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The
CULT
Rare
Cult - The Demo Sessions (ltd.ed. 5-CD boxset)
Released : November 7, 2002
Produced by : Various Producers
| CD-1 :
THE E.ZEE DEMOS 1986 |
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| 01 Love Removal Machine |
10 Groove Co.
(backing track) |
| 02 Peace
* |
11 Oink
(version one)
* |
| 03 Zap City
* |
12 Oink
(version two) |
| 04 Love Trooper
* |
13 Waltz
* |
| 05 Angel |
14 Blues One |
| 06 Tom Petty |
15 Untitled
(1)
* |
| 07 Brown’s Gone To Ausy Land |
16
El Progresso |
| 08 Babywalker |
17
Untitled (2)
* |
| 09 Surf Nazi |
18
Groove Co. * |
CD-2
: THE SONIC TEMPLE DEMOS June
11, 1988 : featuring Eric Singer |
| 01 Medicine
Train |
08 Fire |
| 02 New York City |
09 Wake
Up Time For Freedom |
| 03 American Horse |
10 Bite On The Bullet (Down So Long)
* |
| 04 Sun King |
11 Fred Divinyls |
| 05 Automatic Blues |
12 Citadel
* |
| 06 Yes Man * |
13 The River |
| 07 Zodiac * |
14 The Crystal Ocean
* |
CD-3 : THE SONIC TEMPLE DEMOS
track 1 - 7 : June 12, 1988 : featuring Eric Singer |
| 01 Cashmere |
09 Lay down Your Gun
**
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| 02 Edie |
10 Medicine
Train * |
| 03
Bleeding Hearts Revival |
11 New York City
* |
| 04 Lay down Your Gun * |
12 Fire |
| 05 My Love |
13 American Horse |
| 06 Iron Star * |
14 Sun King |
| 07 Star Child * |
15 Edie |
| 08 Wake up time for freedom |
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CD-4 :
THE CEREMONY DEMOS - January
1991 |
| 01 Ceremony |
09 Spanish Gold
(take 2) |
| 02 Full Tilt |
10 White |
| 03 Earth Mother |
11 Host Of Angels
* |
| 04 Crazy Hearted Lover |
12 Black Cat (Join Hands) |
| 05 Friend (Heart Of Soul) |
13 Pre take Jam |
| 06 Wonderland |
14 Northern Man
* |
| 07 Bangkok Rain |
15 Auto
* |
| 08 Red Eye (Red Jesus) |
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CD-5 :
VARIOUS DEMOS and Sessions |
| 01 Angel
(lil’ devil) |
09 Track Six |
| 02 upbeat track |
10 Track Seven |
| 03 downbeat track |
11 Track Eight |
| 04 Tight Lip (Full Tilt) |
12 Spanish Gold
(take 1/ demo take) |
| 05 Spanish Gold (89)
* |
13 Northern Man
(The Witch)(sess. mix) |
| 06 White (89) |
14 Host Of Angels
(session mix) |
| 07 Track Four |
15 Sweet Salvation
(session mix) |
| 08 Indian (89)
* |
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* tracks released on the Rare Cult box set
(RCBOX2)
original release 2002 by Beggars Banquet
LABELS:
UK
:
Beggars Banquet - 5CD Limited edition boxset
+ 3 booklets (8 pages each) - RCBOX2
musicians
: (CD2 and CD3 track 1 - 7 / KISS Related tracks only !!!)
Ian Astbury (lead vocals)
Billy Duffy (guitars)
Jamie Stewart (bass)
Eric Singer (drums)
Eric Singer related tracks (21 songs) recorded and mixed at Track Record, Hollywood, June
11/12, 1988.
NOTES :
CD
1 - THE E.ZEE DEMOS
Demos of songs and rough ideas recorded at E.zee studios in North London.
Though nine of these tracks appeared on the Rare Cult box set, the entire session is included on this release in it’s proper context, with the unedited introductions and in the order that the songs were recorded.
CD 2 and 3 - the SONIC TEMPLE DEMOS, June 11/12, 1988 : featuring
Eric Singer on drums.
The Cult was back down to the original core three members and ready to try out ideas for the new album. On 11th June they entered Track Record studios at 5102 Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood
with session drummer Eric Singer, to record fourteen tracks
(CD2) and on the following day they laid down a further seven
(CD3, track 1 - 7).
All songs recorded during the two day session are written by Ian
Astbury and Billy Duffy, produced by The Cult. (1st engineer John Carter;
2nd engineers Edgar Garcia, Pete Magdaieno and Ken Palakovitch.)
The second session (CD3, track 8 - 15), recorded on 13th August at Track Record, was the serious pre-production for Sonic Temple, with both producer Bob Rock and engineer Mike Fraser in attendance. On all eight tracks the arrangements have been reworked and tightened up; from the a cappella introduction to Wake Up Time For Freedom to the acoustic guitars on Edie, the song structures are much closer to the versions found on Sonic Temple.
CD 4 - THE CEREMONY DEMOS
The Red Zone tracks are the pre-production recordings for Ceremony, recorded on 23rd - 25th January 1991. Most of the songs from the finished album sessions are present here, though many would undergo lyrical revision and several have alternate, ‘working’ titles. Recorded live in one take with a scratch rhythm section and featuring rough guide vocals, the tracks provide a raw snapshot of the genesis of the album.
CD 5 track 1 - 3 : THE HOT NIGHTS DEMOS
The Hot Nights demos were discovered on a 7” reel of tape by Billy Duffy, too late to consider including in the original box set. Neither Billy, nor producer Steve Brown, could remember any details of the recording which took place in October 1986, presumably around the time of mixing the Peace album at the Townhouse in London. However Angel is a fully formed demo for Lil’ Devil, complete with lyrics, and Upbeat Track is the instrumental basics of Soldier Blue.
Extra
notes
:
This Box set is a rare opportunity to own a comprehensive and insightful collection of demos from
The Cult. Brimful of raw power and passion, you can hear rudimentary versions of classics in the making, unadorned experimental sessions and almost complete songs.
The set comprises a hefty 5 CDs boasting 77 tracks, 51 of which are previously unreleased. Taking in sessions dating back to 1986 and up until 1991, each set also features extensive
sleevenotes.
THE CULT DEMOS BOX SET is released in a limited, numbered edition - only 3000 box sets! |
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