The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Sessions

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Oasis - Heathen Chemistry Sessions

This collection of demos and alternate versions dates from between 2000 and 2002, in the years leading up to what is widely regarded as their worst album, Heathen Chemistry. However, this collection doesn't include many of the songs that dragged that album down, and as a result is still an enjoyable listen. The only complaint you could really have is that there are repeated versions of songs, and The Hindu Times alternate intro version is near-identical to the one on the album. Still, some excellent songs here, notably the very different demo of The Hindu Times and a cover of Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody (quite fitting I'm posting this on the first day of December!). I originally got this from Jim's excellent Big Brother Recordings blog a few years ago, so credit must go to him. The excellent artwork was done by a guy called Jake. Link is my own, enjoy!

The Hindu Times (Demo)
Force Of Nature (Demo)
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Demo)
Little By Little (Demo)
Songbird (Demo)
Just Getting Older (Demo)
Force Of Nature (Demo/Album Edit)
The Hindu Times (Alt. Intro)
Little By Little (Early Mix)
Better Man (Early Mix)
Merry Christmas Everybody (Acoustic)
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Orchestral Version)
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Instrumental)

EDIT: LINK REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF BLOGGER.COM

Babyshambles - Stookie + Jim Bumfest Demos

Some more Babyshambles demos for you all, this being a collection of acoustic recordings from about 2007 (I presume, as most of the songs here appeared on Shotter's Nation). I prefer these to the Whitechapel demos posted before as both the sound quality and standard of songs played are better, in my opinion. Worth a download as it's a chance to hear acoustic versions of some well known songs including the excellent Delivery and Carry On Up The Morning. The artwork (which I'm pretty happy with) and link are both my own. This post is dedicated to Billy Sharp, who bravely played for the mighty Doncaster Rovers last night after the tragic death of his two year old son two days previously.

1	There She Goes (A Little Heartache)
2	Crumb Begging Baghead
3	New Love Grows on Trees
4	Unbilo Titled
5	Unstookie Titled
6	Carry on up the Morning
7	Cuckoo 1440
8	Delivery
9	A Fool There Was

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b69jy3b63qb48bh

Arctic Monkeys - Top Marks For Not Trying

I had a bit of Arctic Monkeys stuff knocking about that wasn't really worth posting by itself as there was only 5 or so tracks in each collection, so I cobbled them together to form this compilation, similar to the Proud Mary album I made a while back. This and Beneath The Boardwalk cover all the material never officially released up until 2008, although I'm not sure any other songs have surfaced since then anyway. This is made up of the Favourite Worst Nightmare Demos, the songs on the Covers Mixtape that were not officially released, and three other unreleased tracks that have never really been compiled anywhere: Wagon On The Way To The Stripey Tent, Put Me In A Terrorpocket and Sandtrap. All the tracks here are from around the Favourite Worst Nightmare era, hence the band logo used in the artwork I made. Basically, think of this as Beneath the Boardwalk part 2. This is exclusive to the blog, and in my humble opinion very much worth a download to help complete your Arctic Monkeys collection. Link is my own.

Tracks 1,5 and 11 ripped from various Youtube videos.
Tracks 2,4,6,7,8 and 12 from Favourite Worst Nightmare Demos.
Tracks 3,9,10 and 13 from the Covers Mixtape.

Wagon On The Way To The Stripey Tent
Teddy Picker (Demo)
Love Machine (Girls Aloud Cover)
The Bad Thing (Demo)
Put Me In A Terror Pocket (Live)
Balaclava (Demo)
Fluorescent Adolescent (Demo)
Brianstorm (Demo)
You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse Cover)
Take It Or Leave It (The Strokes Cover)
Sandtrap
Do Me A Favour (Demo)
Diamonds Are Forever

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ya78g00ln7i3hz1

Shed Seven - One Hand Clapping: The Unreleased Demos 2001-2003

Shed Seven were a much-maligned band from the Britpop era, but (surprise surprise) I like them. They had some great songs, especially on their last album, Truth Be Told. This came out a few years after they split (although the band has now reformed and is touring) and the songs here probably would've gone on to make up their 5th studio album. This was officially released, but in very small quanitities, making it pretty rare. Good collection of songs, worth a download. Link is my own.

