Demos  

This page includes studio work and demos. Italics indicate songs, or versions of songs, that are still unreleased. There are a few gaps in the latter part of the page but these will be completed soon.

DEMO SESSION: Sickly Grin / Boats And Trains / Sink Or Swim / In The Heat of the Day. August 1982, Input Studio, Sheffield

"It" LP SESSIONS: My Lighthouse / Wishful Thinking / Blue Girls / Love Love / In Many Ways / Looking For Life / Please Don't Worry / Sink Or Swim. December 1982, Victoria Studios, Sheffield. NB: Sink or Swim left unmixed.

"It" LP SESSION: Joking Aside. February 1983, Southern Studios London. NB: Around this time Jarvis did demos of two songs with his sister Saskia.

"EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM" SESSION: Everybody's Problem / There Was.  Summer 1983, Southern Studios, London

"SUDAN GERRI" DEMO: Simultaneous / Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) / Maureen / I Want You / Anorexic Beauty / Srpski Jeb / Don't You Know / Take You Back / Blue Glow / Cousins / The Will To Power / Silence. 8 May 1984, Wicker Karate Rooms, Sheffield. NB: This demo got its name from a misinterpretation of "Chudan Geri", a basic karate move which translates as "Kick to the abdomen". "Srpski Jeb" is from the Serbian for "Serbian Fuck".

"PINK PONG JERRY" DEMO: Mark of the Devil / Simultaneous /  Maureen / Anorexic Beauty / Back In L.A. 11 November 1984, Castle Table Tennis Rooms, Sheffield. (Hence the title of the demos).

"FREAKS" LP SESSIONS: Fairground / I Want You / Being Followed Home / Master of the Universe / Life Could Be So Wonderful / There's No Emotion / Anorexic Beauty / The Never - Ending Story (aka Kettledrum) / Don't You Know / They Suffocate At Night / Tunnel / Manon. June 1986, Input Studio, Sheffield. NB: Manon partially re-recorded and mixed for 12" B side.

FON SESSION: Death Comes To Town / Death Goes To The Disco. December 1987, Fon Studios, Sheffield. NB: Death Comes To Town was intended to be a single.

"SEPARATIONS" LP SESSIONS: Love Is Blind / Don't You Want Me Anymore? / She's Dead / Separations / Down By The River / Death lll (aka Countdown) / My Legendary Girlfriend / Death ll / This House Is Condemned. August to December 1989, Fon Studio, Sheffield.

PARROT & WINSTON REMIXES: Is This House?  /  This House Is Condemned (remix). January 1990, Fon Studio, Sheffield.

"O.U." REMIXING: O.U. (Gone, Gone) (remix by Ed Buller). February 1992, Protocol Studios, London.

ISLAND RECORDS DEMO: Razzmatazz / The Boss / Happy Endings / Watching Nicky / Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia) / Glass (aka Your Sister's Clothes). 7 May 1992, Island Records Fallout Shelter, London. 

"BABIES" SESSIONS: Babies / Sheffield Sex City. 20-24 July 1992, Island Records Fallout Shelter, London. 

"BABIES" SESSION: Sheffield Sex City (overdubs) / Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia) (overdubs of Island demo version). 5 or 6 August 1992, Protocol Studios, London. 

"BABIES" B SIDE SESSION: Sheffield Sex City (remixes). August 1992, Island Records Music Studio, London.

"RAZZMATAZZ" SESSIONS:  Razzmatazz (produced by Ed Buller). 26 October 1992, Matrix Studio, London.

"RAZZMATAZZ" REMIX: Razzmatazz (mixed by Ed Buller) 26 October 1992, Matrix Studio, London.

"RAZZMATAZZ" B SIDE SESSIONS: Stacks / Inside Susan / 59 Lyndhurst Grove . 9 December 1992, Protocol Studios, London.

"RAZZMATAZZ" RE-RECORDING: Razzmatazz (drums rerecorded by Phil Vinall). December 1992, unknown studio in East London.

"RAZZMATAZZ" REMIX: Razzmatazz (remix by Phil Vinall). December 1992. Matrix Studio, London.

"LIPGLOSS" SESSIONS: Lipgloss / She's A Lady / Have You Seen Her Lately? 2-10 July 1993. Britannia Row Studio, London. NB: Ian Broudie did an unused remix of Lipgloss.

"LIPGLOSS" B SIDE SESSIONS: Deep Fried In Kelvin. 23-24 July 1993, Axis Studio, Sheffield.

