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JamiroFan2000
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 Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 20:53 |
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What are your favorite Demos *Various Artists* ?
 Hello,
 You know, from my over 10+ years of being online, I have amassed an AMAZING collection of demos/rare versions/outtakes from some of my favorite musical artists through the fan communities that surround them . I know a bulk of JamiroTalk's members are as "hardcore music fan" as I am and I was wondering what everyone's favorite demos they had come across during their internet traverses. Here's a list of my favorite demos from nearly the full spectrum of the music I listen too alot:
* JAMIROFAN'S FAVORITE DEMOS *
1. When You Gonna Learn (Original Demo) - Jamiroquai
2. To Be A Brilliant Light (1988 Demo) - On A Friday (Radiohead)
3. Foolish Love (1990 Demo) - Rufus Wainwright
4. Sublove (Original 1999 Demo) - Toploader
5. Live Forever (1990 Demo) - Oasis
6. The Drugs Don't Work (1995 Demo) - The Verve
7. Back To Black (Original Demo) - Amy Winehouse
8. To The End (Parklife Demo) - Blur
9. I Had A Dream (Original Demo) - The Darkness
10. O'Dusty (Piano Demo) - Kings Of Leon
11. A Certain Romance (Demo) - The Arctic Monkeys
12. Workin' Day & Night (Early Percussion Demo) - Michael Jackson
13. Bombtrack (Demo) - Rage Against The Machine
14. Catcher In The Rye (Demo 2#) - Guns N Rose
15. Overrated (Demo) - Mika
16. Feel Good Inc. (Noodle's Demo) - Gorillaz
17. Someday Told Me (1999 Demo) - The Killers
18. Working Out The Kinks (Demo) - The Polyphonic Spree
19. Eunuch Provocateur (Rough Demo) - Mars Volta
20. Oceans (Rough Demo) - Pearl Jam
* JAMIROFAN'S FAVORITE DEMOTAPE & SETS *
1. A Funk Odyssey - UK Test Pressing
2. On A Friday 1988/1990 Demotapes (Early Radiohead)
3. Hot Fuss Demos - The Killers
4. The Royalty Demos (Self-titled Libertines Demos) - The Libertines
5. Lost Treasures (Is This It Demos) - The Strokes
6. Smile Demos - The Beach Boys
7. Parklife Demos - Blur
8. Thriller/Dangerous Demos - Michael Jackson
9. The Rutebega Demos - Dave Matthews Band
10. The Deram Anthology (1963-1965) - David Bowie
So I leave it to you, what are your favorite demos?  Look forward to everyone's favorite picks and Cheers !
Sincerely,
JamiroFan2000
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Knjaz
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
Posts: 803
Location: Stuck in your computer
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 22:27 |
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Well, I don't have a many demos, nor a lot of unreleased stuff (Just kidding, I have a mountain of it), but from what I've heard, Prince's unedited, 11-minute "Computer Blue" blew me across the room when I first heard it. It's like a big f*ckin' guitar roller-coaster. Same's with the 30+ minute version of "I Would Die 4 U" and the jazz version of "Dorothy Parker". Then there's a weird extended mix of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" song that I have, some 14 minutes of absolutely dancable bliss. Then I got tiny little fragments of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew sessions. There's a 7-minute take of "John McLaughlin" on that one on which he does play trumpet. (It was cut out in the album version)
I also know this doesn't count, but I also have 50-minute performance of Herbie Hancock's "You'll Know When you Get There". How is he able to play for so long, and so perfectly?  |
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CJ
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 49
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 23:41 |
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Interesting question...
Some interesting demos I own are:
ABC : Lexicon Of Love (3 tracks)
Earth Wind & Fire : Love's Holiday (Demo was entitled "Would You Mind")
Earth Wind & Fire : Shing Star
Earth Wind & Fire : All About Love
Earth Wind & Fire : Happy Feelin' (Anatomy of a Groove)
Elvis Costello : This Year's Model (album)
Level 42 : Out Of Sight Out Of Mind (from Standing in the Light)
Level 42 : A Floating Life (from True Colours)
Level 42 : Seven Days (from True Colours)
Level 42 : Hours By The Window (from True Colours)
Level 42 : Free Yourself (from True Colours)
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions : Mainstream (album)
Michael Jackson : Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson : Working Day And Night
Michael Jackson : Billie Jean
Prefab Sprout : Steve McQueen (album)
Simon & Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water
My favourite demo however is...
Jamiroquai : Space Cowboy
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