Original Demo Recordings

16 Tracks '74 - '86

Al Stewart

The Ringing of Bells - 3'54
Merlin's Time - 1'18
Absolutely Sweet Marie - 4'23
The Candidate - 1'09
Life in a Bottle - 4'38
Doubting Thomas - 4'00
Company - 2'15
Another Face in the Crowd - 3'02
A Small Fruit Song - 3'52
Dreaming - 4'12
Josephine Baker - 3'31
Electric Air - 5'22
Dangerzone - 3'56
Tonton Macoutte - 4'19
Palace of Versailles - 5'43
Lyke Wake Dirge - 4'24

Some of these tracks also appear on Best of the Unreleased Tracks '73 - '99

Another great selection of demos and rarities; some have popped up in other places since - but at the time this came out, these were as rare as the tracks on SLAGIATT. Studio quality sound on most tracks; a couple of lower quality.

Overall Quality (entirely subjective!):

Originality / Uniquity

Sound Quality

Check if there's a copy for sale.

Most of the tracks are available on studio and compilation CDs.

Small Fruit Song can be found on Zero She Flies

Palace of Versailles first appeared on Time Passages

The Candidate is on Russians and Americans

Merlin's Time can be found on 24 P Carrots

Josephine Baker later appeared on Last days of the Century

04 January 2022 |

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