Nine Inch Nails - Purest Feeling (Pretty Hate Machine Demos)




The one and only Trent Reznor. One of my favorite albums of all time is, of course, 'Pretty Hate Machine' and you can imagine my delight at finding these years ago. These are especially precious, to my mind, because of the pre-heavy heavy angst N.I.N absent here, that came to full fruition in the aforementioned album. Some of these are markedly different from the finished versions (as they should be) but, to my mind, hint at a more pop sensibility. Let's not underestimate the influence of the music of Ministry, who also started with a poppier sound and after a little soul-searching had found their dark niche, as it were. It all comes full circle when you hear the early music of Mr. Reznor and how danceable it was. I say this not as a slight towards any of his music, past or present. I just love the evolution and am grateful to be able to hear these songs in their gestational stages. I have a few more N.I.N. goodies that will be posted shortly. So , I hope you all enjoy these songs.


1 Intro (2:23)
2 Sanctified (5:39)
3 Maybe Just Once (5:10)
4 The Only Time (5:12)
5 Kinda I Want To (5:02)
6 Thats What I Get (4:19)
7 Purest Feeling (2:59)
8 Ringfinger (5:54)
9 Down In It (6:17)



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Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues Collectors Edition


I believe I have already given my opinion on Elvis here, right? Well, to summarize - I appreciate him more as a cultural milestone than as a singer (he wasn't much of a musician), but I do not wish to slight those who may be great fans of his. We may just have to agree to disagree. I DO believe the burgeoning rock and roll movement took a swift kick in the nuts as soon as he was drafted into service for the Army and sent to Germany. If not for Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins and a few others, it may have extinguished altogether before reaching it's fruition. So, for me, this is one of the more bearable Elvis offerings and is offered as an answer to a request. Please understand that I do read all of the e-mails and comments and would love to fill all the requests and such but I have a backlog of about 200 requests and will get to them as my time allows. I hope htere are some fans out there who do not already have this one and it pleases their ears. Peace.





1. Tonight Is So Right for Love (2:12)
2 What's She Really Like (2:16)
3 Frankfort Special (2:55)
4 Wooden Heart (2:02)
5 G.I. Blues (2:35)
6 Pocketful of Rainbows (2:32)
7 Shoppin' Around (2:21)
8 Big Boots (1:30)
9 Didja' Ever (2:35)
10 Blue Suede Shoes (2:05)
11 Doin' the Best I Can (3:09)
12 Tonight's All Right for Love (1:21)
13 Big Boots (Fast Version) (1:14)
14 Shoppin' Around (Alternate Take 11) (2:15)
15 Frankfort Special (Fast Version - Take 2) (2:25)
16 Pocketful of Rainbows (Alternate Take 2) (2:47)
17 Didja' Ever (Alternate Take 1) (2:42)
18 Big Boots (Acoustic Version) (0:58)
19 What's She Really Like (Alternate Take 7) (2:24)
20 Doin' the Best I Can (Alternate Take 9) (3:17)




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The Stooges - Studio Sessions 1972



As is often the case, I find a wonderful description on the web that trumps anything I could write. I recently rewatched "Velvet Goldmine" and continue to be impressed with Ewan MacGregor's Iggy imperesonation. Really uncanny stuff. Lots of goodness and Stooges' madness in this bootleg for you all to enjoy. The review below is from www.dmme.net/reviews/reviews5.html - they are a great resource for kicking musical knowledge.




"THE STOOGES are the band everyone has to re-visit from time to time to recall they were not only about noise. Iggy seems to overshadow hus mates while it was them who secured for the singer a space to freak out in. These recordings hail from 1972, around the "Raw Power" period and after it, when the band set to work on the follow-up. Welcomed in the fold was Scott Thurston whose Jerry Lee Lewis-ey piano shines in "Head On" and no one can ignore Ron Asheton's bass. Hectic rock'n'roll debuted on the "Metallic KO" live album but this version shows how unleashed the band was even in the studio. "Death Trip" is presented here in rough mix, not so wild as one that made the LP. Pop in his best Jagger mood.

"I Got Right", fantastic, organ-driven song eventually appeared in 1975 on Pop's album of the same name. Early variant could have been considered classic had it been released by the band. Kudos to the short solo Blackmore would've been proud of.

