Demos & Lost Albums [Import]

Track Listings

1. Never Never Land

2. Can We Still Be Friends

3. "The Verb ""To Love""

4. A Dream Goes On Forever

5. Love In Action

6. "Medley; I'm So Proud, Ooh Baby Baby, La La Means

7. Just One Victory

8. Real Man

9. It Wouldn't Have Mad Any Difference

10. Love Of The Common Man

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese exclusive 39 track compilation on two CDs. Volume four of the 'Todd Archive Series'. Disc one features 19 demosincluding, 'Lucky Guy', 'You Cried Wolf' and 'Can We Still Be Friends'. Disc two is divided into two parts, 'Froggy Went A Pumpkin!' (includes a cover of The Doors-'Hello, I Love You') and 'Disco Jets'. 2001 release. Slimline double jewel case

Tracks:

From Wrong To Right
My Love I'll Always Show
Loud N Clear
You Know What To Do
You Won't Be Lonely
Co'mon Rock
Tank (Robert Sweet Drum Solo)
Honestly

Customer Reviews:

Better Than The Yellow and Black Attack!!!.......2007-07-11

These versions of these songs are better than the versions that appear on The Yellow and Black Attack! because these are more raw. The sound quality is excellent for demos. "My Love I'll Always Show" is the suprise gem here. I was expecting a melodic version of the song like "You Won't Be Lonely". Instead you get a "in your face" heavy rocker that's way better than the re-make that was turned into a ballad. Buy this! You won't be disappointed!

Stryper-TheRoxx Regime Demos.......2007-07-10

I just got my copy of the Roxx Regime Demos from Stryper. "From Wrong To Right" goes really slow at the beginning, but it Rocks the rest of the way. The best song on the album is the most surprising as well in "My Love I'll Always Show". I have listened to this song the most and it just an awesome song to hear this way. "Loud N' Clear" sounds basically the same, a lot more bass and drum work though. "You Know What To Do" also starts slower and builds. The guitar work is more defined and grinding in this version. There is even some Cowbell going on in "You Won't Be Lonely" (Needs more cowbell). "Co'Mon Rock" has a little differences in emphasis on certain words and the bass and guitar seem more present here. "Tank" is a nice little drum solo from Robert Sweet and really showcases his talent, a welcome addition to the album. "Honestly" even has that trumpet solo that we heard about. Believe me, you guys can hear the little differences in every song.

The inside cover art is some old posters from back in the day when this journey with Stryper started. They played on the same stage with some of the biggest names in Metal back then...or rather, those bands got to play with Stryper! This is a Great album. I am actually very glad I have this. One of the best Stryper releases ever!!!

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The Who Classic Masterpiece AS YOU NEVER HEARD BEFORE
A Landmark Classic Now Made Even Better.
A Milestone of Early Rock!
I Love it !
The Who's classic rock opera gets a 35th birthday celebration fit for a king!

Tommy

Manufacturer: Geffen Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DJZAH
Release Date: 2003-10-28

Tracks:

Overture
It's A Boy
1921
Amazing Journey
Sparks
Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
Christmas
Cousin Kevin
The Acid Queen
Underture
Do You Think It's Alright
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
There's A Doctor
Go To The Mirror!
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
Smash The Mirror
Sensation
Miracle Cure
Sally Simpson
I'm Free
Welcome
Tommy's Holiday Camp
We're Not Gonna Take It
See Me Feel Me/Listening To You

Tracks:

I Was
Christmas (Out-Take 3)
Cousin Kevin Model Child
Young Man Blues (Version 1)
Tommy Can You Hear Me? (Alternate Version)
Trying To Get Through
Sally Simpson (Out-Takes)
Miss Simpson
Welcome (Take 2)
Tommy's Holiday Camp (Band's Version)
We're Not Gonna Take It (Alternate Version)
Dogs (Part 2)
It's A Boy
Amazing Journey
Christmas
Do You Think It's Alright?
Pinball Wizard

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The Who Classic Masterpiece AS YOU NEVER HEARD BEFORE.......2007-06-12

The Album is a masterpiece of all time rock n roll, even if this is "the less Who album" of the Who... but nevermind!
The Sound in both Stereo (from the original master tape discovered in the vault of UMG) and 5.1 (mixed by Pete Townshend himself) is great...
As you put the disc in your player you'll hear the great differences from the 1996 reissue even if you have only a "simple" CD player..
If You're a great Who fan and you a have SACD player buy ABSOLUTELY this album and enjoy it 'til the laser of your player won't work anymore...
The second disc is clearly for fans only but the quality of some track even if are demos or outtakes is very very good!!

