Re: Unreleased albums...

Really? Is "Return To Pepperland" that bad?



"WIZARDGLIK" <wizardglik@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> There is an unreleased Monkees album that falls between "More of The
> Monkees" and "Headquarters" (both 1967). The sessions were produced by
> Chip Douglas of The Turtles and many of the tracks have been released
> here and there on official rarities discs and the various Monkees box
> sets/anthologies. No title was ever given.
>
> Didn't Paul McCartney & Wings have a live album planned in like 1972/73
> called "One Hand Clapping" that never got released?
>
> Pete Townshend was working on a projected Who album called "Seige" in
> 1983, but quit after just a few songs were demo'd. These have shown up
> on his "Scoop" series. Don't know how many actual "songs" he completed
> before he abandoned it.
>
> There is a completely different version of Duran Duran's "Seven & The
> Ragged Tiger" (1983) that exists somewhere. The band cut the record,
> didn't like the sound, so they re-recorded pretty much the entire thing
> again in a different studio a few months later. No tracks have ever
> been leaked. Too bad, because the official album really sucks.
>
> Roger Waters reported in late 1987 that he planned on taking his
> touring band straight into the studio to do a follow-up to "Radio
> KAOS", like a sequel or part two, but nothing was ever heard from these
> sessions, if they in fact ever took place.
>
> Ringo Starr's "Can't Fight Lightening" (or has this actually been
> released somewhat recently?)
>
> George Harrison's original version of "Somewhere In England"
>
> Paul McCartney was working on a album in 1985 that never got released.
> He claimed he was suffering from writer's block and went to Eric
> Stewart of 10cc fame to help him squeeze out "Press To Play" in 1986.
> Several of these 1985 songs have been leaked unofficially as well as
> somewhat offically on Macca's "Oobu Joobu" radio series from the
> mid-90's. He ran into the same problem again in 1987/88 and did the
> traditional Macca thing when inspiration runs dry - he turns to
> covering a bunch of oldies - hence the much bootlegged Russian album
> from late 1988, which has been officially available on CD for awhile
> now. The 1987/88 sessions have also turned up on a few unoffical
> releases. The songs are simply horrible.
>


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