"Maximum Overdrive" - (Unreleased Soundtrack).

 

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American comedy horror film written and directed by Stephen King The film is King's only directorial effort. The director disowned the film, describing it as a "moron movie", and considered the process a learning experience, after which he intended never to direct again.

The screenplay was inspired on King's short story "Trucks", which was included in the author's first collection of short stories, "Night Shift". When the Earth crosses  a comet, all machines (cars, trucks, radios, drones, arcades, vending machines, etc.) go crazy  initiating a worldwide killing spree. This film contained black humor elements and a generally campy tone, which contrasts with King's sombre subject matter in books.

Starring by  Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, and  Yeardley Smith. Maximum Overdrive was theatrically released on July 25, 1986, to generally negative reviews. It was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Director for King and Worst Actor for Estevez in 1987, but both lost to Prince for Under the Cherry Moon. Neverthdless in 1988, Maximum Overdrive was nominated for "Best Film" at the International Fantasy Film Awards.

The film has a soundtrack composed entirely by the group AC / DC (King's favorite band).It was released under the name "Who made who" as a AC/DC new record, not as the "Maximum Overdrive soundtrack". As if it were an AC / DC greatest hits album, bit.ly/MoD-T where only one song was new: "Who made who" along with two instrumentals of the seven that were recorded.

The others instrumental songs were: “Bad boy”. “Death City”.” “Contre Attack”.”Scared” and “Human Here”. Partially used in the movie accidentally. But not suitable to appear on a group album. Initially it was thought to make an album based on instrumental themes minus the song that opened the album, a new theme from AC/DC “Who made who”; but due to the bad reviews of the film and in order not to accumulate more failures, the original soundtrack was aborted by an album from the Australian hard rock group.

Two songs were a single: “Who made who“ / “Guns for hire” (recorded live at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit MI, Nov. 18, 1983), released: May 24.1986. And “You Shook Me All Night Long” (Alternate version) /  “She got balls” (Live at Agora Cleveland, Oh.USA. August 22.77), Released on July 25.1986.

Ok, the original lineup from  this unreleased soundtrack was:

Side One; (21:34)

1.Who Made Who (12´´version).(4:48) / 2.Chase The Ace (Instrumental).(3:00) / 3.D.T (Instrumental part 1).(1:13) / 4.King Of The Road (Instrumental edit version).(0:59) / 5.Rides 0f The Walkiries (Excerpt).(1:59) / 6.D.T (Instrumental part 2).(1:31) / 7.Sink The Pink (Instrumental).(4:09) / 8.Ride On.(Instrumental edit version) (3:52).

Side Two: (21:30)

1.For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Instrumental).(5:24) /  2.Hell Bells (Instrumental).(5:39)  / 3.Shake Your Foundation (Instrumental).(4:01) / 4.Who Made Who (Instrumental).(3:44) / You Shook Me All Night Long (Alternate).(2:41)

Bonus track:

1.Maximum Overdrive Trailer.(2:08). 

Well.., that´s all for now. See you soon with more and better.

 

Dire Straits - "Live at The Rockpalast" - (Unreleased album).

 

Hi friends!. Here we are again after a little and well-deserved vacation. Ok well, this time I bring you another special record for you. Another record found in the trunk of memories, which should have been released in 1995 as the end to a great band: Dire Straits,but it ended up shelved until now. It was to be called "Dire Straits: live at the Rockpalast".Let's see what happened, as always, through a little story. Let's go with it.

In 1993, after “On The Night”, Dire Straits still owed one album to Phonogram Records (now Mercury Records). This album was a means to end the legal contract, before Mark Knopfler began his solo career (still signed to Mercury).To fulfill this end of the contract, some recordings were sought that would not rival "On The Night". And two were found. The recordings that Dire Straits made between 1978 and 1981 for the BBC and this one recorded for Rockpalast.

“Live at The BBC” and “Live at The Rockpalast” have almost the same content except for a couple of different songs; but both album features one unreleased song, "What's the Matter Baby?", Co-written by Mark Knopfler and his brother David , but “Rockpalast” have the B side from "Sultans of Swing”.“Dire Straits live at the Rockpalast” was recorded on 16 February 1979 at WDR Studio-L, Cologne, Germany. The group recorded 16 songs that day. Two versions of  "Sultans of Swing";.of which 9 were selected.