Detroit's WABX radio broadcast 1972 sessions and now fans can savour "Hard To Beat" and still poppy "Raw Power" taken off the station's vaults. In case you don't know: "Hard To Beat", once polished and loaded with fiery guitars, turned out as "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell".

Another rock'n'roll of this kind is "Cock In My Pocket", previously known only by the "Metallic KO" rendition. But studio version appeared to exist with keyboards' firework provided by one Bob Sheff while . Also there are two jams, "Rubber Legs" and "Pin Point Eyes", dedicating the listener to THE STOOGES methods of work, tight and disciplined despite the rumours. Especially good is the latter, the blues, while James Williamson's solo of the former blows the socks off the feet.

Manzarek-like organ adorns mighty "Open Up & Bleed" which you could easily confuse with stoned Mick The Stone track. And more DOORS feel to "Johanna" to pop up later on Iggy's "Kill City".

A valuable addition to THE STOOGES' catalogue, a fun not only for a fan."


1. Head On

2. Death Trip

3. I Got a Right

4. Hard to Beat

5. Cock in My Pocket

6. Rubber Legs

7. Johanna

8. Pin Point Eyes

9. Open up and Bleed

10. Raw Power



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The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Outtakes


Today's final Beatle offering of goodness. I looked back on my posts and realized it had been a good long time since I posted Beatles music. There is so many good albums and compilations to share that I am resonlably sure I will be posting more soon. As always - purchase the real albums and such, but the bootlegs are for the people - and we, the people, like to share, right? Right.


1. Magical Mystery Tour - unknown take
2. Fool on the Hill - demo 9/5/1967
3. Aerial Tour Instrumental - mono mix 9/8/67
4. Blue Jay Way - overdub session 10/6/67
5. Your Mother Should Know - alternate mono mix 8/22/67
6. I Am The Walrus - take 7 monitor mix 9/5/67
7. I Am The Walrus - take 9 9/5/67
8. I Am The Walrus - acetate source unknown take
9. Hello Hello - take 1
10. Strawberry Fields Forever - Twickenham Studios 1/1969
11. Strawberry Fields Forever - demos 1/66, take 1 11/24/66, and take 5 12/9/66
12. Penny Lane - brass overdub 1/9/67
13. Penny Lane - mono mix 1/25/67
14. Baby, You're a Rich Man - German stereo LP mix
15. All You Need is Love - TV Broadcast 6/25/67
16. Jessie's Dream - film music 10/67
17. Magical Mystery Tour - German stereo LP mix
18. Your Mother Should Know - German stereo LP mix
19. Strawberry Fields Forever - German stereo LP mix
20. Hello Goodbye - German stereo LP mix



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The Beatles - Sink in the Can


Some more Beatle goodness from the 1968-69 era of the band. Near the inevitable end that was soon to pass. This time frame for the band is among my favorites (hard to beleive they were only around for about 6-7 years on the scene) and is rich with outtake material. Doesn't hurt either that 'Abbey Road' is my second favorite album of theirs - anyone guess the first? Also, as a cool side note to this boot, tracks 7-16 are Ringo drumming for a Cat Stevens session.As ever, all are welcome to post any good finds (from any blog-related band) in the comments. Good friend of the blog Bucephalus has shared many great albums in the comments and all are welcome to do so as well.




1. I Will (0:39)
2. Oh Darling Playing with Echo (1:06)
3. Oh Darling I can hear nothing in my earphone (3:05)
4. Oh Darling Latin Version (1:26)
5. Oh Darling (1:15)
6. Oh Darling (2:29)
7. Blue Monday (3:08)
8. If I Have to work for you (3:03)
9. Tuning (0:58)
10. Blue Monday Eins Zwei (2:07)
11. Blue Monday One Two (2:06)
12. Tuning (0:44)
13. I just Want To Make Love To You (4:31)
14. Working In The Coal Mine (4:36)
15. Baby I Have Some Love For You (1:18)
16. Looking For The Sailor (8:16)



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The Cure - What Happened Behind The Door?



