In a pre-digital world the answer was simple…buy the single.
If you purchased a 12” single it was extremely likely you’d get the song, the instrumental, and maybe even the acapella.
These days the single as we once knew it doesn’t exactly exist.
Even the record pools seem to be less than satisfactory when it comes to multiple versions of tunes.
Your only reliable source these days is digital promo singles which may or may not contain extras like instrumentals and acapellas.