Side One: (22:34) 1. Introduction.(0:15) / 2.Down to the waterline. (2:59) / 3.Six blade knife.(4:09) / 3.Lady writer. (3:54) / 5.Single-handed sailor. (5:07) / 6.Water of love. (6:08)

Side Two: (21:24) 1.What´s the matter baby?.(3:24) / 2.Wild west end. (5:05) / 3.Eastbound train. (4:51) / 4.Sultans of swing #2. (7:23).

Because the BBC had made "The Beatles Live on The BBC"  released on 30 November  1994, it was decided that the next and final album in Dire Straits' career was another in the "Live at The BBC" series. bit.ly/Ds-rPT For that alone, Rockpalast recording was rejected. The original album called “Live at the BBC” was released on 26 June 1995, on  Vertigo Records Internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The year in which the group officially disbanded.Now for the first time you can listen to the original and alternative recording to "Dire Straits live at The BBC", such as  it was mixed for its release.I personally like this one more than the official one. Judge for yourself.

See you soon with more and better. Be good like Johnny, Ok?.

Sheryl Crow - "Sheryl Crow" - The lost 1992 album

 

In 1991 Sheryl Crow meeting with Grammy-winning British producer Hugh Padgham in  Hollywood and gave him a tape that he had recorded featuring demos of synth-pop-cum-gospel songs that she'd written with a different collaborators. Padgham immediately realized he had a future rock star. The only thing that didn't seem so good to him was her last name, he wasn't very convinced that "Crow" was a suitable name for an artist. Perhaps we would have to find a stage name for it, but over time it was something that was overcome.

Sheryl was signed to a two-album deal in the spring of 1991 with A&M.The sessions  was scheduled to start in september at the old AIR Studios Monserrat.She would sing as well as play piano and Hammond organ with several studio musicians  and she'd also co-produce her debut alongside the producer Padgham. With a budget of around a quarter of a million dollars, the basic idea was to save time and money by using the demos that had secured Sheryl her deal with A&M and simply replacing the parts that weren't quite up to the mark.

She was handling much of the production herself, and the dynamic in the studio between her and Hugh was working out apparently well. But Sheryl began to be dissatisfied with Hugh's results. Unfortunately, the camaraderie didn't last. They went wrong was trying to keep the same songs and replace everything with real instruments to make them work. That was a mistake, the wrong move. They tried to take something and turn it into something else, and by the time it became something else it was so watered down that it had not only lost the integrity of the original demos, but it was also just plain confusing. There was no focus in any way."

The major source of discontent for Sheryl was the album's intended focal point: her own voice. it lacked punch and emotion:yet she couldn't convince Hugh of this. When Padgham began mixing the album, tensions arose between him and Sheryl. Sheryl's insecurities surfaced. Sheryl was very frustrated because she believed that her voice was not good enough and she was out of tune, that brought problems in the studio and the first ideas to leave the album. Sheryl ended up fighting with the producer and although the album was finished and a cassette copy was sent to A&R chief David Anderle eventually sanctioned Crow's request to give her musician boyfriend Kevin Gilbert the chance to remix the record at Andora Studios in Los Angeles. However, the sound was imprinted on the tapes and not a lot could be done to effect the desired change.bit.ly/S-Cr Thus, despite a budget that had mushroomed to $441,000 and a tentative release date of September 22, 1992, the painful decision was taken by a frustrated record company and humiliated artist to shelve a project that they both agreed would be an unmarketable, dead-end debut at a time when grunge was king.

Entitled Sheryl Crow (A&M 75021 5393 4), it was only manufactured as a promotional test pressing cassette, not meant for DJ distribution (note: the "4" at the end of the catalogue number means tape cassette, while "2"s mean cd. There was never a legitimate CD of this album).

This tape consisted of the following tracks:

Side A: "All Kinds Of People" / Father, Sun" / "What Does It Matter" / "Indian Summer" /   "I Will Walk With You" /  “Love You Blind". Side B:  “Near Me" / "When Love Is Over" / "You Want It All" / "Hundreds Of Tears" /  "The Last Time" / "Borrowed Time".