A Landmark Classic Now Made Even Better........2006-12-26

One of the most important, groundbreaking amd influential albums in the history of rock and roll, The Who's 1969 magnum opus "Tommy", a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball, is now better than ever thanks to the brilliance of SACD and DSD remastering techniques.

Every song on the cd sounds like it was recorded just yesterday. It is 100 % crystal clear, perfectly remixed and remastered. It gives you a clearer view of the story as well as a more pleasurable than ever listening experience. Pete Townshend and the people involved in this truly put their hearts into making "Tommy" better than ever.

The bonus disc is also worth it. A lot of awesome raritis. The liner notes are an interesting read, and the album itself is of course a masterpiece nobody should be without.

A Milestone of Early Rock!.......2006-09-29

"Tommy" is beyond question one of the big milestones of early rock. Musically the band were at the peak of their creativity.

All band members were obviously extremely talented musicians and both Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were/are great singers. Apart from few exceptions like "Cousin Kevin" all songs are outstanding; and it's really great to have the whole story on one CD - compared to the old double vinyl album.

Though the storyline may seem a little weird today ( to me it always did ), there is so much great music on this album.

The second bonus CD gives a very interesting insight in the developement of some of the songs. Though the sound quality is exellent CD 2 will mainly be of interest to hard-core Who fans. None of these alternate versions are better than the ones chosen for the album, though a few come close. The studio version of "Young Man Blues" which did not appear on the original album is a nice addition too!

I Love it !.......2006-09-06

I was so blind-sided by this reissue - really. I have looked at this for a few years now, but I never picked it up. My impression of this was that it had some very good music along with some dated sounding tracks, so it wasn't a high priority. I'd been having very good luck buying hybrid SACD's even though I don't own a SACD player; the CD layers benefit greatly from the DSD mastering, making them stand head and shoulders above the latest PCM remasters (there are a few exceptions), so I decided to take the plunge.

The CD layer is stunning. I must have been sitting there with my mouth open after "Overture" began. I experienced emotion that wasn't there on previous listens to this on CD and vinyl. Yes, some of the tracks still sound dated, but most of this album is very good indeed, and this remaster is so incredible. If you own a great stereo rig, I highly recommend buying this - in fact, even if you don't have a great rig, I recommend it!

The Who's classic rock opera gets a 35th birthday celebration fit for a king!.......2006-08-13

The Who's fourth studio(and fifth overall) album Tommy was released in May of 1969.
The Tommy album by The Who was the make or break for the group because if Tommy had failed, The Who would have probably disbanded due to lack of funds despite their concerts selling out based on Pete Townshend's guitar smashing and Keith Moon's drum kit demolishing at the end of each gig.
Guitarist Pete Townshend, under the gun after I Can See For Miles failed as a single in the UK(although it was their biggest ever hit here in the US) came up with a rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind kid named Tommy whom becomes those aforementioned things after witnessing an event as a child that traumatized him(his father killing his step-father whom he considered his father).
Originally considered to be a single length album, the band felt it didn't make sense so they expanded it into a double album and the result is one of rock's Top 10 greatest double studio albums in history(alongside other classic double albums like the then-already released Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles' White album and would help pave the way for more classics like The Rolling Stones' 1972 masterwork Exile on Main Street, The Who's 1973 release Quadrophenia, Elton John's 1973 classic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Genesis' 1974 masterwork The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Led Zeppelin's 1975 classic Physical Graffiti, Pink Floyd's 1979 masterpiece The Wall and Bruce Springsteen's 1980 classic The River among many others).
Alot of classics appear on this album like the Overture, the classic Top 20 hit Pinball Wizard, Amazing Journey, the Underture(best instrumental on here which is basically a repeat of the album's other instrumental Sparks), Go to the Mirror, I'm Free, Cousin Kevin(one of bass player John Entwistle's greatest compositions), Fiddle About(about the perverted Uncle Ernie), Tommy's Holiday Camp(another excellent ditty written by drummer Keith Moon whom did an excellent rendition in the film version of Tommy in 1975) and the classic finale We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me.
The other tracks on the album It's a Boy, 1921(You Didn't Hear It), Eyesight to the Blind, Christmas, The Acid Queen, Do You Think It's Alright, There's a Doctor I've Found, Tommy Can You Hear Me?, Smash the Mirror, Sensation, Miracle Cure, Sally Simpson and Welcome are all great pieces as well though tend to be overlooked.
The album made The Who legends for good and peaked at #4 on the Billboard chart and was their first Gold seller(eventually Platinum).
In 1996, the album was re-released as a remastered CD but used different masters for the remixed reissue.
In October of 2003(just in time for Tommy's 35th Anniversary), Geffen Records(formerly known as MCA) re-released the album as a 2-disc Hybrid SACD with the original mix on the CD layer and a killer 5.1 mix on the SACD layer and this version uses the very original tapes that were found in Universal's vault after being said that the original tapes were destroyed by Kit Lambert in a fire. As a result of the discovery of the original tapes, the sound quality is amazing on here.
Disc two has great outtakes and demos like I Was, The Who trying to record Sally Simpson with hilarious results and instrumental versions of Tommy Can You Hear Me and Tommy's Holiday Camp among many other rarities plus a cool booklet with rare photos.
Highly recommended.

