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Danny 02:16 pm UTC 04/03/11 |
| In reply to: | Always something magic, always something new - bellminer 04:44 pm UTC 04/02/11 |
| Awesome stuff! Are you able to upload everything somewhere as mp3s, or only a few tracks to Youtube? Would be great to hear the lot (but hey, I'm greedy!) Especially interested in the later stuff, especially the Phantom of the Paradise demos. Where on earth did you find all of this?!? Many, many thanks! (And I really hope this isn't an April Fools trick!) - Danny. > 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 > target="_blank">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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