chuckrh Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The Cure. The "Join the Dots" box set is awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I don't know about "best" but I always enjoyed the bonus CDs that came out with Pixies and Breeders albums. I had the Monkey Gone to Heaven EP before I had Doolittle, so to me, Manta Ray, Dance the Manta Ray, and Weird at My School are all essential Pixies songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 The Cure. The "Join the Dots" box set is awesome. Tons of great b-sides... A Few Hours After This, Mr. Pink Eyes, Happy the Man, Throw Your Foot, New Day, Exploding Boy, Man Inside My Mouth, Chain of Flowers, This Twilight Garden... the list goes on and on... What about the Jam? "A" Bomb in Wardour Street, Smithers-Jones, Butterfly Collector, See-Saw, Liza Radley, Dreams of Children, Tales from the Riverbank, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckrh Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Tons of great b-sides... A Few Hours After This, Mr. Pink Eyes, Happy the Man, Throw Your Foot, New Day, Exploding Boy, Man Inside My Mouth, Chain of Flowers, This Twilight Garden... the list goes on and on... What about the Jam? "A" Bomb in Wardour Street, Smithers-Jones, Butterfly Collector, See-Saw, Liza Radley, Dreams of Children, Tales from the Riverbank, etc.Ya, the Jam (& Paul Weller stuff) have had plenty of good b-sides. REM had plenty, also. & let's not forget Wilco!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 You Am I. There B side versions of Young Man's Blues, and pretty well everything they cover are better than the original. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Prince put out a 3-disc greatest hits compilation and if you were from another planet and didn't know any Prince songs, you probably wouldn't guess that the 3rd disc is entirely comprised of b-sides.The Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique through Ill Communication had a string of b-sides that rivaled any of their album tracks. The Vibes and Skills To Pay The Bills in particular are as good as any of their songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nick Cave has some great ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckrh Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nick Cave has some great ones.+1! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Velvet Underground pops to mind immideately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackberry Rust Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Up until around 2007's Boxer, The National served up wonderful b-sides - "Driver, Suprise Me", "The Thrilling of Claire", "Warm Singing Whores". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cam Jones Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Elbow. They put out an official B-side record thats really great. And there's a bootleg B-side album with more stuff called Arse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Robyn'I am not Bob Dylan' Hitchcock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Good call Cam..Elbow are great. I was lucky to catch them at my school they played at a festival when Asleep in the Back came out. There were maybe 30 people there and they were unbelievable. Seen them on every tour since (Except for Cast of a Thousand). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Robyn'I am not Bob Dylan' Hitchcocknor "I am not Syd Barrett" yeah he's got some great ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveMck Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I could never figure out how Sugar's "The Needle Hits E" was a b-side. Much better than "Fortune Teller ". Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYes, great B-Side. "Going Home" was also a great B Side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Mogwai have a decent amount of good to great songs that were not on proper LPs. edit - can you only embed one vid now?!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=698amHGibVEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmApT-6strc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijRIhC-9C1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxkj613b1U0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Prince put out a 3-disc greatest hits compilation and if you were from another planet and didn't know any Prince songs, you probably wouldn't guess that the 3rd disc is entirely comprised of b-sides. I'd also like to point out here that Prince's 'Hits' doesn't have Batdance on it.That is, Prince was so incredible that his label put out a 36-track greatest hits compilation and left off a #1 hit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 "Batdance" is terrible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Fair. But still a #1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The Cure. The "Join the Dots" box set is awesome.just ordered a copy via discogs, $20 plus postage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 ^Sweet find! Some of their best songs are on there.. Snow in SummerExploding BoyPillbox TailsAnother Journey By TrainThrow Your Foot2 LateHarold and Joe ENJOY! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'm Cold and Mr Pink Eyes are great too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 ^Yes indeed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
makeshift Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Pavement Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 according to my search result, The Jam have not been mentioned yet.and now they have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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