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unusual facts about Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff



A's, B's and Rarities

A's, B's and Rarities is an album by the band Fun Lovin' Criminals.

Acontia nitidula

It was included on the British checklist of Lepidoptera species on the basis of a single specimen taken by Mr Plastead, a notorious dealer in rarities, at Brixton in September 1829.

Bee Hive

Bee Hives, a 2004 album by Broken Social Scene of B-sides and rarities

Bring On the Dancing Horses

American skater punk group Lagwagon released a version on their 2000 B-sides and rarities album Let's Talk About Leftovers and Simple Minds recorded a version for their 2001 covers album Neon Lights.

Chemistry: The Tour

An audio recording of the Kaiser Chiefs cover "I Predict a Riot was included on the rarities disc of Girls Aloud's greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits. A live recording of "Biology" was an iTunes bonus track.

Clarity Live

"What Would I Say To You Now" originally appeared on a 1997 split-7" EP with Jejune, and also later appeared on the rarities compilation Singles and as a bonus track on the 2009 reissue of Clarity.

Danmarks Traktormuseum

In addition to the larger collections of Bolinder-Munktell, Volvo, International and Ferguson, there are also several individual rarities.

Dead letter office

Alternative rock band R.E.M. released a compilation of B-sides and rarities entitled Dead Letter Office.

E Street Radio

Its format concentrates on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, including interviews, guest disc jockey sessions, studio outtakes, concert recordings, rarities and more.

Elephant's Graveyard

Elephant's Graveyard is a special collection of B-sides and rarities from singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt.

ELO 2

The second disc utilises the original albums working title The Lost Planet and features out takes and rarities including songs recorded with original The Move lead vocalist Carl Wayne.

Envy of Angels

Some of these are available on the rarities collection Too Hard Basket.

Factory Showroom

It can, however, also be heard on the rarities compilation They Got Lost along with the Internet-only album Long Tall Weekend.

Frederick Clod

He had been in the service of Frederick III of Denmark, collecting "Rarities", and himself was a native of Holstein.

Guarapero/Lost Blues 2

It is the second compilation of singles, rarities, and live performances, after Lost Blues and Other Songs (1997).

It Don't Come Easy

The song was covered by the American band The Smithereens on their album of rarities, Attack of the Smithereens.

James A. Ten Eyck

Ten Eyck was also an avid coin collector, having built a collection of great rarities including the famed Brasher Doubloon over the course of fifty years of collecting.

John Josselyn

The Most Remarkable Passages from the First Discovery of the Continent of America to 1673, reprinted by Edward Tuckerman in 1865 along with New England's Rarities (see above)

1671: New England's Rarities, discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country, reprinted with notes by Edward Tuckerman in 1865.

Jughead's Revenge

That was followed by a B-sides and rarities compilation, 13 Kiddie Favorites, which also marked its first release with new drummer Jarrod Thornton.

Long Tall Weekend

The next year, "Rat Patrol," "Token Back to Brooklyn," "Reprehensible," "Certain People I Could Name" and "They Got Lost" appeared on the rarities compilation album They Got Lost, and "The Edison Museum" appeared on No!.

Loser Anthems

Loser Anthems: B-Sides and Rarities (normally referred to simply as "Loser Anthems") is a 2001 EP release by the now-defunct Matthew Good Band.

Major Label Debut

A different recording of the song "Nightbreed" would later appear on the band's rarities album Thank You Very Little, while "Racist Society" would later appear on the greatest hits album Weasel Mania.

Marc-André Hamelin

Festival appearances have included Bad Kissingen, Belfast, Cervantino, La Grange de Meslay, Husum Piano Rarities, Lanaudière, Ravinia, La Roque d’Anthéron, Ruhr Piano, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Singapore Piano, Snape Maltings Proms, Mänttä Music Festival, Turku and Ottawa Strings of the Future, as well as the Chopin Festivals of Bagatelle (Paris), Duszniki and Valldemossa.

Music Is My Radar

Peculiarly, the promotional video for the song is not included on the DVD/VHS version of the compilation and was the only UK Blur video never to have been made commercially available until the release of the Blur 21 box set in 2012, where it features on the Rarities DVD, along with the other music videos not featured on the Blur: The Best of DVD.

No direction home

The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, a 2005 rarities compilation album that accompanies the film

Pancho Herrera

The "missing 'a'" version of Herrera's 1958 Topps baseball card, where his name is spelled "Herrer" on the front, is one of the baseball card world's great rarities.

Pop Has Freed Us

Pop Has Freed Us, a compilation/career retrospective by Papas Fritas, contains eight songs from their studio albums and nine rarities, and comes with a DVD featuring three music videos ("Afterall," "Hey Hey You Say," and "Way You Walk").

Popina Island

The invertebrate fauna comprises rarities like the European black widow (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) and the giant myriapod (Scolopendra cingulata).

Punk-O-Rama 2001, Vol. 6

"Bath of Least Resistance" by NOFX was later released on their rarities compilation 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records.

Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff

Guest musicians appearing on the album include Deni Bonet, Jocelyne Lanois, Bill Dillon, Luke Doucet, Manufacture and Camille Henderson; remixers include Anthony Valcic, Gary Stokes and Rabbit in the Moon.

Rarities/B-Sides

The album art contains various photographs and a poster by contemporary artist and photographer Todd Hido.

Rock Is Dead—Long Live Rock!

In the liner notes for the Who's 1974 rarities collection Odds & Sods, guitarist and lead songwriter Pete Townshend said, "I had an idea once for a new album about the history of The Who called Rock Is Dead—Long Live Rock. That idea later blossomed into Quadrophenia." The sessions for the album spanned from 19 May to 6 June at Olympic Studios in London.

Seether: 2002-2013

The inclusion on a cover version of Veruca Salt's "Seether" on a second disc of rarities, demos, and B-sides "should please fans".

Stephen, Stephen

It was included on the B-sides and rarities collection Electronic Projects for Musicians in 2008.

Strung Out

In March 2009, Strung Out released a collection of rarities & b-sides entitled Prototypes and Painkillers.

The Dukes of Stratosphear

The 2002 XTC rarities compilation Coat of Many Cupboards premiered a hitherto unheard 20-second section of narration recorded for Psonic Psunspot but not used.

The Initial Friend E.P.

"Frug" was later included as the final song on the band's B-sides and rarities compilation, Rkives.

The Virus

In March 2001, the band recorded four new songs for a limited picture disc 7" to be released on Charged Records. Punk Core Records bought the rights to release the picture disc from Charged Records, and released the 7" in October 2001, along with a Singles & Rarities CD .

The White Elephant Sessions

The White Elephant Sessions is a rarities and demo version album by American Christian band Jars of Clay, released in conjunction with the band's third studio album If I Left the Zoo.

Too Drunk to Fuck

Both songs from this single are available on the rarities album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1987).

Vine Brook

John Josselyn (in his "New England's Rarities") and other writers from the 17th Century (such as William Wood in his "New England's Prospect") noted the abundance of grape vines, primarily in low, wet areas.


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