Thursday Discussion: Top 10 Favorite B-Sides

Yesterday on twitter I was talking a little bit about my love for b-sides. Like most of you, I follow a few bands with an unbridled passion. With that comes the idea that I am adamant about collecting all of their songs and not missing out on a rare gem. My 140 character rant was basically about how it’s more and more difficult to actually compensate an artist for these rare songs. Unless they end up releasing a rarities album late in their career — most of the time you’re stuck pirating the b-side songs. They’re either buried on imports, come with digital only full purchases of the band’s album spread over a variety of retailers, or show up on youtube and I’ve got no idea where they originated from. That’s all really beside the point though. Sure, I’d love if there were easier ways to purchase these one-off “extra” songs … but what it really got me thinking about was a great “Thursday Discussion” idea: My top 10 favorite b-sides and rarities.

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