Hi Drew,

May I please have a CD-r?

Joanne Hodges
20050 Snowdrop Ct #5
West Linn, OR  97068

Can I send you a dollar or two for your time and
postage expense?

Thank you very much,
Joanne


--- Drew MacDonald <drewmacdonald1@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 



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