As we all know, the record was not released on September 22. The reasons were twofold. Firstly, the label itself felt that Sheryl could produce a much more accessable LP, given the right surroundings. Secondly, Sheryl was intensely unhappy with the feel and production of the work. Thus, it was mutually agreed that the LP would be shelved, and a less "produced" and more informal LP would be made for issue in its stead. That LP was Tuesday Night Music Club, released about a year later, and becoming an international success.

Here you have the original album with a sound like you had heard before because it comes from 2nd generation copies in two versions, one destined to be published on CD or cassette and the other edited for LP 

I also include an extra disk. The first three songs are discards from this lost album. The fourth "Hundreds of tears" is from the soundtrack: of "Point Break " and the remaining tunes were recorded by Sheryl Crow in collaboration with Todd Wolfe in late 1990 or early 1991 and Sheryl Crow's first professionally recorded live appearance.

Side One: 25:49

1 All kinds of people. 4:11 / 2 Father´s sun. 4:11 / 3  What does it matter. 3:23 / 4 Indian summer. 4:21 / 5 I will walk with you. 5:36 / 6 Love you blind. 4:04 

Side Two: 26:35

1 Near Me. 3:58 / 2 When love is over. 4:07 / 3 You want it all. 4:07 / 4 Hundreds of tears #1. 5:56 / 5 The last time. 3:41 / 6 Borrowed Time. 4:39 

Additional material: #1

1 Welcome to real life. 4:16 (outtake from this lost album) / 2 Borrowed time (edit). 3:20 / 3 Love you blind (edit). 2:57 / 4 Hundreds of tears #2. 6:26. (from “Point Break” soundtrack). 

Additional material: #2  (with Todd Wolfe)

1 California. 4:35 / 2 Mercy. 4:44 / 3 Last laugh. 4:03 / 4 Sway (live edit). 3:43. (Unknown Venue, Denver, Co. USA - March 23.1993).

Ok guys.., and girls too!, see you soon, with more and better.

MADNESS: "The Ghost Hour" - (Reconstructed 1986 lost album).

"The Ghost Hour" was to be Madness' seventh studio album. Between July and early September 1986, they recorded demos for this new album at their Liquidator Studios in North London. From these sessions, they selected a sequenced track list of 11 songs to be produced for the finished album. But ... let's see what happened.

Everything seemed to be going well and the future lp was announced with its track listing displayed in Issue XIV of the official Madness "MIS" Nutty Boys fanzine (published during August 1986): 

1.11th hour. / 2.(Waiting for the) Ghost Train. / 3.Be Good Boy. / 4.Natural Act. / 5,Maybe In Another Life. / 6.Precious One. / 7. Patience. / 8. Remember The Day. / 9.Perfect Place. / 10. 4.B.F. / 11.It´s For The Best.

Four songs were selected to be future singles from this album: "11th Hour", "Waiting For The Ghost Train", "Be Good Boy" and "Natural Act"

The band held a competition on Nutty Boys Issue XIV for MIS members to design the cover for the pop-up album. The number read: "The topic will be ghosts, hocus pocus, hubble bubble, forests and streams, witch hour, creatures of the night, etc." Entries were expected to be received by October 13, 1986. Even so, the band had wanted to "photograph themselves sitting in front of a blazing fire in a large, dark, and dingy room". The idea was that ghost stories were being told on; but they decided to separate due to musical differences, they announced their separation at the end of September 1986, so they abandoned the album, this lost work was to be produced by Stuart Levine.

Madness without Carl, Suggs, Lee and Chris recorded two songs: "(Waiting for) The Ghost Train" and their B-side "Maybe in another life." These songs became the group's farewell single, released on October 27.1986. This single spent nine weeks on the UK charts, reaching number 18. The song first appeared on a bit.ly/M-ss The band's 1986 "Utter" album. Madness Greatest Hits Compilation, released one month after the single's release.Madness's unreleased album, whose title was to be: "The Ghost Hour", was replaced by a compilation known as "Utter Madness." In 1988, four members of the band – Suggs, Chas Smash, Lee Thompson and Chris Foreman – continued under the name The Madness. After one self-titled album and two singles that failed to make the top 40, this band also split.

