Eric Clapton - Going Down Slow - Non-Album Tracks (1996-1998)

Recently, I decided to make a renewed effort to post more of my non-album tracks albums. I have a lot of these I made a long time ago. I tend to forget about posting them though because I get distracted by other music that's newer to me. As an example, I have several more of these albums for Eric Clapton's long career. So far, I've posted albums up until 1996. Here's the next one.

The main thing that happened musically to Clapton during the 1996 to 1998 time period is he released his studio album "Pilgrim" in 1998. I've already posted an alternate version of that one that cuts down on the overproduction that troubled it. 

There's one track here that later ended up as a bonus track on the "Pilgrim" album: "Theme from a Movie that Never Happened." However, it's an acoustic instrumental that doesn't have much in common with that album. Most of the other songs here are instrumentals or blues, or both.

"Rock Me Baby" is a duet with B.B. King from one of King's studio albums. "Angelica" and "What Else" come from a studio album as well. The rest are unreleased. Most of those are from concert bootlegs. See the mp3 tags for further details about sourcing.

This album is 46 minutes long.

01 Roberta (Eric Clapton with Dr. John)
02 St James Infirmary (Eric Clapton & Dr. John)
03 Ruthie [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton & Legends)
04 Rock Me Baby (B. B. King & Eric Clapton)
05 I Got You [I Feel Good] [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton & Legends)
06 I Hardly Ever Do (Eric Clapton with Alan Darby)
07 Angelica [Instrumental] (T.D.F (Eric Clapton))
08 What Else [Instrumental] (T.D.F (Eric Clapton))
09 Going Down Slow (Eric Clapton with David Sanborn)
10 Theme from a Movie that Never Happened [Instrumental] (Eric Clapton)

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The cover image is a painting by David Lloyd Glover. 

Dana Gillespie - Hold on to Your Fire - Non-Album Tracks (1971-1976)

Recently, a commenter asked me if I still plan on posting more non-album tracks collections. Actually, I have lots of them that are already made. I just don't get around to posting them much because they're part of my music collection and I usually prioritize posting things I've recently discovered. But I'll try to get back to posting more of those. Back in 2020, I posted a non-album tracks collection by British singer-songwriter Dana Gillespie. It consisted of rare songs she did in the late 1960s. Finally, I'm back with a second such collection, from the early 1970s.

First, here's the link to the earlier collection:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2020/11/dana-gillespie-light-up-various-songs.html

At the time of the start of the music here, she had released two albums in the late 1960s, mostly consisting of her own songs. Both were well received, but neither of them were hits. Around 1970, she started musically collaborating with David Bowie, whom she had known since about 1965. She was signed to his record company and management team. Bowie even wrote a song for her, "Andy Warhol," and they performed it together on the BBC in 1971. 

The first five songs here are demos she recorded in 1971. This was half of an album with her songs on one side and Bowie's songs on the other. About 500 copies were made and circulated in the music industry to help both of them get record deals. Bowie's songs were redone for his album "Hunky Dory." These versions come from a later archival compilation called "What Memories We Make."

However, Gillespie didn't release another album out until 1973, because she got involved playing a major role (Mary Magdelene) in the first London production of the play "Jesus Christ Superstar." That kept her busy through 1972, and a soundtrack was released in 1973. Tracks 6 and 7 here are from that. 

When she finally released her next album, "Weren't Born a Man," it was a very good one. I recommend it if you haven't heard it yet. Bowie and his guitarist Mick Ronson technically produced it. But in fact, they were too busy with their careers, having turned into big stars since Bowie started collaborating with Gillespie in 1971. But Bowie did have some involvement, for instance, playing on and producing that album's version of "Andy Warhol." 

In 1974, she released another album, "Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle." This was also was good, but didn't get much traction. It showed her moving more in a blues direction. Unfortunately, she began having trouble with her record company. She got stuck in a dispute, and was unable to release any more records. Her next album wouldn't come out until 1982. From that point on, she went all in on the blues, and put out many more albums in the blues style. Tracks 8 through 14 are from 1973 and 1974, and mostly consist of songs she wanted to put out on her next album. Those didn't come out until the "What Memories We Make" compilation mentioned above.

While having a music career, Gillespie also was pursuing a movie career. She certainly had the looks to be a big star. When she was blocked from making more records, she spent most of the rest of the 1970s as an actress. She landed some prominent roles, but never became a big star in that field either. The last song here is from a 1976 movie. 

One final thing. Here's an article from the Guardian about Gillespie's very interesting life. It's worth a read:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/12/bowie-bed-hopping-and-the-blues-the-wild-times-of-dana-gillespie

This album is 58 minutes long.

01 Mother, Don't Be Frightened (Dana Gillespie)
02 Andy Warhol (Dana Gillespie)
03 Never Knew (Dana Gillespie)
04 All Cut Up on You (Dana Gillespie)
05 Lavender Hill (Dana Gillespie)
06 Everything's Alright (Dana Gillespie with Stephen Tate & Paul Nicholas)
07 I Don't Know How to Love Him (Dana Gillespie)
08 Hold on to Your Fire (Dana Gillespie)
09 Man Size Job (Dana Gillespie)
10 Stoke the Engine (Dana Gillespie)
11 Goin' Crazy with the Blues (Dana Gillespie)
12 Say Goodnight to the Night (Dana Gillespie)
13 Do the Spin (Dana Gillespie)
14 Gone at the Game (Dana Gillespie)
15 Celandine's Blues (Dana Gillespie)

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The cover image is from a 1968 movie called "The Lost Continent." The original picture I found was in black and white, but I colorized it. She also had some dirty smudges on her skin, which I removed in Photoshop. 

Bettye LaVette - Soulville - Non-Album Tracks (2017-2023)

I've been posting a few Bettye LaVette albums lately. Here's another one. It's another collection of non-album tracks, from 2017 to 2023. This gets us caught up to current day, since I didn't find any non-album tracks worthy of inclusion since 2023.

Six of the songs here are unreleased: tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12. All of them are from concert bootlegs. They generally come from tribute concerts. I removed the audience cheering from all of them so they'd fit in better with the studio tracks.

Tracks 1 and 3 come from the deluxe edition of "Music from The American Epic Sessions." Track 4 is from the Todd Rundgren album "White Knight." Tracks 8 and 11 are from tribute albums. For more details, look at the mp3 tags for each song, as usual.

This album is 52 minutes long. 

