The Beatles Bible - Topic: B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 McLennonSon on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/page-2/#p36933 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/page-2/#p36933 MeanMrsMustard said:

Q: How do you keep a blonde busy for hours?

A: Write "please flip over" on both sides of a piece of paper. 

Hihihi a-hard-days-night-john-6a-hard-days-night-john-6a-hard-days-night-john-6

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]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:00:37 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36877 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36877 The Walrus said:

mr. Sun king coming together said:

Day Tripper was their first Double A side, followed by Rigby/Submarine and then PL/SFF.

Except under Capitol, where Penny Lane took the A-side for itself (and got to #1, allowing it to be included on 1).

No. The US had a policy of listing #1 sides as two separate singles. SFF got to #8

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:27:21 +0100 The Walrus on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36875 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36875 mr. Sun king coming together said:

Day Tripper was their first Double A side, followed by Rigby/Submarine and then PL/SFF.

Except under Capitol, where Penny Lane took the A-side for itself (and got to #1, allowing it to be included on 1).

mr. Sun king coming together said:

What about the singles that shouldn't have been? Yellow Submarine is the one that pops to mind. How Eleanor Rigby got only partial acknowledgement is shocking!! 

I agree.

Generally, I think Across The Universe should have been a single, not Lady Madonna, and Something backed with Here Comes The Sun. I'd probably go with All Things Must ...]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:24:38 +0100 MeanMrsMustard on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36866 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36866 Von Bontee said:

Exactly how did their double-A side singles differ from the normal ones - did the label actually indicate "Side One" on both sides?  

That reminds me of a blonde joke:

Q: How do you keep a blonde busy for hours?

A: Write "please flip over" on both sides of a piece of paper. 

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:46:34 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36862 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36862 They only differed in that it was considered to singles, so the sales were divided by two.

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:39:47 +0100 Von Bontee on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36860 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36860 Thank you! I was pretty sure it was either that or "I Me Mine" but was too lazy to look it up. (Even though it would've been a lot less trouble than typing up this explanation, obviously. I never think these things through.) 

Another thing that I've wondered: Exactly how did their double-A side singles differ from the normal ones - did the label actually indicate "Side One" on both sides?  

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:18:59 +0100 McLennonSon on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36859 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36859 mr. Sun king coming together said:

For You Blue.

Me to.a-hard-days-night-paul-8

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:56:47 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36852 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36852 For You Blue.

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:20:13 +0100 Von Bontee on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36850 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36850 "Rain" is the obvious one that leaps to mind immediately.

I could be really perverse and claim that I prefer "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" to "Let It Be" but that's not really true! (Now, if it was the full uncut 6 minute take of "...Number" rather than the edited version that appeared on the single...)

Even though I'm not entirely sure what song it is on the B, I GUARANTEE you that I prefer it to "Long And Winding Road"!

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:03:22 +0100 McLennonSon on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36841 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36841 mr. Sun king coming together said:

I have lots. Rain over PW, Old Brown Shoe over Ballad of John and Yoko, PS I Love You I've Love Me Do, This Boy over I Want To Hold your Hand.

Wow.... You're a real  Rarity-Beatles-fan

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:30:09 +0100 Daniel on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36828 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36828 And then Something and Come Together!

 

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]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:53:45 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36825 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36825 Day Tripper was their first Double A side, followed by Rigby/Submarine and then PL/SFF.

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:13:02 +0100 MeanMrsMustard on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36824 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36824 meanmistermustard said:

Day Tripper over We Can Work It Out.

Wasn't "Day Tripper" the A-side? As far as I can remember, PL/SFF was the first of their "double A-sides."

EDIT: Either way, I like "We Can Work it Out" better. 

]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:53:49 +0100 meanmistermustard on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36823 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36823 Maybe a double a-side but Day Tripper over We Can Work It Out.

Old Brown Shoe over Ballad of Joko.

IATW over Hello Goodbye.

DLMD over Get Back.

This Boy over IWTHYH.

BYARM over AYNIL

Strawberry Fields over Penny Lane.

]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 23:20:58 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on B-sides better than the a-sides http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36820 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/b-sides-better-than-the-a-sides/#p36820 What about the singles that shouldn't have been? Yellow Submarine is the one that pops to mind. How Eleanor Rigby got only partial acknowledgement is shocking!! 

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