In the early days, B-sides were usually a destiny of a song that was considered less than an album filler. We all know that the Beatles were an exception of this rule, with fantastic B-sides like "This Boy", "Rain", "Revolution", among many others. But which other bands gave us some great songs as B-sides?
Particularly, the Zombies released several wonderful singles, despite their usual lack of success. Keyboardist and leader Rod Argent usually wrote the A-sides, while bassist Chris White was the author of the B-sides, and I think that most of them are outstanding. Here are some examples:
"I Love You": B-side of "Whenever You're Ready" (1965)
"Don't Go Away": B-side of "Is This The Dream" (1965)
"I'll Call You Mine": B-side of "Time Of The Season" (1968)
The Yardbirds produced a couple of not merely excellent but also groundbreaking B-sides:
"Still I'm Sad": B-side of "Evil Hearted You" (1965)
The Yardbirds - Still I'm Sad (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
"You're A Better Man Than I": B-side of "Shapes Of Things" (1966)
Yardbirds - You're a better man than I (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
Finally, here's one of the most well known songs by the Kinks, released as a B-side:
"Where Have All The Good Times Gone": B-side of "Till The End Of The Day" (1965)
The Kinks - Where Have All The Good Times Gone - 1965 45rpm (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