Below is a reconstruction of that album with twelve songs and not eleven, as it has been discovered that "Song in Red" was also recorded during those sessions; with this line-up:

Side One: 21:32 

1.11th Hour. (Rmk).  4:02 / 2.(Waiting For The) Ghost Train.  3:44 /  3.Be Good Boy.  4:11 /  4.Natural Act. (Live edit) .  3:11 /  5.Maybe In Another Life.  3:00 /  6.Precious One. (Live edit) . 3:01 

Side Two: 18:03

7.Patience. (Edit).  1:20 / 8.Song In Red.  3:38 / 9. Nightmare,Nightmare.  4:29  (A.k.a: Remember The Day) / 10.Perfect Place.  3:05 / 11. 4.B.F. (Remix).  2:51 / 12.It´s For The Best. (Remix).  2:37

All songs have been improved, some edited and some reworked to find the best and most robust result possible. As there is no official cover, the original idea sought by the group of a penunmbra room illuminated by the fire in the fireplace has been followed. Ok guys!..,, see you soon with more and better..

The Rolling Stones: "Flashpoint" / (Unreleased Expanded Edition)

Hello again. This month I bring you a double album that will remind you of the Rolling Stones return tour after almost a decade without concerts.Although it is a great live album, I prefer the previous "Still Life", partly because it meant Bill Wyman's goodbye to the group and that takes away points. But let's know something about this great album now expanded. 

Flashpoint is a live album by the Rolling Stones, their first live album by the group since 1982's Still Life. The album was recorded in 1989 and 1990 on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and released in April 1991.Recorded across North America, Europe and Japan, It is also the first Rolling Stones release of the 1990s and, unlike previous live sets, includes two new studio tracks: "Highwire" and "Sex Drive"; the former was released as a single earlier in 1991 and was a comment on the Gulf War.

This album was The Rolling Stones' final release under their contract with Sony Music, the band signed a new lucrative long-term worldwide deal with Virgin Records in 1991, with the exception of Bill Wyman.

After 30 years with the band, the 55-year-old Wyman decided that he had other interests he wanted to pursue and felt that, considering the size of the recently completed Steel Wheels project and tour, it was fitting to bow out at that time. Although he would not officially announce his departure until January 1993 – bit.ly/rS-fp during the interim the rest of the band had repeatedly asked him to reconsider – he had talked about leaving the band for at least ten years.Here I bring you the complete and reconstructed album, in the correct order, with all the selected songs from the world tour released to date on CD, LP or Cassette but not on Video or DVD. This is another story. I also inlude a discarded desingn for the album cover.

      Part 1:

1.(Intro) Continental Drift  – 1:40

2.Start Me Up  – 3:59

(26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)

3.Sad Sad Sad – 3:28

(19 December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)

4.Undercover of the Night  – 4:13

(19 December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)

5 .Harlem Shuffle – 4:20

(27 February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)

6.Tumbling Dice – 4:12

(24 August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)

7.Miss You – 5:54

 (25 November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)

8.Ruby Tuesday – 3:29

(27 February 1990; Tokyo Dome; Tokyo, Japan)

9.Play with Fire – 3:18

(26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)

10.Factory Girl – 2:39

(6 July 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)

11.Rock and a Hard Place – 4:52

 (25 November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)

12.You Can't Always Get What You Want – 7:10

(25 November 1989; Gator Bowl; Jacksonville, Florida)

13.I Just Want to Make Love to You – 4:05

(6 July 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)

14.Can´t Be Seen – 4:11

(26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)

Part 2:

1.Little Red Rooster – 5:07

(19 December 1989; Atlantic City Convention Center; Atlantic City, New Jersey)

2.Paint It Black – 3:57

(13 June 1990; Olympic Stadium; Barcelona, Spain)

3.2000 Lights Years From Home – 3:13

(13 June 1990; Olympic Stadium; Barcelona, Spain)

4.Sympathy For The Devil – 5:22

(26 February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)

5.Gimmie Shelter  – 6:32

(26 February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)

6.Street Fighting Man – 3:41

 (25 August 1990; Wembley Stadium; London, England)

7.Brown Sugar – 4:05

(28 July 1990; Stadio Delle Alpi; Turin, Italy)

8.Jumping Jack Flash – 5:01

(27 February 1990; Korakuen Dome; Tokyo, Japan)

9.(I Can´t Get No) Satisfaction  – 6:08

(26 November 1989; Memorial Stadium; Clemson, South Carolina)

10.Highwire – 4:46

(Full Length version)

11.Sex Drive – 6:00

(Club mix)

 

Bonus track : 

12.Winning Ugly VI – 7:53

(London mix))

From "Ruby Tuesday" U.K. CDsgl. 