You know, it seems that every month I smack myself upside my head and exclaim, "how could I have not posted more (or any) of THIS band (insert name of any 1000 bands)". So, here I am again wondering how a band I love as much as The Cure has not made it's prescence felt more strongly on the Ape. And there is no good excuse, ladies and gentlemen. I shall begin to rectify that starting today. I have about 100 bootleg/rarities and thanks to the mighty SFRP , they keep coming. It seems kind of redundant to post so many individual boots , what with 'JoinThe Dots' being available and all, but I digress. I may even eventually post that. Wonderful disc set that is, just great. This wonderful collection is composed of early alternate takes for most of the disc and ends on a few cuts available on the classic acoustic disc. I may just have to put in that acoustic disc now for a listen, it's been too long. Hope you all enjoy.


1 One Hundred Years
2 Forever
3 Ariel
4 Figurehead
5 Cold Colours
6 Siamese Twins
7 Inbetween Days
8 Close To Me
9 Kyoto Song
10 The Baby Screams
11 Sinking
12 To The Sky
13 Just Like Heaven
14 The Caterpillar
15 The Blood



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Rolling Stones - Beggars Breakfast Outtakes (1968-1972)







Gimmie Shelter
Brwon Sugar
Stop Breaking Down
Shake Your Hips
Loving Cup (vers. 1)
Loving Cup (vers. 2)
Shine A Light
I Ain't Lying
Sway
Sweet Virginia
I Don't Care
Sympathy For The Devil
Tell Me
Rice Crispies Jingle
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover


Info. from the Interwebs...

"Gimmie Shelter" is an early mix with Keith Richards on vocals; "Brown Sugar" is an early mix with a different Mick Taylor lead guitar; "Stop Breaking Down" is an early mix with a different vocal by Mick Jagger; "Shake Your Hips" is taken from a rehearsal in Montreaux, March 1972; "Loving Cup (vers. 1)" is an early version recorded at the same session as "Honky Tonk Women, June 1969, which was the first session with Mick Taylor; "Loving Cup (vers. 2)" was recorded two years later than version 1, and is much longer in duration; "Shine A Light" is an early mix with different vocals; "I Ain't Lying" and "I Don't Care" are improvised songs recorded in 1970, but were never fully developed and never released; "Sway" is an early version taken from acetate; "Sweet Virginia" is an early version with no backing vocals and more keyboards; "Sympathy For The Devil" is a series of excerpts from the recording sessions that appeared in the Jean Luc Goddard film "Sympathy For The Devil"; "Tell Me" is an alternate version that was never released; "Rics Crispies Jingle" is an actual radio jingle for Rice Crispies recorded by the Stones; "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" is an excerpt from the first ever Rolling Stones studio session in October 1962, taken from a battered 4-song acetate owned by Chris Jagger."

Led Zeppelin - Physical Rarities


Since there are so many dedicated Led Zeppelin blogs and sites that share boots and such, I don't often share what I have. I figure people can just go elsewhere if they want that. But, in my attempt at sharing my favorites, I invariably have been skipping over my massive (ahem) Led Zep collection. To rectify that I will be posting a few of my faves here for you listening pleasure. Beginning with this gem here. Look at the selection of rare takes and alternates here - "Trampled Underfoot", "Out On The Tiles" and "Immigrant Song". From one of their best albums and I have even more outtakes and such from this era that I will be posting soon. Share and enjoy.


1. Jenning's Farm Blues '69 (6:18)
2. Poor Tom '71 (3:03)
3. Walter's Walk '72 (4:31)
4. Tramled Underfoot (5:37)
5. Custard Pie (4:16)
6. Black Dog '71 (4:07)
7. Since I've Been Loving You '69 (7:29)
8. No Quarer '71 (4:04)
9. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (ver.2) '68 (5:32)
10. Stairway To Heaven '71 (3:52)
11. Swansong (1:21)
12. Ozone Baby '68 (3:30)
13. Wearing & Tearing '68 (5:27)
14. Something Else '71 (2:17)
15. Immigrant Song '70 (2:38)
16. Moby Dick '69 (1:40)
17. Out On The Tiles '70 (3:45)
18. Willow Tree '71 (3:15)
19. Baby Come Back Home (Tribute To Bert Burns) '68 (5:33)



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Living Colour - 4 Never Satisfied Friends