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Tennessee Fire & At Dawn Demos

Manufacturer: Darla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FIH172
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Album Description

When Darla released My Morning Jacket's epic second record At Dawn the first 2500 CD and 1000 LP came with a bonus demos disc, which was like another little At Dawn. It has long been out of print now and we frequently receive requests for it. This beloved demos disc is available once again with the addition of previously unreleased demo versions of key tracks from My Morning Jacket's debut record The Tennessee Fire recording sessions, plus a few other gems recorded during the term that haven't yet seen the light of day. If you're an MMJ fan like Darla you're in for a real treat. Track list: 1. L.O.Z. Intro, 2. The Way That He Sings (demo), 3. Hopefully (demo), 4. Bermuda Highway (demo), 5. Just Because I Do (demo), 6. Lowdown (demo), 7. At Dawn (demo), 8. I Needed It Most (demo), 9. Lead Me Father (demo), 10. Phone Went West (demo), 11. Chills (demo), 12. Heartbreakin Man (demo), 13. The Bear (demo), 14. Picture Of You (demo), 15. I Think I'm Going To Hell (demo) 16. Butch Cassidy (demo), 17. War Begun (Live WFPK), 18. Twilight (Live WFPK), 19. Lil Billy (Live Nashvegas), 20. Magic Man.

The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg - The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes

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Grows on you like a patch of wildflowers
Give it a second spin
WOW
The Flaming Lips get...good? Whoa.
Hot to Trot for them Flaming Lips

The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg - The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes
The Flaming Lips
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Transmissions from the Satellite Heart

ASIN: B00006GSFF
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

Shine On Sweet Jesus
Unconsciously Screamin
Raining Babie
Take Me Ta Mars
Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
Stand In Line
God Walks Among Us Now
There Your Are
Mountain Side
What A Wonderful World
Lucifer Rising
Ma, I Didnt Notice
Le Me Be It
Drug Machine In Heaven
Strychnine/ Peace, Love & Understanding

Tracks:

Take Me Ta Mars
Mountain Side
There You Are
Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
Raining Babies
Unconsciously Screamin
Stand In Line
Gods A Wheeler Dealer
Agonizing
One Shot
Cold Day
Jam
Shes Gone Mad
Golden Hearse
Unconsciously Screamin
Stand In Line
I Want To Kill My Brother
Five Stop Mother Superior Rain

Album Description

Full Title - The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg. A two-disc set of Flaming Lips recordings from 1989 to 1991, reissues the complete In a Priest Driven Ambulance and adds (in effect) 23 bonus tracks - comprising B-sides (from the singles 'Drug Machine' and 'Unconsciously Screamin') plus a collection of four-track demos often bootlegged as The Mushroom Tapes. Of the extra material, the B-sides are best, especially a pair of covers - one of the Sonics' sullen garage nugget 'Strychnine' and the other of Elvis Costello's '(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.' Restless Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Grows on you like a patch of wildflowers.......2007-01-04

This is an incredible collection of Lips early stuff. The other companion collection, "Finally The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid", discs 1-3, are the first recordings by the Flaming Lips, and it is very good. If you are a huge fan of the Flaming Lips like I am, both of these are good to have for historical purposes. The Flaming Lips have a rich history of inventive music and if you just start at The Soft Bulletin, arguably where they are roughly at stylistically, and have the three most recent recordings, that one and Yoshimi, and At War With The Mystics, then wouldn't you be a bit curious as to how they arrived at this point?

I was curious, and I live in the area where they grew up in central Oklahoma, and pretty much ignored them up until about a year ago. Now I have all of their CDs except for one of them.

You should be curious if you consider yourself to be an explorer of artistically viable music. The Flaming lips have obvious influences from the classic/acid-rock era including Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and many others. But this collection reveals how they developed their ideas from a Punk Rock Acid Rock perspective, and, depending on your frame of mind, and how receptive you are to noise/Acid/punk and their newer musical ideas, you should find The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg rewarding--I did.

