Do you remember any 7" (45rpm singles) or 45rpm maxi singles with remarkable flip sides? Forgotten gems?
Listen to Booker T Jones' vocals in "Johnny, I love you"! From OST "Uptight".
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Do you remember any 7" (45rpm singles) or 45rpm maxi singles with remarkable flip sides? Forgotten gems?
Listen to Booker T Jones' vocals in "Johnny, I love you"! From OST "Uptight".
Side B: "Shotgun" with three powerful sopran sax solos by Junior Walker.
James Jamerson on bass.
"Sunshine": this is not The Cream, it's The Gun: fantastic guitar solo by Adrian Gurvitz.
Because of the unknown guitar player on the flip side! Jeff Beck on "Too bad you don't want me" in one of his first studio sessions in 1964.
Listen to guitar solo by Blair Thornton on "Free wheeling". It is similar to parts of the guitar solo by Jimmy Page on "Whole lotta love".
Flip side of "Golden Years".
"Can you hear me" with Luther Vandross' strong harmony vocals and a beautiful sax by David Sanborn.
Dub mix on flip side: so many many fat saxophone tunes and a lively piano by Rick Wakeman.
Marvin Gaye's "Dancing in the street" in this instrumental mix is the perfect occasion for Karaoke singing in the kitchen or dancing in the street. Listen loud!
"Ruby Lee" live at the Ritz, New York. 7'44" version of Bill Wither's song. Rhythm group: Shakespeare/Dunbar. Wally Badarou kb. Who plays the guitar solo? Adrian Belew? Anybody knows?
"Something's coming on" with Jimmy Page guitar solo at the end of this Cocker/Stainton composition.
Mark Knopfler goes Cliff Gallup and the whole band is swinging by the pool. Flipside of "Private Investigations". One of the best songs of Dire Straits, isn't it?
Flip side of "I hear you knocking"."Black Bill" is reminiscent of blues shuffle sounds by "The Bill Black Combo". Dave plays a cheeky saxophon solo on his guitar.
Funky jazzy Hammond instrumental. Heavy drums. Hot horns.
Produced by Denny Cordell (A whiter shade of pale).
Swinging London 1968.
Flip side of "Seventh son".
Tongue-in-cheek song about the girls from swinging London: Milly Molly Mona Molene Mandy handy....
Flip side of "Yeh Yeh".
"Preach And Teach" is one of the best Georgie Fame songs. Isn't it?
The birth of jazz-beat-pop-rock?
Peter Green revealed in a 1994 interview that he wrote "Oh Well Part 2" first, intending to release the song as the A-side. Inspired by some Spanish guitar playing he heard on the radio, he purchased a Ramirez Spanish guitar specifically for "Oh Well Part 2". Soon after, he wrote "Part 1" as a throwaway riff for the B-side. "Part 1" ended up on the A side against Green's wishes, and became a worldwide hit.[2] (Wikipedia)
Was it the correct decision of the A&R manager?
After a free jazz sax intro this instrumental rocks! Great guitar and organ and John's screaming in the background. Fogerty plays all instruments by himself. Fun!
Flip side of "All right now". A calm guitar instrumental. A majestic bijou.
Flip side of "Land of confusion". Would have been the better choice for an A-side track. Interesting multifaceted composition.
Flip side of "Sultan of swing".
This is the live track that was recorded as one of the first songs of Mark "Sultan" Knopfler. A jazzy honkytonk rag boogie with a miraculous guitar solo. You feel alright when you hear the music ring...
Eagles go Black Sabbath with a wicked synthie solo followed by an optimistic Don Felder guitar solo. At idle speed after a long run....
45rpm maxisingle. And that's what the results of Paul's one-take sessions (Monday 20 July 1987) amount to: a spontaneous celebration of style and content full stop. (Cit. back cover notes by Roy Carr)
Together with Mick Green's guitar replanting some roots.
Ex-Communards. Funky low vocal range. Remarkable guitar and piano tunes. "Me and Mrs Jones" (side A) attained cult status as the BBC banned it for its lesbian implications.
