Was PJ contractually obligated to provide b-sides?

Stephen Flow
Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
edited July 2013 in The Porch
Wanted to talk about music for a bit instead of bs ticket threads...

The last album we had b-sides for was Riot Act... which was also their last album when signed to Epic... is this a coincidence? Anyone know if that is something a record label can demand... probably helps sales quite a bit w/ singles.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    While being independent gives them a certain kind of freedom, that they can basically do what they want, when they want, how they want, where they want, I could see it being constrictive on what songs they wanna record now or just "toss away" as sort of a freeby. On the other hand, when they had the backing of a huge company, they probably had money to basically throw away and could spend time recording whatever they felt like, where now they'd be doing it on their own dime.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,968
    Bet it also was cooler giving out B-sides when it was an actual B-side those people buying the CD/vinyl got and not everyone on mp3 one hour later.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JM188713
    JM188713 Thunder Bay, ON Posts: 31
    Personally, I miss B Sides. They were a cool little extra that went with your collection. Sometimes the B Sides were better than what made the album, and it made you wonder why it was left out, like Yellow Ledbetter, why was this left off Ten? And Down, why that never made Riot Act we'll never know.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,764
    That's a good question. My thinking is that Lost Dogs was a contractual obligation, but I'm not sure if I read that or just made it up in my head.
  • green_girl
    green_girl Posts: 931
    Are b-sides even possible in a digital era?

    I miss CD singles.
  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    green_girl wrote:
    Are b-sides even possible in a digital era?

    I miss CD singles.

    I think b-sides are now more along the lines of "itunes exclusive" tracks, etc.

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