01 Nobody's Dirty Business (Bettye LaVette)
02 Jingle Bells - White Christmas - This Christmas (Bettye LaVette)
03 When I Woke Up This Morning (Bettye LaVette)
04 Naked and Afraid (Todd Rundgren & Bettye LaVette)
05 Person to Person (Bettye LaVette)
06 Ain't No Way (Bettye LaVette)
07 Soulville (Bettye LaVette)
08 Loser (Dave McMurray with Bettye LaVette & Bob Weir)
09 On Your Way Down (Little Feat & Bettye LaVette)
10 A Apolitical Blues - Long Distance Call (Little Feat & Bettye LaVette)
11 Call It Stormy Monday (Count Basie Orchestra with Bettye LaVette)
12 The Man I Love (Bettye LaVette)

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https://bestfile.io/en/9QsaHww5PLK38MI/file

The cover photo was taken at the Apollo Theater in New York City on April 4, 2019. I used Photoshop to remove some writing on the wall behind her head.

Bettye LaVette - Season of Change - Non-Album Tracks (2012-2017)

I recently came across a recent Bettye LaVette concert I was impressed by and plan on posting here soon. That reminded me that I've never finished posting a couple more collections of non-album tracks from her. So here's the next one.

As I've mentioned previously, LaVette has had an unusual career. She had some success in the 1960s as a soul singer. But then she struggled for a long, long time, only to have a big and prolonged career revival since the early 2000s. That revival gave her a lot of opportunities to appear in tribute concerts, on other artists' albums, and the like. This album is a mix of those sorts of things.

Tracks 6, 7, 8, and 11 are unreleased. All of them come from appearances at tribute concerts. Track 9 is a live performance too, but it comes from a deluxe edition version of one of her albums. For all these live songs, I used MVSEP to get rid of the crowd noise.

The other songs are all released, and from studio albums. The first two tracks here are actually from an EP she released, called "More Thankful, More Thoughtful." It consisted of extra songs from her 2012 album "Thankful N' Thoughtful." The rest (tracks 3, 4, 5, 10, and 12) are mostly from appearances on albums by other artists, and generally are duets.

By the way, in addition to getting this album ready for posting, at the same time, I went over her past non-album track albums and improved them. I added a song to the "Heart of Gold" collection, a duet with Joe Tex that only recently emerged on YouTube. Here's the link to that one:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2021/04/bettye-lavette-heart-of-gold-various.html

And for the album in this series previous to this one, "Change Is Gonna Come," most of the songs were unreleased live versions. I used the MVSEP program to get rid of the cheering, so they'd fit in with the other songs. I also improved the sound quality of two bonus tracks enough to add them to the main album. Here's the link to that:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2023/05/bettye-lavette-change-is-gonna-come.html  

This album is 52 minutes long. 

01 Long Time (Bettye LaVette)
02 Save Some Time to Dream (Bettye LaVette)
03 Most of the Time (Bettye LaVette)
04 Yours and Mine (Dynamites featuring Charles Walker & Bettye Lavette)
05 Hustlin' [In the Motor City] (Bettye LaVette)
06 I'm Only Sleeping (Bettye LaVette)
07 Watching the Wheels (Bettye LaVette)
08 I [Who Have Nothing] (Bettye LaVette)
09 Like a Rock (Bettye LaVette)
10 Make You Feel My Love (Will Porter & Bettye LaVette)
11 In My Secret Life (Bettye LaVette)
12 Season of Change (Stone Foundation with Bettye LaVette) 

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The cover is from the "Robert Johnson at 100 Centennial" concert at the Apollo Theater in New York City on March 6, 2012.

Roberta Flack - With These Hands - Non-Album Tracks (1970-1971)

This is a collection of non-album tracks for Roberta Flack that I recently found. They make up an excellent album from what I consider the peak of her career.

I've already posted some albums of non-album tracks from around this time period. So I was pleasantly surprised to find an entire album's worth more. That's because her 1970 album, "Chapter Two," and her 1971 album, "Quiet Fire," were recently rereleased with lots of bonus tracks. The first song here is the only "Chapter Two" bonus track, while the rest are all "Quiet Fire" bonus tracks.

I don't know why these songs weren't officially released at the time, because they sound as good to me as the ones on her albums. Perhaps it was that many of them were classic hits already, and she wanted to do more obscure material. But in any case, this makes for a very nice album all these years later.  

This album is 48 minutes long. 

01 Midnight Cowboy (Roberta Flack)
02 What's Going On (Roberta Flack)
03 Free at Last (Roberta Flack)
04 Chasin' the Sunshine (Roberta Flack)
05 Here, There and Everywhere (Roberta Flack)
06 O-o-h Child (Roberta Flack)
07 With These Hands (Roberta Flack)
08 Superstar [Groupie] (Roberta Flack) 

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The cover photo is from a promo photo taken around 1971. I colorized it with the help of the Kolorize program.

Norah Jones - Tryin' to Keep It Together - Non-Album Tracks (2020-2023)

Here's another collection of non-album tracks from Norah Jones.

The Covid pandemic dominated 2020 until 2022. During that time, Jones kept quite busy with frequent home concerts. She played enough unique songs in those concerts for me to post two albums of those (as well as all of his home concerts in full). This avoids all of that in other to avoid duplication. Additionally, during this time she hosted a podcast and played even more unique songs. I'm avoiding all those as well. Hopefully those will be the subject of a future album or two posted here, though she also has released an album of highlights from her podcast, called "Playing Along."

The first two songs are bonus tracks from her album "Pick Me Up Off the Floor." Tracks 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10 are unreleased. All of those are from concerts, though most of those were not in front of audiences due to the Covid pandemic at the time. For the two that did have audience applause, I got rid of that using the MVSEP program, so they would better fit in with the studio tracks.

Tracks 5 and 6 are bonus tracks from her 2021 Christmas album, "I Dream of Christmas." The song "I Dream of Christmas" was co-written by Jones, so it's a bit strange it was only a bonus track for the album that was given the same name as the song. Track 9, "Steer Your Way," is from a Leonard Cohen tribute album. The last two are also from a concert, but an officially released one, celebrating Willie Nelson's 90th birthday. 

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 Street Stranger (Norah Jones)
02 Tryin' to Keep It Together (Norah Jones)
03 Yes We Can Can (Norah Jones with Emily King, Abeena Koomson-Davis & Amy Helm)
04 Help Me (Norah Jones)
05 I Dream of Christmas (Norah Jones)
06 The Christmas Waltz (Norah Jones)
07 I've Got a Feeling (Norah Jones)
08 Let It Be (Norah Jones)
09 Steer Your Way (Norah Jones)
10 The Warmth of the Sun (Norah Jones)
11 Seven Spanish Angels (Allison Russell & Norah Jones)
12 Down Yonder (Norah Jones)

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The cover photo is from 2022. 

