Wings: "Hot Hitz and Cold Cuts" - (Reconstructed 1978 version).

 

The Hot Hitz and Cold Cuts project was compiled after McCartney's decision to leave EMI's American label, Capitol, for a six-year stay with Columbia (United States and Canada only), though he remained with EMI worldwide during his US sabbatical from Capitol. A new 2lp with songs recorded between October 1970 to Jannuary 1978.

In 2019 Paul said: The original idea was based around a title I came up with and quite liked whichwas  "Hot Hitz and Cold Cuts".I thought it would be great, you just put all your top hitson it and then some "cold cuts". But actually when I mentionedit to my record label at the time , they didn´tlike the idea of coldcuts, they wanted everything to be hits,hits,hits!. Sothey didn´t particularly go for that idea. But what has happened over the yearsin many of those cold cuts - which are B-sides and unknown tracks - have been released in our remastered Archive Collection series.bit.ly/39pMkC Instead released "Wings Greatest" coation a collection of hits singles without anyof the "leftover" B-sides and unreleased material.

McCartney didn't want to shelve the project and continued to improve it over the years. In January 1980, Paul and Wings recorded additional overdubs for the unreleased tracks with the album slated for release in early 1981.It was also believed that its release soon after the death of John Lennon would seem inappropriate. In 1986 the producer/arranger Richard Niles did further work on the tracks.In August 1987, McCartney mixed and edited another version of the album with producer Chris Thomas and engineer Bill Price. That album also went unreleased and after bootleg versions appeared on the market, McCartney abandoned the project permanently and instead the double "All the best" was published on November 2, 1987.

Here´s the original version from “cold cuts part” 1978.

SIDE A:

1 – "Another Day" – Recorded in 1970 during the Ram sessions. released as the A-side of a non-album single in February 1971. It was his debut single as a solo artist following the Beatles break-up in 1970.

2 – "Live At Let Die" – Recorded during Red Rose Speedway sessions in October 1972 at AIR Studios. It was also the first rock song to open a Bond film. Released June 1.1973.

3 - "Jet" – Recorded September 1973. Abbey Road Studios, From Band On The Run LP.

4 – "My Love" – Lead single from Red Rose Speedway Released on 23 March 1973, 

5 – "Silly Love Songs" – Appeared in March 1976 on Wings at the Speed of Sound, It was released as a single backed with "Cook of the House" on 1 April (US), and 30 April (UK)

SIDE B:

1 – "HI,HI,HI" –  It was released as a double A-side single with "C Moon" in December 1972. Both recorded in November 1972

2 – “Let´Em In” - Appeared in March 1976 on Wings at the Speed of Sound, It was released as a single 22 july 1976 with Beware my love on b side.

3 – "Junior´s Farm" – Recorded July 1974. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974 with Sally G on B-side.

4 – "Mull Of Kintyre" – Recorded August 9 1977 and released on single November 11.1977 with Girl´s school on B side. It was Wings' biggest hit in Britain and is one of the best selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom, where it became the 1977 Christmas number one and was the first single to sell over two million copies nationwide.

5 - "With A Little Luck” – Recorded on May 1977 during London Town sessions. This is a single version released on March 20,1978 with Backwards Traveller/Cuff Link on B side.

SIDE C:

1 - "Mama's Little Girl" – Recorded during the Red Rose Speedway sessions in 1972. Released as the B-side of "Put It There" in 1990.This is an early mix was later released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway.

2 - "I Would Only Smile" – Written by Denny Laine and recorded in 1972 for Red Rose Speedway. Released on Denny Laine's album Japanese Tears in 1980.This is an early mix was later released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway.

3 - "Tragedy" – This remake of Thomas Wayne's 1959 ballad dates from Red Rose Speedway sessions. The song was considered for inclusion on the album, which was originally planned to be a double. It was officially released in 2018 as part of the Red Rose Speedway deluxe reissue.

4 - "Night Out" – This Red Rose Speedway-era outtake was overdubbed multiple times by different incarnations of Wings.. A primarily instrumental version dating from 1972 was released on the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway. Alternate edit version.

