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Friday, February 07, 2025

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST | Pete Townshend - Who Demos, Volume 10: 1982-1995: It's Hard & Solo Albums +

 

Pete Townshend - Who Demos, Volume 10: 1982-1995: It's Hard & Solo Albums

Paul says : I recently posted the ninth volume in this series. Here's the tenth and final one, before I forget. Generally, the series is about the demos Pete Townshend made that later turned into songs for albums by the Who, as opposed to a separate series I've made of Townshend's non-album tracks, which are mostly demos. But for this final volume, it's dominated by songs that went to Townshend's 1980s solo albums.

The only album by the Who represented here is "It's Hard," from 1982. But for whatever reason, there aren't many demos from that one, just "Popular" (an early version of "It's Hard") and "Cry If You Want." Plus, there's a version of "Eminence Front," but it's stuck at the end because it's all the way from 1995. Apparently, Townshend made a new demo of the song before going on tour, and liked it enough to include it on his archival album "Scoop 3."

Track two through five are all demos of songs from Townshend's 1982 solo album "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes." Those four songs are all unreleased, as is "Cry If You Want" mentioned above. I really like Townshend's 1985 album "White City," but there are only two demos of songs from that album, "Crashing by Design" and "I Am Secure." All the remaining songs relate to his 1989 album "Iron Man." Those are all officially released, mostly from his "Scoop 3" album, except for "I Eat Heavy Metal."

This album is an hour and five minutes long. 

01 Popular [Early Version of It's Hard] 
02 Stop Hurting People 
03 Face Dances, Pt. 2 
04 Uniforms [Corp d'Esprit]
05 The Sea Refuses No River 
06 Cry If You Want
07 Crashing by Design
08 I Am Secure
09 Man and Machines [Man Machines] 
10 Dig 
11 I Eat Heavy Metal 
12 I Am Afraid 
13 Outlive the Dinosaur
14 Iron Man Recitative
15 Eminence Front 


Tho’ not to my taste this morning or something we have just had too much of lately, Paul has posted ATSEs of the following: 

Chris Farlowe - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, London, Britain, 1-17-1976


Enjoy! 

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