Disc one includes the "Preist Driven Ambulance" album, which was their last pre-Warner Bros. album, and also their last album without Steven Drozd on the drums. It is looser, and much more guitar driven than their recent recordings, although all the recordings prior to Soft Bulletin are more guitar/noise driven. There are plenty of mind-blowing ideas and many beautiful songs. The bass is more prominent in the mix. The rawness is there but the punk-influenced Acid sound is there and it plays very well. Some of the stand-out songs from disc one are played again as out-takes, different versions and they are on Disc Two, the Mushroom Tapes. This disc took me a few plays to enjoy but I now listen to it more than the others. There are some songs that are beautiful, such as the Stones-influenced Five Stop Mother Superior Rain, with its slide guitar work, harking back to Stones Wild Horses, or Pink Floyd.

Anyway, I won't go into the details. Listen and experience this collection on your own. With an open mind, you'll be richly rewarded.

Give it a second spin.......2006-01-28

Im not going to lie, when i bought this album (blind) I hated it. I felt like I had to like it cause I like the band, but i really didnt like it. But after giving it another try recently, I found that it was about ten times better than I originally thought. After my third time through it, I actually greatly enjoyed it. It can be hard at times, because of their drug induced lyrics and music, but still a credit to Wayne Coynes upbeat and silly styl. So dont be fooled by the 30 second clips, cause this album has more than meets the initail eye.

WOW.......2005-07-15

The first time I listened to this album, it sounded like a bunch of lo fi noise. But once I sat down with a nice pair of head phones and just listened, I was able to appreciate what a mature, gorgeous album this is.

Yes, there is a lot of guitar noise. But the noise is not an end in itself. It is a tool that the Flaming Lips deploy with surgical precision. In this album's best moments, feedback effects laden guitar riffs alternate with periods of unsettling quiet to create a heightened sense of dramatic tension. This tension, which is sustained for most of the album, turns what would otherwise be a bunch of very catchy country and blues inspired melodies into an edgy psychedelic masterpiece.

It may take a few listens to really appreciate what the Lips are doing here; but, in my opinion, the reward is well worth it.

The Flaming Lips get...good? Whoa........2005-01-27

Although it's loaded with demos and outtakes, the main reason you want to own "..Jesus Egg" is for "In a Priest Driven Ambulance". I think the actual album is out of print, so you might as well get it here with the nice packaging and what not.

"Ambulance" is The Flaming Lips' fourth album (released in 1990), and it's a major improvement. The haze of psychedelia, punk, and white noise that made up their previous three albums is still in tact..but now they've injected the music with a heavy dose of pop. In other words, these songs actually have distinguishable melodies and hooks!

"Shine on Sweet Jesus" combines caterwauling guitar feedback and Wayne Coyne's shrill vocals with an irrestiable singalong hook. It's like white noise meets bubblegum pop.

"Unconsciously Screamin" is a glorious psychedelic mess, as are the noisy assaults "God Walks Among Us Now" and "Mountain Side".

There's actually a lot of quieter moments on the album too. "Rainin' Babies" is a really gorgeous ballad; it's like a lo-fi precursor to "The Soft Bulletin". The majestic "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" is similar fare that also works well.

Other highlights include the thumping bass weirdness of "Take Meta Mars", the trippy "Stand In Line", the unsettling, parking-lot folk of "There You Are" and their cover of "What a Wonderful World" (which surprisingly stays pretty true to the original).

The outtakes are hit or miss. There's some decent stuff on there. And the demos are interesting, but not something you'll probably listen to over and over again. But "In a Priest Driven Ambulance" is a true gem; not only their best early work, but one of their best altogether. And that's why "..Jesus Egg" is an essential purchase.