LP DEMOS: Joyriders / Do You Remember The First Time? / David's Last Summer / Frightened / 'Razz ll'. 10-11 September 1993, Axis Studio, Sheffield. NB: 'Razz ll was unfinished & subsequently scrapped. NB: Do You Remember The First Time? was known as Do You Remember Your First Time?

"HIS 'N' HERS" LP SESSIONS: Joyriders / Acrylic Afternoons / Have You Seen Her Lately? / She's A Lady (overdubs) / Happy Endings / Do You Remember The First Time?/ Pink Glove / Someone Like The Moon / David's Last Summer / Do You Remember The First Time? (soundtrack). October 1993 - February 1994, Britannia Row Studio, London. NB Ed Buller later did an unused remix of Pink Glove.

"DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME?" B SIDE Street Lites / The Babysitter. 9 December 1993, Milo Studio, London.

"DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME?" B SIDE Street Lites / The Babysitter (overdubs & mixing). 29 & 30 December 1993, Axis Studio, Sheffield.

"DIFFERENT CLASS" SESSIONS Bar Italia / Monday Morning / Mile End / P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association) / Pencil Skirt. 27 February-2 April 1995, The Town House, London.

"COMMON PEOPLE" SESSIONS Common People / Underwear. 18-24 January 1995, The Town House, London.

"COMMON PEOPLE" MIXING: Motiv8 Club Vocal mix / Motiv8 Instrumental / Motiv8 Club Vocal mix (version2). The Town House, London. 12 May 1995

LP DEMOS Mis-shapes / Sorted for E's and Wizz / Something Changed / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / Disco 2000 / Live Bed Show / I Spy / Ansaphone / Paula / (Don't) Lose It / Catcliffe Shakedown / We Can Dance Again.  5-12 June 1995, Axis Studio, Sheffield. NB: We Can Dance Again was performed at the Theatre Royal Christmas concert of 1994.

"DIFFERENT CLASS" LP SESSIONS Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E's & Wizz / Something Changed / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / Ansaphone / Disco 2000 / Live Bed Show / Monday Morning / Mile End. 19 June-28 July 1995, The Town House, London.

"DIFFERENT CLASS" LP MIXING Bar Italia / Monday Morning / Mile End / P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association) / Pencil Skirt / Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E's & Wizz / Something Changed / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / Ansaphone / Disco 2000 / Live Bed Show / Monday Morning / Mile End. 31 June-14 August 1995, The Town House, London

"DIFFERENT CLASS" ORCHESTRA SESSION I Spy / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / Something Changed.  22 July 1995, Air Studios, London

"PULP" SESSIONS: Birds in Your Garden / Darren / Bob Lind / Sunrise (Alt / Dynamics mix) / Yesterday / The Quiet Revolution / Wickerman / Cuckoo Song / Got To Have Love. Cosford Mill Studios, Surrey. 16 Nov 1999. NB: At this stage the album that would become We Love Life was eponymously titled. 

DEPOT DEMOS: Love You Baby / Six String / Chordy  / Playground  / Last Song In The World  / Medieval Owl  / Forever in my Dreams / Candy's Spectre  / Disco too Disco / Jungle Rumble / Dream Galaxy. Recorded at The Depot (?) c. 1999. NB: All of these had lyrics but were recorded here as instrumentals. Chordy also known as My Mistake & is reminiscent of Birds in Your Garden. Playground sounds like Grandfather's Nursery (see next item). Forever in my Dreams (with vocals) ended up on the Bad Cover Version single. Candy's Spectre became Bad Cover Version. Disco too Disco became After You (see next item) and Jungle Rumble became Minnie Timperley. 

WESSEX DEMOS: After You / M'Lady / Grandfather's Nursery / The Performance of a Lifetime / St Just / Got to Have Love.  NB: Recorded at Wessex Studios 99/00. St Just started life as Disco too Disco. 

"PULP" SESSIONS: Bad Cover Version. Produced by Howie B. Whitfield Studios, London.

"PULP" SESSIONS RE-MASTERED: Weeds / Origin of the Species / Minnie Timperley / Trees / Wickerman / I Love Life / Birds in Your Garden / Bob Lind / Bad Cover Version / Roadkill / Sunrise (Townhouse version) / Trees (Radio Edit) / Sunrise (remake version). Produced by Scott Walker, 10 August 2001, Metropolis Studios, London. NB: At this stage the album was still eponymously titled.