All songs by Jagger/ Richards

except: 5A by (Bob Relf, Ernest Nelson); 13A  & 1B  by  (Dixon)

Flashpoint was recorded using binaural recording. This gives the effect that the concert audience is behind the home listener.

OK Guys!.., that´s all for now, see you with more and better.

U2: "Wide Awake in America" - (Reconstructed LP version).

 

“Wide Awake in America" it´s a four-track extended play  by U2. It was released on 20 May 1985 through Island Records. It was originally released only in North America and Japan but it charted in the UK as an import. It was re-released internationally in 1990.

This is an extended version of that EP, now turned into LP that shows all the selected and unused material, alternative and unknown material made by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.

Side one begins with: "Yoshino Blossom", whose title means "cherry blossom" in Japanese; It was recorded at the beginning of the “The unforgettable fire sessions”, end of May 1983. at Slane Castle with producer Paul Thomas. Remixed later by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois adding Bono's voice reciting the poem "Mother of God" by William Butler Yeats, Although the song remained as a possible B-side and a candidate to open “Wide awake in America”, but both the instrumental and vocal versions ended up archived.

Next song: "Bad" was produced by the band and recorded live from the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England on 12 November 1984, as part of the Unforgettable Fire Tour.  It´s a song about heroin addiction, would become a staple of their live set. Radio programmers often chose this “Wide Awake in America” version over the original studio recording.

“Boomerang”  is a “outtake” of over seven minutes made by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to be included in the 12-inch, cassette or CD release and “wide awake in America” EP.

Side two opens with "BassTrap / Three Sunrise", both songs are shown together because they should have originally appeared like this, in April 1985 as part of 12-inch "The Inforgettable Fire"; but the producers Bit.ly/Ud-aWA Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois were reserved to be part of "Wade awake in America", although in the end this version was unreleased.

"Love Comes Tumbling", it´s an slightly edited version with four bars immediately preceding the vocal deleted, that appears first on 12 ": Island / L18002 (Australian release) and after on the B-sides disc of The Best of 1980–1990.

“Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come”. It was to be a coda of the previous song whose title was not going to appear on "wide awake in America". But in the end it included in "The Unforgettable Fire" 2x7 ": Island / ISD220 and CBS / DA 6185 (UK and Ireland releases).

“A Sort of Homecoming" is live from Wembley Arena in London on 15 November 1984. The song was produced by Tony Visconti and recorded during a soundcheck at the concert, with the crowd noise mixed in later during post-production at Good Earth Studios. This is the song without any post-production, as recorded during soundcheck.

Side One: 19:53.

1.Yoshino Blossom.(Alternate vocal version).(4:37) - 2.Bad.(Live).(7:53) - 3.Boomerang.(Unreleased version).(7:21).

Side Two: 19:46.

1.BassTrap / Three Sunrise.(Unreleased mix).(8:43) -  2.Love Comes Tumbling (Alternate).(4:39) - 3.Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come.(Unreleased mix).(2:24) - 4.A Sort of Homecoming.(Soundcheck version).(3:59)

For the cover, another alternative has been used that finally appeared exceptionally in some countries such as Mexico. Ok, that´s all see you soon, with more and better.

Stevie Nicks: "Mirror Mirror".

Hello friends !, here we go again with more and better, this time with a reconstruction of the hypothetical unreleased album: “Mirror Mirror”, by the always pretty and elegant Stevie Nicks. 

Many things have been said about this work, among them that it was a lie made true by the singer's fans, let's see briefly what there is of all this.