Hot to Trot for them Flaming Lips.......2004-05-21

To abstain from any superfluous felicitations that would hinder the evident brilliance of this album and to put lucidly my feelings on this particular effort, I shall simply state that In a Priest Driven Ambulance is one of the greatest sonic excursions I have been privy to hear in some time. Given that I was an ardent Lips fan prior to listening, my adoration was perpetuated to the nigh crux of hysteria when attaining a copy of my own. I suppose one could make the rather impotent attempt at actually delineating all the myriad components that make this album an astonishingly addictive substance, but such puerile plying would be immediately reduced to an ashen cinder because this album (as with nearly every other Lips album) evades all proper articulation. The vertiginous furrows of relentless feedback and white noise (that seem to ebb and swoon upon the nubile shoals of your ears), the imperious obfuscation of the Dadaist lyrics (slurred and howled in the most strained and salient pronunciations), the volutary movement of the music (i.e. the way the whole composition seems to impel the listener's volitation - incensing a feeling of flight), and all the innumerable idiosyncrasies make this one of the most impressive records of the 90s (compare this to that apathetic dive bomb dirge of bloated noise and unctuous production known as Nevermind to get my point). An aberrant to the pervasive ennui inspired by their contemporaries, In a Priest Driven Ambulance not only deviated from the prevailing miasma of alternative music by the promulgation of an album that prominently featured antipodean doses of noise terror and acoustic subtlety (the two often managing to coincide like in the wonderful "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain") but also marked an unprecedented turn in the Lips' own catalogue. Their preceding work had been infamous for its layers of feedback and white noise, and even though they still incorporated those elements into the "Priest" album, they had been reluctant to produce anything that dared veer from their course. Though their aptitude for bizarre melody had been brusquely exerted on tracks from Ow My Gawd the Flaming Lips and some parts of the cacophonous feedback symphony of Telepathic Surgery, it is here that the band began to intersperse their sense of musical competency. Restraining from the stentorian deluge of noise that made itself present on Telepathic Surgery, the Flaming Lips opted to create an album that deftly compounded all of those aspects and more - thus making this their first masterpiece (an echelon of which they now can amend with Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, The Clouds Taste Metallic, and the orchestral genius of the Soft Bulletin). But commending the album with such adulation is irreparably futile. I cannot put into words (nor would I try) the overwhelming sense of appeasement that fills every pore of my being when I hear the Lips' sardonic cover of "What a Wonderful World" or the obtuse hilarity (I sense I'm missing the joke) of "Shine on Sweet Jesus." Given the fact that they supported bands like the Butthole Surfers and Sonic Youth (neither of whom have come close to approaching this summit of plangent perfection), it is somewhat surprising to note the psychedelic pop they have chosen to adopt (though that in no way denigrates their eminence). But the result from their predilection of musical evolution is a strong track record that has currently failed to disappoint me (unlike the aforementioned Buttholes). Someone recently inquired as to the sound of the Flaming Lips, to what bands were they consanguineous. I had no answer, try as I did, all of my syllables dissipated and dissolved into indecipherable prate. To adequately describe this music for someone who has never heard it is a formidable challenge. All I can say is that I love the Flaming Lips, and even though some may be disconcerted by their bumptious conviviality, I can only retort that you have to give reverence to a band that can form a lyric like "I was born the day they shot a hole in the Jesus egg/ I was born the day they shot John Lennon's brain/ The way you look at me sucks me down the sidewalk."

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A Few Gems as Few that are better on later releases
very good I have 1 song
Ready for some close-up?
Yours Truly
Rid of Me demos

4-Track Demos
PJ Harvey
Manufacturer: Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001E26
Release Date: 1993-10-19

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Customer Reviews:

A Few Gems as Few that are better on later releases.......2007-06-03

Its a 4 track demo, so the fact that some songs are early versions of things later improved upon isn't much of a surprise. There are a few tracks that are just great and do not appear on later albums (not sure why because they are damn good). So, for a non collector type like me, it was still a worthy purchase.

very good I have 1 song.......2007-04-28

I don't own this cd I just dowloaded 50FT QUEENIE and I loved that song she sings about her becoming 50 ft of a queen looking over the city I loved that song. I couldn't find a single album so I reviewed it here hope you all don't mind It's one of those songs I can't resist.

Ready for some close-up?.......2006-04-27

If you like "Rid of Me", then buy this CD! Although I like the polish of her final product, these demos really give you insight into her true vocal power. This stuff explodes from DEEP inside her. Uncomfortable at times. Moving.

Yours Truly.......2006-04-10

These days, with everyone knowing everything there is too know about music and the musicians who make it, I have given up on trying to classify anything, or on claiming to know what's good and what's bad anymore. But this record is good. The songs are sincere, well written, and true to self. She really let herself shine and was shameless in releasing and promoting this definitive material. This isn't for everyone, but if you can put your finger on emotion and enjoy artistic expression in music, this one's for you.

Rid of Me demos.......2006-01-09

Personally I'm a fan of Steve Albini's production on Rid of Me. Even though the album didn't quite reach the heights of Dry, which I still consider her best album. Rid of Me was a great record and I really love listening to these demos. I think any fan of hers can appreciate them. The release was a reaction of sorts to critics of Albini's production on Rid of Me and certainly a more raw take on the material. This album is easily worth owning just for "Hardly Wait." It's one of her best songs and this was it's only offical release. The song didn't make it onto Rid of Me, I still don't understand why.

The 9 Volt Years: Battery Powered Home Demos & Curios (1979-198?)

