 45's were *that* expensive an item to warrant a B-sideless release. By the time I started buying music 45's weren't available in stores anymore so I missed these the first time around. In my thrift shopping I've only ever seen 1 other of these, a copy of Neil Diamond's "Heartlight", but it was scratched all to heck and they wanted some insane amount of money for it (I think it was $2) and I really don't care for that song so I left it there. I love how it says "Do not play this side" (as if somebody would be stupid enough to play a record with no grooves). Well Pete, we now have baby strollers that have instructions on them that say "remove baby before folding up stroller" and coffee cups that say "contents may be hot." So maybe we do need to over inform a certain part of our population. |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Nov 24, 2008 8:48:03 GMT -5
I love how it says "Do not play this side" (as if somebody would be stupid enough to play a record with no grooves). Well Pete, we now have baby strollers that have instructions on them that say "remove baby before folding up stroller" and coffee cups that say "contents may be hot." So maybe we do need to over inform a certain part of our population. And here I thought that it was more like 'In 1982 there was a song "Do Not Play This Side" by One Sided Single. It went to #47 on the Billboard Chart. Do you remember that song?'  |
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Post by Pete70s on Nov 24, 2008 19:52:16 GMT -5
Well Pete, we now have baby strollers that have instructions on them that say "remove baby before folding up stroller" and coffee cups that say "contents may be hot." So maybe we do need to over inform a certain part of our population. And here I thought that it was more like 'In 1982 there was a song "Do Not Play This Side" by One Sided Single. It went to #47 on the Billboard Chart. Do you remember that song?' I remember it all right.... I kept having to buy new copies because they were all defective. Kept breaking my needles! Every time I'd put it on, the tone arm would slide off and go "KGUGHHHHHHHHHH". What a rip-off! |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Nov 24, 2008 20:52:32 GMT -5
And here I thought that it was more like 'In 1982 there was a song "Do Not Play This Side" by One Sided Single. It went to #47 on the Billboard Chart. Do you remember that song?' I remember it all right.... I kept having to buy new copies because they were all defective. Kept breaking my needles! Every time I'd put it on, the tone arm would slide off and go "KGUGHHHHHHHHHH". What a rip-off! Not really a ripoff, Pete. Because in 1941 there was a song called KGUGHHHHHHHHHH. It went to # 743 on the Who Gives a $##! chart. Do you remember this song? |
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Post by Pete70s on Nov 24, 2008 20:58:12 GMT -5
I remember it all right.... I kept having to buy new copies because they were all defective. Kept breaking my needles! Every time I'd put it on, the tone arm would slide off and go "KGUGHHHHHHHHHH". What a rip-off! Not really a ripoff, Pete. Because in 1941 there was a song called KGUGHHHHHHHHHH. It went to # 743 on the Who Gives a $##! chart. Do you remember this song? That one was a bit before my time... But it must've made one helluva racket through the old Victrola horn! |
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Post by dave910 on Nov 26, 2008 0:36:45 GMT -5
Not really a ripoff, Pete. Because in 1941 there was a song called KGUGHHHHHHHHHH. It went to # 743 on the Who Gives a $##! chart. Do you remember this song? That one was a bit before my time... But it must've made one helluva racket through the old Victrola horn! Pete, you continue to amuse me! I do have to tell you a story about a one-sided 12" that I remember. I had an older aunt and uncle that liked disco. One summer when I was visiting them, I noticed the 12" single for "No More Tears/Enough Is Enough" by Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand on the Casablanca label. The flip side left the owner with implicit instrutions: DO NOT PLAY. THIS SIDE DOES NOT PLAY! Of course, the weird cross-grooved pattern should have been a red flag for even most clueless! By the way, I wish there was a way I could have inherited that 12" single! I also do have a copy of "Coming Up" on 45. I agree, "Lunch Box, Odd Sox" isn't a very good b-side.  |
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Post by gremashlo on Dec 13, 2008 9:32:56 GMT -5
That one was a bit before my time... But it must've made one helluva racket through the old Victrola horn! Pete, you continue to amuse me! I do have to tell you a story about a one-sided 12" that I remember. I had an older aunt and uncle that liked disco. One summer when I was visiting them, I noticed the 12" single for "No More Tears/Enough Is Enough" by Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand on the Casablanca label. The flip side left the owner with implicit instrutions: DO NOT PLAY. THIS SIDE DOES NOT PLAY! Of course, the weird cross-grooved pattern should have been a red flag for even most clueless! By the way, I wish there was a way I could have inherited that 12" single! I also do have a copy of "Coming Up" on 45. I agree, "Lunch Box, Odd Sox" isn't a very good b-side. There's another similar story of one of John Lennon's early horrid albums with Yoko--it was released to music critics as a test pressing, with only one side recorded, and the flip was actually grooved, but only emitted a buzzing sound when played. One critic, unaware of the pressing situation, wrote in his review that he preferred the side with the buzz noise! |
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Post by gremashlo on Dec 13, 2008 9:35:39 GMT -5
The only one-sided 45 that I can think of in my collection is "Gloria" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience...it came as a bonus single with Jimi's Greatest Hits Pt. 2...it is essentially a jam session cutting that was put out at 33rpm on the single--it is now worth more than the albun it came with--but, not by much.
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