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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
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August 23, 2023: Conversation with Andy Cowan, author of B-Side: A Flipsided History of Pop
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A set of B-sides in honor of today's guest! |
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the sex pistols | did you no wrong | 7" | virgin | 1977 | B-side of "God Save The Queen" | 0:01:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
sparks | barbecutie | 7" | island | 1974 | B-side of "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" | 0:03:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
wizzard | bend over beethoven (the official follow up to "california man"!) | 7" | harvest | 1973 | B-side of "See My Baby Jive" | 0:06:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
ultravox | waiting | 7" | chrysalis | 1980 | B-side of "Sleepwalk" | 0:10:41 (Pop-up) | ||||
the kay-gees | you've got to keep on bumpin' (part 2) | 7" | gang | 1974 | B-side of "You've Got To Keep On Bumpin' (Part 1)" | 0:14:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
television | little johnny jewel (part 2) | 7" | ork | B-side of "Little Johnny Jewel (Part 1)" | 0:17:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
roxy music | trash 2 | 7" | eg | 1979 | B-side of "Trash" | 0:21:26 (Pop-up) | ||||
bjorn & benny, agnetha & frida | åh, vilka tider | 7" | polar | 1973 | B-side of "Ring Ring" | 0:24:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
splodgenessabounds | two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please | 7" | deram | 1980 | B-side of "Simon Templar" | 0:26:57 (Pop-up) | ||||
blue öyster cult | burnin' for you | fire of unknown origin | columbia | 1981 | "...time to play B-sides" | 0:29:16 (Pop-up) | ||||
the baseball project | grand salami time | grand salami time | omnivore | * | 0:41:35 (Pop-up) | |||||
pseudo cool | sharp's catching waves | single | pseudo cool | from Wales! | * | 0:44:52 (Pop-up) | ||||
the summertimes | inside | s/t | rank and file | bandcamp | * | 0:47:56 (Pop-up) | ||||
the koosmans | white castle sunrise | ennui | the koosmans | bandcamp | * | 0:50:22 (Pop-up) | ||||
stag | we got it all | we got it all ep | stag | bandcamp | * | 0:53:37 (Pop-up) | ||||
Interview with Andy Cowan, author of B-Side: A Flipsided History of Pop Published by Headpress Companion playlists available on YouTube Andy also has a blog where he writes about B-sides that aren't covered in the book. |
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adam ant | b-side baby | 1:02:05 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
andy cowan | chats with efd, part 1 | 1:06:47 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
the kinks | who'll be the next in line | kinda kings! | castle | CD reissue; originally the B-side of "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [1965] | 1:19:04 (Pop-up) | |||||
donna summer | i feel love | 7" | casblanca | 1977 | Originally the B-side of "Can't We Just Sit Down And Talk It Over" | 1:21:41 (Pop-up) | ||||
the original dixieland jass band | livery stable blues | B-side of "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step" [1917] | 1:24:32 (Pop-up) | |||||||
andy cowan | chats with efd, part 2 | 1:27:39 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
soft cell | where did our love go | 7" | sire | 1981 | B-side of "Tainted Love" | 1:38:00 (Pop-up) | ||||
the sweet | man from mecca | 7" | bell | 1973 | B-side of "Little Willy" | 1:41:06 (Pop-up) | ||||
stevie wonder | fingertips, part 2 | 1963 | B-side of "Fingerprints, Part 1" | 1:44:06 (Pop-up) | ||||||
andy cowan | chats with efd, part 3 | 1:47:16 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
vivian jackson and the sons of jah | tubby's vengeance | an uncredited King Tubby. B-side of "Jah Vengeance" [1975] | 1:58:47 (Pop-up) | |||||||
sonny & cher | hello | B-side of "But You're Mine" [1965] | 2:01:53 (Pop-up) | |||||||
stone roses | full fathom five | from the Going Backwards category. B-side of "Elephant Stone" [1988] | 2:05:14 (Pop-up) | |||||||
andy cowan | chats with efd, part 4 | 2:08:26 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
vince taylor & his playboys | brand new cadillac | B-side of "Pledgin' My Love" [1959] | 2:17:17 (Pop-up) | |||||||
the stranglers | go buddy go | 7" | ua | 1977 | B-side of "Peaches" | 2:20:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
bush tetras | 2020 vision | they live in my head | wharf cat |
playing live on the show next week!! bandcamp |
* | 2:28:07 (Pop-up) | ||||
velvet insane | saturday night til sunday morning | high heeled monster | wild kingdom | cover of a recent (!) Slaughter & the Dogs tune | * | 2:31:45 (Pop-up) | ||||
the faithful brothers | dance my hurt away | s/t | mr. mellow's music | bandcamp | * | 2:34:39 (Pop-up) | ||||
the particles | the trumpet song | 1980s bubblegum | chapter music |
Early '80s recordings by this Sydney band bandcamp |
* | 2:37:33 (Pop-up) | ||||
the airport 77s | picture book | va-jem records celebrates ray davies | jem | 2:42:19 (Pop-up) | ||||||
wreckless eric | inside the majestic | leisureland | tapete | * | 2:49:03 (Pop-up) | |||||
seablite | melancholy molly | lemon lights | mt. st. mtn. | out at the end of September | * | 2:52:40 (Pop-up) | ||||
late cambrian | i love my friends even though they're dumb | single | late cambrian | bandcamp | * | 2:56:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
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So - that wasn't a B-Side - but an example maybe of the sort of treasure coming out of not trying to do it 'right' that B-Sides often deliver ??...
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There is also the notion that Lennon got the B-Sides quite a lot...
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I’m gonna pre-guess no full-length album?
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- Aussie bubblegum? (Hhhhhmmm 🤔?)
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Thanks, efd! I hope you get royalties for both sides of the episode -- you deserve it!
But imagine if there were six sides ...
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