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 8: 2016-2023

Back in early 2024, I started posting this series of non-album tracks by Ron Sexsmith. This was the idea of a musical associate, Pete the Greek, and I wouldn't have done it without his instigation and continual help. Finally, after a year and a half, the series comes to an end with this eighth volume. (Or at least it's ending until Sexsmith puts out another albums' worth of stray tracks, but that could take years.)

This album is a fairly even split between released and unreleased songs. The released ones are tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11. One of those, "Flowers All Along the Pathway," is a bonus track from the Sexsmith album "The Vivian Line." Most of the rest are appearances on albums by other musical acts, or on various artists compilations.

That leaves the unreleased songs, which are the remaining six. These are all from concerts, home concerts, or radio shows. For the ones that had audience applause, I got rid of that using the MVSEP program to help them fit in with the other songs without applause. 

Thanks again to Pete the Greek for all his help with this series, and sorry it took so long to post it all.

This album is 49 minutes long. 

Here's a list of the original artists for each song: 

01 Twilight of the Season - Hidden Cameras with Ron Sexsmith
02 Don't Make Promises - Tim Hardin
03 Stay Loose - Gordon Lightfoot
04 Sorrow Town - Jamie Lawson & Ron Sexsmith
05 Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
06 Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
07 How're You Holding Up - Humanist with Ron Sexsmith
08 If Not for You - Bob Dylan
09 The Faith - Leonard Cohen
10 Flowers All Along the Pathway - Ron Sexsmith
11 Granddad's Song - SunYears
12 I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick
13 Dirty Life and Times - Warren Zevon
14 You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

Here's the usual song list: 

01 Twilight of the Season (Hidden Cameras with Ron Sexsmith)
02 Don't Make Promises (Hidden Cameras with Ron Sexsmith)
03 Stay Loose (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Sorrow Town (Jamie Lawson & Ron Sexsmith)
05 Suzanne (Ron Sexsmith)
06 Driving Home for Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
07 How're You Holding Up (Humanist with Ron Sexsmith)
08 If Not for You (Ron Sexsmith)
09 The Faith (Ron Sexsmith)
10 Flowers All Along the Pathway (Ron Sexsmith)
11 Granddad's Song (SunYears with Ron Sexsmith)
12 I'll Never Fall in Love Again (Ron Sexsmith)
13 Dirty Life and Times (Ron Sexsmith)
14 You Can Call Me Al (Ballroom Thieves & Ron Sexsmith)  

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The cover photo is from 2017. That's all I know about it.

Sheryl Crow - Nobody Told Me - Non-Album Tracks (2020-2022)

It's time for another stray tracks album from Sheryl Crow. Actually, I only need another song or two and I'll have enough to get caught up to present day. So I hope that'll happen soon.

After a 2019 album, "Threads," Crow said she was done with putting out albums and would switch to releasing singles instead. She hasn't entirely kept to that, since she released another album in 2024. But she has released fewer albums than before, and she also has released some songs only on singles. There are three single A-sides here, tracks 3, 9, and 10. Additionally, "Still the Same" is another original, released on a compilation album. Tracks 4, 5, 7, and 11 are from appearances on albums by other musical acts. 

That just leaves the unreleased songs. There are four of those, tracks 1, 2, 6, and 8. The first three were live but without an audience, because this was during the Covid pandemic, when home concerts were happening instead of concerts in front of crowds. For the tracks with audience noise (tracks 4 and 8), I removed the cheering with the MVSEP program so it would fit in with the studio tracks.

This album is 45 minutes long. 

01 Nobody Told Me (Sheryl Crow)
02 You Don't Know How It Feels (Sheryl Crow)
03 In the End (Sheryl Crow)
04 After the Fire Is Gone (Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow)
05 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Barry Gibb & Sheryl Crow)
06 It's Only Love (Sheryl Crow)
07 Cool Down (Lucie Silvas & Sheryl Crow)
08 Rocket Man [I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time] (Brandi Carlile & Sheryl Crow)
09 Circles (Sheryl Crow)
10 Promised Land (Toby Mac & Sheryl Crow)
11 Still the Same (Sheryl Crow)

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For the cover art, I decided to do something different than the usual photo of Crow. I did an Internet search for Sheryl Crow art, and came up with this nice image. I don't know who made it.

Tom P*tty & the Heartbreakers - Drivin' Down to Georgia - Non-Album Tracks (1993-1994)

Note that I'm experimenting with reviving the links for some Tom P. albums I'd had to hide due to concerns about copyright issues. For some reason, this one pops up as a new album, even though I made it years ago. But there are about ten others I revived today, all of the non-album tracks compilations. Do a search for "Heartbreakers" or use the side labels to find the other ones. If these manage to stay posted, I'll will revive the rest of his hidden albums soon.

Here's another stray tracks album for Tom P. and the Heartbreakers.

(Note that I'm not using the full name of this artist due to concerns about copyright issues.) 

The first song here comes from "Finding Wildflowers." Tracks 2, 3, and 10 are unreleased, and come from a radio show of outtakes called "Behind the Glass." Tracks 4, 5, and 8 are from the "Playback" box set. Track 6 is from the "An American Treasure" box set. Track 7 is from "Live Anthology," and track 9 was released as a B-side.

A long-promised album consisting of outtakes from P.'s 1994 album "Wildflowers" was finally released in 2020, called "Wildflowers and All the Rest." In fact, so much material was released that there even was a "super deluxe" box set version. Note that NONE of the songs here come from "All the Rest." There were so many good previously unreleased songs on that that it makes for a nice single album all on its own. But P. was so prolific in the early 1990s that there's enough material for that, plus this, plus the another stray tracks album I've made,"Mary Jane's Last Dance."

This album is 39 minutes long. 

I'm not including the track list due to copyright issues. But you can find it in the mp3 download file.

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The cover photo was taken in Hollywood in 1993.

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 7: 2013-2016

Man, I've been really painfully slow posting the rest of this series of non-album tracks by Ron Sexsmith. But I finish everything eventually. This is the seventh and second to last album in this series.

All but two of the songs here have been officially released. Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 5 are bonus tracks from the "Forever Endeavor" album, with track 5 appearing only on deluxe edition versions. The other songs are from a bunch of different sources, like various artists compilation albums, soundtracks, and appearances on other musical acts' albums. As usual, check out the mp3 tags for more details.

The two unreleased songs are "Sisters of Mercy," from a Leonard Cohen tribute concert in 2013, and "Wait until the Sun Comes Up," from a concert in 2014. 

As with past volumes, I want to mention that this series was the idea of Pete the Greek, and I wouldn't have done it without his instigation and continual help. 