No One Wants To Know You When You're Down And Out
Jeckly and Hyde
Alarm Bells
Some People
A Love Song For A Mermaid
I Got Music
Sad Song #32
Wake Up Dead
Country Pub (Stay Til Morning)
Pages
Why Can't I Be You (Demo)
Hanging On The Outside (Live)
No One Wants To Know You When You're Down And Out (Live)
Love Song Land

http://www.mediafire.com/?yd92ql8kiwvpcwa

The Real People - 1998 Demos

This excellent collection of demos is just one of the many I own, more of which will be posted in future. However this is probably my favourite collection of demos, up there with '97 (already posted) and '99 (will be posted in future!). Had this for a long time and listened to it many times, and I'm confident that had these songs been officially released as an album it would be up there with my all-time favourites. Sound quality is pretty good, better than the 1997 demos. Strongly recommended to anyone. Link and artwork are my own.

The Answer
Dead Sea
Dreaming of Tomorrow
Lazy Horse
Ocean Child
One Of These Days
Raised In Sunshine
Soul Survivor
Time
The Vicar
Weekend
When Tomorrow Comes

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ac2tr6al4c1t2no

Babyshambles - Whitechapel Demonstrations

This is a collection of Babyshambles demos that dates from 2005 or thereabouts. This is a decent collection of 10 early tracks, a few of which remain (to my knowledge) officially unreleased. The link and the artwork you see above are my own, feel free to share this but please give credit.

Anything But Love
Dilly Boys
Love On The Dole
Another Girl, Another Planet
The Whole World Is Our Playground
Smashing
I Love You (But You're Green)
What Katie Did
Skag And Bone Man
Pipey Magraw

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k6tafu8d6z8gbs9

Proud Mary - Raise A Glass (Live, Demos And Rarities)

CARNIVAL OF LIGHT ORIGINAL
Proud Mary are a band that were formed in the late 90s in Manchester, and are notable for being the first band signed to Noel Gallagher's record label, Sour Mash. They have only released 3 albums in the last 10 years, so decided to take matters into my own hands and collect everything else I could find and turn it into a compilation. I called it Raise A Glass after a line from their cover of The Stones' Salt Of The Earth. Artwork was also made by me. If you like Proud Mary, check out my friend Jim's excellent blog at http://proudmaryband.blogspot.com/

Mexico (Animal Track Demo)
Ain't Got Nothing On Me (Animal Track Demo)
Devil's On Your Shoulder (Animal Track Demo)
Gold Crested Angel (Animal Track Demo)
Mundane Morning (Animal Track Demo)
Lady Of The Country (Animal Track Demo)
Love Is Not Enough (Animal Track Demo)
Autograph Hunter (Demo)
(Its Gonna Be) Alright Now (Demo)
Devils On Your Shoulder (Live On The Ralf Little Show)
Out On The Weekend (Janice Long Session)
Hats Off (Guilfest 2004 Acoustic Session)
Mexico (Guilfest 2004 Acoustic Session)
Old Crow (Wizard Festival 2010)
Mexico (Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 2011)
Salt Of The Earth (Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 2011)
Somewhere Down The Line (Acoustic)
Nothing On Me (Unreleased)
Devils On Your Shoulder (Unreleased)
Give A Little Love (Demo)
Just For You (Demo)
Same Old Blues (Demo)
Same Old Blues (Alt. Demo)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7496vdhchdnn83j

Kasabian - Saracuse Demos

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts over the past week or so. My computer has again broken, and I am currently waiting for it to be returned from PC world. This is pretty awful timing as I'm going on holiday for 3 weeks on Saturday, and as a result haven't been able to stockpile any posts for when I'm away. If I get my computer back tomorrow I may be able to create a few, but don't expect many posts over the coming weeks. ANYWAY... This rare collection of demos dates from 1999, when Kasabian were still called Saracuse (hence the name). Not been able to properly listen to this yet, but it is (as far as I'm aware) the only collection of Kasabian demos in circulation, and as a result will probably be of interest to fans of the band. From what I've heard of this the sound is quite different from their debut album, released a few years after these demos were recorded. I made this artwork as I couldn't find any. Link is my own.

1. Rain On My Soul (Serge Vocals)
2. Rain On My Soul (Tom Vocals)
3. Something In My Genes
4. Gone So Far
5. Come Back Down (Band Version)
6. Come Back Down (Bedrock Experimental Mix)
7. Come Back Down (Acoustic Version)
8. Excuse To Get Wasted
9. Sniffing Glue