5 - "Oriental Nightfish" – Written by Linda McCartney and recorded with Wings in 1973. Released on Linda McCartney's album Wide Prairie in 1998.

6 - "Lunchbox/Odd Sox" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in New Orleans in 1975. Released as the B-side of "Coming Up" in 1980. Alternate edit version,

7 - "My Carnival" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in New Orleans in 1975. Released as the B-side of "Spies Like Us" in 1985.

SIDE D:

1 - Send Me The Heart - Written by McCartney and Laine. Recorded during The Nashville sessions in 1974. Released on Laine´s album Japanese Tears in 1980.

2 - "Hey Diddle" – Recorded in 1970 during the Ram sessions as a Paul and Linda duet. Later, the track received further overdubs when Wings were in Nashville in the summer of 1974. The original 1971 version was released in 2012 on the Special Edition re-issue of Ram.The Nashville version was released on the 2014 re-issue of Venus and Mars.

3 - "Wide Prairie" – Written by Linda McCartney and recorded in November 1973 at EMI Paris with overdubs done in Nashville in 1974. An edited version, omitting two sections with lead vocals by Paul, was released on Linda McCartney's album Wide Prairie in 1998. Alterenate edit version.

4 - "Tomorrow" – Recorded during the Venus and Mars sessions in 1975. Alternate edit version.

5 - "Proud Mum" – from the Venus and Mars sessions in 1975. The song was originally recorded for use in a commercial for Mother's Pride bread. Alternate edit version.

6 - "Same Time Next Year" – Recorded in 1978 for the film Same Time, Next Year but not used. Released as the B-side of "Put It There" in 1990.

7 - "Did We Meet Somewhere Before?" – Rejected as the main theme for Warren Beatty´s film Heaven Can Wait, the song remained on Paul's shelf until he decided to include it on the outtakes project. A snippet of the track was used in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School although it did not appear on the soundtrack album.

Ok, see you soon with more and better.

The Who - The Ox (BackTrack Series #14) - (Reconstructed 1970 forgotten album)

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Hi!, here for more.This time with a forgotten album from november 1970. An great lp whose contents were all songs written by the group's bassist John Entwistle and that was compiled for a strange but at the same time beautiful album not very well known because since then nothing has been heard from it.

Ok, this is the quick story.

In 1970 Track Records began a 14-album Backtrack series. These were budget priced reissues and new compilations of earlier Track recordings, occasionally containing previously unreleased material and rare versions. Mostly they cost less than a pound. This series, which was very unusual for its time, included both Hendrix and the Who's first two Track albums along with works by lesser known Track artists. The reissue albums did not feature any of the original cover art though. bit.ly/Tw-OX The strategy of producing such a large number of reissues was probably a drastic attempt to boost sales as a direct result of the PPX lawsuit which Track had been fighting since 1967. This was all a result of Track facing a lawsuit from Ed Chalpin and his company PPX Enterprises, based in New York City. Chalpin had signed Hendrix to a three-year exclusive recording contract in October 1965. Chalpin viewed the 1966 Hendrix agreement made with Track as a violation of his PPX contract and was later able to claim a large monetary settlement. 

Track quickly fell into financial trouble because of this, despite huge selling records such as Tommy. They got through it, but were severely diminished. It seem so unfair. They effectively made Hendrix into an almost grotesque money-spinning music machine, who everyone, including Chalpin, wanted to suck the life out of.

All these years later, maybe it ain't changed much. Eventually, as part of the settlement, they gave Chaplin the rights to the Band Of Gypsys record in America. Track struggled on into the 70s but the glory days were well behind them. Even so, the Backtrack records are a lovely 14 records to collect. 

BACKTRACK #14: THE WHO 'THE OX' (UK TRACK 2407 014) (MONO)

 (Released in November 1970).