Debbi Peterson watching a big fat Zeppelin in the sky. The most heavy orientally influenced rock track by the Bangles. Schön!
The Strawbs are "Ciggy Barlust And The Whales from Venus" because
David Bowie didn't want to be "Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" any longer. The last show in Hammersmith Odeon, London, was on 3. July 1973. 45 years since the death of Ziggy.....
Listen to the lyrics! Davy Bowie RIP...
This one sounds as if it was recorded while Phil Spector was out for a coffee break...
The "Apple Scruffs" were the central core of the female Beatles fans who used to stay night and day in front of the Apple building and the Abbey Road Studios. And this beautiful simple song was a tribute to these girls.
Near the end of world war II, "Fraulein" was one of the most important words for the GIs in Germany. The word Fräulein was not simple to pronounce in English because of the "ä". Today the word "Fräulein" shouldn't be used anymore. It is regarded as not correct because of women's lib. A taboo. The times are a-changing...
Recorded live October 20th, 1985 at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia PA.
This beautiful live version honours the composers.
This is the flipside of the ridiculous waste track "Woooly Bully". "My time ain't long" is a superb forgotten (?) Canned Heat-song, composed by Al Wilson, with a furious guitar outro.
"Lay his head" on flip side of the 1987 maxi single with typically fine slide guitar playing by GH. 45rpm!
"The Army" was the second part of the last track on LP "Demon Thor Anno 1972". Very rare 45rpm. This group was a Swiss-German-connection: composer Tommy Fortman plus members of Swiss "Krokodil" and German Geff Harrison of Kin Pin Meh. Produced by Dieter Dierks and Gerd Augustin. Krautrock at its best.
"Everybody gotta go" is a powerful boogie on flipside of "So in to you", which was a lame duck in Supertramp style.
But this one is characterized by strong guitars and lyrics: "Take Vitamin C, B12 and E for your eyes, skin, teeth and bones. But when the good Lord calls, you can forget it all. Don't you know you're as good as gone?" An enjoyable depressive boogie for this bright beautiful spring morning, written by Buie/Nix/Daughtry, mastered by Bob Ludwig. Life ist just a dream? This boogie brings you back to reality, isn't it?
Flip (B) side of Church Street Soul Revival was Draggin the Line by Tommy James if I recall Casey Kasem correctly
Wonderful song. Allegedly the debut of Mick Ronson. The outro is slowed down by superb "Buckmastering". Oh, this boy could sing: 50 years ago...
Bowie selbst sagt über das Lied: “It was about the disassociated, the ones who feel as though they’re left outside, which was how I felt about me. I always felt I was on the edge of events, the fringe of things, and left out. A lot of my characters in those early years seem to revolve around that feeling. It must have come from my own interior puzzlement at where I was” (dt.: Es ging um die Außenseiter, die von sich glaubten, außen vor zu bleiben, so fühlte ich mich damals. Ich fühlte mich immer an der Kante und am Rande der Ereignisse, draußen gelassen. Eine Menge meiner Charaktere der frühen Jahre scheinen um dieses Gefühl zu kreisen. Es musste aus meiner inneren Verwirrung, wer ich war, kommen).[16] (Wikipedia)
Remarkable because this newly recorded version is the one with the powerful Stratocaster sounds played by Stevie Ray Vaughan. This version, engineered by Bob Clearmountain, is much more better than the 1982 Moroder-produced original for the soundtrack of "Cat People" with Michael Landau contributing the guitars.
In 1958 Challenge Records released "Train to nowhere" by the Champs. Anybody knows it? The record initially found little success. After a DJ in Cleveland had played the B-side, this record skyrocketed up the charts, reaching Nr 1 on Billboard. The flipside was the big hit: "Tequila"!
One of the most famous flip sides was "Maggie May" in UK and US. In Germany and France, it was on the A-side. The flip side was "Reason to believe".
Same with Hey Tonight/Have You Ever Seen The Rain by CCR: Hey Tonight was A side in Germany, Have You Ever.. was A side in the USA.
