Thursday 22 September 2011

Dawn After Dark - Demos - xx.xx.1989 (Flac)



Again thanks to Egg_Crisis for this rarity from Dawn After Dark.

01 Lovin' Made Easy
02 Crawl Away
03 Ride
04 Monkey Paw
05 Hit & Run (end cut)
06 Shakin'

Length - 23:28

cassette(low gen,maybe 3rd gen,TDK SF90) > wav > Soundforge(normalise uneven L+R channels for each track) > CDWave(split on sector boundaries) > flac(6)


The end of Hit & Run is missing where the tape ran out.  It doesn't sound like there's a lot missing.  Also the sound goes a bit wobbly towards the end of the song.

I received this tape with no date listed.  I'm assuming it's from late 1989.  It's definitely not from early in the bands existence like those 1986 demos - the performance is a lot more polished and the songs sound more like the sort of stuff the band was doing in 1989.

As of Sept'89 none of these 6 songs had appeared in the bands live set.  That was the last time I saw the band, I don't know how much longer they continued.  I think H quit in early 1990 so these demos must be from those final few months before he quit the band.  Of course I may have this totally wrong!  If anyone's got any further info then make a comment!

Uploaded by Egg_Crisis for Dark Circle Room

Convert to mp3 for personal use only. Do not circulate in FLAC or WAV format without this info file.


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1 comment:

  1. These songs were all post - H when Johnny Stevenson has replaced him so must be from 1990 as H left end of 1989. Ride / Monkey Paw / Hit & Run / Crawl Away all featured in shows throughout 1990 when they gigged around the UK for around 6 months before calling it a day.

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