Minus one (music)
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A minus one is the commercial equivalent of a backing track used prevalently in the Philippines. In its earliest applications by the Philippine record industry during the mid-1980s, a 'minus one' was a variant of a commercially-released song, wherein the lead vocal track had been muted, and issued as the "flip side" of a 7-inch vinyl record. The inclusion of a 'minus one' reduced the production cost of a promotional single by foregoing the need to record another song to occupy the record's B-side. It also encouraged buyers of a 7-inch record to sing along with the intended "hit single". A "minus one mix" may not necessarily be an instrumental, as the backing vocals of the mix may be retained.
With the rise of the karaoke phenomenon, record companies frequently compiled their legitimate minus one recordings and sold them as specialized products. As a patented Filipino invention, karaoke machines grew in popularity and the demand for accompaniment recordings increased equivalently, that caused independently-recorded instrumental backing tracks to prosper and saturate the market.
Conceptually, a "minus one" recording is not far removed from the genre created by Music Minus One that had its beginnings in the United States during the 1950s, which were sold as educational "play-along tracks" packaged with matching musical instruction books.
Early releases of Minus One sides[edit]
The following table shows early B-sides released by Blackgold Records for the singer Zsa Zsa Padilla, that best exemplify the popularity of the Minus One record genre in the Philippine record-buying milieu in the mid-1980s. Many of these early vinyl sides have since been ported to other analog and digital media media platforms, such as cassette tapes, VCD, karaoke devices and free video sharing websites.
| Side A | Side B | 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 Vinyl |
| Eversince (Alvina Eileen Sy) |
Eversince (minus one) (Arranged by Dante Trinidad) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-397 | 1985 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| To Love You (Danny Javier) |
To Love You (minus one) (Arranged by Menchu Apostol) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-401 | 1985 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Hiram (George Canseco) |
Hiram (minus one) (Arranged by Danny Tan) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-404 | 1986 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Mambobola (Rey-An Fuentes) |
Mambobola (minus one) (Arranged by Homer Flores) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-410 | 1986 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Ikaw Lamang (Dodjie Simon) |
Ikaw Lamang (minus one) (Arranged by Menchu Apostol) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-413 | 1986 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Minsan Pa (Jun Sta. Maria & Peewee Apostol) |
Minsan Pa (minus one) (Arranged by Menchu Apostol) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-417 | 1986 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Maybe This Time (Marlene del Rosario) |
Maybe This Time (minus one) (Arranged by Menchu Apostol) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-432 | 1988 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Pangako (Dodjie Simon) |
Pangako (minus one) (Arranged by Egay Gonzales) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-447 | 1990 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
| Ang Aking Pamasko (Tony Velarde) |
Ang Aking Pamasko (minus one) (Arranged by Egay Gonzales) |
Blackgold Records | BSP-459 | 1990 | 45-RPM Vinyl |
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