I miss CD Singles

Lost In Ohio

I have a 7" version of whatever is on white vinyl. Alas, I do not have the 7" orange version. I think there was another single released off Backspacer onto 7" vinyl.

Zod

I still collect them.. but there's no bsides. I got promo copies of the three singles from Avocado and I bought the two singles from Backspacer. First one domestic, the 2nd one from the UK.

But the complete loss of b-sides is depressing, as alot of PJ's best music were bsides.

Evensteven

TT8270 wrote:

No Code b-sides 1996-97 (on cd singles): Leatherman, U, Deadman
Bought them all
And yes, I do feel your pain :(

leatherman and U were from yield.
No code had black,red,yellow and deadman. You could find them at cicuit city for some reason.

I totally miss the cd single days.

2-feign-reluctance

Got em' all up to Riot Act.

Cradles Broken Glass

Veddernarian wrote:

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.

Me too. I have a ton from back in the 90s.

Duncs

"LIKE"

I miss it all....the artwork, the music, the songs that casual PJ fans just don't know about.

I want them back...

Writingjunkie

Agreed.

I loved the glory days of Singles and B-sides.

I just listened to the Evenflow Bside version of Dirty Frank tonight at work... Just so damn good.

For me the art work was amazing, I love having physical copies of the songs that I value (which also explains my love of vinyl), and I always enjoyed sitting a friend down who followed music and playing a mind blowing B-side that they had obviously never heard and enjoying their reaction.

I miss singles.

TT8270

Evensteven wrote:

TT8270 wrote:

No Code b-sides 1996-97 (on cd singles): Leatherman, U, Deadman
Bought them all
And yes, I do feel your pain :(

leatherman and U were from yield.
No code had black,red,yellow and deadman.

True. Just edited my post. Thanks!

RiotZact

Writingjunkie wrote:

Agreed.

I just listened to the Evenflow Bside version of Dirty Frank tonight at work... Just so damn good.

Something else is that, although it is awesome, the versions of the songs on lost dogs are sometimes different, dirty frank is the best example, theres no growling or laughter in the begining, he dosn't do random wails in the middle of the bridge, and most importantly he dosn't cook you just to see the look on your face at the end.

demetrios

Zod wrote:

I still collect them.. but there's no bsides. I got promo copies of the three singles from Avocado and I bought the two singles from Backspacer. First one domestic, the 2nd one from the UK.

But the complete loss of b-sides is depressing, as alot of PJ's best music were bsides.

Exactly! It's sad that the CD singles the past few year's now don't have any new songs added. 2 songs that we have already heard that came from the studio record. It might be a live version from a given show at times. But where's that b-side song? A song that nobody has heard of? That song that goes along with the 'new single' release? That song that was cut from the record? I've read dozens of online pages & stories of the band member's interview where they said they wrote dozens of songs for the record & only a few made the cut. Who's planning the CD singles? If your hit single is hitting the airwaves, add one of those bonus tracks that never made the cut on it. The next hit radio single you want to release, why not add another new song that was in the works on that record. Last 2 singles pretty much took the cake. 2 singles, 4 songs that were released on the Backspacer album. No edit version, no unplugged version, no extended version. Just the same studio song that's on the record.

force-10

I have a feeling they will release the tracks left out of backspacer. Does anyone know if they actually recorded them already? I just remember them mentioning they had more songs.

I like those cd singles. sadly, i only have one (jeremy single). Oh and the man of the hour single, too.

TunnelThroughDenial

I miss 45's

demetrios

force-10 wrote:

I have a feeling they will release the tracks left out of backspacer. Does anyone know if they actually recorded them already? I just remember them mentioning they had more songs.

I like those cd singles. sadly, i only have one (jeremy single). Oh and the man of the hour single, too.

Mike said it in a few interviews that they had recorded a few dozen tracks that never made it on the Backspacer record. A future release (aka EP) was mentioned but nothing yet.

I remembered when there was not just one Made in Austria Jeremy CD single. There were Made in USA, Made in Australia, Made in Japan etc ... releases. Both Backspacer singles were just Made in UK. What ever happen to the other imports? The limited edition collectible items? The B-sides? :(