Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Demos


Oh, Peter Gabrie-era Genesis. Just the thought makes me wish I had been born earlier. It's a shame that he's too much of a sacred cow (no insult intended) to stoop to tour with them on this reunion thing they got going. I have read his reasons and can totally understand, but nonetheless it prevented me from buying a ticket. They would have had at least $200-$300 of my money if he had come for the ride. I really have no use for the Phil Collins hits or to hear him sing Gabriel's songs. Not knocking anyone's music tastes - just showing off my idiotic reasoning for this. Enough of that, these demos are from my favorite Genesis album of all. Such epic proportions and depth of emotion that must have launched them miles ahead of their peers upon it's initial release. Can't pick any one favorite from the whole but hearing the songs in embryonic form and even instrumental takes is a pleasure to my old ears. Hope one or two of you kiddies enjoy it to.

The enclosed pics of the inserts will show the track listings for all of you - my hands are tired from typing all night.



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Prince & The Revolution - 1999 Revisited (2 Discs) April 2, 1983


Aw yes. How many of us remember 1983? Damn, I was in 7th grade and probably 4'6" and 160 pounds of sweaty young man. Oh, the humanity. Akward times, for sure - but DaddyRich was already feeling Prince and the funk he brought to the radio when it so desperately needed it. This was also right about the time I gave up on commercial radio as I finally got a hint of what college radio was doing. So, insted of waiting all day for one of the big stations to play a song I liked, all I would do is tune into the right station at the right time and Bam! all the best music without obnoxious commercials. It was there I discovered disc jockeys who played nothing but hip-hop or funk for hours at a time! Imagine that. And I have never looked back. But I digress, this offering from the Purple Person is that rare treat - a full concert complimented with a rehearsal from the same tour. Long time friends of the Ape will recall my feeling for the music of Prince and will listen accordingly and undeniably be overjoyed. Some of my favorites from this era of the man are included in all ther live glory (the man plays a meeeeean guitar) - 'Controversy', '1999' and 'Dirty Mind' Woohoo! Takes me back to those heady days of bygone times. Hope you all enjoy.




Disc 1
1999 Tour - Convention Center, Fresno, April 2 1983

1. INTRO
2. CONTROVERSY
3. LET'S WORK
4. DO ME, BABY
5. D.M.S.R. (ABORTED)
6. D.M.S.R.
7. LISA'S SOLO - WITH YOU - STILL WAITING (Including GOTTA BROKEN HEART AGAIN)
8. HOW COME U DON'T CALL ME ANYMORE
9. LADY CAB DRIVER
10. LITTLE RED CORVETTE
11. DIRTY MIND
12. AUDIENCE
13. INTERNATIONAL LOVER
14. 1999


Disc 2

1999 Tour Rehearsal January 1983


1. CONTROVERSY
2. LET'S WORK
3. LITTLE RED CORVETTE
4. DELIRIOUS
5. DO ME, BABY
6. HEAD
7. LADY CAB DRIVER
8. LISA'S SOLO - FREE
9. LET'S PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED
10. WHEN YOU WERE MINE
11. 1999
12. D.M.S.R. (Including ONCE IN A LIFETIME)



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The Stone Roses - Second Coming Rehearsal Sessions 1993-1994


Oh, the much ballyhooed and oh-so disappointing 'Second Coming' album. Not too many folks love the Stone Roses like DaddyRich, but this album was like a warm turd upon release back then. With the notable exception of 'Ten Storey Love Song', which still gets much play here I could not find much love for the rest. After all the legal wranglings and the much-too-long wait - I was very let down. And none-too-surprised when the break-up came about. A major regret for me was seeing the tickets on sale for a show in L.A. (for over $150 in 1995!) and figuring it wasn't worth the cash. I probably could've scraped it up but I wouldn't have had grocery (or, at that time more importantly - cigarette money) for 2 weeks and that was the deciding factor in it. Oh, the regret. My love for the band has only increased since then and am waiting patiently for them to reform and do Coachella in 2008....

Understandably, this is for only the hardest of the hardcore Roses lovers. Lots of tedium - if you've been around any band whilst rehearsing, it's quite boring. But I treasure it and hopefully one or two of you will as well.

Tracklisting:

Your Star Will Shine
1 Setting Up (0:44)
2 "Take It Away John" (1:05)
3 Run Through With Ian Mistiming (3:11)
4 "Take Your Coat Off, It's Clicking" (1:10)
5 "Nah Nah" (1:28)
6 "Losing The Melody" (2:10)
7 "Going Backwards" (1:43)
8 From 2nd Verse - Lead Vocals From John On Last Few Lines (1:38)
9 Excuses, Excuses... Ian Just Can't Remember That Melody (1:05)
10 "This Is Hard Work" - John Starts To Get Annoyed (2:11)
11 "Yeahhh" - Final Run Through Proved Successful (2:53)
Good Times
12 Setting Up, Then Ian, Mani & Reni Start To Play (2:16)
13 Mani & Reni Discuss The Song (0:50)
14 Ian, Mani & Reni Go Through It Again (1:21)
15 John Joins In... (4:09)
16 John, Ian & Reni From The Chorus, Then Mani Joins In (3:38)
17 "Anyone Got Any Smash?" - Ian & John, Then Reni Joins In, Then Finally Mani (4:55)
18 Funky Jam (3:18)
19 "She's My Heroin" (2:28)
20 Pulling It Together... (3:23)
21 Sounding Great (5:17)
Redemption Song
22 First Run Through (2:47)
23 Ian's Learning... (2:38)
24 All The Way Through (2:35)
25 Guitar Goes Wrong... (1:02)
26 All The Way Through Again (3:02)
27 Bass Joins In... (2:58)
28 Final Redemption (2:46)



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David Bowie - The Band Was Altogether (Diamond Dogs Rehearsals)


We all know that DaddyRich loves the Bowie and he loves the rehearsals. Hard to get any better than this - a particularly rich period in his long and varied career. As far as synchronicity goes, my iPod just began playing 'Panic In Detroit' so this one has been decreed by fate. Also, let's all of us give thanks to AOA, whose uploads have been making the internet a better place for a long time.


