Shapes - A Brief Sample EP (Demo Tape)

 

 

SHAPES

A Brief Sample EP (Demo Tape)

1991 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Obscure early 90's UK indie rock band from London, they self released one cassette demo titled ''A Brief Sample EP'' in 1991 

 

01. Clutching At Sleeves

02. My Eyes Are Open

04. No Direction

 

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Antiseptic Beauty - Good To Be Gone EP (Cassette Single)

 

 

ANTISEPTIC BEAUTY

Good To Be Gone EP (Cassette Single)

1992 Not On Label

 

Notes :

UK indie rock/ shoegaze band from Derby, released one single ''Rising EP'' in 1993 and few self-released demo tapes.

''Good To Be Gone EP'' is third demo tape by the band, all tracks produced by Stephen Lawrie from The Telescopes

 

01. God To Be Gone

02. Love Run Dry

03. Rising

04. Shoegaze

05. Sixtie's Residue

06. Love Run Dry (Demo)

 

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WANTED: Adorable - See (Demo Tape)

 

 

ADORABLE

See (Demo Tape)

1991 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Need this obscure demo tape from one of my favourite bands from early 90's period 

 

01. Dinosaur

02. Aerial

03. 2 Or 3 Things

04. Saint

 

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WANTED: Beware The Green Monkey - Beware The Green Monkey EP (Demo Tape)

 

 

BEWARE THE GREEN MONKEY

Beware The Green Monkey EP (Demo Tape)

1991 Not On Label

 

Notes :

I need copy of this second demo tape by Beware The Green Monkey, if anyone can help 

 

01. Precious Times

02. Happy Man

03. Million Smiles

04. 8.23

05. Stone Garden

 

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WANTED: The Candy Thieves - Lush (Demo Tape)

 

 

THE CANDY THIEVES

Lush (Demo Tape)

1989 Not On Label

 

01. Whitewash

02. Sister Slow

03. Pilot

04. Sunburnt

05. Untitled

 

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WANTED: The Candy Thieves - Head Inside (Demo Tape)

 

 

THE CANDY THIEVES

Head Inside (Demo Tape)

1989 Not On Label

 

Notes :

pre-Adorable band formed by Pete Fijalkowski, released one single ''Underwater'' and few demo tapes.

It will be hard to find these demo tapes, but it's worth to try, all tracks are unavailable anywhere else 

 

01. Fatal Flaw

02. Happy Me

03. Drink Me Up

04. Head Inside

 

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Beware The Green Monkey - Demo Tape 1991

BEWARE THE GREEN MONKEY
Demo Tape
1991 Self Released

Notes :
Great early 90's UK indie band from Colne, Lancashire. They toured the UK with the Milltown Brothers and got on Granada Reports. They got a few record labels fighting to sign them and ultimatly this broke the band up.
Beware The Green Monkey were Bruce Thomas (vocals), Ian Aspinall (guitar), Paul Chapman (bass), Jon Hollins (drums), Mark (keyboards)

01. In My Time Of Dying
02. Precious Time
03. Caroline Kisses
04. Overnight

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Sundowners - Demo Tape 1991

 

 

SUNDOWNERS

Demo Tape

1991 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Obscure early 90's UK indie rock / baggy band from Nottingham, released one untitled cassette demo tape in 1991.

Top stuff. 

 

01. Shell

02. Pull Me Under

03. Brittle Blue

 

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Cradleyard - Flying Through Limbo (Demo Tape)

 

 

CRADLEYARD

Flying Through Limbo (Demo Tape)

1990 Not On Label

 

01. Unsoiled Soul

02. Flying Through Limbo

03. Pain Is A Stain

04. The Choice Is Yours

05. Finger Were Made Before Forks

 

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The Cygnet Ring - Higher (Cassette Promo)

THE CYGNET RING
Higher (Cassette Promo)
1990 Not On Label

Notes :
Obscure and hard to find, self-released cassette promo by The Cygnet Ring.
The Cygnet Ring were a early 90's madchester band band best known for their song "Love Crime". The band was founded by singer Rus Harrison who had previously been in a local indie band called Playing At Trains and had gained a cult following around the late 1980s.
The Cygnet Ring released a number of 7" and 12" singles during their existence and recorded one full-length album called Hopeful Monsters that was never officially released.

