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  • noun On a cassette tape or record, the side which holds the primary track.
  • noun The track on the A-side of a tape or record.

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Examples

  • Goodbye - Elton John - always loved this more than it's A-side Holiday Inn

    Readers recommend: B-sides 2011

  • There's always the possibility that if you liked the A-side enough to buy the record, you may enjoy the flip side too.

    Readers recommend: B-sides 2011

  • Featuring members of the hyped and doomed Jo Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, but sounding nothing like them, their excellent debut double A-side Left Myself Behind and Clock Chime recalls some kind of late-80s/early-90s jam session between Stereolab, Felt and Pulp, the songs proceeding proudly at their own stately pace, and gathering momentum through their purposeful, clean strumming.

    This week's new live music 2012

  • The A-side of the record was an incredible cover of the Billy Joel song, the B-side a beautiful and criminally underappreciated ballad by Van Zandt.

    Holly Cara Price: Steve Popovich: A Music Industry Legend Holly Cara Price 2011

  • The B-sides - an aimless Josh Homme remix and a live version of the A-side – are negligible, but this is by far the classiest, sexiest, noisiest and best single of the week.

    This week's new singles, reviewed by Aidan Moffat 2011

  • Like the B-side of an A-side that you know cos it was used on a mobile phone advert.

    This week's new singles 2011

  • The A-side of the record was an incredible cover of the Billy Joel song, the B-side a beautiful and criminally underappreciated ballad by Van Zandt.

    Holly Cara Price: Steve Popovich: A Music Industry Legend Holly Cara Price 2011

  • He should do a cover version and put it out on a double A-side with "I am what I am".

    In praise of … Lemmy | Editorial 2011

  • The A-side of the record was an incredible cover of the Billy Joel song, the B-side a beautiful and criminally underappreciated ballad by Van Zandt.

    Holly Cara Price: Steve Popovich: A Music Industry Legend Holly Cara Price 2011

  • The A-side of the record was an incredible cover of the Billy Joel song, the B-side a beautiful and criminally underappreciated ballad by Van Zandt.

    Holly Cara Price: Steve Popovich: A Music Industry Legend Holly Cara Price 2011

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