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Daniel 03:47 pm UTC 04/03/11 |
| In reply to: | Always something magic, always something new - bellminer 04:44 pm UTC 04/02/11 |
| I hope that you will share "Phantom of the Paradise demos" dying to hear those...Plz upload the stuff :-) Thank you in advance :-) > 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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