This album is 47 minutes long.

Here's a list of the original artists for each song: 

01 Real Pandora - Ron Sexsmith
02 Least of My Worries - Ron Sexsmith
03 Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
04 Pennies from Heaven - Bing Crosby
05 Life After a Broken Heart - Ron Sexsmith
06 Any Day Now - Breithaupt Brothers & Ron Sexsmith
07 Don't You - Marike Jager with Ron Sexsmith
08 Sisters of Mercy - Leonard Cohen
09 Wait until the Sun Comes Up - Ron Sexsmith & Oh Susanna (Suzie Ungerleider)
10 Circling Round the Drain - Ron Sexsmith
11 Half a Chance - Alex Cuba with Ron Sexsmith
12 Don't Wait - Mel Parsons with Ron Sexsmith
13 Off Somewhere - Lori Cullen & Ron Sexsmith
14 Rain - Flypaper Orchestra with Ron Sexsmith

Note that the last song, "Rain," appears to be "Pennies from Heaven" but with new lyrics written by members of the Flypaper Orchestra. 

Here's the usual song list:  

01 Real Pandora (Ron Sexsmith)
02 Least of My Worries (Ron Sexsmith)
03 Wee Small Hours (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Pennies from Heaven (Ron Sexsmith)
05 Life After a Broken Heart (Ron Sexsmith)
06 Any Day Now (Breithaupt Brothers & Ron Sexsmith)
07 Don't You (Marike Jager with Ron Sexsmith)
08 Sisters of Mercy (Ron Sexsmith)
09 Wait until the Sun Comes Up (Ron Sexsmith & Oh Susanna)
10 Circling Round the Drain (Ron Sexsmith)
11 Half a Chance (Alex Cuba with Ron Sexsmith)
12 Don't Wait (Mel Parsons with Ron Sexsmith)
13 Off Somewhere (Lori Cullen & Ron Sexsmith)
14 Rain (Flypaper Orchestra with Ron Sexsmith)

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https://bestfile.io/en/YqT1PVLGkrlXSWO/file

All I know about the cover photo is that it's from 2015.

John Fogerty - Weeping in the Promised Land - Non-Album Tracks (2013-2022)

I recently got a request from a commenter to post more of my non-album track albums by John Fogerty. I only have one more by him before we get to the present day, more or less. So here it is. (And by the way, I still have lots of these stray track albums to post by various musical acts, but they've been on the backburner compared to BBC albums and other things recently.)

In 2013, the year of the first song in this album, Fogerty was 68 years old. In 2022, the year of the last song in this album, he was 77 years old. As I write this in 2025, he still has a strong voice and plays lead guitar very well, but it's obvious his songwriting creativity has slowed way down. He hasn't released an album of new original songs since 2007. So the songs here mostly consist of cover versions, plus acoustic versions of songs from earlier in his career, with only a couple new originals ("The Holy Grail" and "Weeping in the Promised Land").

The first song, "Sharp Dressed Man," is a ZZ Top song done with Billy Gibbons, the lead vocalist and lead guitarist in ZZ Top. Both Fogerty and Gibbons sang and played lead guitar on it. It's unreleased, from a bootleg. "New Orleans" is a cover of a 1960s hit performed in concert for a Dr. John tribute album. "Give Peace a Chance" and "In My Life" are John Lennon songs done for a Lennon tribute concert in 2015. They come from an official album of highlights of that concert. Tracks 5, 6, 11, and 12 are unreleased acoustic versions of hits Fogerty had earlier in his career, mostly from when he a member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. They're from radio or Internet shows. "Long as I Can See the Light" is particularly interesting since it was played on piano instead of guitar as usual. 

"Love and War" is a song performed with country star Brad Paisley from his 2017 album, also called "Love and War." "I Won't Back Down" is a cover of the classic Tom Petty song. This is from an concert bootleg, and the sound quality is a little poorer than the other songs. "The Holy Grail" is a single from 2018, and "Weeping in the Promised Land" is a single from 2021. 

"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a cover of the Beatles song from the 2019 official live album "50 Year Trip: Live at Red Rocks." However, it is done in the same style as Joe Cocker's famous hit cover version. "Walk, Don't Run," is a cover on the famous instrumental hit by the Ventures. Fogerty only performed it once in concert, on January 22, 2022, because it was done in honor of the lead guitarist for the Ventures, Don Wilson, who died earlier in the day. Finally, "The City of New Orleans" is yet another cover song of a classic, done from a various artists collection of train songs in 2022.

This album is 49 minutes long.

01 Sharp Dressed Man (John Fogerty & Billy Gibbons)
02 New Orleans (John Fogerty)
03 Give Peace a Chance (John Fogerty)
04 In My Life (John Fogerty)
05 Have You Ever Seen the Rain [Acoustic Version] (John Fogerty)
06 Centerfield [Acoustic Version] (John Fogerty)
07 Love and War (Brad Paisley & John Fogerty)
08 I Won't Back Down (John Fogerty)
09 The Holy Grail (John Fogerty with Billy Gibbons)
10 With a Little Help from My Friends (John Fogerty)
11 Bad Moon Rising [Acoustic Version] (John Fogerty)
12 Long as I Can See the Light [Piano Version] (John Fogerty)
13 Weeping in the Promised Land (John Fogerty)
14 Walk, Don't Run [Instrumental] (John Fogerty)
15 The City of New Orleans (John Fogerty)

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The cover photo is from a concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 8, 2013.

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 6: 2012-2013

It's been almost a year since I last posted a volume in this series of non-album track albums for singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. To be honest, I just kind of forgot about it, as I sometimes do with these things. Luckily, I recently remembered. I've made two more volumes after this, so hopefully I won't take nearly as long to get to those.

Seven out of the 14 songs here are officially unreleased. "Small Emotions" and "Family Tree Theme Song" are from TV shows. The other unreleased songs, tracks five through eight and 14, are either from concerts (with the audience cheering removed with the MVSEP program) or radio shows.

As for the officially released songs, most of them come from appearances on other artist's albums. A couple are from tribute albums.

As with past volumes, I want to mention that this series was the idea of Pete the Greek, and I wouldn't have done it without his instigation and continual help. 

This album is 49 minutes long. 

