Unfortunately no sleeves or content listings were available (if they exist). Therefore some of the following is guesswork on
our part.
| SH7 | Sons And Fascination Demos, Jams And Fragments |
| ??? | Unknown Date / Unknown Location |
| | 20th Century Promised Land [Guitar Riff #1] 20th century promised land (riff 1) | (0:57) | 3/10 | Charlie repeats the main verse riff of 20th Century Promised Land. (Mick plays the riff on the final recording.) Lots of hiss and some tape flutter. |
| | 20th Century Promised Land [Guitar Riff #1] - "Untitled Slow Riff" [Guitar Riff] - "Untitled Fast Riff" [Guitar Riff] 20th century promised land (riff 2) | (0:44) (2:40) (0:40) | 3/10 | Charlie continues his lone work on the main verse riff of 20th Century Promised Land on a recording which lasts 44 seconds. It then cuts to a different lone slow guitar riff followed by a faster guitar riff; neither ended up on the album. Both these latter riffs use echo extensively. The recording suffers from lots of hiss and some tape flutter. |
| | Sound In 70 Cities [Bass Riff #1] 70 cities - bit 1 | (0:21) | 3/10 | A looped synth drone is followed by some bass experimentation by Derek and synth electro-doodlings. Hardly recognisable as any song. (It sounds like studio effects experimentation.) |
| | Sound In 70 Cities [Bass Riff #1] 70 cities - bit 2 | (0:23) | 3/10 | An overlap and continuation of the experimentation above. |
| | Sound In 70 Cities [Inst Demo] 70 cities - demo (instrumental) | (1:42) | 3/10 | A rough version of the song with Mick, Derek and Brian. Although only part of the song is recorded, it's basically the same arrangement as the final album version. |
| | Bass Riff #1 Bass Riff 1 | (0:15) | 3/10 | A lone, repeated bass riff by Derek. |
| | Bass Riff #1 Bass Riff 1 | (0:48) | 3/10 | Continuation of the above. |
| | Drum And Bass Riff #1 Drum & Bass 1 | (0:14) | 3/10 | A drum and bass riff by Derek and Brian. Different song to the above. |
| | Drum And Bass Riff #1 Drum & Bass 2 | (0:25) | 3/10 | The same track as above with Charlie now added to the mix. The style of Charlie's playing is a little like The American. |
| | Drum And Bass Riff #1 Drum & Bass 3 | (0:09) | 3/10 | A short fragment of the above. |
| | Drum And Bass Riff #1 Drum & Bass 4 | (0:22) | 3/10 | A short fragment of the above with a short lone keyboard introduction by Mick. |
| | Drum Loop #1 Drum Loop 1 | (0:10) | 2/10 | Lone drum loop by Brian. |
| | Drum Loop #2 Drum Loop 2 | (0:21) | 2/10 | Drum loop by Brian with Mick playing keyboards. |
| | Sax Studio Jam #1 Idea 1 (Sax) | (3:13) | 4/10 | Charlie jamming on sax over a keyboard melody by Mick. |
| | Studio Jam #1 Idea 2 | (1:19) | 4/10 | Charlie jamming with Mick. |
| | Studio Jam #2 Idea 3 | (0:19) | 4/10 | Derek jamming with Brian and Charlie. |
| | Studio Jam #3 Idea 4 | (0:17) | 4/10 | Derek jamming with Brian and Charlie. Different melody to the previous recording. |
| | Love Song [Loop] Love Song - Loop | (0:12) | 4/10 | Opening keyboards of Love Song. |
| | Seeing Out The Angel [Demo] Seeing Out The Angel - Demo (Instrumental) | (0:51) | 3/10 | Main melody of Seeing Out The Angel by Mick alone which is slightly different to the final recorded version. Recording is very quiet and fuzzy. |
| | Synth Bit #1 Synth Bit 1 | (0:27) | 4/10 | Lone synth experiments by Mick. |
| | Synth Bit #1 Synth Bit 2 | (1:21) | 4/10 | Continuation of the above. Charlie joins in and takes over with random chords. |
| | Synth Bit #2 Synth Bit 3 | (1:05) | 4/10 | Lone melodic experiments by Mick. |
| | Synth Bit #3 Synth Bit 4 | (1:13) | 4/10 | A slightly folk inspired tune by Charlie and Mick. Far more structured than the other experiments. |
| | Synth Bit #4 Synth Bit 5 | (0:40) | 4/10 | A fast experimental riff by Mick. |
| | Synth Bit #4 Synth Bit 6 | (1:11) | 4/10 | Continuation of the above. Charlie can now be heard in the background. This idea stops at 0:35 with Mick working on a slower idea. |
| | Synth Bit #5 Synth Bit 7 | (0:27) | 4/10 | Another riff idea from Mick. Fairly fast. Other can be heard talking in the background. Lots of tape hiss. |
| | Synth Bit #5 Synth Bit 8 | (0:44) | 4/10 | Continuation of the above. |
| | Theme For Great Cities [Jam] Theme For Great Cities - Demo (Take 1) | (0:43) | 4/10 | Hesitant stop-start work on the beginnings of Themes For Great Cities. |
| | Theme For Great Cities [Album Version] Theme For Great Cities - Demo (Take 2) | (0:12) | 3/10 | An extremely bad recording of what sounds like the final album version. The tape jumps once or twice making the song jump from peak to peak. |
| | Studio Jam #1 Untitled Jam 1 (Take 1) | (6:17) | 3/10 | Charlie and Mick work on a riff. The keyboards at times have a similar rhythm to Seeing Out The Angel but it's not the same melody. This is a longer recording of the version above, but the quality is slightly worse. |
| | Untitled Jam #1 Untitled Jam 2 (Take 1) | (0:33) | 2/10 | Mick, Derek and Brian work on an idea. Very muffled, poor recording. |
| | Untitled Jam #1 Untitled Jam 2 (Take 2) | (0:14) | 2/10 | Continuation of the above. |
| | Untitled Jam #2 Untitled Jam 3 | (0:46) | 3/10 | Work on a melody by all four musicians. There's a repeated extended synth note near the end which could be the genesis of Seventy Cities As Love Brings The Fall |
| | Studio Jam #1 Untitled Jam 1 (Take 2) | (1:13) | 3/10 | Further improvisional work on this riff. |
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| SH1 | Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK |
| 6 1&2 15 | January 3rd, 1985 |