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Interesting Collection of Demos!
Enjoyable (but you will like his earlier stuff even more)
Unpolished gem will light up any room (despite low wattage)
Rock out
Basic Rock Fun

The 9 Volt Years: Battery Powered Home Demos & Curios (1979-198?)
Marshall Crenshaw
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009HQX
Release Date: 1998-08-11

Tracks:

Run Back To You
Someday Someway
Bad Luck
Stay Fabulous
Everyone's In Love With You
You're My Favorite Waste Of Time
Vague Memory
Bruce Is King
That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On
She's Not You
The Thrill Of The Fight
First Love
Something's Gonna Happen
I'm Sorry
Rockin' Around In NYC

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Marshall Crenshaw's meld of rock & roll archaeology and empathetic songwriting remains striking lo these many moons since his debut. The 9 Volt Years, which collects demos and the odd radio performance, is a reminder of just how startling Crenshaw's forward-thinking retro style was in the early '80s. Fans will be familiar with some of these titles--"Someday Someway," "You're My Favorite Waste of Time," "Something's Gonna Happen," "Rockin' Around in NYC," heard here in versions similar to but different from the previously released takes, along with substantial retoolings of a couple of others--while more will quickly become new favorites. A pretty good "I'm Sorry" (Bo Diddley's, not Brenda Lee's) and a terrific reading of Sam Cooke's "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" are the obligatory covers. For even casual Crenshaw watchers, a must. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Interesting Collection of Demos!.......2007-04-12

This is a collection of demos and none of the recordings were originally considered for release. So obviously, you can't expect hi-fi sound quality; nonetheless most tracks sound very good and many songs are easily as good as Crenshaw's released album-tracks.

Most songs are upbeat-pop-rockers and most of them are both fine and catchy; I especially like the two opening tracks "Run Back to You" and "Someday Someway"; the latter is supposedly the only track recorded with professional equipment.

Probably the stand-out is the simple, but extremely catchy "You're My Favorite Waste of Time", which was a minor hit for Bette Midler.

Interesting how Crenshaw's voice often sound like John Lennon's.

Enjoyable (but you will like his earlier stuff even more).......2006-09-12

I'd sort of forgotten about Marshall Crenshaw until I saw/picked this disk up. Back in the early eighties he seemed like he was everywhere and his first three albums "Marshall Crenshaw", "Field Day" and "Downtown" were just chock full of pop classics. It all came back to me with the first few chords of the alternate version of "Someday, Someway" (with backup singers). This disc rocked me back in time, which is strange, considering I hadn't heard most of these songs before. There are a few stripped down demos of Crenshaw classics "Someday...", "Vague Memory", (an instrumental) "Blues is King" (dubbed "Bruce is King") and "Rockin' Around in NYC", but most are lost demos of songs that had never been released. Didn't matter, afterward, I just busted out all my old Crenshaw LP's and played them too.

Unpolished gem will light up any room (despite low wattage).......2000-08-30

This unpolished rarities collection captures Crenshaw at his best. What the songs lack in polish they make up for in raw energy. These demos are somewhat rare (although one or two have appeared on vinyl or CD). The liner notes are fun as well although I'd like to have seen a bit more of Marshall's witty comments.

This deserves 3 1/2 stars (it would get four but there are a couple of tracks that aren't quite up to snuff despite the fact that they are fun to hear). This album along with the recent This is Easy anthology and Live - My Truck is My Home would make the perfect homemade box set for any Crenshaw fan.

Rock out.......2000-05-29

Marshall Crenshaws finest cd. All the songs are great. Pure pop songs at their finest. If this cd doesn't make you tap your foot non stop nothing will.

Basic Rock Fun.......2000-03-10

A good quick exposure to Marshall Crenshaw in action. Since some of his album's were produced to a perfect polish, it's sort of fun to hear them with more edge to them. High props espcially to "Someday Someway" (rockier), "Favorite Waste of Time", "Bruce Is King" and "Stay Fabulous". Quick note - "I'm Sorry" is NOT "I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)", but rather the Bo Diddley song. Since "A Collection" is apparently not in print, this may be a good way for neophytes to check out what Mr Crenshaw's all about.

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OLDSCHOOL HARDCORE

The Demos
Underdog
Manufacturer: Revelation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Brightside
The Search: 1985-1989
No Spiritual Surrender
Break Down the Walls
The Earth Is Flat

ASIN: B000000TBE
Release Date: 1996-07-15

Tracks:

True Blue
Special Forces
Not Like You
Frontside Grind
Say It (To My Face)!
Never Too Late
Looking Out For You
Friends Like Them
Over The Edge
A Lot To Learn
Underdog
Mass Movement
Reach Out
Without Fear
The Vanishing Point

Album Description

Revelation: 28

This album contains both the True Blue demo, from which their long out of print 7" was taken, and the famed Over The Edge demo. Classic stuff.

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OLDSCHOOL HARDCORE.......2000-06-29

One of the best oldschool bands ever. This mis where it all started. Songs about sticking together and fighting. A classic and a must have.

