I miss CD Singles

Veddernarian
Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
edited May 2010 in The Porch
I miss the cool artwork
I miss the B-sides
I miss the geographical variations (like the Australian I am mine vs. USA) and collecting them
I miss the hype that surrounds their release
I just miss them
There is a certain excitement that surrounds the release of a physical single. Reminds me of old times. What was it? Save you/Other Side? Was that the last one? I remember planning a detour on the way to my son's practice, to Tower Records (RIP) and getting Save You/Other side. Admiring the cool artwork, enjoying Other Side. It was cool. I miss that.

Now, these digital releases are like a fart getting lost in a hurricane. Nobody even talks about them anymore. It's sad.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    If this were Facebook, I would "like" this. :)
  • spat
    spat Posts: 644
    amen! i remember immersing myself in the nothing as it seems/insignificance single way back... good times
    My favorite Pearl Jam song: "Corporate Greed Boat Asshole Behind a Counter in the Oval Office"
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    They still have digital artwork for cd's you buy online but it sure isn't the same! Nothing beats having a cd in your hand!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,912
    I misssed the CD singles too! After coming home from school hearing the latest new Pearl Jam single on the radio I would drop by my local Sam The Record Man store & flip out to find out what new song was that b-side. The majority of the singles were all Made in Austria.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I also miss those. I used to go into my local indie shop and scour to find them. Sadly, a guy I know who works in the industry says that their company is gearing up for the complete of the physical cd to all-digital in 2 years time.

    Which makes the current resurgence of the vinyl fascination all the more interesting. In 20 years are bands going to start releasing limited pressings on cd, because of a nostalgiac need for the format?
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  • verceman
    verceman Posts: 701
    Remember those CD singles that were smaller, and fit within the little tray within the tray in the CD player?
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    verceman wrote:
    Remember those CD singles that were smaller, and fit within the little tray within the tray in the CD player?





    Yeah they were called a 5" single single!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • verceman
    verceman Posts: 701
    Anyone miss cassingles? :D
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    verceman wrote:
    Remember those CD singles that were smaller, and fit within the little tray within the tray in the CD player?

    I miss them all.

    I remember hearing about the Australian 4-song I am mine single. Just at that time, I was in the Virgin Records Megastore (RIP) in Burbank, Ca, and I was meandering in the imports section and to my disbelief, there it was!

    I'm not sure many people lnow this but the version of Undone on the Australian I am mine 4-song single is a different version than what is on Lost Dogs. The 1st guitar solo, on the Australian version, is a punchy, up beat solo using the same fuzzy effect as the 2nd solo, whereas the 1st solo on Lost Dogs sounds more like an outtake from Wishlist.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    verceman wrote:
    Anyone miss cassingles? :D


    heheh... i have the immortality cassingle.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    only problem with singles is that they were 3.99 when the album was 12.99

    I could never bring myself to pay that much
  • theserialthrilla
    theserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    am i missing the point here...but all of the songs released off the album as single have been on cd?
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    edited May 2010
    theserialthrilla wrote:
    am i missing the point here...but all of the songs released off the album as single have been on cd?

    before the release of RVM and Lost Dogs, you were SOL if you wanted hardcopies of b-sides. I had to wait 7 years before I could download Yellow Ledbetter off of napster.

    Before, I would have to come across it on the radio and try to record it onto a cassette tape and hope the DJ didn't talk over the songs intro.
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  • theserialthrilla
    theserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    ok i get you..so its not i miss cds its i miss extra tracks really then
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  • TT8270
    TT8270 Posts: 429
    edited May 2010
    No Code/Yield b-sides (on cd singles): Leatherman, U, B&R&Y, Deadman 8-)
    Bought them all :D
    And yes, I do feel your pain :(

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  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    theserialthrilla wrote:
    ok i get you..so its not i miss cds its i miss extra tracks really then

    The artwork too. I thought Save you/Other side, for example was really cool. Our buddy, the Stickman, came on the cover of Alive, and Wash accompanied as a B-side.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • Phil100981
    Phil100981 Posts: 131
    Yea since the Save You single we haven't had any B-sides unless you count Lost Dogs, which you all know is basically a great collection of most of Pearl Jams B-sides. But I am guessing they have more B-sides that Pearl Jam is either saving for another Lost Dogs type release or maybe they feel that the tracks they have could be worthy of a new album which would be kick ass. I mean backspacer came out last year and even though I just got to see Pearl Jam in Hartford and Boston, I would love some new Pearl Jam tunes to jam out to. Maybe a small little 7 song LP like Alice in Chains did with Jar of Flies. Just from the prevoius post in this thread it seems like everyone is in need of a fix for some new Pearl Jam tracks. I know I am!!!!
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    Or you can come to terms and realize
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  • Corey Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    I was just thinking about this today when I heard Dirty Frank...the CD singles are where I heard Footsteps and Wash and Dirty Frank..I would get them at a coffee shop (which is out of business now) and they were the greatest things in the world. It would be an exciting day when I would get a new one. Oh how I wish I could hear some of the songs for the first time again..I was in awwww...I still am.


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  • Phil100981
    Phil100981 Posts: 131
    Hey we just might get a couple of new songs IF Pearl Jam finds the time to put out their so called "Christmas Single" although seeing that its already close to June maybe we will get another double release this coming XMAS or whenever they feel like releasing it. But whenever it that it finally comes out we will all be very happy for some new Pearl Jam that is if they dont decide to throw down live tracks from the backspacer tour on it.
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Phil100981 wrote:
    Yea since the Save You single we haven't had any B-sides unless you count Lost Dogs, which you all know is basically a great collection of most of Pearl Jams B-sides. But I am guessing they have more B-sides that Pearl Jam is either saving for another Lost Dogs type release or maybe they feel that the tracks they have could be worthy of a new album which would be kick ass. I mean backspacer came out last year and even though I just got to see Pearl Jam in Hartford and Boston, I would love some new Pearl Jam tunes to jam out to. Maybe a small little 7 song LP like Alice in Chains did with Jar of Flies. Just from the prevoius post in this thread it seems like everyone is in need of a fix for some new Pearl Jam tracks. I know I am!!!!

    Or even a Merkinball type of thing with just 2 songs. But I like your idea even better. Holiday singles are great but they're more of a hodge-podge as opposed to album type songs. Being live cuts, or covers, or having holoday themes for the most part. They're fun in s different way.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river

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