"Mirror Mirror" was an unreleased studio album that was recorded in mid-1984 by American singer-songwriter and lead singer of Fleetwood Mac: Stevie Nicks. This is partially true. But let's better read the statements that Stevie Nicks made in the late 80's regarding the title of her third solo album "Rock a little": (...) well, first it was going to be "Mirror, Mirror"; that was going to be the name of "Rock A Little". And then because the song 'Mirror, Mirror' didn't end up on the record because I didn't like the way it came out, I changed it to "Rock A Little" because it became the title track (.. .) ". Well, with this, everything would be said. But let's know something else.

The facts tell us that the producer Jimmy Iovine was originally hired to produce the album and work on the demo recordings in early 1984.After several weeks of work, he made an acetate, which was never intended to be released as a possible album. Nicks discarded these recordings and the producer left claiming that he did not like the direction in which Nicks wanted to take the album. bit.ly/sT-mM  Although the real reason was a couple fight between Stevie and Jimmy who had an intimate relationship for years. That acetate carried these songs

 Side A: 1.Mirror Mirror.-  2.Greta. - 3.Thousand days. – 4. Battle of the dragon. – 5.One more big time Rock N´Roll Star. – 6.Has anyone ever written anything for  you?. 

Side B: 1.The Dealer.-  2.Listen to the rain. - 3. Lady from the mountains. – 4.Rose Garden. – 5. Love Is Like a River. – 6. She Loves Him Still. 

“Mirror Mirror: Released as the B-Side to the 1992 cassette "Blue Denim" single. “Greta”: Released on the Street Angel. “Thousand Days”: Released as the B-Side of the "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" single and later released on the Enchanted. “Battle of the Dragon”: Released on the American Anthem soundtrack and later on Enchanted. “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star”: Released as the B-Side to the "Talk to Me" single and later released on Enchanted. “Has anyone ever written anything for you”. Released on the “Rock A little “ Lp.

“The Dealer” : Released on "24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault". “Listen to the rain”: Released on the Street Angel. “ Lady from the mountains”: Released as "Moonlight: A Vampire's Dream" on In Your Dreams. Rose Garden and  Love is like a river Released on the Street Angel. “She Loves Him Still”: Released on "24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault".

Other demos and outtakes that were recorded during the “Mirror Mirror / Rock A Little sessions” include: “Love Don't Fail Me Now“, “Chanel Chanel“. “Are You Mine“. “Gypsy Beggars“. “I Call You Missing“. “Priest of Nothing“. “Jimmy-Come On Back“. “Tied Up (In Promises)”. “Ooh Ooh Baby“. “Freestyle“ “Mabel Norman“ “Something Exquisite,”. “Night Gallery“. “You Like Me“. “All These Years,”. “Long Way To Go“. “Rock A Bye Baby“. “What Has Rock N' Roll Ever Done For You?”.“It's Not A Dream”

When she started working on new sessions, that cost $ 1 million dollars (USD); her voice was no longer the same, more hoarse and nasal, due to cocaine abuse. Even with everything Stevie completed the album, now renamed "Rock a little", throughout 1985 using different recording studios and producers among which were: Rick Nowels. Mike Campbell. Chas Sandford and Keith Olsen.

Released November 18 1985. "Rock a Little" hit the top 20 in its second week. The album peaked at No. 12 on the US Billboard 200, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after just one month of its release for sales in excess of 1,000,000 units. The album was also certified Gold in the United Kingdom for sales in excess of 100,000 units. The album was ranked No. 41 in the best-selling albums of 1986 in the United States.

Meanwhile Nicks' growing addiction to cocaine at the time which hampered her tour performances (she would famously check into the Betty Ford Clinic at the tour's conclusion).

Anyway.., here you have this reconstruction of something that could have been but ultimately was not. Enjoy it and see you soon.

The Clash " Rat Patrol From Fort Dragg". (Reconstructed Rejected Album).

Welcome back to my site. This time starting with a rejected The Clash album mixed and compiled by Mick Jones, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, co-founder for this British punk band.But first let's know something more about this super 2lp.

Before there was a Combat Rock album , there was other tentatively titled Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg, the initial draft of which was conceived almost entirely by Clash guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones. The bootleg recordings of the Rat Patrol sessions that would eventually surface years later reveal the proposed album to be not only superior to the actual release, but one of the greatest “lost” albums in pop music history.

