Minus one recordings

In the Philippines, the Minus-one (commonly, albeit improperly, spelled "Minus one"[1] without the hyphen) is a variant mix of a multitrack recording, wherein the lead vocal track of a song is muted for further commercial "exploitation". In the Philippine recording industry of the 1980s, during the heyday of vinyl records, this variant was released as the "flip side"[2][3] of a commercial song's 7-inch single, but generally never a part of the Long Playing album containing the full-featured song. Succinctly, a B-Side selection became referred to as "minus one" because the lead vocal track is subtracted from the A-Side song's original mix.

Record production genre

As a genre of record production in the Philippines,[4] the inclusion of a 'minus one' Side-B reduced the production cost of a 45 RPM 7-inch "single" by foregoing the need for yet another song to occupy the 7-inch record's flipside.[5] It also encouraged buyers to "sing along" with the bonus accompaniment of the "hit single".

A "minus one mix" would not necessarily be wholly instrumental, as backing vocals of the song's original mix may be retained. The concept of instrumental B-Sides to complement their full versions became a production trend of the Philippine record industry of the 1980s, which was replicated overseas.[6] In the ensuing years, tracks from minus-one flip sides were assembled by production houses for their inclusion in compilations.[7][8] Their commercial success notwithstanding, no spurious claims were made that vinyl sing-along B-Sides of OPM were an "ïnvention" or innovation.

Examples of Minus One sides

The following table illustrates early B-sides of Zsa Zsa Padilla's 7-inch singles released by Blackgold Records. Many such vinyl sides have since been ported to other platforms, including VCD, videoke and free video sharing websites.

Side A Song Side B Minus one Record Label Catalog Year Format
When I'm With You
(Rene Novelles)		 When I'm With You (minus one)
(Arranged by Dante Trinidad)		 Blackgold Records BSP-392 1985 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Eversince
(Alvina Eileen Sy)		 Eversince (minus one)
(Arranged by Dante Trinidad)		 Blackgold Records BSP-397 1985 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
To Love You
(Danny Javier)		 To Love You (minus one)
(Arranged by Menchu Apostol)		 Blackgold Records BSP-401 1985 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Hiram
(George Canseco)		 Hiram (minus one)
(Arranged by Danny Tan)		 Blackgold Records BSP-404 1986 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Mambobola
(Rey-An Fuentes)		 Mambobola (minus one)
(Arranged by Homer Flores)		 Blackgold Records BSP-410 1986 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Ikaw Lamang
(Dodjie Simon)		 Ikaw Lamang (minus one)
(Arranged by Menchu Apostol)		 Blackgold Records BSP-413 1986 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Minsan Pa
(Jun Sta. Maria & Peewee Apostol)		 Minsan Pa (minus one)
(Arranged by Menchu Apostol)		 Blackgold Records BSP-417 1986 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Maybe This Time
(Marlene del Rosario)		 Maybe This Time (minus one)
(Arranged by Menchu Apostol)		 Blackgold Records BSP-432 1988 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Pangako
(Dodjie Simon)		 Pangako (minus one)
(Arranged by Egay Gonzales)		 Blackgold Records BSP-447 1990 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
Ang Aking Pamasko
(Tony Velarde)		 Ang Aking Pamasko (minus one)
(Arranged by Egay Gonzales)		 Blackgold Records BSP-459 1990 45-RPM 7" Vinyl
► In 1987, a song by the Filipino band, The Dawn was released as a 7-inch 45 RPM single (with minus-one) by their record label, OctoArts.
► In the millenium years, Narda, a band from the Philippines, featured an album page in AllMusic[9] with dedicated Minus One content.

Minus one is content

The wave of "Minus-one" vinyl B-Sides brought about a genre in the Philippine record industry, harvested by the cousins Vic del Rosario and Orly Ilacad,[10] co-owners and executive producers of Vicor Music Corporation and its offshoot record labels. They released the seminal 7-inch B-sides of minus-one recordings, later grouped together as minus-one compilations on cassette tape format, Compact Disks and later as online material.[11] As sheer musical content, the instrumentals were a precursor to widespread recreational crooning at home and outside, its provenance[12] effectively traced to the Music Minus One products of the mid-1950s. As a Filipino trait[13] for festivity,[14] the allure for minus-one recordings crossed cultural barriers in the Philippines.[15][16][17]

Demise of Philippine Minus-one B-Sides
Main article: Karaoke § In culture

References
  1. Minus One | Slang Define, archived from the original on February 15, 2024
  2. "Merriam-Webster: Flip side Definition & Meaning". April 26, 2024.
  3. "Collins Dictionary: FLIP SIDE definition and meaning". 2024.
  4. Production Genre | soundroll.com
  5. Oxford Languages: flipside | Google
  6. Fintoni, Laurent (2020). Bedroom Beats & B-Sides: Instrumental Hip-Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. Velocity Press. ISBN 9781913231040.
  7. "Vocal Removal and Isolation". manual.audacityteam.org. November 16, 2023.
  8. Epekto ng OPM Orihinal na Musika ng Pilipino | musixmatch (in Tagalog)
  9. Minus One | AllMusic
  10. "Vic, Orly & Tito: Philpop's music trio". PressReader. The Philippine Star. March 8, 2017.
  11. Minus-One OPM Alternative Love Songs | Universal Records, Polycosmic, August 2021
  12. Odrich, Jim (May 2016), The Jim Odrich Experience: Music Minus One Piano | Google Books, Music Minus One, ISBN 978-1-59615-056-0
  13. Charles E. Griffith, Jr. (March 1924). "Folk Music in the Philippines". Music Supervisors' Journal. 10 (4): 26–64. doi:10.2307/3383136. JSTOR 3383136 – via JSTOR.org.
  14. "communal celebration". Collins Dictionary. 2024.
  15. "Pinoy music artists sing of love and hope for Philippines {mention of minus one)". goodnewspilipinas. May 2, 2019.
  16. "Quincentennial Theme Song Minus One MP3". National Quincentennial Committee Philippines, National Historical Commission of the Philippines. March 25, 2020.
  17. "Bagani Quincentennial Theme Song". National Quincentennial Committee Philippines, National Historical Commission of the Philippines. March 25, 2020.


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