Dave
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What albums do you have that sound better when you play Side 2 first? I have a few that sound a lot more cohesive when Side 2 is played first, then Side 1... They are:
Bobby Goldsboro THE ROMANTIC, WACKY, SOULFUL, ROCKIN', COUNTRY BOBBY GOLDSBORO -- I believe that the songs were really meant to be put on the album Side 2, first; least from what begins and ends this album on each side... At first I thought that this was a collection of out-takes and demo's... Some of the songs here even appeared on a couple of later albums as Goldsboro was notorious for having a few of his songs repeated again on the next album he made... There is no picture of Bobby other than the hand-drawn one on the front cover... And where you'd expect liner notes, you only see lyrics to a couple of the songs here and to a few Bobby never recorded (or perhaps never released)... Anyway "You're Entertainment For Me", the final song on Side 1 is a better closing piece than Side 2's "Three In The Morning"...
Bobby Goldsboro THIS IS BOBBY GOLDSBORO -- I've avoided compilations which just seemed to be "alternate versions" of original albums with a few substituted tracks... Ditto for SOLID GOLDSBORO and BOBBY GOLDSBORO'S GREATEST HITS of which lack certain songs I thought should've been included... However, THIS IS... seems to one of the purposeful and meaningful ones... Though I prefer the album beginning with "My Cup Runneth Over" on Side 2, while Side 1 ends with "Broomstick Cowboy", which ends this LP a lot better than Side 2's "Trusty Little Herbert", which is Side 1, Track 1 on ...ROMANTIC, WACKY, SOULFUL, ROCKIN', COUNTRY...
Cher CHER (which later got issued as GYPSY'S TRAMPS & THIEVES) -- I like this album beginning with Side 2's "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" better than starting with "The Way Of Love"... I think Side 1 ends better with "When You Know Where You're Going Let Me Know" as the last track than Side 2 ending with "One Honest Man"... I really bought this for "Touch And Go" (written by Jerry Fuller), the next-to-last song on Side 2 and doesn't really sound right, put there...
Vikki Carr NASHVILLE BY CARR -- Sounds better ending with Side 1's final song "Everybody's Talking"... Side 2 starts off with "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" which sounds like a much better "opener"...
Canadian Sweethearts CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS -- Yes, Side 1's "Blowin' In The Wind" ends the album better than "This Land Is Your Land", on Side 2, in my opinion... After-all John Davidson ended THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE with "Blowin' In The Wind", too...
John Davidson EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL -- Think the moody, maudlin and sad pastoral "Five O' Clock Shadow" sounds better when it closes Side 1, than it does ending the album... "Easy Come, Easy Go", which I first heard on my 3-Record various artist set, LOVE STORY & 30 OTHER GREAT LOVE SONGS, is the last track and Side 1 and I think ends this album on a much happier note...
Ben E. King I HAD A LOVE -- When I got this album I accidentally played Side 2 first ('cause that was how it got put in the sleeve by the previous owner and I didn't read the label before placing it on the turntable) but it "started" with Side 2's "Everybody Plays The Fool", and when I flipped it to Side 1, I found that "I Had A Love" which starts of th LP is best off heard as "Side 2's first cut"...! "No Danger Of Heartbreak Ahead" ends Side 1, but I like it ending Side 2 better... "You're Stepping On My Heart Tearing My World Apart" is the real final cut on Side 2 but it ends Side 1 OK...
So what records do you play backwards, as in Side 2 first, THEN Side 1?
Dave
Bobby Goldsboro THE ROMANTIC, WACKY, SOULFUL, ROCKIN', COUNTRY BOBBY GOLDSBORO -- I believe that the songs were really meant to be put on the album Side 2, first; least from what begins and ends this album on each side... At first I thought that this was a collection of out-takes and demo's... Some of the songs here even appeared on a couple of later albums as Goldsboro was notorious for having a few of his songs repeated again on the next album he made... There is no picture of Bobby other than the hand-drawn one on the front cover... And where you'd expect liner notes, you only see lyrics to a couple of the songs here and to a few Bobby never recorded (or perhaps never released)... Anyway "You're Entertainment For Me", the final song on Side 1 is a better closing piece than Side 2's "Three In The Morning"...
Bobby Goldsboro THIS IS BOBBY GOLDSBORO -- I've avoided compilations which just seemed to be "alternate versions" of original albums with a few substituted tracks... Ditto for SOLID GOLDSBORO and BOBBY GOLDSBORO'S GREATEST HITS of which lack certain songs I thought should've been included... However, THIS IS... seems to one of the purposeful and meaningful ones... Though I prefer the album beginning with "My Cup Runneth Over" on Side 2, while Side 1 ends with "Broomstick Cowboy", which ends this LP a lot better than Side 2's "Trusty Little Herbert", which is Side 1, Track 1 on ...ROMANTIC, WACKY, SOULFUL, ROCKIN', COUNTRY...
Cher CHER (which later got issued as GYPSY'S TRAMPS & THIEVES) -- I like this album beginning with Side 2's "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" better than starting with "The Way Of Love"... I think Side 1 ends better with "When You Know Where You're Going Let Me Know" as the last track than Side 2 ending with "One Honest Man"... I really bought this for "Touch And Go" (written by Jerry Fuller), the next-to-last song on Side 2 and doesn't really sound right, put there...
Vikki Carr NASHVILLE BY CARR -- Sounds better ending with Side 1's final song "Everybody's Talking"... Side 2 starts off with "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" which sounds like a much better "opener"...
Canadian Sweethearts CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS -- Yes, Side 1's "Blowin' In The Wind" ends the album better than "This Land Is Your Land", on Side 2, in my opinion... After-all John Davidson ended THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE with "Blowin' In The Wind", too...
John Davidson EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL -- Think the moody, maudlin and sad pastoral "Five O' Clock Shadow" sounds better when it closes Side 1, than it does ending the album... "Easy Come, Easy Go", which I first heard on my 3-Record various artist set, LOVE STORY & 30 OTHER GREAT LOVE SONGS, is the last track and Side 1 and I think ends this album on a much happier note...
Ben E. King I HAD A LOVE -- When I got this album I accidentally played Side 2 first ('cause that was how it got put in the sleeve by the previous owner and I didn't read the label before placing it on the turntable) but it "started" with Side 2's "Everybody Plays The Fool", and when I flipped it to Side 1, I found that "I Had A Love" which starts of th LP is best off heard as "Side 2's first cut"...! "No Danger Of Heartbreak Ahead" ends Side 1, but I like it ending Side 2 better... "You're Stepping On My Heart Tearing My World Apart" is the real final cut on Side 2 but it ends Side 1 OK...
So what records do you play backwards, as in Side 2 first, THEN Side 1?
Dave