Source: 1993 12 Demon Flower Roughs T2 Cassette. Here is a demo version of Tender from 1994’s Demon Flower album! This version is fully formed with an additional 41 seconds and much more… Tender is one of very few songs that we had not yet covered in our Vault series (!).
Archive for the ‘Vault’ Category
Ghost Nation original mix
Source: 1989 Ghost Nation Original Mixes Cassette. This week we are pleased to provide the last of the six original Ghost Nation album mixes – the title track Ghost Nation! Keen followers of the vault should now have them all – the other tracks being Blind Eye, When The River Runs Dry, The Way You more »
Now and Forever demo
Source: 1991 04 21 Cut Demos VHS PCM. The creative process that led to 1992’s Cut album spawned more songs that missed the album than made it! Here’s a concept lost along the way… Now and Forever.
The Jetsonnes – Money live
Source: 1980 Jetsonnes Advertisements and Perf T2 Cassette. Before Hunters, there were The Jetsonnes… here’s an unreleased track, Money, recorded live in 1980!
Mark Seymour – Wrecking Ball live
Source: 1999 07 16-17 Continental Hotel, Melbourne, Australia CD. Wrecking Ball is a song that Mark Seymour performed live back around 1999 and 2000 that did not make it onto the One Eyed Man album… don’t worry – this predates the other Wrecking Ball song!
Something to Give rehearsal
Source: 1989 02 01 Ghost Nation Rehearsals VHS PCM. A largely instrumental jam found in the tapes leading up to the Ghost Nation album!
Skin is Strong demo
Source: 1983 10 29 Gluepot, Auckland, New Zealand T2 Cassette. …found hidden on the end of a cassette that otherwise contained the last recorded Fireman’s Curse gig before the band implosion… a demo called Skin is Strong…
When The River Runs Dry single edit
Source: US When The River Runs Dry CD single. The Hunters run with Atlantic Records in the US resulted in this disturbingly short single edit of When The River Runs Dry, from the almighty Ghost Nation album. We’ll stick with the beefier, 85 second longer, album version; but this remains an interesting historical anecdote!
Debris live acoustic
Source: 1995 05 05 Continental, Melbourne VIC, Australia T2 Cassette. Here’s a rare live recording of Debris, which can be found in studio form on the Mutations album, which in itself is a rarities collection! Debris was originally written by Ronnie Lane and performed by British band Faces.
The Way You Live rough mix
Source: 1989 05 14 Ghost Nation Roughs VHS PCM. Here’s a magnificent early, raw demo version of what would become the third single off Ghost Nation – The Way You Live!