At last, the end is here ...
Every week I come across songs that make me wish that I either had money (c’mon, Powerball Lotto!) or that Pepsi and Apple were still giving away free tracks for itunes. Here’s the final list of what I won. That’s a lot of Mountain Dew under the bridge, so to speak. Rock, Blues, R&B, Pop, Jazz, Classical. It’s all here.
Okay, maybe not all of it. But it’s a nice diverse lot I consider my B-sides collection. Remember B-sides? Those were the songs put on the back of a 45RPM single to fill up space, likely to be ignored because the A-side was intended to be the hit release. Often B-sides became hits, but not often enough. In this day of digital releases there is no such thing any longer as corporations now have near complete control of what they want us to hear. Seldom are the happy accidents and delightful discoveries made when playing the wrong side of the disk.
Now we have to content ourselves with what a few mega-companies program on radio stations nationwide, what is played in clubs, and what is released on CDs. That’s one of the things I like about iTunes. At least one can poke around and find a nugget now and then.
A Day in the Life - Jeff Beck
Exhibit 13 - Mandelbrot, No. 4 (Hidden Track) - Blue Man Group
The Pusher - Steppenwolf
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) - Parliament
Maybe I'm Amazed - Joe Cocker
Breathe On Me - Jennifer Knapp
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Great White Buffalo (Live) - Ted Nugent
Hey Bartender (Live) - The Blues Brothers
Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Hibernation (Live) - Ted Nugent
The Planet Plan - United Future Organization
They Can't Take That Away from Me - Lisa Stansfield
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
Race with Devil On Spanish Highway - Al Di Meola
Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
Maria Maria (Radio Mix) - Santana & The Product G&B
Fever - Peggy Lee
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Get It On - Kingdom Come
Palumbo - Watch TV
S.W.A.T. Theme - Spot 79
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Birdland - Weather Report
Drum Song - Earth, Wind & Fire
We Shall Overcome - The O.C. Supertones
Rainbow In the Dark - Dio
Dance to the Music - Sly & The Family Stone
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
Boogie On - Ten Years After
Under Your Spell - Amber Benson & Orchestra
Rock Me - Muddy Waters
E5150 - Black Sabbath
Everyday People - Nicole C. Mullen
Love Song - Tesla
Five String Blues - Roy Buchanan
All Right Now - Free
Dual Soliloquy - Roy Buchanan
Roy's Bluz - Roy Buchanan
Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix) - Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook & Pierre Henry
