A-Side

Many years ago, music was recorded in a series of grooves on vinyl discs (called "records"). Records either contained several songs on each side of the disc or only one song on each side of the disc. The first kind of disc was called an "LP" (for long-playing). The second type was called a "45" because it was played at 45 revolutions per minute on a turntable. In the case of 45's the record company placed what it felt to be the best song on what was called "side A" of the disc and the song of lower quality on the other" side- side B. These days music is burned only on one side of a CD (I don't know why both sides are not used). Sometimes, time has proven that the B-side song was better than the A-side. Two examples, in my opinion, are : Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" was a B-side to "Oh Boy" and "Gloria" was a B-side to Them's "Baby Please Don't Go."

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