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:  

01 Small Emotions - Ron Sexsmith
02 Regrets - Abalone Dots & Ron Sexsmith
03 Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners
04 Where's My Everything - Nick Lowe
05 Days Gone Down - Gerry Rafferty
06 Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
07 On My Way to Town - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
08 Love and Understanding - Blue Rodeo
09 All Good Things [Come to Those Who Wait] - Ryan Granvile-Martin with Ron Sexsmith
10 Family Tree Theme Song - Ron Sexsmith
11 Don't Be Scared - Ron Sexsmith
12 Imaginary Friends - Ivy Quainoo with Ron Sexsmith
13 Halloween [Bonfire Night] - Steve Nieve & Ron Sexsmith
14 Nowhere Is - Ron Sexsmith

 Here's the usual song list:

01 Small Emotions (Ron Sexsmith)
02 Regrets (Abalone Dots & Ron Sexsmith)
03 Since I Don't Have You (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Where's My Everything (Ron Sexsmith)
05 Days Gone Down (Ron Sexsmith)
06 Right Down the Line (Ron Sexsmith)
07 On My Way to Town (Ron Sexsmith)
08 Love and Understanding (Blue Rodeo & Ron Sexsmith)
09 All Good Things [Come to Those Who Wait] (Ryan Granvile-Martin with Ron Sexsmith)
10 Family Tree Theme Song (Ron Sexsmith)
11 Don't Be Scared (Ron Sexsmith)
12 Imaginary Friends (Ivy Quainoo with Ron Sexsmith)
13 Halloween [Bonfire Night] (Steve Nieve & Ron Sexsmith)
14 Nowhere Is (Ron Sexsmith)

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alternate:

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The cover photo is from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on January 30, 2013. The curtain behind Sexsmith happened to be almost exactly the same color as the writing I've been using for this series, so I used Photoshop to change the curtain color.

Flamin' Groovies - A Bucket of Brains - Non-Album Tracks (1971-1973)

I've been meaning to post more from Flamin' Groovies, but I have so much music to post that I never seem to get around to it. (Apparently they don't use the "the" in their name, though that's how I think of them.) I've only posted one concert so far. I have a series of stray tracks albums to post, but I haven't readied the cover art and such. Here's one I do have all ready to go though, so I'm going to post it a little out of order. 

Flamin' Groovies had a few fairly successful years, from about 1968 to 1971. But they had two leaders, Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. Loney left in 1971, disenchanted by the music business and the failure of the band to break big. He was replaced by Chris Wilson, who became the new main lead singer. This bad would find more moderate success in the later 1970s, especially with the song "Shake Some Action," which would become an all-time power pop classic. But in the early 1970s, they had some lean years. This album roughly corresponds to that time.

Around the time the band lost Loney, they also lost their record contract. They signed to a new record company in 1972, and released two singles, "Slow Death" and "Married Woman." "Slow Death" in particular should have been a big hit. I love that song. It really should be considered a classic too, but not enough people know about it. It didn't even make the charts because it contained the word "morphine," so the BBC and other radio stations banned it. The band was planning to put out an album called "A Bucket of Brains," but after the two singles failed to gain any traction, their contract was cancelled.

It turns out the band did record a fair amount of songs in the 1971 to 1973 time frame, with many of them produced by British rocker Dave Edmunds. That included a 1973 version of "Shake Some Action," though in my opinion the longer version released in 1976 that would eventually be considered a classic is significantly better. Different versions of these songs would be released decades later, under the album names "A Bucket of Brains," "The Rockfield Session," and "Slow Death." I've compiled them all together here, and it's a good length for an album.

Here's a Wikipedia link that tells the story about this album that failed to exist at the time, here:

A Bucket of Brains - Wikipedia

 

I've added two bonus tracks. These are unreleased. They come from a French TV show where the band was filmed playing live in the studio, with no audience. The sound quality is excellent. However, they're different versions of songs already on the album, so that's why they're only bonus tracks.

 

This album is 48 minutes long, not including the two bonus tracks.

01 Slow Death (Flamin' Groovies)
02 Tallahassee Lassie (Flamin' Groovies)
03 Married Woman (Flamin' Groovies)
04 A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Flamin' Groovies)
05 Little Queenie (Flamin' Groovies)
06 Sweet Little Rock and Roller (Flamin' Groovies)
07 Let Me Rock (Flamin' Groovies)
08 Dog Meat (Flamin' Groovies)
09 Blues from Phyllis (Flamin' Groovies)
10 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Flamin' Groovies)
11 Shake Some Action [1973 Version] (Flamin' Groovies)
12 When I Heard Your Name (Flamin' Groovies)
13 Roll Over Beethoven (Flamin' Groovies)

Little Queenie [French TV Version] (Flamin' Groovies)
Slow Death [French TV Version] (Flamin' Groovies)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16670410/FLAMNGROVIS1971-1973ABucktoBrans_atse.zip.html

The album cover is based on the 1972 single of the song "Slow Death." I removed the name of the B-side near the bottom, and changed the words "Slow Death" to "A Bucket of Brains" in the exact same location as the original.

Steely Dan - The Bear (1980)

It's not often that I post true "lost" studio albums, but here is one. This Steely Dan is contains completely unreleased material (save for one song), has fantastic sound quality, and is arguably at the same level of musical quality as their other albums. I've been aware of this collection of material for years, but I was waiting for some final pieces to fall into place before posting it here. Now they've fallen. So if you're a Steely Dan fan, this is a must have.

Here's the story behind this music as I understand it. Steely Dan put out a series of acclaimed albums from 1972 to 1977. But when it came time for them to complete their next album, "Gaucho," they ran into some problems that caused delays. 

One issue had to do with their record company planning to charge an extra dollar for the album over the other new studio albums they were selling, something the band members opposed. Another issue was a conflict with the record company over just who had the rights to do certain things. Yet another issue was that the band was down to just a duo by this time, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who were the two main creative forces since the beginning. But the relationship between them was becoming increasingly strained, largely due to Becker's increasing drug use. (A year after the album was released, the band would break up for more than a decade.) To make matters worse, Becker got in a car accident and was immobilized for six months. Furthermore, both of them were musical perfectionists, but they took that to new extremes, sometimes recording dozens of takes for seemingly trivial reasons.

The long and short of all that is that it took from 1977 to 1980 for "Gaucho" to be released, while they had previously released six albums in six years. Before, there had been almost no unused songs. Often, they had resorted to going back to earlier unreleased songs written before their first album (of which there were many) to fill up their albums. But with three years passing for "Gaucho," they had a big surplus this time. And since they had such high levels of consistency and quality, even their outtakes were generally very good. 

None of these songs have been officially released in any form, with one key exception that I was discuss later. But different versions have leaked to the public over the years, with one key leak of a song taking place only last year (2023). However, many of the versions were incomplete, and/or suffered sound quality issues. But also, in recent years, audio editing technology has increased by leaps and bounds, using many of the same aspects of generative AI that has made the news, such as Chat GPT. Using these new tools, fans have created mixes of these songs fixing the sound quality issues. Some musically talented fans have even gone further and added in their own musical instrumentation to fill in missing pieces, especially since some of the songs were never completely finished. 

