Ova Nova - single release, Sept. 30, 2016

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Were there any B-sides from this album outside of "23 Blue"?

[TheBang]

Nope. They haven't really done any B-sides since retail physical singles stopped being a thing.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Bill Boe Bag Inn Zish kneeeee kinda thing. Maybe.

[holden]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Nope. They haven't really done any B-sides since retail physical singles stopped being a thing.

Well, the images certainly look like they are from a physical release!

But yeah, I hear you. It was fun to track down UW import CD singles through about AHDO/ 2003, after which the only band remix I recall caring about was the UW mix of Beautiful Burnout. Granted, The Bells, The Bells had Part on it, sort of a B-side.

Hopefully the Pig & Dan remix will be decent...they did solid work on the RiverRun tracks, imho

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by holden

Well, the images certainly look like they are from a physical release!

The key word there being "retail"

[holden]

Originally Posted by TheBang

The key word there being "retail"

I think you need to look up the definition of Retail

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by holden

I think you need to look up the definition of Retail

What am I missing? You're talking about these promo singles, like this Ova Nova one, right? There hasn't been a retail album single since Scribble, which had a 12", and you'd have to go all the way back to Crocodile (or BBB in Japan) for a retail CD single, which also happens to be the last one with a B-side (Peach Tree).

[holden]

Originally Posted by TheBang

What am I missing? You're talking about these promo singles, like this Ova Nova one, right? There hasn't been a retail album single since Scribble, which had a 12", and you'd have to go all the way back to Crocodile (or BBB in Japan) for a retail CD single, which also happens to be the last one with a B-side (Peach Tree).

My apologies, I stand corrected. I'd wrongly assumed that the singles from BBWFASF had received retail release, even if as rare imports. So I was squabbling over whether they were for sale anywhere, if not in mass distribution. If they've all been digital or promo copies (I.e. not for sale, though I've bought plenty of promos over the years!) I assumed wrong!

With a five+ year gap between Barking and Barbara, even more has changed in how we consider releases. I have a bunch of the Barking single remixes on my mo3 player and just assumed that they were physically released for sale somewhere ( though I didn't like most of the mixes enough to pay for them beyond my mp3 subscription fee).
The Bells, The Bells! Is probably the last UW single/EP I bought.

[TheBang]

Yeah, the physical singles market basically disappeared in the mid-aughts due to digital (this point was illustrated in the excellent All Things Must Pass documentary), which is why Crocodile was the last single with a CD release.

Every single since then HAS had a CD release. They're just promo CD's only though. Most of them are even pressed/replicated CD's and with proper sleeves/artwork. Only a couple were CD-R only (Holding the Moth, Baby Wants to Ride).

[Dino3D]

I can't understand the CD disapperaring. Every big band has at least 1000 fan who wants to buy a CD single. If little indie bands (like Frost) can manufacturing 250-500 pieces of CDs, why a big band like UW can't? Never understand...