Never Satisfied
Leave It Alone
Bi
Love Rears Its Ugly Head
Open Letter (To A Landlord)
Nothingness
Leave It Alone, take 2
Auslander
Love Rears Its Ugly Head, take 2
Cult Of Personality
Nothingness, take 2
Elvis Is Dead / Type
Leave It Alone, take 3
Nothingness, take 3
Cult Of Personality, take 2

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Nirvana - Rough Tapes


Here's a nice little collection of the late Nirvana. We all know what a sucker DaddyRich is for alternates and demos. Well, pretty much only alternate takes here, but what a collection of them. Some of their best work and packaged pretty well,as far as bootlegs go. Pop this one in and enjoy.

track list on cd picture - hope you like.




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More Sisters Of Mercy Goodness!!!!








The Sisters Of Mercy - Enter The Sisters Volume 1 (More Sisters)


Another rarity Sisters collection for all the fine folks who have been following this chase of mine concerning this bands hard-to-find music. I have a few more that I wil be sharing over the next weeks and months as well. I am still looking to complete the all acoustic Sisters album and it's proving well-nigh impossible over here - so any help will be appreciated and credit will be given. You know that DaddyRich shares the love. More to come...




1 Damage Done
2 Watch
3 Adrenochrome
4 Body Electric
5 Anaconda
6 Phantom
7 1969
8 Alice
9 Floorshow
10 Kiss the Carpet
11 Lights
12 Valentine
13 Fix
14 Burn (Conclusion)


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Rolling Stones - Acetates


A gem of Rolling Stones rarities for the good kids who visit the Ape. It's been a while since I have posted Stones' goodies and I am hereby setting about rectifying that. A majority of this boot was recorded in studios from Jamaica to Germany (with a little London Live Song as well) and has wonderful sound. The sound quality is surprisig considering the other 200-300 Stones boots I have sound like they were recorded in a silo while the Stones songs were playing on an old transistor radio. So, I hope you all enjoy and keep your eyes and ears open for more.

1. Silver Train
(Olympic Sound Studios, London, October 17-31 1970)
2. Criss Cross Man
(Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 25-30, Dec. 6-21 1972)
3. Criss Cross Man
(Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 25-30, Dec. 6-21 1972)
4. Hide Your Love
(Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 25-30, Dec. 6-21 1972)
5. 100 Years Ago
(Mobile Recording Unit, Nelicote, July 10-25, Oct. 14 - Nov. 23 1971)
6. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)
7. If You Can't Rock Me
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)
8. Till The Next Goodbye
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, January 14-31 1974)
9. Drift Away
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)
10. Dance Little Sister
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)
11. Fingerprint File
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)
12. Brown Sugar
(Olympic Sound Studios, London, May 9 - August 9 1970)
13. Bitch
(Olympic Sound Studios, London, May 9 - August 9 1970)
14. Let It Rock
(Leeds University, March 13 1971)
15. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
(Musicland Studios, Munchen, November 13-24 1973)


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The Beatles - Casualties



Yet another Beatle album for you fine folks. This one has some interesting takes, outfakes and versions from other countries. It reminds me of a favorite album from my youth, the great 'Rarities' which I played till the record hurt. My first rarities package and started a life-long addiction to these types of things. Overall a very enjoyable album and you already know there are many more to follow, so stay tuned.

For some reason, the back cover scan has been tilted to the side and I am in too big of a rush today to take it to Photoshop and rotate it to save it when you kind folks can open it and do it yourselves. But I will get to fixing it soon.


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The Beatles - The Abbey Road Companion



Ok, before all you Beatle Bootleg experts chime in - I already know this isn't the best Abbey Road Beatleg there is. But this isn't a Beatle Bootleg blog, is it? I am just trying to share some of these things with my friends here. These are alternates (and one or two outright fakes, depending upon whom you ask...) and outtakes of songs from my favorite Beatle album and although it lacks the best sound quality I am still a proud owner. I am also proud I didn't pay the $75 that import record store wanted and they wouldn't even let me take a test spin in the store. If you love these boys then I am reasonably sure you will find something to grasp onto with this one and I am always looking for more Abbey Road rarities if anyone wants to bring them to the Ape. Give it a spin and add it to the collection - there's always more to come.