All the songs here use special mixes done by others, so all I have to do was collect them. For that, I mostly followed the recommendations of a YouTuber named AE Collins. Two of the songs here are "outfakes," which I define to mean they had added music not on the original recordings. Those two are "Kulee Baba" and "Talkin' Bout My Home." Both of them contain vocals from the original recordings, but have music by a very talented person named Michael Caplin. In the case of Kulee Baba, I believe he added in all the instrumentation! But if you listen, you would never know, because it's played in the exact style of Steely Dan. 

The only song here that has been officially released is "FM (No Static at All)." This didn't appear on any Steely Dan album at the time, but it was released both as a single and on the soundtrack to the movie "FM" in 1978. There actually were four different versions released in total, including a long 12 Inch single version. Some versions contain a guitar solo, and other versions contain a saxophone solo. Different fans have combined them to create a maximally long version with both the guitar and saxophone solos. I've used that. So while the song is a well known hit, this is a special edit that is unreleased. As far as I know, it seems to be the only other non-album track from this era. Most versions of the "Gaucho" outtakes albums don't include it, but I think it fits in great.

If there was an alternate universe in which this album really was released, it's hard to say when exactly that would have been. Perhaps it would have come out in 1979, which would make the inclusion of "FM" from 1978 more fitting. Or perhaps it would have come out after "Gaucho," in 1981 or thereabouts. I'm going with 1980, since that's when I figure all the recording for all of these ended. 

By the way, the last song, "Were You Blind That Day," is the only one that isn't a totally unique song that didn't make any of the band's studio albums. Eventually, it was reworked into the song "Third World Man," which made it to the "Gaucho" album. But while the music is basically the same, the lyrics are totally different, so I figured it merited inclusion.

You can find more information about this topic at the Wikipedia entry on the "Gaucho" album. There's a whole section just on the outtakes. Here's the link:

Gaucho (album) - Wikipedia

This album is 44 minutes long.

01 Kulee Baba [Michael Caplin Outfake] (Steely Dan)
02 I Can't Write Home about You [Jive Miguel Mix] (Steely Dan)
03 Kind Spirit [Bleu's Audio Archive Mix] (Steely Dan)
04 Stand by the Seawall [Jive Miguel Mix] [Instrumental] (Steely Dan)
05 F.M. [No Static at All] [Extended Mix] (Steely Dan)
06 The Bear [Jive Miguel Mix 2] (Steely Dan)
07 Talkin' Bout My Home [Michael Caplin Outfake] (Steely Dan)
08 The Second Arrangement [Andreas Mixes Mix] (Steely Dan)
09 Were You Blind That Day [Early Version of Third World Man] (Steely Dan)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16509254/STELYDN1980ThBer_atse.zip.html

Different people have come up with different names for this album of outtakes, such as "Gaucho II." "The Bear" seems to be a particularly popular name, after one of the songs. I did a Google search for "Steely Dan" and "The Bear," and found the image I used for the cover included in a YouTube video. I couldn't figure out who made it or what it's from, but I think it's a great fit. My only change is that I cropped it differently.

Mark Knopfler - What Have I Got to Do - Non-Album Tracks (1990-1996)

I've posted some BBC albums from Mark Knopfler's solo career. Now I want to post a few stray tracks albums. This is the first one.

Knopfler's band Dire Straits kind of ended in 1986, after a long world tour supporting the massively successful "Brothers in Arms" album. He seemed exhausted by the stardom and basically took a few years off from music. Then in 1990, he revived the band, and put out a final studio album, "On Every Street," in 1991. Then, after another massive world tour, he retired the band again, this time for good. He later said, "I put the thing to bed because I wanted to get back to some kind of reality. It's self-protection, a survival thing. That kind of scale is dehumanizing."

Knopfler clearly didn't have the personality for that level of stardom, because he again took off a couple of years to recover before putting out his first solo album, "Golden Heart," in 1996.

But that's not the whole story of that time period, because he had some other music projects going on as well. The most important one was a role in another band, the Notting Hillbillies. That resulted in a 1990 album, "Missing... Presumed Having a Good Time." 

He also played a lot of concerts with guitarist Eric Clapton, and had a major role for a studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. The first song here is a song he did with Clapton for the big 1990 Knebworth Festival. Technically, one could call this a Dire Straits performance, since there were other Dire Straits band members with him on stage at the time, even though they weren't officially reunited yet. But the original song was never officially released by Dire Straits or anyone else. The next four songs are from the 1990 album "Neck and Neck," which was billed as a Knopfler and Chet Atkins album. Knopfler produced it and played guitar all over it, but I've only included the four songs where Knopfler sang with Atkins as well. All the songs were covers, except "The Next Time I'm in Town," which was written by Knopfler.

After this, there's a big time jump to 1995, while Knopfler recovered and prepared for a proper solo career. He next emerged with an appearance on a 1995 album by the Chieftans, which is track 7, "The Lily of the West." Track 6, "No Wonder He's Confused," is an unreleased studio track, no doubt a song that he considered putting on his 1996 solo album "Golden Heart." Tracks 8 and 9 are B-sides from singles released from that album. The last song, "Blues Stay Away from Me" comes from an appearance on a 1996 album by guitarist Steve Phillips, who was one of his bandmates with the Notting Hillbillies.

This album is 46 minutes long.

01 Think I Love You Too Much (Mark Knopfler & Eric Clapton)
02 Poor Boy Blues (Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins)
03 Just One Time (Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins)
04 There'll Be Some Changes Made (Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins)
05 The Next Time I'm in Town (Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins)
06 No Wonder He's Confused (Mark Knopfler)
07 The Lily of the West (Chieftains with Mark Knopfler)
08 My Claim to Fame (Mark Knopfler)
09 What Have I Got to Do (Mark Knopfler)
10 Blues Stay Away from Me (Steve Phillips & Mark Knopfler)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16505919/MARKKNPFLR1990-1996WhtHveIGttDo_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is a promo photo from 1995.

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 5: 2009-2012

Once again, here's another in a long series of stray tracks albums for Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith.

If you like the previous volumes, you should like this one too. I don't have much else to say, other than to explain where the songs come from.

All but the last two songs have been officially released. Those two are from concert bootlegs. The other songs are generally from tribute albums, appearances on albums by other musicians, and bonus tracks. Tracks 7 through 9 are bonus tracks from the 2011 album "Long Player Late Bloomer."

