The saddest strangest song, ending with the chant 'It's a fact. (Don't) Turn Me Away, Rexy I heard it twice on Radio One, I had to special order it. The nastiest kiss-off lyrics Green ever wrote, probably why it wasn't on 'Provision'. World Come Back to Life, Scritti Politti B side of 'Boom! There She Was'. These are why God and Roy Gandy created the Rega Planar 3 turntable, so you can flip the vinyl over and unearth buried treasure. In no particular order, here's a list of killer B sides and rarities. It's easy to get obsessive and track down obscure tracks just in case one turns out to be the one in the case of Scritti Politti I bought Al Jarreau's distinctly average 'L is for Lover' album just for the Green/Gamson track, and it's not that good despite Nile Rodgers production. I always wonder what other songs got away, transcendant songs I'll never hear because I didn't buy the 12-inch import single or the rarities compilation or whatever. There's no experience finer than discovering a hidden gem. Unfortunately no one came through, but it's interesting to follow the upswing in interest on the 20th (gulp!) anniversary of 'Cupid & Psyche 85'.Īnother topic that came up was 'World Come Back to Life', my favorite B side of all time. I found and joined the Scritti Politti group on Yahoo to try to track down a quote about Green and David Gamson having the microscopes turned to 100x for 'Cupid & Psyche 85' and 'Provision', but only to 10x for 'Anomie and Bonhomie'. I post a lot about overlooked music from the 70's, but everybody knows music peaked in the 80's.

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