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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Bruce's B-sides
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 18:06:40 EDT
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In article <647@usl.UUCP> dkl@usl.UUCP (Dwayne K. Lanclos) writes:
>Has anyone listened to the B-sides off the singles from _Born in the USA_?

Yes.  I don't own any, but they do get a fair amount of airplay around here.

>Are these songs on any of his other albums (they're not from _Born in the
>USA_)?

None of these appear on any LP; neither did the B-sides of the singles from
"The River".  (Record collectors call these "non-LP" tracks... many Police
B-sides were also non-LP.  So many early Stones B-sides were non-LP that
they were eventually put on an LP of their own... "No Stone Unturned"!)

The B-side of "Cover Me" is a cover (!) of Tom Waits' "Jersey Girls", 
recorded live.  This is noteworthy for being the only cover (and only live
track) BS has put on one of his own records (yes, I know about the Mitch
Ryder medley, and "Trapped", and "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"... those
were on "various artists" LPs.)

>If not, are they of the same caliber as the A-sides?

These are mostly outtakes from his LPs.  Some definitely sound it; others 
(eg. "Be True", recorded for "The River") are superior to much of what made it.


AWR