There are more originals on this one than the previous volumes, I think. The three bonus tracks mentioned above are originals. So are the two songs with Carlos Fregtman (tracks 4 and 5). "Love Shines" is another original, from the "Long Player Late Bloomer" album, but track 12 is a solo acoustic version done in concert.

"Day Is Done," originally by Nick Drake, is the sole bonus track. It's a lovely version, but unfortunately it's from an audience concert bootleg, and the sound quality isn't as good as the rest.

Thanks again to Pete the Greek for help in putting this together and figuring out the original artists for each song, as he's done for the whole "Reason to Believe" series.

This album is 45 minutes long, not including the bonus track.

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 Crayon Angels - Judee Sill
02 Broken in Two - Krista Hartman
03 When I Need You - Leo Sayer
04 Ghost of a Chance - Carlos Fregtman & Ron Sexsmith
05 Thoughts and Prayers - Carlos Fregtman & Ron Sexsmith
06 Broken Hearted People - Guy Clark
07 Next Time - Ron Sexsmith
08 Wooden Toys - Ron Sexsmith
09 Chambermaid - Ron Sexsmith
10 I Surrender Dear - Bing Crosby
11 Give Me Love [Give Me Peace on Earth] - George Harrison
12 Love Shines - Ron Sexsmith
13 Good Old Desk - Harry Nilsson
Day Is Done - Nick Drake

Here's the usual song list:

01 Crayon Angels (Ron Sexsmith)
02 Broken in Two (Krista Hartman & Ron Sexsmith)
03 When I Need You (Albert Hammond with Ron Sexsmith)
04 Ghost of a Chance (Carlos Fregtman & Ron Sexsmith)
05 Thoughts and Prayers (Carlos Fregtman & Ron Sexsmith)
06 Broken Hearted People (Ron Sexsmith)
07 Next Time (Ron Sexsmith)
08 Wooden Toys (Ron Sexsmith)
09 Chambermaid (Ron Sexsmith)
10 I Surrender Dear (Alex Pangman & Ron Sexsmith)
11 Give Me Love [Give Me Peace on Earth] (Ron Sexsmith)
12 Love Shines (Ron Sexsmith)
13 Good Old Desk (Ron Sexsmith & the Silver Ages)

Day Is Done (Ron Sexsmith)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16463657/RONSXSMTH2009-2012ResnstoBliveVlum5_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is from 2011. I don't know the details.

Paul McCartney - Comfort of Love - Non-Album Tracks (2002-2005)

It's been a slow process, but I continue to work my way through Paul McCartney's solo career with stray tracks compilations. We're finally firmly into the 2000s with this one, the twelfth in the series so far.

All but three of the songs have been officially released. Those three are "India," an unusual original that was only played once in concert, " Celebration (Sea Melody)," another original, and "All Things Must Pass." That last song is one of three George Harrison songs sung by McCartney in tribute, due to the fact that his fellow Beatle died in 2001. These three songs come from concert bootlegs, but all have excellent sound quality.

In 2005, McCartney released the studio album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," which was well received by critics. Five of the songs here are B-sides from singles released from that album, and another one is a bonus tracks. The two other George Harrison compositions, "For You Blue" and "Something," are from the "Concert for George" album in 2002. That just leaves "Whole Life," which is a collaboration with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, and was released on a various artists EP.

This album is 44 minutes long.

01 India (Paul McCartney)
02 For You Blue (Paul McCartney)
03 Something (Paul McCartney)
04 Celebration [Sea Melody] [Instrumental] (Paul McCartney)
05 Comfort of Love (Paul McCartney)
06 All Things Must Pass (Paul McCartney)
07 Growing Up Falling Down (Paul McCartney)
08 I Want You to Fly (Paul McCartney)
09 She Is So Beautiful (Paul McCartney)
10 Summer of '59 (Paul McCartney)
11 This Loving Game (Paul McCartney)
12 Whole Life (Paul McCartney & Dave Stewart)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16375344/PAULMCCRTNY2002-2005omfrtofLve_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is from an appearance at the  Adopt-A-Minefield Gala in Century City, California, in October 2004.

Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 4: 2006-2009

Here's another album of Ron Sexsmith's non-album tracks, with the vast majority of them covers. I hope you're enjoying this series, because there are a bunch more volumes to come.

All but one song here has been officially released. That one song is the last one, "Ring Them Bells," which comes from a concert bootleg.

Four songs are extras for his 2008 album "Exit Strategy of the Soul." Tracks 6 and 7 are bonus tracks available only on the Japanese release (and boy were they hard to get!), while tracks 8 and 9 are more conventional bonus tracks. The other songs are a typical mix of appearances on other artists' albums, various artists collections, and movie soundtracks.

I think the song "Fall at Your Feet" deserves special mention. This was done for a live album by a flamenco guitar virtuoso named Jesse Cook. With Sexsmith on vocals and Cook on guitar, I dare say they actually outdid the excellent Crowded House original. 

Note that I'd be stretching things to call this a covers album, because six of the songs were written by Sexsmith, more than on any of the previous volumes in this series.

Once again, thanks to Pete the Greek for his help putting these albums together.

This album is 48 minutes long. 

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 Love Henry - traditional
02 Dumptruck - Ron Sexsmith
03 Philadelphia - Neil Young
04 Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby
05 Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House
06 Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
07 Rain on the Roof - Ron Sexsmith
08 Seems to Me - Ron Sexsmith
09 Too Good to Be True - Ron Sexsmith
10 Devoted to You - Everly Brothers
11 Something to Hold On To [At Christmas] - Ron Sexsmith
12 Simple Grace - Chris Warren
13 Whatever It Takes - Ron Sexsmith
14 Ring Them Bells - Bob Dylan

Here's the usual song list:

01 Love Henry (Ron Sexsmith with Don Kerr)
02 Dumptruck (Ron Sexsmith)
03 Philadelphia (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Moonlight Becomes You (Ron Sexsmith)
05 Fall at Your Feet (Jesse Cook & Ron Sexsmith)
06 Here Comes My Baby (Ron Sexsmith)
07 Rain on the Roof (Ron Sexsmith)
08 Seems to Me (Ron Sexsmith)
09 Too Good to Be True (Ron Sexsmith)
10 Devoted to You (Melanie Doane with Ron Sexsmith)
11 Something to Hold On To [At Christmas] (Ron Sexsmith)
12 Simple Grace (Chris Warren & Ron Sexsmith)
13 Whatever It Takes (Michael Buble with Ron Sexsmith)
14 Ring Them Bells (Ron Sexsmith) 

https://www.upload.ee/files/16375332/RONSXSMTH2006-2009ResnstoBliveVlum4_atse.zip.html

The cover photo comes from the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

Supergrass - Believer - Non-Album Tracks (1995-1997)

I feel I've been remiss in not posting anything from the British band Supergrass. But there are so many great musical acts out there. Even after doing this blog over five years, there are many I haven't gotten to yet.