Side One: (15:37)

1.Heinz Baked Beans (0:58) / 2.Heaven & Hell  (3:32) / 3.Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2;34) / 4.Fiddle About  (1:29) / 5.Cousin Kevin  (4:02) / 6.Doctor, Doctor (2:59)

Side Two: (16:17)

1.Medac (0:56) / 2.Boris The Spider (2:28)  / 3.I've Been Away (2:05) / 4.Whiskey Man (2:54)  / 5.In The City (2:22) / 6.Someone's Coming (2:32) / 7. Silas Stingy (2;57) 

THE WHO 'THE OX' (POLYDOR - Netherlands - 2486 039) (STEREO)

 (Released in November 1970).

Side One: (16:42)

1.Heinz Baked Beans (0:59) / 2.Heaven & Hell  (4:30) / 3.Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2;37) / 4.Fiddle About  (1:29) / 5.Cousin Kevin  (4:06) / 6.Doctor, Doctor (2:59)

Side Two: (17:51)

1.Medac (0:56) / 2.Boris The Spider (2:28)  / 3.I've Been Away (2:05) / 4.Whiskey Man (2:54)  / 5.In The City (2:22) / 6.Someone's Coming (2:30) / 7. Silas Stingy (3:04) / 8.The Ox (3:49)

The “BACKTRACK” LP Series. 14 Albums from May to November 1970 on Track Records. A Detailed Discography.

1st part  Issued May 1970 (BACKTRACKS #1 TO # 7 )

BACKTRACK #1: COMPILATION (UK TRACK 2407 001) (STEREO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: MARSHA HUNT - Walk On Gilded Splinters / JIMI HENDRIX - Hey Joe / ARTHUR BROWN - Devil's Grip / THE WHO - Pictures Of Lily / JIMI HENDRIX - All Along The Watchtower / JOHN'S CHILDREN - Desdemona

Side Two: ARTHUR BROWN - Fire / THE WHO - I Can See For Miles / EIRE APPARENT - Follow Me / ANDY ELLISON - It's Been A Long Time / THE WHO - Call Me Lightning / JIMI HENDRIX - The Wind Cries Mary

BACKTRACK #2: COMPILATION (UK TRACK 2407 002) (MONO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: THE WHO - Under My Thumb / MARSHA HUNT - Desdemona / JIMI HENDRIX - Purple Haze / JOHN'S CHILDREN - Come And Play With Me In The Garden / FAIRPORT CONVENTION - If I Had A Ribbon Bow / THE WHO - Magic Bus

Side Two: THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - Something In The Air / CHERRY SMASH - Sing Songs Of Love / THE WHO - Pinball Wizard / ARTHUR BROWN - Nightmare / JIMI HENDRIX - Let Me Light Your Fire / THE WHO - The Last Time

BACKTRACK #3: WHO/HENDRIX (UK TRACK 2407 003) (STEREO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: THE WHO: Substitute / Disguises / Run Run Run / I'm A Boy / Whiskey Man / Happy Jack / So Sad About Us

Side Two: JIMI HENDRIX : Hey Joe / I Don't Live Today / Purple Haze / Can You See Me / The Wind Cries Mary / Stone Free

BACKTRACK #4: WHO/HENDRIX (UK TRACK 2407 004) (STEREO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: THE WHO: Pictures Of Lily / Relax / Sunrise / I Can See For Miles / Armenia City In The Sky / Our Love Was / Call Me Lightning

Side Two: JIMI HENDRIX: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp / Are You Experienced / If Six Was Nine / Remember / Gypsy Eyes / All Along The Watchtower

BACKTRACK #5: WHO/HENDRIX (UK TRACK 2407 005) (STEREO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: THE WHO: Magic Bus / Boris, The Spider / Mary Anne (With The Shaky Hand) / Tattoo / Pinball Wizard / I'm Free / Rael

Side Two: JIMI HENDRIX: Rainy Day, Dream Away / Manic Depression / Love Or Confusion / Come On / Spanish Castle Magic / Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

BACKTRACK #6: COMPILATION (UK TRACK 2407 006) (MONO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: THE SANDPEBBLES - Love Power / THE PARLIAMENTS - I Can Feel The Ice Melting / THE PRECISIONS - If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) / THE DEBONAIRES - Headache In My Heart / THE SANDPEBBLES - Because Of Love / THE PARLIAMENTS - Let Hurt Put You In The Loser's Seat