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At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos
My Morning Jacket
Manufacturer: Darla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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New Moon

ASIN: B0002UXL90
Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

L.O.Z. Intro
Way That He Sings [Demo Version]
Hopefully [Demo Version]
Bermuda Highway [Demo Version]
Just Because I Do [Demo Version]
Lowdown [Demo Version]
At Dawn [Demo Version]
I Need It Most [Demo Version]
Lead Me Father [Demo Version]
Phone Went West [Demo Version]
Chills [Demo Version]
Heartbreakin Man [Demo Version]
Bear [Demo Version]
Pictures of You [Demo Version]
I Think I'm Going to Hell [Demo Version]
Butch Cassidy [Demo Version]
War Begun [Live]
Twilight [Live]
Lil Billy [Live]
Magic Man

Album Description

We will make this title available as soon as possible. The band wants to hold formal release of this one for just a little while longer. No worries tho' it won't be forever! When we originally released My Morning Jacket's epic At Dawn the first 2500 CD and 1000 LP came with a bonus demos disc, which was like another At Dawn in itself. This has long been out of print now and we frequently receive requests for it. The beloved demos disc will be available once again with the addition of seven choice demo versions from The Tennesee Fire sessions as well. Track list: 1. The Way That He Sings (demo version) 2. Hopefully (demo version) 3. Just Because I Do (demo version) 4. Bermuda Highway (demo version) 5. Lowdown (demo version) 6. Honest Man (demo version) 7. At Dawn (demo version) 8. I Needed It Most (demo version) 9. Lead Me Father (demo version) 10. Phone Went West (demo version) 11. Chills (demo version) 12. Just Because I Do (version 1) 13. Heartbreakin Man (version 1) 14. Evelyn (version 1) 15. The Bear (version 2) 16. If All Else Fails (version 1) 17. Picture Of You (version 1) 18. I Think I'm Going To Hell (version 1). Darla.

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inspirational and frustrating
Buried treasure from a time of glory!

Demos Federico
Holly & the Italians
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Twin Peaks - The Second Season

ASIN: B00008BNTP
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

It's Only Me [Demo Version]
Fanzine [Demo Version]
Chapel of Love [Demo Version]
One More Dance [Demo Version]
Honalu [Demo Version]
Unoriginal Sin [Demo Version]
Where Baby Walks
Marcy [Demo Version]
Love Letter
That Was
Hey Christine
Does Anyone
You Can Love Her
Lonely
Here Comes Another Day
Mercy

Tracks:

Lonely Ones [Version #1]
Then Carolyn
Witness
My Town
Mysteries in a Doll's House
Longest Breath
Treasure Island
Walking With Lorraine
Try Me
Weekend
She Transforms
Iguana
Lonely Ones [Version #2]

Album Description

Wounded Birds two CDs by Holly & The Italians were very successful, so much so that Holly Beth Vincent gave them access to two decades worth of demos and previously unreleased material. They have compiled these tapes into a two CD set spanning her entire career. Tracks range from early demos made in 1979 & 1982, through unreleased songs recorded in the 80's and early 90's. 2003.

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inspirational and frustrating.......2006-12-02

As the previous reviewer said there is no filler here. Even though I've heard some of these songs before in different incarnations this still feels like a proper Holly album. These songs represent Holly during the time she kind of fell off the music map up to her resurfacing as the Oblivious. Everything here is a winner. The songs are so catchy and Holly is quite an underrated guitar player. Still I think it's her voice with its breathy romantic melancholy that sucks me in. It makes me glad to know that without a record contract Holly still moved onward and continued to make music of merit with little or no audience. The fact that these tracks have only recently seen the light really angers me in that so many monumentally untalented people crank out so much dreck when someone like Holly is ignored. I hope I'm not alone in eagerly awaiting to see if Holly decides to release anything anytime soon (it took almost a decade last time she went away). So how about it Holly? If you actually read this somewhat gushy review please know that you are missed respected and loved.

Buried treasure from a time of glory!.......2006-08-31

Gems and gold buried for 20 years! None of this material has ever been previously released, it's off demo tapes and you will be hearing in many cases pristine, brand-new Holly songs you've never heard before! Many are obviously, not sugar-coated by commercial production... and you'll love them that way--raw power and the clean edge of newborn songs. Highlights: the gorgeous epics "Hey Christine" and "Here Comes Another Day"; sweet surfy, irresistible "Love Letter"; "Lonely"; the two versions of "Mercy"; awesome demo versions of "Honalu" and "One More Dance"; hard-rockers "Weekend" and "Iguana"... and the never-before-heard original version of "You Can Love Her", which Shirley Manson covered as a devastating goth prophecy with Angelfish. There is the lovely second version of "The Lonely Ones", written for a movie soundtrack... and on and on.

