I read that many Buddha B-sides in the late60s/early 70s were the A-side, but played backwards. Maybe a dumb question, but what was the point of that?
― samanthanstage, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:28 (eleven years ago)
they needed to put something on the b-side...
― scott seward, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:33 (eleven years ago)
lots of people did stuff like that. they were all about the single. getting it on the radio. the other side didn't matter.
― scott seward, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:34 (eleven years ago)
Never heard of this tbh
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:39 (eleven years ago)
I assume this was Kasenetz-Katz trying to kut down on kosts?
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:44 (eleven years ago)
it wasn't just them though. not always the backwards thing, but lots of 60's b-sides are just...the quickest thing they could think of to record in 2 minutes.
― scott seward, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:48 (eleven years ago)
phil spector would do wacky instrumentals that nobody would listen to.
― scott seward, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:49 (eleven years ago)
Oh yeah I know that but actually just running the tapes backwards and sticking it on the b-side, that's "Will this do?" taken to a different level.
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:50 (eleven years ago)
this one did it:
http://www.discogs.com/Zalman-Yanovsky-Zally-As-Long-As-Youre-Here/release/3296051
― sleeve, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:51 (eleven years ago)
and yet Neu 2 is seen as groundbreaking.
― mizzell, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:52 (eleven years ago)
Lee Perry did it too, track called "Love Honey" had "Evol Yenoh" on the b-side.
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:54 (eleven years ago)
(xp) Not by me tbh, done for the same reasons too - no money.
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:55 (eleven years ago)
(xp) "Honey Love" of course!
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:56 (eleven years ago)
... which, on double checking, only had the vocals reversed so, 'scuse the pun, scratch that.
― Nut-bloody-rageous (Tom D.), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:58 (eleven years ago)
lol this kills me
Producer, Arranged By – Ehcsztin Kcaj*
― sleeve, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:59 (eleven years ago)
Not Buddha, but Napoleon XIV did that for his They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! single.
― MarkoP, Friday, 13 February 2015 18:24 (eleven years ago)
I have a couple of these singles - the b-side of Yummy Yummy Yummy by the Ohio Express is the instrumental track of "Poor Mr Jensen" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company. The b-side of 1 2 3 Red Light by the 1910 Fruitgum Company is this weird number:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dyjl39D96Q
― everything, Friday, 13 February 2015 18:26 (eleven years ago)
Some say that this sort of thing was to ensure DJs played the a-side but I'm pretty skeptical. "Will This Do?" seems like a more obvious reason. Other than backwards stuff and instrumentals there is a lot of total throwaway stuff like Sticky Sticky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99mzGJpy9g0
― everything, Friday, 13 February 2015 18:35 (eleven years ago)
The B-Sides are often punk as shit. I've been a Buddah fan since the age of three. One of the backwards songs is "Bring Back Howdy Doody."
Thanks to computers you can easily record the b-sides and reverse them.
― SCOTTISH PEOPLE ONLY (I M Losted), Saturday, 14 February 2015 13:05 (eleven years ago)
Ross Bagdasarian would always let you know to not play the b-sides on early chipmunks singles by giving them titles like "almost good", "mediocre", and "flip side"
― the list of government-approved beers (los blue jeans), Saturday, 14 February 2015 18:41 (eleven years ago)