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bellminer 04:44 pm UTC 04/02/11 |
| Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well. If you're not, well hopefully you'll be a bit better after reading this post. I've managed to unearth a number of lost Steinman treasures. It's quite a thrill to be experiencing these amazing recordings that have been hidden away for decades. I've described them below. I'll see if I can get a few of the tracks onto the Dream Pollution YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe if you haven't done so already! The Dream Engine demos: This tape has Jim singing "Who Needs the Young", "Heaven Can Wait", and "Train of Love". There are also alternate versions of the latter two songs, featuring an unidentified female vocalist and a vocalist identified only as 'Brian', respectively. "Heaven Can Wait" is done in country-western style. "Train of Love" is an up-tempo Motown-ish song. The Dream Engine audition tape: In February 1970, Jim had an audition with Warner Records to potentially produce a cast album for The Dream Engine (they rejected the idea). Jim sings and plays piano, providing commentary between songs. The songs are "Come in the Night", "Mother River Song", "You've Got to Love Me with the Sun in Your Eyes Until the Day That You Go Blind", "Ride a Cock Horse", "Who Needs the Young", "City Night", "Hymn to Fire", "Pyro", "Keep on Truckin", and "Hear the Screams". Unfortunately this tape has pretty poor audio quality. More Than You Deserve demos: The highlights of this tape are Jim singing "More Than You Deserve" and "Souvenirs", and newly-partnered Jim and Meat doing a duet on "Give Me the Simple Life". Other songs are "Water Seller's Song", "Smoke Song", "Song of the Golden Egg", "Song of the Gods" (same as Gods/Bolero from Neverland), "Oh What a War", and "Go Go Guerrillas". Kid Champion demos: This tape starts off with several instrumental tracks, which not surprisingly resemble other Steinman compositions. The highlight is at the end with "For Crying Out Loud" (which is mind-blowing) and "Yogi" (which is a beautiful song). Jim is credited with the lead vocal on these two but it doesn't sound like him. Could be Rory, or some other unknown person. Phantom of the Paradise demos: The highlight of this tape is Rory Dodd singing "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" with Jim on piano; this version has extra lyrics. There is also the string intro to Rory's version of "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste", as well as an instrumental of one verse and chorus. The tape ends with Jim singing and playing an updated version of "Who Needs the Young". There are also unfinished mixes of Pandora's Box's "Original Sin" and "Good Girls Go to Heaven" without the guitars and backing vocals. | |
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