This is a collection of non-album tracks. It's the only such collection I have. For some reason, the band recorded a big surplus of songs while recording their first two albums, "I Should Coco" in 1995 and "In It for the Money" in 1997. In particular, when I got "In It for the Money" shortly after it came out, it came with a second disc of extra songs. Seven of the songs here come from that.

Supergrass is considered a "Britpop" band, and got popular in Britain around the same time as other Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur. Like the best of those bands, their music had a new style while still building on musical styles from the past, especially the 1960s. One can see that here by the fact that although most of the songs here are originals, the three covers, "Just Dropped In (To See What My Condition Was In)," "Stone Free," "Where Have All the Good Times Gone," are all from the 1960s.

All of the songs here have been officially released. Most of them are from B-sides. Only four are not, tracks five through eight. Those come from a 20th anniversary version of the "I Should Coco" album. Note that most of the others made it onto a later deluxe version of  "In It for the Money."

For some reason, the amount of non-album tracks seems to go way down after their first two albums. (The last song is actually from 1999.) Probably, they had a really big burst of creativity in this era. "In It for the Money" is my favorite album of theirs, and it's made its way to various best albums lists. For instance, readers of the British music magazine Q twice voted it one of the top 100 albums of all time. So I don't have any more non-album tracks collections from them planned. However, I do plan on posting more of their music, especially BBC material.

This album is 50 minutes long.

01 Sitting Up Straight (Supergrass)
02 Odd (Supergrass)
03 Wait for the Sun (Supergrass)
04 Sex (Supergrass)
05 Just Dropped In [To See What My Condition Was In] (Supergrass)
06 Stone Free (Supergrass)
07 I Believe in Love (Supergrass)
08 Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Supergrass)
09 Melanie Davis (Supergrass)
10 Nothing More's Gonna Get in My Way (Supergrass)
11 20ft Halo (Supergrass)
12 Je Suis Votre Papa Sucre (Supergrass)
13 Don't Be Cruel (Supergrass)
14 We Still Need More [Than Anyone Can Give] (Supergrass)
15 Believer (Supergrass)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16308231/SUPRGRSS1995-1997Blivr_atse.zip.html

I'm not quite sure what the story with the album cover is. The band's 1997 album "In It for the Money" has a cover that seems to have been used the vast majority of the time. But there's also an alternate cover, which is this one. All I did was remove that album title and replace it with a new title.

The Rolling Stones - Some More Girls 1 - Non-Album Tracks (1977-1978)

You might have noticed that I posted a series of stray tracks albums for the Rolling Stones up until two and a half years ago (writing this in February 2024), and then I stopped. That's because I got stuck around 1978 in their career. But I recently found a way to tackle this time period for the band. (Funnily enough, I also got stuck around 1978 with Bob Dylan's career for a long time.) I've created no less than three albums. The first is "Some Covers, Volume 1," an album entirely of cover versions that I posted back in 2021. Next comes this, "Some More Girls 1." That'll quickly be followed by "Some More Girls 2."

To understand why there's so much Rolling Stones material around 1978, you have to understand some of the band's history. In February 1977, the band's lead guitarist Keith Richards was caught by police in a hotel room with so much heroin that he was charged with drug trafficking, which could have resulted in a very long prison sentence, possibly even life in prison. Ultimately, his charge was reduced to mere drug possession and he only got a suspended sentence. But the band members didn't know that result until late 1978. In the meantime, the decided to record as much new music as possible, in case he was locked up for years.

Also in 1977, punk music was suddenly all the rage. The Rolling Stones had been coasting for a few years, reveling in their luxury lifestyle and taking way too many drugs. But they felt challenged by punk music and found new inspiration in wanting to stay relevant. The result was their 1978 album "Some Girls," widely considered to be one of their best. In fact, Rolling Stone Magazine has listed it as one of the 500 best albums of all time.

One reason it was so good was because they came up with so many new songs from all those sessions while worrying about Keith Richards' possible prison sentence that they had plenty to pick and choose from for the album. In fact, they wrote about 50 new songs, and only ten were used on the album. Some more would come out on their next two albums, "Emotional Rescue" and "Tattoo You." Then, in 2011, the "Some Girls" album was released with an entire second album of extra songs. Many of them were overdubbed, especially with lots of new vocals by lead singer Mick Jagger.

I've created two albums to gather all the extra songs from the "Some Girls" era that are publicly available. That includes most of the songs from the 2011 deluxe edition of the album, as well as lots of still unreleased outtakes. Note that I say "most of" because one of the deluxe edition songs, "We Had It All" was actually recorded in 1979, well after "Some Girls" was released. So I'll be putting that elsewhere. I've put another song, "Tallahassee Lassie," on the "Some Covers 1" album.

This album is composed of the remaining songs from the deluxe edition, plus one more. That one, "Everything's Turning to Gold," was released as a B-side in 1978.

I've arranged this so nearly all the songs are originals, with most of the cover versions going to the "Some Covers 1" album. The only cover here is "You Win Again," originally by Hank Williams. 

There's not much else to say, since this is very similar to the second disc of the deluxe edition of "Some Girls." Note though that I edited one song, "Petrol Blues." That's because it came to a very abrupt end that didn't sound good to me. So I took an small, instrumental portion from earlier in the song and added it to the end, then faded it out. That makes the song about ten seconds longer. I think it has a better finish now.

This album is 40 minutes long.

01 Claudine (Rolling Stones)
02 Everything's Turning to Gold (Rolling Stones)
03 So Young (Rolling Stones)
04 Do You Think I Really Care (Rolling Stones)
05 When You're Gone (Rolling Stones)
06 No Spare Parts (Rolling Stones)
07 Don't Be a Stranger (Rolling Stones)
08 I Love You Too Much (Rolling Stones)
09 Keep Up Blues (Rolling Stones)
10 You Win Again (Rolling Stones)
11 Petrol Blues [Edit] (Rolling Stones)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16307893/TROLLNGSTNS1977-1978SmeMreGrls1_atse.zip.html

The cover of "Some Girls" is very memorable. It's based on a vintage advertisement for female wigs, except some faces were replaced by members of the Rolling Stones and a random selection of female celebrities (as well as George Harrison, believe it or not). This led to legal trouble and the cover has since changed twice, but the basic look has stayed the same. I thought it would be fun to go with that same general idea. So I found a vintage ad for female underwear that seemed to have a similar vibe, and I used that. I also mimicked the font style and text placement for the words.