| 6 3&4 15 | Main Set: | Glittering Prize | (7:18) | 8/10 | "Happy New Year, it's good to be home." Vocals initially to high in the mix, slight adjustment at the start. Good clear recording. |
| | I Travel | (6:51) | 8/10 | Starts with audience chant: "Here we go, here we go." Good clear recording of the Ghostdancing version of the song. "Airports playing New Gold Dream." |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Fades Out] | (3:33) | 7/10 | Volume slightly dodgy at the start. Jim comes in with "Thank You" too early but covers it up. Quickly fades out mid-way through. |
| | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | (6:23) | 8/10 | Fades in to Mick's intro. |
| | Promised You A Miracle | (6:43) | 7/10 | Volume slightly flat. |
| | The American [First Half] | (5:24) | 8/10 | Great version with the new introduction and middle-8. Fades out before the end. |
| | The American [Second Half] | (3:35) | 8/10 | Fades back in for Mick's keyboard solo in the middle of the song. |
| | Waterfront | (9:47) | 8/10 | "This song is big enough to fill any stadium in the world." |
| | East At Easter | (6:31) | 8/10 | Another new version with different intro. |
| Encore: | New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) - Take Me To The River - Light My Fire [Fades Out] | (8:44) | 8/10 | "We didn't rehearse this song as we didn't thing we'd do it again." "82-83-84-85". Fades out during Light My Fire. |
| | Love Song | (5:20) | 8/10 | "We'll be back a the end of the year." |
| Post: | I Travel [Edit #1] | (4:06) | 8/10 | |
| | I Travel [Edit #2] | (3:52) | 8/10 | |
| Fairly good to good recording of the first Barrowlands concert. Much better quality than the various bootlegs knocking around. Unfortunately some songs are missing from the first half of
the concert and The American has been cruely cut in half. The automatic volume takes a hit at times, but doesn't effect the
overall enjoyment of the recording. East At Easter and Love Song have not been bootlegged. Interestingly there are also two
edits of I Travel on the cassette suggesting this was a later mix and I Travel was being edited down for release.
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| SH8 | Sparkle In The Rain Demos |
| ??? | Unknown Date / Unknown Location |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Melody Demo #1] a brass band in african chimes demo 1 | (4:31) | 9/10 | Mick and Charlie play the main riff of the song repeatedly backed by a drum machine. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Coda Demo #1] a brass band in african chimes demo 2 | (4:57) | 7/10 | Mick and Derek concentrate on the end melody of Brass Band with some bass solos. Different drum machine pattern to the previous recording. It sounds like this was intended as a separate song before being fused onto the end of Brass Band In Africa. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Coda Demo #1 - Melody Demo #1] a brass band in african chimes demo 3 | (2:10) | 9/10 | Charlie now works on the coda with Mick. Includes lone guitar solo with the keyboards fading out. The keyboards return to the main Brass Band In Africa riff. Finishes abruptly. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #1] a brass band in african chimeslive take 1 | (2:19) | 5/10 | The whole band work on the track. Starts with studio chatter between Charlie and Mick. The melody and arrangement of the start of the song is already in place. Breaks off with Charlie: "There are some interesting bits in that." |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #2] a brass band in african chimes live take 2 | (3:06) | 5/10 | After some brief words from Charlie, the band try a second take. There's a brief break in the recording before the track stops. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #3] a brass band in african chimes live take 3 | (3:08) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track after Mel's count. The band can be heard shouting cues to each other over the song. There's some slight improvisation at the end. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #4] a brass band in african chimes live take 4 | (4:30) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track after Mel's count. Much looser arrangement with improvision from Charlie and Mick. Main track ends with Mick improvising a final coda. The recording then cuts (at around 3:50) to a previous live take of the song which ends with a discussion by Charlie and Mel. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #5] a brass band in african chimeslive take 5 | (4:53) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track after Mel's count. The track pauses near the end when Mel queries something, and then they run through it again. They almost crack the ending and the track stops with a discussion about chords. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #6] a brass band in african chimes live take 6 | (1:50) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track. Some improvision. Fades out. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #7] a brass band in african chimes live take 7 | (4:22) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track. Lots of improvision from Mick as they continue to work on the ending. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #8] a brass band in african chimes live take 8 | (2:43) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track after Mel's count. Fades out. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #9] a brass band in african chimes live take 9 | (3:30) | 5/10 | A straight run through the track after Mel's count. They almost nail the ending before Mick gives up and starts jamming something else. Mel can be heard suggesting they try it again. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #10] a brass band in african chimes live take 10 | (4:41) | 5/10 | Another run through. Ends with a short guitar phrase by Charlie. |