Once you fall under the spell of Holly's unique, passionate, commanding, and unforgettable voice you'll trip on every one of these 29 songs! Echoes of goth, of surf beckon in the depths of these new wave war dances. They cover a whole spectrum and show all of Holly's vibrant styles... much like the facets of a diamond. Here and there, it is still a diamond in the rough, and you may wish you could dial down a slightly harsh track in an otherwise mind-blowing demo, but these are minor flaws utterly eclipsed by the steady professional power and inspiration flowing like high voltage through all of this music.
Thank God they released these!

Bottom line: ain't no "filler", ain't no "mellow" on these discs. In this case, "demo" stands for "demolition"!
29 rounds of live ammunition for your CD player.

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curiosity put the cat in a deep sleep
In The Beginning........
I love Sunn, but I couldn't stand this
You Wanna Know What This Sounds Like?
The death throes of the Leviathan.

The Grimmrobe Demos
Sunn
Manufacturer: Southern Lord
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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White1
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Flight of the Behemoth
Altar

ASIN: B0006IGJ9C
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

Black Wedding ( Lament For A Nordic Vision Buried By Time & Dust)
Defeating: Earths' Gravity
Dylan Carlson
Grimm & Bear It

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curiosity put the cat in a deep sleep.......2006-11-03

I am a devoted fan of experimental cutting edge music. Anderson and O'Malley are riding the wave of some admirable wild innovation. They are interesting individuals and I will continue to follow my curiosity with their projects.

With that being said I keep falling asleep to Sunn albums; this one in particular. The album featuring Merzbow on 2 tracks is better in my opinion. I haven't heard Altar yet, so that one stands as my pick of the Sunn stack.

In The Beginning...............2006-01-12

When a band releases an album with the word "demo(s)" in the title be careful before buying because it usually indicates that said demos will sound little to nothing like the band in their current form (e.g. The Melvins "Mangled Demos From 1983"). The same applies to "The Grimmrobe Demos". If your first exposure to Sunn O))) was listening to "Black One" and you're looking for more of the same music, don't look here. This is Sunn O))) at their most primitive. No vocals, no black metal type overtones, just dark, heavy drone.

I love Sunn, but I couldn't stand this.......2006-01-11

I love Sunn and Earth. But this cd bored me so much that I had to sell it. Simply put, this was missing the subtlety and maturity that are behind Sunn's other stuff that makes it interesting. It really did feel like they were just playing riffs (or whatever you'd call it) without the sensibility that keeps it from being trite and makes it profoundly affecting and absorbing. I still come back to the beginning to The Flight of the Behemoth with a lump in my throat ( you know where it sort of "kicks in"? ), but Grimmrobe had no moments like this. But at the same time, I could see someone digging this, because it isn't BAD: it is heavy after all.

You Wanna Know What This Sounds Like?.......2005-11-28

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzZzZZZZZZZZZSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... and so on. All 4 songs are a super low distorted buzz. Seriously. Nothing else happens. Each song is 15 minutes + too. Yeah, this album gets two stars because it's hilarious.

The death throes of the Leviathan........2005-04-29

"Grimmrobe" is an awakening. I like "White2" because it's a retreat from sheer, crushing doom to sheer, ambient doom. "White1," mixed as I am about that album, is much the same experience. "Flight of the Behemoth" lacks one thing: clarity. It doesn't sound sludgy, it just sounds as though it's being recorded very, very far away. So the atmosphere is good, but the sound itself leaves me longing. But "Grimmrobe" is what Sunn0)) must sound like at the apex of their Earth-worshipping, Sabbath-following project. Crisp, raw sound, but never lo-fi. Slow, massive riffs, amply walking the line between "Come My Fanatics" and "Earth2"; in other words, unholy doom and drone that engages the willing listener and keeps his or her attention until the end. So many, more "straight-forward" doom outfits lose my attention in a hurry -- if only because I feel that other people have done it, and they've done it better. But Earth and Sunn, for all their similarities, are distinct units with distinct sounds (like night and day for the initiated). "Grimmrobe" is the sound of the Leviathan in its death throes, writhing on the ocean floor. And the ocean is on another planet. It does not paint a pretty, sunny picture, and so this is not for everyone; but it will get inside your head, it will stimulate and calm you simultaneously, and it will leave you with questions, with curiosity, with the desire for more. Doom on, gents, and keep it coming...

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1. Never Never Land
2. Can We Still Be Friends
3. "The Verb ""To Love""
4. A Dream Goes On Forever
5. Love In Action
6. "Medley; I'm So Proud, Ooh Baby Baby, La La Means
7. Just One Victory
8. Real Man
9. It Wouldn't Have Mad Any Difference
10. Love Of The Common Man