Best regards!
CCR are an unusual exception. They always had a big hit on side A and B. No throwaway tracks IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kay Pirinha
A stunning little masterpiece on flip side: ABC, Overture (From the lexicon of love). Bravo Trevor Horn!
Wasn't Trevor Horn singer with the »Yuggles« on a 1980 album with the significant title Drama?
Best regards!
Hello,Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritz The Cat
Stax! I always liked the sound of these records and look what I saw when I visiting those studio in Memphis in 2015...
https://nsa40.casimages.com/img/2019...0304498098.jpg
I wonder if these Voice of the Theater's work well in this configuration :confused:.
Best regards!
The Top 9 Double-Sided Singles of the Beatles
https://www.culturesonar.com/beatles-singles/
I read and posted here (somewhere :dont-know:) a quote from George Martin that
"hits were released as singles, lesser songs relegated to albums"
(I'm paraphrasing from memory)
Flipside of "The real end": "Woody & Dutch" is so funny, funky and freaky. Do you like it like that?
Simple and pure. "Baby I Do" on flip side of "Love Resurrection". Unforgettable voice. No synties!
Flip side of "Fog Horn Blues": "A word is a whah" and "Love streams" featuring Chet Baker on trumpet. This is a french kiss, bonjour à tous!
Well-made version of The Kinks' song on flip side of "Deliverance". Mission possible...
Flip side of "All the young dudes". Simple and pure with unsuspected profundity. A very kind tribute to David Bowie.
What great song! "You made me drink a toast
And when you finished I was looking at the ceiling"
Hey, i'm a Kinks fan since 50 years!!!!
Flip side of "Get here". Goosebumps. This song HAS to be sung by Oleta live!
Instrumental version of Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths' 1970 hit. Try to sing karaoke to this reggae like Nina Simone did! The lyrics are here: https://www.google.ch/search?source=...sclient=psy-ab
Flip side of 12" maxi single "Miracle". "I call your name": what a wonderful love song. Perfect. Listen loud!
(Side A: Bubble Gum Pop). Flip side "Mr. Jensen": beautiful psychedelic vocal harmonies, Beatles Bach-trumpets and a heavenly organ driven atmosphere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv8tPdTCWQQ
German flip side of Rhapsody in Blue is noted as "Superstrute(sic!)". Stanley Clarke b, Billy Cobham dr, John Tropea g.
Album version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doI0Kr2xWeU
"Brain drain": a cool shuffle with a raw guitar solo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13kASepxeuc
Who played the guitar? Anybody knows? (Not accurately identified on cover)
Was it Stevie Winwood?
9 minutes live version of "It's a long way there" with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Australia).
Maximum running time for the 45rpm single format. Was there any 45rpm single with longer running time?
"Goodbye Stevie": a 1966 Stevie Winwood song about leaving "his baby". 1967 Stevie Winwood left the group (which became "his baby" bit by bit). He founded Traffic. That was the beginning of the end of the Spencer Davis Group.
https://www.google.com/search?client...0RBsv-0GU,st:0
Rolling piano. A delicious composition and production.
Flip side 1976 composition "Keith don't go (Ode to the Glimmer Twins)". Not a great song. But an interesting one.
Keith hasn't left yet. He's still going strong.
Here an impressive solo version: https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ith+don%27t+go
The impressive lyrics:
This is a right-away letter, I've got to mail it today
Straight to my main inspirer, says urgent from the USA
Its got this heart inside it, the postage is my soul
Contains a message from millions, says Keith don't go
A thousand guitars wailin', but it ain't quite the same
You've got a knack for sailin',
and it's stamped with your own brand name
We's all sailors, as captain you must know
You bring a message to millions, says Keith don't go
I said Keith don't go,
Don't take my fun
Keith don't go, Keith don't go
We miss our father Jimi, it's hard to breathe with that loss
But I still got you brother, don't nail yourself to a cross
I watch you lead the pack, you put the drive into my soul
You bring a message to millions, says Keith don't go