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| From | Donmand@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Raspberries unreleased |
| Date | Sun, 7 Sep 2003 23:30:44 EDT |
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The early unreleased demo "Oh Tonight" bears no music resemblance to the
Raspberries hit "Tonight" (from their Side 3 album). Reading the liner notes in
the official unreleased CD; Eric said; "Oh Tonight and Please let me Come Back
Home" didn't make it on any record because we felt they were too
derivative...it's a lot easier to hear them now; 30 years after the Beatles....Distance
makes things a lot more charming sometimes."
All four demos were recorded in 1971 before the band had a major record
contract. They were cut at Agency Recording Studios which was above the famed Agora
Ballroom in Cleveland. The songs are: "I saw the Light" (demo that was
re-recorded for the 1st lp), "Please let me come back Home" (demo-unreleased), "Oh
Tonight" (demo unreleased) and Come around and see Me" (demo that was
re-recorded for the 1st lp).
Don
Billy wrote:
> Some of the Raspberries Best-Of were sold through record clubs, and a white
> sleeve promo copy was sent out to reviewers and radio stations..Now and
> then it
> pops up for sale on E-bay. Just be careful about paying high prices for
> this CD
> - some are bootleg CD-R copies.
>
> I have a CD-R copy of the promo. The only caveat is that the 4 demo tracks
> are
> rough quality but are very interesting. "Tonight:" started out as a mock
> country number called "Oh Tonight" that is drastically different from the
> released classic version. Sad this CD never hit the retail shelves, same for
> domestic reissues of the 4 original albums.
>
> Billy
>
>
>
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