1. Moonage Daydream
2. Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing(Reprise)
3. Changes
4. Suffragette City
5. Aladdin Sane
6. All The Young Dudes
7. Diamond Dogs
8. Panic In Detroit
9. Big Brother
10. Time
11. The Jean Genie
12. Win
13. Young Americans



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John Lennon - Menlove Avenue Sessions





Many people have scoffed the Lennon album 'Rock & Roll' as a mediocre work of a fading artist, grasping at straws. True, he was in a bad place during the sessions comprising this work of outtakes and alternates, with Yoko problems and heroin taking a lot of his creative energies away from him. Still, even as reviled as 'Rock & Roll' was I was still thrilled to play it on the regular at hime as a kid - maybe having adults review albums isn't always the right way to go, eh? It had a great impact on me and led me to seek out some of the seminal influences in John's repetoire. Someof the tracks here are from the 'Walls & Bridges' recording sessions as well and I may begin a Lennon retrospective here soon - we'll see what happens. Hope you all enjoy!


Here We Go Again
Rock And Roll People
Angel Baby
Since My Baby Left Me
To Know Her Is To Love Her
Steel And Glass
Scared
Old Dirt Road
Nobody Loves You
Bless You


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Rolling Stones - Brian's Blues (1964-1970 live, studio and other)



It has been too long since I posted some Rolling Stones rarities and I apologize. Some of my friends here at the Ape get a little impatient for music I say I will post. But, once they reflect upon this being a one-man operation with out any outside help, they usually calm down. My Stones collection is almost as sick as my Beatles one and, of course, we will see plenty of both. I have had a deep sympathy for Brian Jones ever since I was old enough to read the books published about the beginnings of the Stones when I was very young. I have my Dad to thank for those - so thanks Dad, you are tops. I may have had a lot more sympathy for him, as well as Syd Barrett if they weren't such burnt-out junkies. Having grown up, I find none of that stuff cool or edgy and I certainly consider it to be an illness mixed with lack of willpower. Enough of my soap box. I also have long considered writing a book about a rock band with 2 lead singers and one is immensely jealous of the others talent and way with the ladies and arranges for him to do a nice dose of drugs and leave him floating in a pool, helpless to save himself - you fill in the blanks on who the two would be. Fiction, people, I am no conspirist with rock history. But I digress.... I do consider them to have been a better band with a more full sound with Brian in tow, but they have also done pretty well for themselves since, I hear.

Also, DaddyRich's all-time favorite Keith Richards quote , when asked about all the flower-power idealism of the 1960's "..."All You Need Is Love?", try paying the fucking rent with it". I love this guy, junkie or not, he is a wise old pirate.




1. Road Runner
2. Meet Me In The Bottom
3. Memphis Tennessee
4. Beautiful Delilah
5. West Coast Idea
6. Looking Tired
7. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')
8. Andrew's Blues
9. The Spider And The Fly
10. Country Honk
11. Stewed And Keefed
12. Confessin’ The Blues
13. Parachute Woman
14. Goin' Home



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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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Police Academy - Strontium 90 (First Work as The Police Line-Up)



I hope a lot of folks who visit here are Police fans like myself. This one, although not so rare anymore is still a great item to round out the early Police recordings. A nice little snippet was found at Amazon with a little history...

"If you are a diehard Police fan, you are probably already familiar with the story behind this unusual snippet of the band's history. As the Police (at the time with Stewart Copeland, Sting, and Henry Padovani) were struggling to break onto the scene, the chance came to make some extra money helping out Mike Howlett with some demos and a Gong reunion at a concert festival. Henry was not needed for Mike already had a guitarist lined up: Andy Summers. As such this became the first time Sting, Andy, and Stewart performed together, and Andy would soon join the Police, setting the stage for the band's eventual worldwide success.

Therefore the live tracks on this album represent an important historical moment and are fascinating to listen to for that reason. "Three O'Clock Shot" is great as you can hear lyrics and music taking shape that would eventually become part of other Police songs, and it bristles with energy. "Visions of the Night" would later become a Police b-side. Most of the other tracks are Howlett compositions, and the difference is obvious--they aren't bad but they lack the vitality and freshness of the Sting tracks. A demo version of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" is a wonderful piece, although it feels completely out of place on the album. "


Although I don't completely agree with the review, you are welcome to form your own opinion.


1. Visions Of The Night
2. New World Blues
3. 3 O'Clock Shot - Live
4. Lady Of Delight
5. Electron Romance
6. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
7. Towers Tumbled
8. Electron Romance - Live
9. Lady Of Delight - Live


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