By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 03:51 pm:

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT B SIDES BEFORE,BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS,WHAT B SIDES DO YOU KNOW THAT WERE BIGGER THAN THE A SIDES[I'LL BE AROUND]WHICH STARTED LIFE AS THE B SIDE OF [HOW COULD I LET YOU GET AWAY]THE SPINNERS,I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR AREA BUT IN D.C.[IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE]OUTSHINED[IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU]MARVIN AND TAMMI!WHATCHA GOT?

By STUBASS (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 03:54 pm:

"THE STRIDE"...ONLY MEL KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!...STU

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 04:22 pm:

It was back here in Detroit, in late 1965, and early into the early part of 1966....

This song was definately a jukebox 'favorite' that we would had always favored, would always play, the B side of the Temptation's *hit* record (I believe it was this one)... "My Baby".

The 'flip' B side of that Motown '45 rpm, was none other than Paul William's (and, it was just a beautiful) vocal rendition that he gave us with the release, "Don't Look Back".

Man, that Paul Williams song was 'classic' Temptations!

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 04:28 pm:

AMEN JIM AMEN!

By John Lester (217.40.212.252) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 04:57 pm:

Here's a few UK titles that I recall that got lots of airplay besides the most obvious ones like Third Finger Left Hand and My Cherie Amour.

Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things/Never Leave Your Baby's Side/One Way Out/Forget Me Not/I Tried- Martha & the Vandellas....Martha had loads of them...
My Weakness is You/Running Back And Forth-Edwin Starr
Fading Away-Temps
Fork In The Road/Save Me- Miracles
Who Could Ever Doubt My Love/There's No Stopping Us Now/Going Down For The Third Time-Supremes
Tune Up - Junior Walker
The Day You Take One, You Have To Take The Other - Marvelettes
Baby I've Got It/Everybody Needs Love/World So Wide....-Jimmy Ruffin


There were many more.....

By HW (68.37.216.164) on Saturday, May 03, 2003 - 08:05 pm:

how about the flip of Since I Lost My Baby - You've Got To Earn It.

one of my fave flips (not Motown) is "EBONY EYES" by the Stylistics. Think it was the flip of Betcha By Golly Wow.

By Julian (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 01:23 am:

Was this the same "Ebony Eyes" as the Rick James/Smokey duet?

I saw the "Superfeak" video on tv today. That's over 20 years old! Wow.

By Dave Fleming (62.253.128.5) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 01:29 pm:

Stubass do you mean the "Strides" on "M-S" the flip
side of the "Stride" being "I cant get along" :-),
also fliping over "Eddie Wilson" on "Tollie" and finding"Toast to the lady",or "Emanuel Laskey" on "Thelma"and finding "Sweet Lies",i could go on all night but i wont bore you all :-).
Dave f.........

By STUBASS (152.163.188.68) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 01:43 pm:

DAMN YOU'RE GOOD DAVE!!!...I WAS THE BAND LEADER AND GROUP MEMBER OF "THE STRIDES"!!!...SHORT LIVED...BUT TALENTED GROUP OF GUYS AROUND DETROIT!!!...IT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE BEFORE...SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ANY MORE DETAILS!!!...STUBASS P.S. I ACTUALLY DID NOT PLAY ON THAT RECORDING...IN THAT IT WAS A STUDIO PRE-CUT WITH THE GROUP GOING IN AN VOCALIZING THE TRACK...BUT IT WAS PROBABLY BABBITT OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT THAT PLAYED THE BASS LINE...SO I WAS PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRACK!!!..

By Keith Rylatt (217.137.90.59) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 02:37 pm:

Rex Garvin, Sock it to 'em JB part 2, Third Party, Such a Soul Says part 2, Bobby Wells, Psychadelic Theme, Edwin Starr, Back Street & Agent O O Soul, Jackie Wilson, I'm the One To Do It, Looking at John Lester's list (he's OK to say he's from Essex) reminds me of 2 LP tracks from the same LP by Stevie Wonder that were played at the Mojo Club in Sheffield, England (our version of Pittsburg) `Love A Go Go` but best of all `I want My Baby Back`. Keith

By HW (68.37.216.164) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 05:42 pm:

Julian - different EBONY EYES. The Stylistics' version is a poppy mid-tempo track that I love. Somehow on CD it doesn't sound as good as my scratchy 45 - I keep waiting to hear the bumps on the vinyl.

A flip-side oops: When James Brown, king of the B-sides, issued "Make It Funky," Part 1 and Part 2 had been the top and back, respectively. When Polydor issued the sequel, the top side marked Part 3 was actually Part 4, and the B-side marked Part 4 was actually Part 3.

