Maybe the culture of the B side was different in Europe vs. US & UK. The B side in those countries was for various purposes. Some examples:
- As the 2nd part of an extended song ("Sex Machine Pt1 / Sex Machine Pt2"
- For some power balance between the group: "I'm in love with my car" by drummer Roger Taylor is the B-side of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", written by singer Freddie Mercury, so that a size of the royqlies for record plays gets to Roger just by default.
- A a promotion trick, with the "Double A side" label, so that DJs played the single, no matter which side: The Beatles' "We can work it out" / "Day Tripper"
- Filldd filler, only useful for collectors, so that only the A side could be played: The Ronettes "Be my baby" has as b-side "Tedesco and Tillman" (the two guitar players in the A side fooling around)
Soit is very interesting to learn that Italy had a culture of no letting to waste a B-Side. Thank you Disco Bambino!
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Maybe the culture of the B side was different in Europe vs. US & UK. The B side in those countries was for various purposes. Some examples:
- As the 2nd part of an extended song ("Sex Machine Pt1 / Sex Machine Pt2"
- For some power balance between the group: "I'm in love with my car" by drummer Roger Taylor is the B-side of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", written by singer Freddie Mercury, so that a size of the royqlies for record plays gets to Roger just by default.
- A a promotion trick, with the "Double A side" label, so that DJs played the single, no matter which side: The Beatles' "We can work it out" / "Day Tripper"
- Filldd filler, only useful for collectors, so that only the A side could be played: The Ronettes "Be my baby" has as b-side "Tedesco and Tillman" (the two guitar players in the A side fooling around)
Soit is very interesting to learn that Italy had a culture of no letting to waste a B-Side. Thank you Disco Bambino!