Backwards songs on 7" singles

[chas_kit]

A few songs presented backwards, usually on the B-side of singles:

Missing Links ‎– H'tuom Tuhs (parts 1 & 2), October 1965, Philips - version of "Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut"

Keyes‎ – Smiling Faces / Gnilims Secaf, 1967, Lemco

Lloyd Green ‎– Panic ("A Trip") / Cinap ("Pirt A"), 1968, Big A Records - entire label of B-side is mirrored

Any others? What's the earliest known?

 

[eleelandc]

They're coming to Take Me Away?

 

[chas_kit]

They're coming to Take Me Away?

Right, that qualifies. I always avoided that record, either side.

 

[captain bronstain]

Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon/Noollab Wolley, June 1967, Canterbury

Exactly not TBM material, but...

 

[Heitkotter77]

A 1981 reissue on the Raven label of Jack Kittel's cover of the Eddie Noack's song "Psycho"
Jack Kittel – Psycho (1981, Black Text, Vinyl) - Discogs

 

[Heitkotter77]

Great spooky instro. The backwards flip is even better than the regular version.
Count Gregore & The Transylvanians – Theme From Nightmare (Vinyl) - Discogs

 

[chas_kit]

Great spooky instro. The backwards flip is even better than the regular version.
Count Gregore & The Transylvanians – Theme From Nightmare (Vinyl) - Discogs

good one - that might be the earliest so far

 

[Laurent Bigot]

good one - that might be the earliest so far

sounds like a 70s record to me.

 

[MopTopMike]

sounds like a 70s record to me.

It is.
The font typeface was not created until 1972 or thereabouts.

 

[Laurent Bigot]

some cover versions of Napoleon XIV like this french one used the same gimmick

 

[Laurent Bigot]

love the dutch version

 

[chas_kit]

sounds like a 70s record to me.

should have realized from "STEREO" on the labels!

 

[13th Floor Garage]

Although a commercial hit (the flip to "Yummy Yummy") Ohio Express - Zig Zag

 

[MopTopMike]

I think the original intent of the topic is to come up with 45s where the b side is backwards playing version of the a side.
Zig Zag is a backwards version of an instrumental, can't place the title at the moment. It isn't Yummy Yummy Yummy playing backwards. It is something that was issued on the Buddah label as a b side. I have it in the collection. Possibly Poor Old Mr. Jenson now that I think of it...

 

[chas_kit]

I think the original intent of the topic is to come up with 45s where the b side is backwards playing version of the a side.
Zig Zag is a backwards version of an instrumental, can't place the title at the moment. It isn't Yummy Yummy Yummy playing backwards. It is something that was issued on the Buddah label as a b side. I have it in the collection. Possibly Poor Old Mr. Jenson now that I think of it...

Actually any backwards song in any genre is interesting to me, at least prior to 1970.

 

[tymespan]

Count Gregore was a horror show host in Oklahoma & hosted "Nightmare Theater" until 1972 so it's probably 71-72.

 

[chas_kit]

A friend suggested Hearts Of Stone “Too Hard To Please You /You Please To Hard” on Last Sound Derived

 

[tymespan]

1910 Fruit Gum Company released "Pow Wow" as the flip to "Indian Giver" and it's a backwards version of the song "Bring Back Howdy Doody"

 

[chas_kit]

Very cool to see so many.

I started a list on Discogs for this so people can add their Stranglers & Sonic Youth etc. : https://www.discogs.com/lists/Backwards-songs-on-7-records/814957

 

[chas_kit]

1910 Fruit Gum Company released "Pow Wow" as the flip to "Indian Giver" and it's a backwards version of the song "Bring Back Howdy Doody"

interesting I don't think it's the Flying Giraffe version