Side Two: THE DEBONAIRES - I'm In Love Again / AL KENT - You've Got To Pay The Price / THE PARLIAMENTS - I Wanna Testify / THE PRECISIONS - You'll Soon Be Gone / THE PARLIAMENTS - Don't Be Sore At Me / AL KENT - Where Do I Go From Here

BACKTRACK #7: 'MIXED BAG' COMPILATION (UK TRACK 2407 007) (STEREO) - Issued May 1970

Side One: JIMI HENDRIX & CURTIS KNIGHT - How Would You Feel / MARSHA HUNT - Hippy Gumbo / BENT FRAME - It's Only Me / THE WHO - The Seeker / THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - I See It All / MARSHA HUNT - Keep The Customer Satisfied

Side Two: THE WHO - Summertime Blues / CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - What's Happening / JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Long Hot Summer Night / THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - Accidents / THE WHO - Here For More / JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice

2nd part  Issued Nov. 1970 (BACKTRACKS #8 TO # 14 )

BACKTRACK #8: THE WHO 'A QUICK ONE' (UK TRACK 2407 008) (MONO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: Run, Run, Run / Boris, The Spider / I Need You / Whiskey Man / Heatwave / Cobwebs And Strange

Side Two: Don't Look Away / See My Way / So Sad About Us / A Quick One, While He's Away

BACKTRACK #9: THE WHO 'THE WHO SELL OUT' (UK TRACK 2407 009) (STEREO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: Armenia, City In The Sky / Heinz Baked Beans / Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand / Odorono / Tattoo / Our Love Was / I Can See For Miles

Side Two: I Can't Reach You / Medac / Relax / Silas Stingy / Sunrise / Rael (1 and 2) - with continuous play into the run-off groove

BACKTRACK #10: THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'ARE YOU EXPERIENCED' (UK TRACK 2407 010) (MONO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: Foxy Lady / Manic Depression / Red House / Can You See Me / Love Or Confusion / I Don't Live Today

Side Two: May This Be Love / Fire / 3rd Stone From The Sun / Remember / Are You Experienced

BACKTRACK #11: THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 'AXIS BOLD AS LOVE' (UK TRACK 2407 011) (STEREO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: EXP / Up From The Skies / Spanish Castle Magic / Waiting Until Tomorrow / Ain't No Telling / Little Wing / If Six Was Nine

Side Two: You've Got Me Floating / Castles Made Of Sand / She's So Fine / One Rainy Wish / Little Miss Lover / Bold As Love

BACKTRACK #12: THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN (UK TRACK 2407 012) (STEREO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: Prelude - Nightmare / Fanfare - Fire Poem / Fire / Come And Buy / Time / Confusion

Side Two: I Put A Spell On You / Spontaneous Apple Creation / Rest Cure / Money / Child Of My Kingdom

BACKTRACK #13: MURRAY ROMAN 'YOU CAN'T BEAT PEOPLE UP & HAVE THEM SAY I LOVE YOU (UK TRACK 2407 013) (STEREO) - Issued Nov 1970 

Side One: Three Kinds Of Highs / That's A Bust / The Banana Thing / Anything You Want To Do... / Good Chicks And Bad Chicks / Three Ways To Score / The Baja Marimba Band Story / The Riots

Side Two: Be There, Be There (Of Course) / Horror Films / Twiggy / Try This, Little Joe! / Good News / Join The Navy / War Films / Our Rael Enemy.

Ok  guys, that´s all, see you soon with more and better. Enjoy it.

Fleetwood Mac: "Almanac" - (Restored version).

Hi everyone!. Welcome to a New Year full of exciting new musical stories. This time with a not very well known double disc by Fleetwood Mac publised in November 1978. A strange compilation made of different sources as demos, live and alternate or early versions. Unknown or unpublished songs. Ok!, 

Let's get ready then to discover some or remind others, that it was this album called "Almanac", now fully restored.

 

Between February 4, 1977, date of publication of the successful “Rumors” and October 12, 1979 when “Tusk” appeared, a double album emerged, supposedly made by the group's English fan club and which was distributed in a limited way only in the UK and with hardly any publicity. But it was a bootleg recording. 

