(DS004) XTC - Plateful of Paradise (The Skylarking Rough Mixes)

 

XTC - PLATEFUL OF PARADISE (The Skylarking Rough Mixes) - DS004

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Plateful of Paradise contains rough mixes for one of XTC's best albums, Skylarking. These files were originally uploaded to Usenet in 2007, and includes eighteen songs from the sessions. All songs feature guide vocals and mostly uncut masters, with count-ins and no fades. Unfortunately it doesn't include a rough mix of “Dying”, despite evidence of its existence at the end of "Dear God".

The final three tracks are rough versions from the recording sessions. They were included in the 2016 Skylarking boxset, where new overdubs replaced the guide vocals. However, in this bootleg they retain their original vocals from 1985.

This was remastered by yours truly using Izotope RX 10, with flutter removal, noise reduction and EQ matching. This was only available in 128kbps MP3, but it doesn't sound that bad quality wise.

A complete list of differences is included as a .TXT file.

1. Summer's Cauldron
2. Grass
3. The Meeting Place
4. That's Really Super, Supergirl
5. Extrovert
6. Another Satellite
7. Season Cycle
8. Earn Enough for Us
9. Mermaid Smiled
10. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
11. Dear God
12. Big Day
13. Sacrificial Bonfire
14. Ballet for a Rainy Day
15. 1000 Umbrellas
16. Little Lighthouse
17. The Troubles
18. Let's Make a Den

(DS003) The Monkees - unknown teenage idols

   

THE MONKEES - unknown teenage idols - DS003

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This compiles previously podcast-only songs and other less-collected rarities into one set, features artist demos and some extra remixes I've done over the past year.

Select tracks have been remastered or isolated, partly to reduce talking over the audio.

Credit to Derian for tracks 36 37 38 43 and 75.

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1. Mike & John - Don’t Call On Me (Demo)

2. Mike & John - Papa Gene's Blues (Demo)

3. James Hendricks & Vanessa with Peter Tork - Bells Of Rhymney

4. Michael Nesmith - The Last Blue Yodel (Demo)

5. Michael Nesmith - Don't Wait For Me (Demo)

6. I Wanna Be Free (Demo Take 5)

7. Michael Blessing - Let The Trumpets Sound (Snippet)

8. Michael Blessing - She’s So Far Out, She’s In

9. So Goes Love (2020 Remix)

10. The Kind Of Girl I Could Love (Backing Track Tribute Remix)

11. I'm A Believer (Backing Track Takes 1-3)

12. I'm A Believer (Elements Mix)

13. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (Backing Track Take 1)

14. KHJ Monkee Tripper Promo

15. WQAM Concert Promo Outtakes

16. WQAM Tiger Radio Promo

17. (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (2020 Remix)

18. Love Is On The Way (Alternate Take)

19. The Door Into Summer (Alternate Take Snippet)

20. Love Is Only Sleeping (Mono TV Mix)

21. What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round? (Mono TV Mix)

22. She Hangs Out (Mono TV Mix)

23. Riu Chiu (TV Version Remix)

24. Cuddly Toy (Mono TV Mix)

25. Daydream Believer (Mono TV Mix)

26. Goin’ Down (Mono TV Mix 2)

27. Goin’ Down (Mono TV Mix 3)

28. Goin’ Down (Mono TV Mix 4, Instrumental)

29. Love Is Only Sleeping (1967 Alternate Mono Mix)

30. Michael Nesmith - Early Morning Rain (Demo)

31. Michael Nesmith - Situation B.T. (Conversations Demo)

32. Carlisle Wheeling (Backing Track Take 7 Snippet)

33. Alvin (Tape Master)

34. Tapioca Tundra (Alternate Vocal Remix)

35. Ceiling In My Room (Short Fade-out)

36. Empire (Snippet)

37. No Title (Version 1, Early Take Snippet)

38. Unknown Instrumental 1 (Snippet)

39. Daddy's Song (Takes 1 & 2)

40. Daddy's Song (Basic Track Snippet)

41. Can You Dig It? (Instrumental Backing Track)

42. Circle Sky (HEAD Overdub Session)

43. You And I (Isolations)

44. Ditty Diego (Instrumental Backing Track)

45. Porpoise Song (Mono Movie Mix 1)

46. Ditty Diego (Mono Movie Mix)

47. Circle Sky (Live) (Mono Movie Mix)

48. As We Go Along (Mono Movie Mix)

49. Happy Birthday To You / Long Title (Mono Movie Mix)

50. Porpoise Song (Mono Movie Mix 2)

51. Nine Times Blue (Version 4, Alternate Take Snippet)

52. Good Clean Fun (Mono TV Mix)

53. Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Medley (Last Train to Clarksville, I'm a Believer, Salesman)

