Essential demos, alternative takes, original versions, and peel sessions of CLASSIC songs...

another beach boys demo that would be on that pox: 70s version of 'santa ana winds'

I misunderstood the question when I answered earlier..

"Motion Picture Soundtrack" acoustic version.. I always liked it better than the version on Kid A.. and it includes that bonus verse at the end.

Alt version of Can's 'Thief' from a 1970 compilation with an extra verse that's about a minute longer than the version on Delay. One of the Mooney era's best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAiYRCpvC2c

whoa, good find!

The Cure 80s peel sessions are super essential. Some cool alternate versions of early album tracks w new lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbtOAa7taMs

A Session With The Remains is one of my gold standards as far as 60's stuff goes. the band letting loose in a studio late one night after a gig. i love their one and only album but this is the album you need if you want to know what they were capable of live. when i first heard this version of "I'm A Man" i just laughed hysterically and played it as loud as i possibly could over and over again. YOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-bD82R_stY

I much prefer the Spiritualized "Shine A Light (Unreleased mix) to the album version. Play this at my funeral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJd90kOEug

I guess there's the potential for a lot of Fall answers

gone through a few periods of my life in which all i listened to (cd listen to, wanted to listen to) was the fall peel sessions box set consecutively over & over

I much prefer the version of "Racing in the Street" on The Promise to the one that made it onto Darkness on the Edge of Town.

The BBC versions of "No Thugs in Our House" and "Life Begins at the Hop" on XTC's Transistor Blast box set kill the studio versions.

Moose - The live version of "This River Never Will Run Dry" tacked onto the end of the CD version of ...XYZ. Heavier, dreamier, and (I'd argue) better than the studio cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtjW9biBSEU

you know, that Peel sessions "Natural's Not In It" is amazing, the guitar sound!! "Entertainment", which I only heard after the Peel Sessions, has always disappointed me......

I'll add the live 3-minute acoustic "Down by The River" that emerged at whatever stage of Neil Young's endless 21st century stream of retrospection.....not sure I like it BETTER, but it seems just as fundamental as the Crazy Horse recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKIC_Kza4Ek

that is a fantastic demo!

somebody once tried to convince me that Stevie was only good bcz of Lindsey, so rong...

Always loved this...Michael's home demo of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2IzJihXPEM

On the Stevie Nicks tip, kind of a demo or alternate take but amazing nonetheless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEhIoKeTg0

This thread is the best!

Shades Of Scarlett Conquering by Joni Mitchell, in it's demo form is a warmer prospect than the album version.

Some chords seem different without the additional instrumentation, and a few lyric changes too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOYcSpxj3g