The original project had been conceived some time ago, when Fleetwood Mac announced the dates of the European tour of “Rumors”, for the first days of April 1977, something that had not happened since 1973, due to the little impact that their albums had in the "Old Continent". This was to begin in the United Kingdom on April 2, 1977 at the Birmingham Odeon, a total of seven concerts by differents cities that would conclude on the 11 in Bristol at the Colson Hall, before continuing the tour in France. 

By then, the English fan club suggested the idea of publishing a special album to be distributed only in the United Kingdom in support of the tour of that country, whose content included songs recorded between 1974 and 1975 with some alternative versions and others live plus a previously unreleased track from Buckimham and Nicks early sessions with Fleetwood Mac members, John McVie on bass and Mike Fleetwood on drums. 

Two alternatives were proposed that it was an EP or finallyhow it seemed that it was going to be an LP.

The Unreleased English Promotional EP:

Side A: Rhiannon (live) 

Side B: I´m so afraid (live) / Without you (outatke). 

The Unreleased English Promotional LP:

Side A: Spare me a Little (live) / Rhiannon (live)  / I´m so afraid (live)

Side B: Storms / Sorcerer / Watch Devil  / Without you

Finally the lp was not released and was forgotten. Time after how the “Tusk” sessions were taking longer than necessary and there was no new material after the release of the single “You make lovin 'fun / Gold dust woman” at the end of the summer of 77. 

This rejected project with another unreleased material taken from the second Buckimham / Nicks album plus some Stevie Nicks demos recorded for Fleetwood Mac were compiled for a new album.

In March 1978 a promotional single "Rhiannon / Suggar Daddy" was released, but the album was postponed once again. Towards the end of the year, the album was restructured again along the lines of "Rarities" by the Beatles.It was the last attempt with the title of "Almanac", bit.ly/FM78al despite the improvements that were made, it ended up being archived because almost the entire unreleased Buckimham and Nicks album was included and the band didn't like it.They just wanted a couple of tracks to be taken where at least McVie and Fleetwood were featured, and compared to "Rumors" it was not of sufficient quality. That did not prevent copies of it from being distributed unofficially in Europe with this line-up: 

Side One: (15:42)

1. Watch Devil (A.k.a:Watch Chain) (4:05) / 2.Spare Me A Little (live) (4:39) / 3.Secret Love (3:17) / 4.Without You (3:39) 

Side Two: (17:44)

1.Storms (5:41) / 2.Landslide (3:17) / 3.Sarah (8:46)

Side Three: (18:57)

1. Nomad (A.k.a: Candlebright) (2:08) / 2.I'm So Afraid (4:22) / 3.Designs Of Love (A.k.a: That´s all right) (2:55) / 4.You Could Forget (A.k.a: Garbo) (3:11)  / 5.Silver Springs (6:19)

Side Four: (17:02)

1.Sorcerer (4:30) / 2.Goldfish and Ladybug (3:03) / 3.Rhiannon (live) (7:51) / 4.Cathouse Blues (1:36)

 In 1993 this lost double LP was released on bootleg CD with the name; "Cathouse Blue" with some changes and different artwork.

"Watch Devil" -  A.k.a: "Watch Chain". A demo from Buckingham/Nicks unreleased 2nd album like a: "Without you", "Nomad", "Designs of love","You could forget" A.k.a: "Garbo", "Sorcerer","Goldfish and Ladybug" and "Cathouse blues". Which the duo has been working on just prior to joining Fleetwood Mac un 1974. Some recorded with John McVie on bass and Mike Fleetwood on drums.

"Spare Me a Little" & "Rhiannon" - Live at Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, October 25.1975.

"Secet love" & "Storms" -  Stevie Nicks wrote these songs in 1976 for "Rumors" and recorded these demos, but didn´t make the cut for the album. Written during her stormy relationship with the drummer Mick Fleetwood.

"Landslide", "Sarah",·I´m so afraid" and "Silver Springs" are early or alternate versions.

Ok folks, that´s all!. See you soon with more and better.

"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..