After checking their Playing At Trains page on Discogs i found that they also released this ''Higher" demo tape in 1989 as Playing At Trains, with same tracklisting for Adventure Cassettes label.
You can find info here.
As Playing At Trains they released two singles and recorded one album "Go!" only as cassette promo, also for Adventure Cassettes label. It was probably their own label, i think that this album was never officially released.

01. 18 Daze
02. Do You Know
03. Rainforest
04. I Don't Know
05. Nehal
06. Don't Run Away From Heaven
07. Higher

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The Jerks - 4 Track Demo 1989

 

 

THE JERKS

4 Track Demo 1989

1989 Not On Label

 

01. Clean

02. Indian

03. Trapped By A Sunshine Dream

04. Life Slips By

05. King Of The Wild Banjos

06. Acclaim

 

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Obscure & Hard To Find Music

 

 

I'm collecting obscure and hard to find madchester, indie & shoegaze bands from late 80's & early to mid 90's period. Anything i can find, unreleased demos & tracks, demo & cassette tapes, unreleased singles and albums, white label promos, DJ promos, exclusive unreleased material, etc. Check my Wanted Records list, too.

 

I've posted most of known and unkown bands from that period, but there are still bands and records that are hard to find. 

If you have anything in your collection, it's not yet posted on the blog and you want to share with me, contact me at my emails :

evibes72@yahoo.com   or   marvik72@yahoo.com

 

The Bed Bugs - Daisy's Chains (Second Cassette Demo)

 

 

THE BED BUGS

Daisy's Chains (Second Cassette Demo)

1991 Not On Label

 

01. Break Me

02. Catherine Wheel

03. Fence

04. Bogey Man (Parts 1 & 2)

 

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The Mandelbrot Set - First Demo Tape

 

 

THE MADELBROT SET

First Demo Tape

1991 Not On Label

 

01. More Than Happy

02. Sometimes

03. Joy In Despair

 

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Paris Angels - Demo Tape 1989

 

 

PARIS ANGELS

Demo Tape 1989

1989 Not On Label

 

01. Stay

02. Push

03. G.B.F.

 

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Paris Angels - Demo Tape 1991

 

 

PARIS ANGELS

Demo Tape 1991

1991 Not On Label

 

01. Shine On

02. Shake (Key Up M)

 

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The Charlatans - Heyteen (Demo Tape 1988)

 

 

THE CHARLATANS

Heyteen (Demo Tape)

1988 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Great second demo tape for The Charlatans in 1988 and last recording with Baz Ketley on vocals.

01. Heyteen

02. Days For The Young

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The Honey Smugglers - The Honeysmugglers (Demo Tape 1990)

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

The Honeysmugglers (Demo Tape)

1990 Acid Tapes

 

Notes :

Obscure and hard to find demo tape from The Honey Smugglers

 

01. Blind

02. You Are The Sun

03. Protean 82

04. Smokey Ice-Cream

05. Flamethrower

06. Anybody But You (Live)

07. Blind (Live)

08. Way (Live)

09. Need (Live)

 

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The Charlatans - Angelica (Demo Tape 1988)

 

 

THE CHARLATANS

Angelica (Demo Tape)

1988 Not On Label (Self Released)

 

Notes :

Obscure, hard to find, early The Charlatans demo tape.

Line up : Bez Ketley (vocals & guitar), Martin Blunt (bass), Rob Collins (hammond organ) and Jon Brookes (drums).

 

01. Angelica

02. Drowning

03. Nothing Left

 

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Curve - Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - Fate

 

 

CURVE

Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - Fate

2021 Not On Label

 

01. Fate (Remix 7'' Master)

02. Fate (Remix 7'' Master Vox Up)

03. Fate (Remix 7'' PA Mix)

04. Fate (Remix Karaoke Mix)

05. Fate (12'' Remix Master)

06. Coast Is Clear (Manchester 91)

07. Coast Is Clear (V+ Manchester 91)

08. Die Like A Dog (Manchester 91)

09. Die Like A Dog (V+ Manchester 91)

 

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