By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.54.169) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 02:58 am:

These sides may not of
been as big as the A sides but they were just as good.
Sandy Wynns-How can something be so wrong-Canturbury(no.520).
Rufus Wood&The Additions-So Upset-Lando/Lendo(no.181).
Little Jerry Williams-Baby,you're my everything-Calla(no.105).
Sam Ward-Stone Broke-Groove City(no.205).
Volcanos-A Lady's Man-Arctic(no.125).
Volumes-I Love you baby-Inferno(no.5001).
Volumes-A Way to love you-Inferno(no.2001).
Universals-Without Friends-Modern(no.1057).
Ike&Tina Turner-I'm Hooked-TRC(NO.967).
Triumphs-Workin'-Okeh(no.7273).
Robert Taylor-So much Love-Alteen(no.8624).
Tangeers-Let my heart and soul be free-Okeh(no.7319).
Superlatives-I dont know how-Westbound(no.144).
Supremes-Love is like an itching-Motown(no.1094).
Strides-The Stride-M-S(NO.202).
Martha Starr-Sweet Louie-Thelma(no.113).
Spellbinders-Chain Reaction-Columbia(no.43522).
Soul Twins-Give the man a chance-Karen(no.1533)this is actually the A side to 'quick change artist'.
Soul Twins-Its not what you do-Karen(no.1535).
Soul Brothers Six-What you got(is good for me)-Atlantic(no.2645).
Soul Brothers Six-Some kind of wonderful-Atlantic(no.2406).
Servicemen-Need a helping hand-Wind Hit(no.100).
Sandy and the Pebbles-Hes my kind of fellow-Mercury(no.72745).
Linda Queen-Where can my baby be-Rod(no.106).
Wilbur Reynolds and the Masters-Tenderizer-C.B.(NO.1).
Jack Montgomery-Do you believe it-Scepter(no.12152).
Stanley Mitchell-Quit twistin'my arm-Dynamo(no.111).
Rose Batiste-I Miss my baby-Revilot(no.204).
Rose Batiste-Thats what he told me-Ric Tic(no.105).
Doni Burdick-Whatcha Gonna Do-Acetate.
I will finish with the outstanding
Jimmy Gresham
and his superb dancer of
'put it out of your mind'
Teri De Records(no.5).

Thats just a tip of the ice-berg.
There are so many more.
mel(andthensome).

By Uptight (24.55.6.144) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 03:13 am:

HW, maybe we can call the JB record a "flip-flop" hit. LOL

By Randy Russi (169.139.180.100) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 09:41 am:

Mary Wells' records ALWAYS had great B-sides,
many which charted right along with the intended
A-sides:
Two Lovers/Operator
You Beat Me To The Punch/Old Love
Your Old Standby/What Love Has Joined Together
You Lost The Sweetest Boy/What's Easy For Two
(both of these went top 10 R&B!)

After leaving Motown this tradition continued
with her releases: The Doctor/Two Lovers History
on Jubilee were two of the best.

By Dave Fleming (62.253.128.5) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 10:26 am:

Stubass thanks for the info on your "Strides" days,
was you involved musicaly that is :-),with "Lonette"
who also recorded on "M-S" ?,or anyone else on the "M-S" label,"L.Curry","T.Clark" ect.
Mel that`s some list,some great 45s on there,also
ending with the excellent "Jimmy Gresham" 45
"This feeling i have" cant say i know the flip though.
Dave f.......

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 10:45 am:

I agree with HW on the Stylistics' "Ebony Eyes" - great flip.
Another great flip was "If I Loved You" the b-side to the classic "Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart)."

Other great flips...
"Who's Lovin' You","One More Chance" & "I Found That Girl" - all Jackson 5 b-sides ("I Want You Back","ABC" & "The Love You Save" respectively).

"Call Me"- Aretha Franklin (A-side: "Spanish Harlem")

"Choosey Beggar" - Smokey & the Miracles (A-side: "Going To A Go-Go")

"Why Do I Keep Living These Memories" - Jean Knight (A-side: "Mr. Big Stuff)

"V.I.P." - Honey Cone (A-side: "Stick Up")

"The Fairest Of Them All" - Jackie Wilson (A-side: "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)")

"Ain't No Way" - Aretha Franklin (A-side - "Since You've Been Gone")

"Cafe Regios" & "Ellie's Love Theme" - Isaac Hayes ("Theme From Shaft" & "Do Your Thing" the A-sides)

"I Can't Help It" - Michael Jackson (A-side: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough").

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 10:56 am:

DAVE...I DO REMEMBER LOUIS CURRY...PROBABLY HAD THE BIGGEST HIT FOR THAT LABEL..."TOAST TO YOU"...AS WELL AS THE OTHERS YOUY MENTION (ASSUME YOU'RE REFERRING TO TONY CLARK)!!!...OUR LEAD SINGER GOT DRAFTED AT THE TIME OF THE RECORD RELEASE...AND THE DIRECTION OF THE GROUP CHANGED A BIT WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STYLE LEAD TENOR!!!...FUN DAYS...LOT'S OF SHOWS TO DO...LITTLE MONEY THAT WAS BEING PAID!!!...STU

By MEL&THEN SOME (212.159.50.136) on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 11:05 am:

Dave,
The side 'PUT IT OUT OF YOUR MIND'
is the side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of people dont seem to know it and believe me it is a lot better than 'this feeling I have'.
I cant state how much this side just rocksssss.
Great side though 'this feeling I have' is,
brother you aint heard nothing until you flip that disc over.
It was played around the late 70's but just seemed to stop and the other side(a)side was always played.
So Dave,
try to dig it out mate,
(as Dave Godin used to say)
This gets My Seal of approval!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
mel.