| | A Brass Band In African Chimes [Live Take #10] a brass band in african chimes live take 11 | (4:41) | 4/10 | Slightly rougher recording of the above. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Bass Jam] book bit 1 | (0:42) | 3/10 | Derek produces the alternative Book verse melody whilst Mick adds eerie overtones. "Fucking great" as Jim comments. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Album Version] book of brilliant things - alt mix | (4:15) | 9/10 | Sounds like the final album version. (Will have to check). |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Demo] book of brilliant things demo | (5:11) | 9/10 | Whilst the chorus identifies the song, the verse arrangement and its melody are completely different (vaguely like See The Lights). Fades out at the end. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Instrumental Take #1] book of brilliant things instrumental take 1 | (2:29) | 8/10 | Begins like the album version, but the verse is an entirely new heavy bass riff. The sound mix is altered during the chorus. Fades out during the second verse. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Instrumental Take #2] book of brilliant things instrumental take 2 | (1:47) | 3/10 | Extremely rough recording of an improvised version of the above. Lots of studio talk and direction. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Instrumental Take #3] book of brilliant things instrumental take 3 | (4:20) | 7/10 | Very similar to the album version, except the keyboards are higher in the mix. No vocals. Recording slightly flat. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Drums] book of brilliant things instrumental drums | (4:21) | 9/10 | Album version. Drums only. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Pads #1] book of brilliant things instrumental pads #1 | (1:13) | 9/10 | Introduction of the alternative verse / Once Upon A Time live version. Keyboards only. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Pads #2] book of brilliant things instrumental pads #2 | (1:48) | 9/10 | Introduction of the alternative verse / Once Upon A Time live version. Keyboards only. Longer version of the above. |
| | All The Things She Said [Demo] brass band and all the things she said demo instrumental | (5:00) | 10/10 | The choruses are clearly All The Things She Said with different verse melodies. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #1] brilliant jam!1 | (8:06) | 7/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. Parts sound similar to the verse melody of Once Upon A Time. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #2] brilliant jam!2 | (38:18) | 6/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. From the same session as above, but the recording is rougher. The final verse melody appears at around 26:00 where the band really open up and the best improvisation starts. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #3] brilliant jam!3 | (4:37) | 6/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. From the same session as above. They really nail the final verse melody here. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #4] brilliant jam!4 | (9:08) | 7/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. From the same session as above. Some tape problems. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #5] brilliant jam!5 | (8:19) | 7/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. From the same session as above. |
| | Book Of Brilliant Things [Jam #6] brilliant jam!6 | (7:05) | 7/10 | Jam based around the alternative melody for Book Of Brilliant Things. From the same session as above. |
| | Clockwork [Demo #1] clockwork - demo 1 | (2:39) | 9/10 | Mick and Charlie and a drum machine. This short recording fades in and out; the 6:01 recording (see below) suggests this could be from a longer version. |
| | Clockwork [Demo #2] clockwork - demo 2 | (3:35) | 7/10 | Later version of the song (if it is the same song - there are similarities). Again, Mick and Charlie and a drum machine. The song is now overflowing with ideas and riffs. Slower than the first demo. |
| | Clockwork [Demo #1 Drums & Guitars] clockwork demo (drums and guitar) | (6:01) | 7/10 | A much longer recording of the first demo featuring just the drum machine and Charlie's guitar. |
| | C Moon Cry Like A Baby [Jam] c-moon - demo | (5:36) | 6/10 | Studio jam between Charlie, Mick and Derek. The song is barely formed but the main riff can just be heard several times. The recording is badly distorted. |
| | C Moon Cry Like A Baby [Live Take #1] c-moon (live take 1) | (3:45) | 7/10 | The whole band work on the track. The melodies and arrangement are similar to the albums with an extended middle-8. Stops abruptly. |
| | C Moon Cry Like A Baby [Live Take #2] c-moon (live take 2) | (4:19) | 7/10 | The whole band work on the track. The melodies and arrangement are similar to the albums with an extended middle-8. Comes to a faltering halt. |
| | C Moon Cry Like A Baby [Live Take #2] c-moon (live take 3) | (4:18) | 5/10 | Poorer recording of the second take. |
| | C Moon Cry Like A Baby [Live Take #1] c-moon (live take 4) | (3:45) | 5/10 | Poorer recording of the first take. |
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