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Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
"The Birdman Of Alkatrash" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock", the B side of "Incense And Peppermints".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNBFX7KPp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNBFX7KPp8
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Re: Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
It would be hard to out-weird "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" on the flip side of "Let It Be" by the Beatles.
Re: Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
Grand Funk Railroad "Desiitute And Losin'" (flip 45 stereo single B side of 1974 "The Loco Motion") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lbiw2n ... road-Topic
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Steppenwolf "For Madmen Only" in stereo runs 8:50 (NOT on any Steppenwolf album) (flip 45 B side of 1971 "For Ladies Only" which was in mono) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w02W1m9 ... wolf-Topic
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The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "Pow Wow" (Bring Back Howdy Doody) BUT the song is backwards (flip 45 B side of "Indian Giver") in mono (NOT on any 1910 Fruitgum Co. album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuNLsB ... ohnSellers
Re: Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
I guess it shouldn't surprise us that many of the A sides were #1 Hot 100. Many times they put album tracks without much commercial potential on the B side, so they don't waste a track that could be used later as an A side. Sometimes it's a non album track.
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Re: Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
Ohio Express "The Race That Took Place" (instrumental) (flip 45 B side of "Cowboy Convention") from December 1969 & January 1970. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TkX8Qx ... genNeumann
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Ohio Express "Zig Zag" (instrumental) (flip 45 B side of "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" from 1968) BUT it was played backwards!! This is the reversed song!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUlgztF ... ofPleasure
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The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "Sticky, Sticky" (flip 45 B side of "1, 2, 3 Red Light" from 1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJ60B_ ... nnel=Orion
Re: Weirdest B Sides Of Major Hits
Another weird song from the files of Neil Bogart's Buddah Records label!! The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "Baby Bret" (instrumental) (flip 45 B side of "When We Get Married" from late 1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoGWu6 ... withmebaby
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The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "Eternal Light" (instrumental) (flip 45 B side of "The Train" from August of 1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSG9FmX ... lNostalgia
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The Royal Guardsmen "Sweetmeats Slide" (flip 45 B side "The Return Of The Red Baron") from 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kZO1XI ... smen-Topic