Radiohead Unreleased Early Demo Tracks

Mother lode. I had a few of these a long time ago, and was waiting for the right time to post it (After all, Radiohead on this site is LONG overdue). But today in my trolling, I found the remainder of the set, and 2 other amazingly rare finds.

These, dear readers, are the first recording sessions of Radiohead, looong before they were anything even CLOSE to being popular. I must admit, some of the tracks are terrible (just like the early NIN demos I posted last year! ha ha ha)

But many are still amazing. If you are like me, and remember fondly the good old days when Radiohead played "songs," then this is a no-brainer... Radiohead fan? Collector? Rarities Hunter? Like to brag about stuff at parties? This posting should have you all covered.

Radiohead 1988 Woodworm Studios Demos

01 - Happy Song
02 - To Be A Brilliant Light
03 - Sinking Ship


Thom Yorke - Vocals, Guitar
Ed O'Brien - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jonny Greenwood - Keyboards
Colin Greenwood - Bass
Phil Selway - Drums, Backing Vocals
Rasmus Peterson - Saxophone
Liz Cotton - Saxophone
Charlotte Cotton - Saxophone
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire
Engineered and mixed by Dave Pegg
Quality: Excellent A+

Download: Radiohead: 1988 Wormwood Demos (zipped)



Radiohead - On A Friday / Shindig Demos
June / July / August 1990

01 - Climbing Up A Bloody Great Hill - Clifton Hampden Village Hall
02 - Somebody - Recorded in one or more bedrooms
03 - Mr B - Recorded at Clifton Hampden Village Hall
04 - What's That You See? - Rec. at Nuneham Courtenay Village Hall
05 - Everyone Needs Someone To Hate - Recorded in a bedroom
06 - Upside Down - Recorded in one or more bedrooms
07 - The Greatest Shindig Of The World - Recorded in a bedroom
08 - Give It Up - Recorded in one or more bedrooms
09 - How Can You Be Sure - Recorded at Clifton Hampden Village Hall
10 - Life With The Big F - Recorded at Clifton Hampden Village Hall
11 - Keep Strong - Recorded at Clifton Hampden Village Hall
12 - Rattlesnake - Recorded in one or more bedrooms
13 - Burning Bush - Recorded in one or more bedrooms
14 - Tell Me Bitch - Recorded in one or more bedrooms

Download: Radiohead: 1990 On A Friday Shindig Demos (zipped)


You are all quite welcome!

*** EDIT: Thanks to Citizen Insane for notating the duplicate and incorrect posting! I got all the information from the included text doc in the DLs, and had not listened to the entire thing yet, I was so happy to rush and share it! Thanks Again, and I hope you enjoy it nonetheless!

Pretty Early Machine (Merry Christmas #7)

To any NIN fan who felt gypped by the last (funny) post, here is my apology...

the complete (?) demo recordings of Pretty Hate Machine, in all of their unfinished (and sometimes embarrassingly terrible) glory. PHM was a seminal album, and these demo tracks mostly represent that, showing a neat glimpse into the early creative process. But a few of them are simply 80s-pop-terrible! thank GOD they got majorly reworked!

But for the rarities-seeker, or the music fan or the demo track hunters out there, this is a rare find presented in fantastic quality. Your list of christmas gifts from this site continues to rise!

Tracklisting is as follows:
Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate machine Early Demos

01. Intro
02. Sanctified
03. Maybe Just Once
04. The Only Time
05. Kinda I Want To
06. That's What I Get
07. Purest Feeling
08. Ring Finger
09. Down In It

Download: Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine Demos (zipped)

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas #1: Fecal Matter

Since it's December (already) I decided to start to break out some real rarities and nice finds from deep in my collection, the type of stuff that might even make a good Christmas present for someone you know!

What better place to start than Nirvana? Here is their first demo tape from 1985, called Fecal Matter. The sound is not great, but it sure is a piece of history.

From Wikipedia:
Fecal Matter was a short-lived band from Aberdeen, Washington, that formed in late 1985. It was the first band conceived by Kurt Cobain, who would become famous as the frontman of the seminal grunge band Nirvana. Other significant members included Dale Crover and Buzz Osborne of the Melvins, which would also become highly influential. The band's only known demo tape, entitled Illiteracy Will Prevail, has become a much sought-after rarity among Nirvana fans, as it features the first songs written and recorded by Cobain.

History:
The band was formed in late 1985 and consisted of Cobain on guitar and vocals, Dale Crover on bass, and Greg Hokanson on drums. In December that year, Hokanson left the band. Later that month, Cobain and Crover went to Cobain's aunt's house in Seattle with a large book of lyrics and recorded the demo Illiteracy Will Prevail on a 4-track.[1] Cobain performed guitar and vocals, while Crover played bass guitar and drums.
In January 1986, Buzz Osborne joined as bassist and Mike Dillard joined as drummer. According to Michael Azerrad's Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Cobain thought Osborne did not take the band seriously enough and refused to buy a bass guitar amplifier.[2] In February, Fecal Matter disbanded and the Melvins recorded their debut EP.
After Fecal Matter disbanded, Cobain began passing the demo tape around to friends and peers in hopes of starting a new band. Cobain was particularly proud of the tape. To him, the tape showed that he did have talent. He had wanted to start a band with friend Krist Novoselic for some time. After hearing the tape (and particularly liking "Spank Thru") Novoselic agreed to form a band in mid-1986. That band would later be known as Nirvana.
The song "Spank Thru" was the only one from the tape to be officially released; it featured on the 2005 Nirvana rarities album Sliver: The Best of the Box. However in March 2006, incomplete poor-quality clips of many of the songs were leaked on a Nirvana website. One week later, three full songs from the demo were briefly hosted on a MySpace site; "Sound of Dentage", "Bambi Slaughter" and "Laminated Effect". The clips were confirmed as authentic by Mike Ziegler (and others who have heard the demo) on a website popular with Nirvana collectors. The source of the three full songs remains unknown.


here's the tracklist:

01. Sound Of Dentage
02. Bambi Slaughter
03. Laminated Effect
04. Accusations (Clip)
05. Class of '86
06. Class of '86 (Clip Version)
07. Boatakk (Clip Version)
08. Boatakk (Full w/ Instrumental)
09. Anorexorcist (Clip Version)
10. Love My Family (Unknown) & Anorex
11. Vaseline (Unknown)
12. Spank Thru
13. Blathers Log (Clip Version)
14. Blathers Log
15. Buffy's Pregnant
16. Buffy's Pregnant (Part 2)
17. Downer


Download: Nirvana: Fecal Matter Demo Tape, 1985 (zipped)

Like I said, the sound quality is about what you would imagine the first recored demos of Kurt Cobain would be (rough at best) but for a collector or rock fan, this might just make their Christmas!

enjoy.