http://www.mediafire.com/?17g7jzn396ua491

Milburn - Demos

Milburn were a band formed in Sheffield in the mid '00s, and who split up in 2009 after the release of their second album. They were part of the group of Sheffield bands that broke through following Arctic Monkey's success, alongside bands like Reverend and the Makers and Little Man Tate. Despite this, they supposedly had the early Arctic Monkeys sound before the Monkeys themselves, much like The Real People and Oasis. There are tons of different collections of demos floating about but I collected all the ones I could find and the result is this exhaustive collection spanning their short career. It is admittedly fairly ramshackle, especially where tracklisting and song info are concerned, but it should be easily fixable on iTunes. I made this artwork to accompany the demos, as there was none previously available. This is recommended to fans of the Sheffield bands mentioned above, especially Arctic Monkeys fans who miss the bands 'old' sound, although I would recommend listening to one of Milburn's two studio albums before taking the plunge and downloading this, as there is a lot of Milburn here!
Lads N Lasses
Top Of the World
High And Dry
Send In the Boys
For Free
High And Dry
The Showroom
What You Could Have Won
Roll Out The Barrel
For Free
Lipstick Lickin'
Chesire Cat Smile
Brewster
Along Comes Mary
Miles Away
Steeltown
17
Storm In A teacup
Tommy
What About Next Time?
December
Civic
Dancing On the Kitchen Floor
Blow Your Whistle
Let Me Go
Rudiments
Funky Moped
Parachute Pete
Scoundrel
The District Line
Stay At Home
That's Not the Only Way (To A Man's Heart)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?txw3doqwmn7rp32

Northside - Post Factory Demos

Northside were a Madchester band whose sole album was released on Factory Records in either 1990 or '91. However, the recorded enough material between 1992 and 1996 to comprise a separate album after being dropped by Factory, as this collection showcases. There are various collections knocking about, some titled '2nd album demos' and others 'Post-factory demos', but I'm not sure if they're the same or not. This is a decent collection of songs although the singer's voice is likely to be very Marmite, so I would recommend checking them out on Youtube before you download if you aren't familiar with the band. Highlights include Tonight, Pleasuredome and Freak Circus. I made this artwork myself, quite pleased with it personally. Recommended to serious fans of the Madchester scene, especially the Happy Mondays.
Tonight
Lights Out, Pleasure and Pain
Pleasuredome
Stay
Crashlanding
Cool Idea
Freak Circus
Eyes To The Soul
Temptation
Pleasuredome (Stoned Version)

LINK REMOVED AT ARTIST'S REQUEST

Oasis - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants Demos

This is the first proper collection of Oasis demos after 1994, and is probably my favourite of all the Oasis demo compilations as all the songs here (bar Little James) are sung by Noel, meaning some different versions of songs.  Most of the songs here were on Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants; however, Carry Us All, Just Getting Older and As Long As They've Got Cigarettes In Hell were all B-sides, and Revolution Song has never been released. The version of Let There Be Love is very different from the one eventually released in 2005, and is also known as It's A Crime. The sound quality on these demos is excellent. Recommended for any Oasis fan, serious or not. I originally got these from Jim's excellent blog, which you can find here.

01 : Fuckin' In The Bushes
02 : Go Let It Out
03 : I Can See A Liar
04 : Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
05 : Who Feels Love?
06 : Little James
07 : Revolution Song
08 : Carry Us All
09 : Where Did It All Go Wrong?
10 : Gas Panic!
11 : Sunday Morning Call
12 : Just Getting Older
13 : (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
14 : Let There Be Love
15 : Roll It Over

http://www.mediafire.com/?79pkwy4kn92jx92

Michael Head & The Strands - Demos

Michael Head is one of the two brothers that make up the backbone of Shack, a great and underrated Liverpool band (expect to see posts by them in future) who have been going for well over 20 years. The Strands was a side project of his that released one classic album in 1998. These demos were recorded for that album, although 2 of the songs here were not on the album: Poor Jill and Wanda, which ended up being released as a Shack song. Only listened to these briefly, but the sound quality is very good. Again, not really listened to this long enough to pick favourites, but the band's sole album is excellent so reasonable to expect these songs will be good as well. Recommended to any fans of Shack or existing fans of The Strands.
01 Glynys & Jaqui
02 The Prize
03 And Luna
04 Fontilan
05 X Hits The Spot
06 Poor Jill
07 Wanda
08 Hockens Hey
09 It's Harvest Time
10 Poor Jill 2
11 Queen Matilda
12 The Prize (der der)
13 Glynys & Jaqui

http://www.mediafire.com/?c0j4jkr023re22s

Link originally from Weekender blogspot (error message comes up when you extract the files but despite that it still worked for me)

