HUH era rehearsals?

[srose]

hi VT

long time reader, occasional poster etc

have there ever been any classic era boots of bunnymen rehearsals released ? eg HUH which was jammed out to form the LP.

[Mr. Brian]

I'm not aware of any rehearsal recordings or demos of HUH. The Crystal Days box set or the 2003 re-issue didn't include anything like that either. I'll take a look on one of my backup drives to see if I have anything but I doubt it.

[srose]

Thanks Mr Brian

I've never come across any rehearsal boots from Crocodiles - Ocean Rain. Think would be interesting to hear as that was their primary mode of songwriting back then afaik

Joy Division have a lot of boots from rehearsals that have come available relatively recently 'Misplaced' etc, presumably leaked by Hooky - interesting listens

Best

[Mr. Brian]

Also, analog tape was expensive, I wouldn't be surprised if they were taped over. I would think at least a portion of one in 4 albums would have shown up on the re-issues if they still existed.

[hieroglyphic city]

Well there’s supposedly a ”first draft” of the whole Crocodiles album, not a rehearsal room recording but a studio recording:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4895

Has anybody asked Will about this? Does it exist? If it does, I wonder why it hasn’t seen the light of day?

[srose]

surely someone (bill butt, drummond - or will - already working with a four track etc) videoed or boom box cassette taped their rehearsal occasionally - during 80-85 they were the best four piece in the world musically - so be interesting to hear or see anything from this era....

[dodojojo]

This is the Bunnymen we're talking about? Bet it was "couldn't be arsed..."

[Mr. Brian]

Maybe they are with the “stolen” Mac/Marr Electrafixion demos lol

[fat cherry]

Well there’s supposedly a ”first draft” of the whole Crocodiles album, not a rehearsal room recording but a studio recording:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4895

Has anybody asked Will about this? Does it exist? If it does, I wonder why it hasn’t seen the light of day?

Cope mentions it in the early seething-against-the-bunnymen chapters of head on. Him and his mate are laughing at how bad it is "sounds like [the producer] told them to turn everything up then sat and did the crossword." Just looked, his mate's called Yorkie and say a bloke called Pat Moran produced.

[fat cherry]

And Yorkie is the bloke from Space whose mother used to let tgem rehearse in her basement. Apparently nickname by Wylie because he was nice, but thick, like a Yorkie bar. How they larfed.

[username]

someone once placed me a three track tape they claimed was the original croc. it was hard to listen to as it was like a garage band having not rehearsed