demos

by **Crystal Days** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:19 am

It hasn't got a keyboard solo at all, just a couple of strums and a tinkly piano at the start, and Mac's voice sounds far better. The released version was just so over produced.

by **blinkilite** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:24 am

just have to say... that antelope demo kicks ass.

kudos to will on that one

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:37 pm

is this the wabbit stew stuff?

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:24 pm

yes! it's pretty much all from Wabbit Stew! :rolleyes:

only 1 or 2 tracks i gotta check on...

simple stuff (percussion mix) [there's 2 simple stuff demos on wabbit stew so it could be one of those] and that ashes to ashes thing....haven't played it yet, but i heard it was only a few lines of it...then goes into a bunnymen tune...

all the rest are definitely from Wabbit Stew.

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:39 pm

oh, and a lot of that stuff that's labelled 'Mac solo', i doubt it was Mac solo. they were all on Wabbit Stew too.......they were Bunnymen tracks. (a lot of them are just Mac doing the demos on acoustic 4 track) but definitely EATB tracks.

by **Jikan Myshkin** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:45 pm

Red wrote:oh, and a lot of that stuff that's labelled 'Mac solo', i doubt it was Mac solo. they were all on Wabbit Stew too.......they were Bunnymen tracks. (a lot of them are just Mac doing the demos on acoustic 4 track) but definitely EATB tracks.

what's wabbit stew?

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:51 pm

Jikan Myshkin wrote:what's wabbit stew?

4 cd (bootleg) set someone remastered a long time back...around the Evergreen era:

(some of it appeared later as extras here and there)

Wabbit Stew 1

1. Do You Love Him? (Never Stop demo)
2. Rescue (funk mix, Never Stop session 1983)
3. Rollercoaster (unreleased single version)
4. Broke My Neck (extended)
5. No Hands
6. Stars Are Stars (longtime demo)
7. Simple Stuff (demo 1)
8. Simple Stuff (demo 2)
9. Rollercoaster (demo)
10. The Game (demo)
11. Blue Blue Ocean (demo)
12. People Are Strange (demo)
13. The Game (BBC 9/20/86)
14. Lips Like Sugar (BBC 9/20/86)
15. Run Run Run (BBC 9/20/86)
16. Crocodiles (Dutch TV 5/97)
17. The Game (Dutch TV 5/97)
18. Interview
19. Twist & Shout (acoustic)
20. Interview
21. The Killing Moon (instrumental promo)

Wabbit Stew 2

1. All In Your Mind (acoustic 4 track demo)
2. All In Your Mind (demo)
3. All My Life (acoustic 4 track demo)
4. All My Life (demo)
5. Jimmy Brown (early demo for Dancing Horses)
6. No Dark Things (Megahertz TV 83)
7. Heaven Up Here (Megahertz TV 83)
8. Do It Clean (Megahertz TV 83)
9. Over The Wall (French TV 83)
10. Rollercoaster (acoustic 4 track demo)
11. Start Again (heavier Bunnymen version Sweden 11/6/87)
12. Monkeys (live) from Street to Street compilation
13. Lips Like Sugar (Swedish TV 87)
14. Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (Swedish TV 87)
15. Twist & Shout (Swedish TV 87)
16. Walk On The Wild Side (Swedish TV 87)
17. The Cutter (Top of the Pops 83)
18. The Puppet (live) from Urgh! A Music War

Wabbit Stew 3

1. Satelite (demo)
2. Satelite (instrumental demo)
3. Crocodiles (Futurama Festival)
4. Pictures On MY Wall (demo)
5. Heaven Up Here (demo)
6. Zimbo (demo)
7. Villiers Terrace (Fun Factory)
8. Heroine (Peppermint Lounge 1983)
9. Silver (Play At Home)
10. Porcupine (demo)
11. Clay (demo)
12. Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (Radio City)
13. Killing Moon (Radio City)
14. Don't Let It Get You Down (demo)
15. In My Time (instrumental demo)
16. Crystal Ship (aka Empire State Halo)
17. I'll Fly Tonight (instrumental demo)
18. Burt (aka I Wanna Be There) (demo)

Wabbit Stew 4

1. My Heart Is Overflowing
2. My Heart Is Overflowing (instrumental demo)
3. Nochturnal Me (TUBE TV 83)
4. Ocean Rain (TUBE TV 83)
5. Thorn of Crowns (TUBE TV 83)
6. Happy Death Men (demo)
7. Show Of Strength (demo)
8. Turquoise Days (demo)
9. Heads Will Roll (demo)
10. Ripeness (demo)
11. Fuel (Peppermint Lounge 1982)
12. Baseball Bill (demo)
13. Live Forever (aka Just A Toush Away) (demo)
14. Antelope (demo)
15. Never Never Never (Nothing Lasts Forever)(demo)
16. All My Life (instrumental demo)
17. Evergreen (demo)
18. Ribbons and Chains (aka Fools Like Us) (demo)

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:09 pm

ashes to ashes is the (long time demo) version of stars are stars!

#6 on cd 1

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:22 pm

Crystal Days wrote:Does anyone have a better copy of this??

that's the only problem with Wabbit Stew......a lot of it was remastered from cassette tapes. pity, coz there are some GREAT versions on there. i gotta check on this one though on wabbit stew...this one sounds more tinkly than i remember....

*digging out my wabbit stew cds*

by **withahip** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:50 pm

http://wabbitstew.com/

:sad:

by **Red** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:41 pm

probably not related.......... :lol:

by **Crystal Days** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:25 pm

Thanks Red! Give me a shout if you have any luck with that version.

by **Red** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:12 am

blinkilite wrote:just have to say... that antelope demo kicks ass.

and i just have to say.....your avatar needs some razzing!

i love it! hehehee

by **blinkilite** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:18 am

Red wrote:and i just have to say.....your avatar needs some razzing!

i love it! hehehee

no problem
hehehe i just changed it for valentines day :razz:

by **industri** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:23 am

A couple quick questions, then:

1 - Was the 4CD remaster ever distributed widely? Does anyone know if a non-mp3 torrent exists? Not to get TOO picky over remasters from cassette (since they're probably MP3 quality ANYWAYS)... just curious.

2 - On the subject of demos (I've been digitizing my Bunny collection to take to work so noticing weird discography stuffs) - I saw ONE listing on ONE page (don't remember where now - was a blog with, I think) that suggested there was a 4-track version of Mac's Love In Veins single with the first track as a Demo of the title and the last being a Demo of Baby Hold On... anyone know if this was official or someone just cobbled it from alt. sources?

Thanks all!

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