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Various (unreleased) demo tracks




1981 :  Black 'n Blue first demo
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1981 - 1985 :  Black 'n Blue : various demo's / unreleased tracks
Track 02 and 03 are the first two Black 'n Blue demos to be recorded which had their copyright registered in February 1982.
Track 01 and 04 : these demos copyrights are registered April 1982.
Track 07 and 08 : recorded with Don Dokken and Michael Wagener.

Track 13 : Black 'n Blue recorded a song entitled "Good & Evil",  which was supposed to have ended up on the European version of the debut album, but never was included.

Track 16 - 20 : Group of demos which had their copyright registered in August 1985.

Track 16, 18 and 20 first appeared on "
BLACK 'N BLUE Collected 4CD + 1DVD Boxset", which DVD contains live versions of "Summer Heat", "Run Run" and "Lip Lock". 
01  I'm The King (1981) (3:36) Thayer/St.James/Young
02  Rules Were Made To Be Broken (1981) (4:12) .... 
03  Give Em the Old 1,2,3 (1981) (3:52) .... 
04  Violent Kid (1982) (3:30) ....
05  The Strong Will Rock (1982) (4:26) St.James/Thayer
06  Squeeze Me (1982) (3:56) ....
07  Sign In Blood (1983) (3:33) ....
08  Wicked Bitch (1983) (4:36) St.James
09  School Of Hard Knocks (1983) (4:12) Thayer/St.James
10  Cold Heart (1983) (4:18) ....
11  Hold On To 18 (1983) (4:29) Thayer/St.James
12  Lifeline (1983) (4:19) .... 
13  Good & Evil (1984) (0:00) .... 
14  We've Come For Your Girlfriends (1985) (2:29) .... 
15  Here Comes Trouble (0:00) .... 
16  Lip Lock (1985) (0:00) .... 
17  Rock and Roll Animals (1985) (0:00) .... 
18  Run Run (1985) (0:00) .... 
19  Sign In Blood (1985) (0:00) .... 
20  Summer Heat  (1985) (0:00) .... 



1985 :  Black 'n Blue : unreleased track
The song is recorded during Black 'n Blue 's "Nasty Nasty" recording sessions but never made the final cut for the record.
01  Promise The Moon (0:00) ...... 



1988 :  Black 'n Blue : unreleased tracks
Both tracks are recorded during Black 'n Blue 's "In Heat" recording sessions but not used on the album.
01  Survival (0:00) ...... / Ted Nugent
02  It's My Life  (0:00) Simmons / Stanley 
03  7 Year Bitch (0:00) ....


TOMMY THAYER - Wet Engine : Kerrang UK magazine #227 February 19891989 : Wet Engine
Scan on the right :
News flash taken from Kerrang UK magazine #227 February 1989.

Black 'n Blue split in March 1989. Tommy Thayer started working on American Man whilst the others put together Wet Engine. By the summer of 1989 it was reported that Wet Engine would be released on Simmons Records in November 1989, but this didn't happen. American Man lead into Harlow. (thanks to Richard Buffett for final details)


1989 :  Tommy Thayer : demo
Written in 1989 by Tommy Thayer and Marc Ferrari, the song first appeared on the 1992 album "No Reason to Pray" by Japanese rockers STILL ALIVE, before it ended up on Marc Ferrari and Friends 1995 "Guestlist" album.
01  Run For The Border (0:00) Thayer/ Marc Ferrari



1989 - 1990 (?) :  American Man : demo sessions
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1990 :  HARLOW : Day By Day (unreleased track)
Written by Tommy Thayer and Teresa Straley, the song appears on a Flexi 7" single entitled  "Sexy Flexi Sex4", given free with Kerrang! Magazine No310, October 6, 1990.
01  Day By Day (0:00) Straley/Thayer



1991 :  demo sessions with Jeff Scott Soto and Phil Soussan
During 1991 Phil Soussan, Tommy Thayer and Jeff Scott Soto did record some demo's together. Further details unknown.
01  Desolation Road (6:10) ........

 

 

1995 - 1997  :  Marc Ferrari & Tommy Thayer demo's
After 1995's Marc Ferrari & Friends "Guestlist" release, Marc Ferrari and Tommy Thayer demoed a couple of more songs. "Long On Love features Michael Mulholland on lead vocals.  Further details unknown.
01  Long On Love  (1996) (4:43) Ferrari / Thayer
02  Flying Blind  (1996) (4:47) Ferrari / Thayer
03  Blind Faith (instrumental version 1997) (4:28) Ferrari / Thayer




 

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