After a short tour to promoteve the triple album Sandinsta!, The band was back to the studio in New York to complete their fifth LP. Unfortunately, they were not in good shape. Drumming prodigy Topper Headon was drawing ever-nearer to the rock bottom of his nasty heroin habit, while lyricist Joe Strummer and bassist Paul Simonon had re-hired their old manager as a means to wrangle the group’s increasingly unwieldy sound and image.

Mick, the band's only real and functioning musician, the only one with knowledge producing and engineering start to mixed and compiled a new record, The resulting album, which Mick recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios from November 1981 to January 1982, was the following

Side A: (18:53)

 1.The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too.(3:45) / 2.Kill Time (edit).(4:48) / 3.Should I Stay Or Should I Go.(3:07) / 4.Rock The Casbah.(3:41) / 5.Know Your Rights (alt.vers.).(3:30) 

Side B: (18:53) 

6.Red Angel Dragnet (edit).(3:20) / 7.Ghetto Defendant (edit).(4:15) / 8.Sean Flynn.(7:21) / 9.Car Jamming.(3:55) 

Side C: (18:13) 

10.Inoculated City.(2:37) / 11.Death Is A Star.(3:08) / 12.Walk Evil Talk (remix).(5:10) / 13.Atom Tan.(2:25) / 14.Overpowered By Funk.(4:51) 

Side D: (18:08)

15.Long Time Jerk (long mix).(5:08) / 16.First Night Back In London.(2:58) / 17.Cool Confusion.(3:12) / 18.Straight To Hell (Unedited Version).(6:49) 

It would have been the Clash’s third release in a row as an expanded 2LP set, sometimes more. Jones’ presented the “finished” product to the rest of the Clash and their label, and the reception was almost unanimously negative. Bit.ly/Tc-fBr Joe Strummer and manager Bernie Rhodes balked at the extended running times of several of the tracks. CBS execs saw the album’s bizarre hybrid of underground genres as a threat to its marketability. Jones was outnumbered, and CBS hired former Who producer Glyn Johns to remix the album to a single LP. Several of Rat Patrol’s best tracks were removed outright, other tracks' lengths were cut in half, verses were changed or left out, and samples and effects stripped away, the result of which is the final product Combat Rock. So much of the original album’s life had been removed in the process, leaving Combat Rock sounding tepid and uneven. 

The original album cover was also rejected for its extreme rawness. The execution in February 1968 in the streets of Saigon of a rebel at the hands of a South Vietnamese police general, a scene captured by the cameras. Sorry if anyone is bothered, but I think it was necessary to have the full album both inside and out.

Anyway, here you have a remix of the album that Jones had planned; plus another disc with additional material. Enjoy it. 

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: (1:02:22) 

19.Outside Broadcast.(7:22) (Non-album song. B side from Canada 12-inch EP. November 1982.)

 20.Radio One.(6:17) (Non-album song.  B side from Canada 12-inch EP. November 1982.)

21.This is Radio Clash.(4:09) (Non -album song. A side from 7-inch single. November 1982)

22.Mustapha Dance.(4:22). (Non-album song. A side from U.K “Mustapha Dance” single. 1991)

23.The Magnificent Dance.(5.35). (Non-album song. B side from U.K “Mustapha Dance” single. 1991)

24.Should I Stay Or Should I Go (live).(2:44). B side from “Rock The Casbah” US. single.

(Live Shea Stadium, Queens, N.Y.C. US. October 13.1982)

25.Long Time Jerk (edit).(2:55).(Non-album song. B side from “Rock The Casbah” U.K single)

26.Red Angel Dragnet (Instrumental).(1:44).(Non-album song. B side from Canada “Rock The Casbah” EP. 1982)

27.Straight to Hell (edit).(5:28)

28.Cool Confusion (remix).(3:29).(Non-album song. B “Should I stay of should I go? US. single. 1982)

29.Sean Flynn (edit).(4:25)

30.Ghetto Defendant (Unedited Version).(6;11)

31.Walk Evil Talk (unedited Vocal Mix).(7:35)