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The Beatles - Corn Of The Apple




Yet another disc of thses fellas, I think they are good enough to have some kind of a future in this business, you know? Anyone sick of these yet? Because I sure love these boys. These tracks are selected from the infamous Twickenham sessions in 1969 when someone had the bright idea to record the entire sessions /rehearsals for the next Beatles album. Of course they caught all the rancor and bile of a group falling apart and it is painful listening if you have all of the (many, many) discs of these sessions, like some of us do. Just a lot of in-fighting and jockeying for position and we all get to see how shabby George was treated and how Ringo basically happened upon the greatest gravy train in history. This disc has, lucky for us, most of the great songs that were recorded and none of the arguments and is a favorite of DaddyRichs' and I hope you all will enjoy it, too.



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The Velvet Undergound - Bootleg Series Vol. 1 : The Quine Tapes

Since I have had some kind requests that have come in a timely fashion - basically things I was planning on uploading anyway - I will start a mini-spotlight on Lou Reed and Velvet Underground rarities at this here blog. Up first is the first 2 discs of the beloved Quine Tapes and more to follow....

Gotta love cduniverse for their concise descriptions...

"In the '80s, former Richard Hell guitarist Robert Quine hooked up with Lou Reed for a critically acclaimed batch of albums regarded by many as the Velvet Underground visionary's finest solo works. However, this was not the first time Quine and Reed's paths had crossed. In 1969, young Velvets fan Quine surreptitiously recorded a string of Velvet Underground gigs during what turned out to be some of the group's last great moments before slowly splintering apart the following year. Though Velvets fans have heard other live versions of much of this material, a great deal of what's heard on these three discs is illuminating, and some of it is downright revelatory. The often-overlooked sweet side of the band is shown in the wistful ballads "Sunday Morning" and "Femme Fatale" and the Mo Tucker vocal showcases "After Hours" and "I'm Sticking with you, but it's the rock & roll fury of the group that drives this collection. The minimalist-inspired guitar-drums-organ din of "Foggy Notion," I Can't Stand It," and "White Light/White Heat" is the very definition of carefully controlled chaos. Perhaps the biggest treats are the three wildly differing versions of the half-hour epic "Sister Ray." The thrilling, eclectic treatments of this tune show that the iconoclastic Velvets had more in common with the blues-rockers and first-generation jam bands of the time than latter-day revisionists would care to admit."


I have here the first 2 Discs of the set - 3rd to come soon


DISC 1:
1. I'm Waiting For The Man
2. It's Just Too Much
3. What Goes On
4. I Can't Stand It
5. Some Kinda Love
6. Foggy Notion
7. Femme Fatale
8. After Hours
9. I'm Sticking With You
10. Sunday Morning
11. Sister Ray
DISC 2:
1. Follow The Leader
2. White Light/White Heat
3. Venus In Furs
4. Heroin
5. Sister Ray

More Rare Velvet Underground to come real soon, since the kind folks at SFRP have shared the Holy Grail of V.U. rarities and I will in turn share it with you all, hopefully tonight.

Devo - Hardcore Devo Vol. 2 1974-1977

The Hardcore Devo albums are a collection of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between 1974-1977. Many tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks, which would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records [eg. 'Jocko Homo', 'Mongoloid']. However, a majority of the tracks on the two albums are demos which were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.
Volume Two is described as even more 'Hardcore' than Volume One with more 'experimental' tracks, but not without its share of 'Classic Devo', with their trademark sound already showing.


Booji Boy's Funeral – 3:59
Can U Take It? – 3:00
Bamboo Bimbo – 3:16
A Plan for U – 3:11
The Rope Song – 3:21
Goo Goo Itch – 2:17
Be Stiff – 3:19
All of Us – 4:53
Baby Talkin' Bitches – 2:25
I Need a Chick – 2:51
U Got Me Bugged – 2:45
Changó – 3:10
Fraulein – 3:06
Dogs of Democracy – 3:25
37 – 2:57
Bottled Up – 2:21
Working in the Coal Mine – 3:13
I Been Refused – 3:32
Fountain of Filth – 3:09
Clockout – 3:09
Let's Go – 2:42

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