54. Michael Nesmith - Calico Girlfriend (Demo)

55. Michael Nesmith - Harmony Constant (Demo)

56. Michael Nesmith - Keys To The Car (Demo)

57. Michael Nesmith - Joanne (Demo)

58. Nine Times Blue (Live on the Johnny Cash Show, 1969)

59. Davy Jones - Together (Live on Music Scene, 1969)

60. Make Friends With Kool Aid Jingle (Alternate Version)

61. I Never Thought It Peculiar (Mono TV Mix)

62. Midnight Train (Mono TV Mix)

63. Do You Feel It Too? (Mono TV Mix)

64. Which Way Do You Want It?

65. Michael Nesmith - The Crippled Lion (Mono Single Mix)

66. Michael Nesmith - Calico Girlfriend (Quad Mix)

67. Michael Nesmith - Nine Times Blue (Quad Mix)

68. Michael Nesmith - Silver Moon (Quad Mix)

69. Michael Nesmith - Thanx for the Ride (Rough Mix)

70. Michael Nesmith - Listen to the Band (Rough Mix)

71. Michael Nesmith - Bye, Bye, Bye (Rough Mix)

72. Michael Nesmith - Tomorrow and Me (Alternate Mix)

73. Michael Nesmith - Lazy Lady (Demo)

74. Michael Nesmith - Lady Love (Alternate Mix)

75. Davy Jones - Clowns

76. Christmas Is My Time Of Year (1986 Remix)

77. Daydream Believer (MTV Remix)

78. Cuddly Toy (1986 Remix)

79. Don’t Call on Me (1986 Remix)

80. Zor And Zam (1986 Remix)

81. Shades of Gray (1988 Remix 2)

82. Valleri (1988 Remix)

83. Monkees Medley

84. Porpoise Song (2010 Remix 1) 

85. Ditty Diego (2010 Remix)

86. Circle Sky (Live) (2010 Remix)

87. As We Go Along (2010 Remix)

88. Daddy’s Song (2010 Remix)

89. Porpoise Song (2010 Remix 2)

90. A Better World (Uptone Mix)

91. Peter Tork & David Alexander - Til' Then

92. Angels We Have Heard on High (2018 Overdubs)

93. Daydream Believer (Isolated Brass Snippet)

Demos for The Monkees

94. Carole King - I’ll Be True To You (Demo)

95. Tommy Boyce - Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day (Demo)

96. Boyce & Hart - (Theme From) The Monkees (Demo)

97. Boyce & Hart - Let’s Dance On (Pre-Overdub Demo)

98. David Gates - Saturday’s Child (Demo)

99. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day (Demo)

100. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Demo)

101. Carole King - Sweet Young Thing (Demo)

102. Carole King - I Won't Be The Same Without Her (Demo)

103. Carole King - Sometime In The Morning (Piano Demo)

104. Carole King - Sometime In The Morning (Studio Demo)

105. Jeff Barry - She Hangs Out (Guide Vocal)

106. Jeff Barry - 99 Pounds (Guide Vocal)

107. Joey Levine - Gotta Give It Time (Guide Vocal)

108. Jeff Barry - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Guide Vocal)

109. Barry Mann - Love is Only Sleeping (Demo)

110. Carole King - Porpoise Song (Demo)

111. Carole King - Dear Marm (Demo for Head)

112. The City - The Image Collector (Demo for Head)

113. Carole King - As We Go Along (Guide Vocal Snippet)

114. Dick Eastman - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (Demo)

115. Andrew Howell & Simon Byrne - Heart and Soul (Demo)

116. Bobby Hart & Dick Eastman - The Weight Of Love (Demo for Pool It!)

117. Dick Eastman & Bobby Hart - Long Way Home (Demo)

118. Dick Eastman & Bobby Hart - Good World (Demo for Justus)

119. Paul Weller & Noel Gallagher - Birth Of An Accidental Hipster (Demo 1)

120. The Kind Of Girl I Could Love (Lead Vocal & Backing Track Only)

121. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Lead Vocal & Backing Track Only)