The Sums - Division

The Sums are a band from Liverpool, who have been knocking about for a few years now. The singer and frontman, Digsy, was a friend of Liam and Noel Gallagher, and is referenced in the Oasis songs Digsy's Dinner and Be Here Now. In the 1990s he was in another band called Smaller, would post their album but it's on iTunes so not really rare. Check it out though, the album is called Badly Badly. Anyway, as I said the Sums have been around for a few years now but only officially released a single EP, so I decided to take it upon myself to compile an album of all the songs and demos that have been posted on Myspace or Youtube in the past few years; the result is this 12-song album, which I decided to name Division. As a result this album is exclusive to this blog. The band's sound is similar to Smaller's, but slightly more experimental in parts. Highlights include the cover of Paperback Writer, Ringin' In The Rain, Vegetable and Who Cares. Feedback would be very much appreciated on this one, as I designed the cover and compiled it myself. Reommended to curious Oasis fans and fans of Smaller, Cast and the Real People.
Comeback Scumbag
I Go Down
I Won't
Kiss Yourself Goodbye
Let's Get Special
Paperback Writer
Ride To Nowhere
Ringin' In The Rain
Rise
Scared Of Missing Out
Vegetable
Who Cares

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?v1zbqa2lc9pt64b

The Real People - 1997 Unreleased Demos

This is my second post by my second-favourite band, Liverpool's The Real People. Their sound around this era could be described as somewhere between Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast (the band was actually friends with the two former bands). This brilliant collection is comprised entirely of songs recorded just after their second officially released album (What's On The Outside, well worth tracking down) that have, undeservedly, never been released. Highlights include Do Without It, Love In A Bag, Lets Kill The 90s and The Vicar. The only bad thing I have to say about this collection is the sound quality is patchy; however don't let that put you off as, in my opinion, the quality of the songs shine through. I made this artwork myself, quite pleased with it. Despite the sound quality, this is definitely worth a download for any fans of Britpop, especially the three bands mentioned above.

Do Without It

Don't Spread It

Feeling Lonely

Lets Kill The 90s

Love In A Bag

No One's Gonna

No Use

Pair Of Shoes

Please Don't Walk Away

She Wants It All

Take Me Back

The Baby

The Vicar

http://www.sendspace.com/file/e5r0ki

Link from the Back In The Fire blogspot, although I contributed it in the first place so its kinda come full circle!

The La's - Kitchen Tape

This is a collection of La's demos from 1990-ish, just after their solitary album was released. None of the songs here have been officially released, which makes this a worthwhile donwload. Or it would, if it wasn't for the stumbling block that is the rather poor sound quality. This will put a lot of people off, although some of the songs have worse sound quality than others. It is very much listenable, but casual fans needn't bother. There is also a fair few failed takes of songs, but but despite these there are still 8 complete versions of songs; highlights include Was It Something I Said, I Am The Key, and Tears In The Rain. Only really recommended to serious La's fans, but to the initiated this is an excellent download.


When Will I See You Again
Our Time
Robberman
She Came Down In The Morning (Take 1)
She Came Down In The Morning
Was It Something I Said (Take 1)
Was It Something I Said
It's Impossible (Take 1)
It's Impossible
Tears In The Rain (Take 1)
Tears In The Rain
I Am The Key
Go Go Daddy (Take 1)
Go Go Daddy

http://www.mediafire.com/?wwv6qmpzmz2n3p9

The Beatles - Acoustic Submarine

Not really sure the details behind this compilation, but it's a collection of acoustic versions of songs from throughout their career. I assume these are just culled from various sessions, and I wouldn't be surpised if there is a bit of overlap with this and the Esher Demos compilation, posted previously. Again not managed to listen to these (although am gagging to!) so can't comment on sound quality or highlights. However, with this many legendary songs there are bound to be a few classics on here, which in my opinion makes this a worthwile download.

 

Disc 1

01. Do You Want to Know a Secret

02. And I Love Her

03. I'm a Loser

04. Help!

05. Yesterday

06. yes It Is

07. Norwegian Wood

08. I'm Looking Through You

09. We Can Work It Out

10. I'm Only Sleeping

11. Yellow Submarine

12. A Day in the Life

13. The Fool on the Hill

14. Christmas Time is Here Again

15. The Happy Rishikesh Song

16. Jubilee

17. Child of Nature

18. Goodbye

19. Everyone Had a Hard Year

20. What's the New May Jane

Disc 2

21. Heather

22. Back in the USSR

23. Dear Prudence

24. Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

25. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

26. Blackbird

27. Rocky Raccoon

28. Julia

29. Mother Nature's Son

30. Hey Jude

31. Because

32. I Lost My Little Girl

33. Teddy Boy

34. Mama, You've Been on My Mind

35. For You Blue

36. Two of Us

37. Across the Universe

38. I Me Mine

39. Maggie Mae

http://www.fileserve.com/file/mbtQ5bU/TB-TAS.zip
Link originally from Grateful Breed blogspot

Cast - Two Of A Kind (The All Change Sessions)

