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simple minds: empires and dance demos
tracks
1. I Travel [Demo](3:52)
2. Celebrate [Demo](4:24)
3. Thirty Frames A Second [Demo](5:30)
4. Twist/Run/Repulsion [Demo](4:08)
5. Capital City [Demo](5:33)
6. New Warm Skin [Demo](4:20)
7. Constintinople Line [Demo](4:41)


recording date
Early/Mid 1980


line-up
Simple Minds #6


producer
John Leckie


studio
Unknown


additional information
Very litle is known about the demos recorded for Empires And Dance. In fact, it wasn't known they existed until the track listings for Silver Box were published.

I Travel features a pounding kettle-drum at the start and before the choruses; Twist/Run/Repulsion includes an eerie winding melody and completely different lyrics; and New Warm Skin has yet to aquire its melody. Constintinople Line is a rougher recording and sounds like it was from a different session and/or source.

All these demos also appear in Mick MacNeil's archive (except Constintinople Line) although they're called "Radio Sessions". See the session section for more information about this.






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