EXTRAS

122. Your Auntie Grizelda (2023 Remix)

123. I'm A Believer (Lead Vocal & Backing Track Only)

124. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Backing Track, Original Speed)

125. What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round? (Lead Vocal & Backing Track Only)

126. Daddy's Song (No Brass Overdubs Remix)

127. Porpoise Song (Stripped Remix)

Tracks sourced from Come To The Sunshine, nesmith tork goffin & king, Loose Salute (Quad Mix), The Monkees Complete Series Blu-Ray, Monkees concert recordings from 2021 and 2023, Modboy1, Soundcloud, Beatland Books videos, I’m a Believer and Other Hits, a Monkees.com interview with Michael Nesmith, NUTFLAKES TV, HEAD (German broadcast), The Linda Jones Tape and likely more I've missed

(DS002) Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1 (Deluxe)

TRAVELING WILBURYS - VOLUME 1 (DELUXE) - DS002

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Volume 1 (Deluxe) compiles the first album by Traveling Wilburys, B-sides, alternate mixes and takes, collaborations, and more from 1987 to 1989. Also included are live versions of tracks the individual Wilburys have done throughout the years. Almost all tracks are lossless, with 3 exceptions sourced from lossy sources.

This should be the best Wilbury bootleg out there currently, as most don't include session and rehearsal snippets from the True History documentary or any times they've performed them live.

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1. Handle With Care

2. Dirty World

3. Rattled

4. Last Night

5. Not Alone Any More

6. Congratulations

7. Heading for the Light

8. Margarita

9. Tweeter and the Monkey Man

10. End Of The Line

11. Handle with Care (Extended Version)

12. End Of The Line (Extended Version)

13. Handle with Care (Rough Mix)

14. Last Night (Rehearsal Snippet)

15. Tweeter and the Monkey Man (Rehearsal Snippet)

16. Congratulations (Rehearsal Snippet)

17. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Jam Snippet)

18. Tweeter and the Monkey Man (Early Take Snippet)

19. Dirty World (Vocal Take Snippets)

20. Dirty World (Alternate Vocal Take Edit)

21. Dirty World (Rough Mix)

22. Congratulations (Rough Mix)

23. Heading for the Light (Rough Instrumental Mix)

24. End Of The Line (Rough Mix)

25. End Of The Line (Overdub Session Snippet)

26. Saxophone Overdub Session Snippet

27. Rattled (Percussion Session Snippets)

28. Rattled (Rough Mix)

29. Not Alone Any More (Early Vocal Take Snippets)

30. Last Night (Flubbed Vocal Take Snippet)

31. Last Night (Vocal Take Snippets)

32. Last Night (Rough Mix)

33. End of the Line (Instrumental)

34. Milk Cow Blues (Jam Snippet)

35. Happy Christmas from Nelson Wilbury

36. Not Alone Any More (2007 Remix)

37. Duane Eddy - The Trembler

38. Duane Eddy - Theme For Something Really Important

39. Roy Orbison - You Got It

40. Roy Orbison - In The Real World

41. Roy Orbison - A Love So Beautiful

42. George Harrison - Cheer Down

43. Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down

44. Tom Petty - Zombie Zoo

45. Tom Petty - Love Is a Long Road

46. Del Shannon - Walk Away

47. Jim Horn - Work It Out

48. Bob Dylan - Congratulations (Live in Birmingham, 1989)

49. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers with Jeff Lynne & Dhani Harrison - Handle With Care (Live at the Concert for George, 2002)

50. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Handle With Care (Live on Soundstage, 2003)

51. Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood & Dhani Harrison - Handle With Care (Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2004)

52. Electric Light Orchestra - Handle With Care (Live at Wembley Stadium, 2017)

53. Electric Light Orchestra with Dhani Harrison - Handle With Care (Live at PGG Paints Arena, 2019)

54. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - End Of The Line (Live in Maryland, 2008)

55. George Harrison - Congratulations (Acoustic Version, 2000)

Tracks sourced from Volume 1, Collection, Recovered Treasure, The True History of the Traveling Wilburys, Traveling Wilburys Revisited, Unbootlegged, YouTube, Winter Warnerland, Duane Eddy, Mystery Girl, The Best of Dark Horse, Full Moon Fever, Rock On, Work It Out, Concert for George, Soundstage, Best Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame + Museum: Live, Wembley or Bust, and various live bootlegs.