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Originally Posted by harrold
his rough opinion about the Calling All Stations B-sides suprised me a bit
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While I enjoy Banjo Man and like some of the other B-sides, I can understand Ray's p.o.v. that, yes, they recorded these bits at one point and found they weren't good enough (or perhaps, they weren't *Genesis* enough) to put on the album or release as a single A-side.
Sign Your Life Away in particular sounds like the result of Ray saying "Okay, I do it your way on the album and on the tour and everywhere else, let's try and find out what it sounds like when we do it my way."
These b-sides are perhaps like the younger sibling to Match Of The Day and Pigeons. Perhaps quite fun to play and to toy with, but nothing you'd want to have on CD for the rest of your life.
BTW, who actually wrote the lyrics for Banjo Man? Who told the truth here?