B-sides and rarities?

[The Last Lonely Man]

Ok, I know its usually the last ditch effort of bands to scrape some money together after they lose some initial success or whatever. But am I the only one who would love to hear the demo tracks of My Dying Bride songs? Or the songs that never made the final cut of an album? I bet there are some rare gems knocking around never to be heard.....

[The Last Lonely Man]

(To reply to my own thread)
I personally would love to hear some unreleased stuff, im sure theres like a double cd albums worth knocking around somewhere...or at least i hope there is

[DarkLink]

another biased poll... Off course people would love to hear b-side and other rare songs they are not used to hear.. this is obvious.

For me, its like if you were asking:

Would you prefer to be dead or alive ?

See?

[Martin]

I think the concept of 'b sides/rare tracks is a strange one. I can certainly understand the desire for die-hard fans to hear the original music that morphed into the songs that were officially released, but concurrently, it's music in its first incarnation; it's devoid of the time, hard work and beauty than is crafted in a studio environment that captures the essence of the songwriting. It's certainly interesting to hear rehearsal 'tapes', but i think the final product stands as testimony to the talents that created that work. During my time in MDB i can't remember any instances where professional demos were recorded before the studio...maybe a cassette recording through Aaron's 'quality' mic, but other than that it was the good old tried and tested piece of paper with riffs written on it!
Having said all the boolocks above, it's been a long time since i was involved and i'[m sure times have changed significantly, so who am i to comment eh? i believe that there's probably asre-all of good quality recordings to surface from the period that i was with the chaps!
Anyway, by means of apology to anyone who takes offence..i'm hammered. Two bottles of Diamond bay Shiraz for £7.99!
Si Thi!

[Frits]

In my band we sometimes record our jamsessions with a single track recorder (quality is surprisingly good). That way we can remember the parts we felt good about during the jam without being frustrated like "f*ck, how did we play that again". Don't know if mdb does that, but I would understand that they would not be keen on releasing stuff like that, because it is an easy source for plagiarism off course.

But I voted yes anyway, because there must be something from the early days, which they recorded to give to bookers or promotors to acquire gigs. Or songs that were cut from the tracklist, I don't know, it would just be odd to me that everything they ever recorded is on albums or ep's or whatever kind of release already.

[The Last Lonely Man]

@The Last Lonely Man: Check this thread, you may find some interesting stuff:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=430

cheers man

i used to have some mp3s of a radio concert from around the time of SODWOL but ive no idea where they went =/

[DarkLink]

I think the concept of 'b sides/rare tracks is a strange one. I can certainly understand the desire for die-hard fans to hear the original music that morphed into the songs that were officially released, but concurrently, it's music in its first incarnation; it's devoid of the time, hard work and beauty than is crafted in a studio environment that captures the essence of the songwriting. It's certainly interesting to hear rehearsal 'tapes', but i think the final product stands as testimony to the talents that created that work. During my time in MDB i can't remember any instances where professional demos were recorded before the studio...maybe a cassette recording through Aaron's 'quality' mic, but other than that it was the good old tried and tested piece of paper with riffs written on it!
Having said all the boolocks above, it's been a long time since i was involved and i'[m sure times have changed significantly, so who am i to comment eh? i believe that there's probably asre-all of good quality recordings to surface from the period that i was with the chaps!
Anyway, by means of apology to anyone who takes offence..i'm hammered. Two bottles of Diamond bay Shiraz for £7.99!
Si Thi!

That was a good explanation for someone drunk!

[The Last Lonely Man]

I had a good idea for the name of the imaginary album too today, just popped into my head haha

Grace Unheard.....

[The Last Lonely Man]

thought about this again today, and how much id like to hear some old rehearsal tapes etc, practise covers and the like.... come on!.....

[The Last Lonely Man]

Bringng this thread back too! Especially as the "Harvest Of Dread" release has been cancelled, and was due to feature some demos / pre production tracks... I, as with a fair few forum members are dying to hear these songs i'd bet with almost certainty

Hell, I'd be happy with a bonus disc attached to the back of the new album rather than a stand alone release.