Cast are a great band from Liverpool, who have recently reformed and will soon be releasing a new album. This comprehensive collection of demos dates from before their highly acclaimed debut album, 1995's All Change. Some great songs here as well as a healthy dose of ealy versions, B-sides and rare songs that never saw the light of day. Not been able to listen to this yet, but have heard some of the songs on another demo compilation I had. However, I imagine this is the most comprehensive collection that exists; I've never seen a better one. As a result, this would be recommended for any fans of Britpop, curious La's fans, and those who bought All Change but never dug any further. I made this artwork as there was none, quite happy with it. Also, I apologise that posts are becoming less frequent at the moment, can't get regular access to a computer so have been stockpiling and scheduling posts. Not been able to make enough for one a day in the time available, so there may be a few days soon with no posts, just a heads up. Finetime
Alright
Once in Your Life (aka Sandstorm)
Meet Me
Two of A Kind [Home]
Who You Gonna Ask aka for so long [Home]
Four Walls
Walkaway
Follow me down
Between The Eyes
Mankind
Betterman
Fulfil
Mother
Touch The Sky
Hourglass
Back Of My Mind [Live in studio]
For So Long
Back Of My Mind  (Hold Back The Tide aka Two of A Kind version!)
Up To Me? (aka The Rest Is Up To Me)
State Of Mind
Untitled
History
Tell It Like It Is
Follow Me Down
Flying
Alright
Back Of My Mind [Abbey Road Studios]
All My Days

http://www.multiupload.com/PHQ6LNEH4T
Link from bobjuice forum user Document87

The Coral - Locks And Keys

The Coral are a great, underrated band who have been going for over 10 years now. In that time they have released 6 studio albums and, as this collection showcases, recoded a lot more songs. This is made up of various demos, radio sessions and live performances, and must surely collect pretty much everything not commercially available that the band has done. Sound quality varies between songs, is good on demos and radio sessions but some of the live tracks are a bit worse (still very much listenable, though). Highlights of this exhaustive collection include Mirrors Collide, the demo of Pass It On and D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?, an Oasis cover. This collection is extremely rare, it's not on any other blogs and only ever seen it once anywhere online, on the excellent Bobjuice forums. This artwork (not made by me) comes included in the download. This is an essential package for any Coral fan, an absolute goldmine of rarities.
1 Mirrors Collide (Demo)
2 I'll Clear The Path
3 Dreaming Of You (Acoustic)
4 Scarecrow
5 Simian Technology
6 Time Travel (Live)
7 Get Off The Track (Demo)
8 Put The Sun Back (Live)
9 Come Go With Me
10 Little Bird (Demo)
11 Fortune Tellers (Demo)
12 Liezah (Instrumental)
13 In The Rain (Live)
14 A Warning To The Curious (Live)
15 Mind So Weak (Demo)
16 Pass It On (Demo)
17 Dreaming Of You (Demo)
18 Green Is The Colour (Acoustic)
19 Fireflies (Acoustic)
20 D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman
21 Roving Jewel (Acoustic)
22 Stop Holding My Money (Demo)
23 The Oldest Path (Live)
24 Fear Machine (Live)

http://www.multiupload.com/1OK1KREZZ3
Thanks to bobjuice forum user Document87 for the link

Oasis - Definitely Maybe Demos

Another early demo collection from the mighty Oasis, this being the last proper demo collection available until  the SOTSOG era (watch this space!). There are quite a few different demo collections labelled Definitely Maybe demos or sessions; I have a shorter version with a slightly different tracklisting on my computer. However, this seems to be the most comprehensive collection available, although I think there may be some tracks on the version I have that aren't on here so will look into that soon. All the tracks here are officially released in some form or another, so no real hidden gems unfortunately. This collection is made up of assorted demos, promos and alternative versions, and should be a worthwile download for any serious Oasis fan.
01 : Rock 'n' Roll Star (Instrumental Mix)
02 : Shakermaker (Demo)
03 : Live Forever (Demo)
04 : Sad Song (Different Mix)
05 : Cigarettes & Alcohol (Instrumental Mix)
06 : Alive (8 Track Demo)
07 : Columbia (White Label Demo)
08 : Supersonic (Instrumental Mix)
09 : Fade Away (Demo)
10 : Cigarettes & Alcohol (Demo)
11 : Slide Away (Instrumental Mix)
12 : Married With Children (Percussion Demo)
13 : Rock 'n' Roll Star (Longer Outro)
14 : Whatever (Original All The Young Dudes Ending Clip)

http://www.multiupload.com/FJV113ALX6
Link originally from the splendid Rkid001 blogspot