In retrospect, I should have expected this, but when I mentioned this odd
disc find (my original post is below) I got a ton of responses from
Auditeers asking for copies. If you want one of these and you haven't
e-mailed your mailing address to me OFF-LIST, please do so by this Friday,
Feb. 1. I expect to make the burns this weekend, and then mail the
"original" to the first responder.

Speak now or forever grind your teeth,
Drew



ORIGINAL POST:
While killing time this morning at my local used CD shop/tuxedo rental
center (yes!) I ran across a bootleg CD-R titled MIKE CHAPMAN'S DEMOS FOR
THE SWEET.

The rudimentary, typo-laden packaging says the 18 tracks were taken from
Chapman's original acetates, and the sound is pretty good. Most demos are
fully-fleshed out instrumentally, only a few with just guitar and voice.
Four of the tracks were never recorded by the Sweet.

I'm not a real fan of the band (or Chapman, for that matter) but I was
mildly interested to note that the demo for "Ballroom Blitz" already had the
"Are you ready, Steve?" intro (and it sounds even swishier here.)

Anyway, my curiosity is satisfied after one listen. The disc is obviously
not legit, so I'm not going to flip it on eBay. If anyone wants it, contact
me off list.