smokeverbs said:

I didn't know about this. Could you possibly provide a list of everything included?

sure. let me go look in my folders. they just reopened the site cuz greatest hits was just reissued. if you click on each of the stars on the front page, each one links to a page about each song, and each one has a link to a demo, or an unused remix. i'll post in a couple minutes with the list.

Here are some demos that I've found over the years.

Plastic Passion
10:15 Saturday Night
Fire In Cairo
I'm Cold
It's Not You
Killing An Arab
Play For Today
Forever
One Hundred Years
The Figurehead
Siamese Twins
Kyoto Song
Why Can't I Be You?
Sinking
Just Like Heaven
Another Girl Another Planet
Slvvy
The Three Sisters
Birdmad Girl
I Want To Be Old
Need Myself
I Dig You
I'm A Cult Hero
All Cats Are Grey
Bananafishbones
Boys Don't Cry
Cold Colors
Desperate Journalist
Faded Smiles
Heart Attack
Heroin Face
Just One Kiss
Lament
Cloudberry
M
Meathook
Numb
Old England
Pictures Of You
Piggy In The Mirror
Ariel
Seventeen Seconds
Shake Dog Shake
Subway Song
The Holy Hour
The Manor
Weedy Burton ??
World War
You Really Got Me
All Mine
Inbetween Days
Lullaby
Throw Your Foot
The Top
The Empty World
Wailing Wall
Watching Me Fall


What else am I missing? I'm sure there are tons. It would be nice if some of the better ones showed up on the album remasters.

ones i recommend (unless you're just going to do like i did and grab everything, oh how i miss my cable connection) are starred.

*boys don't cry chestnut studio demo with vocal 27/05/1978

*a forest instrumental demo from robert's parents' house 04/01/1980

let's go to bed robert's original demo idea called "temptation"

let's go to bed 12inch "duke" remix

the lovecats "tc & benny" 12inch remix

*the caterpillar live from early 1984 w/robert very drunk

inbetween days full band demo then titled "b2-are you taping?"

close to me full demo then titled "az-chirpy dmc"

why can't i be you? full demo then titled "stolen robin #1"

just like heaven robert's home demo idea titled "shivers"

*lullaby robert's demo idea titled "rs3 arched" intended for solo album

lovesong full band demo known as "s2" recorded at boris' house

*pictures of you robert's demo titled then as "xp"

high simon's home demo idea known then as "anniversary"

friday i'm in love an early 1992 performance

mint car simon's home demo

wrong number robert's demo called "a thought"

wrong number ilb crossed line remix w/warm vocal

cut here demo titled then as "b46 v.3"

*just say yes full version from 1999 "bloodflowers" sessions

***signal to noise acoustic version

smokeverbs said:

Thanks!

TRON said:

wow, i'm missing a lot of these. here's what i have:

Plastic Passion
One Hundred Years
Sinking
Another Girl Another Planet (I THINK THIS IS A LIVE TRACK THO)
The Three Sisters
Birdmad Girl
I Want To Be Old
Need Myself
listen (pillbox tales)
I Dig You (NOT REALLY THE CURE? single by the cult heroes)
I'm A Cult Hero (NOT REALLY THE CURE? single by the cult heroes)
All Cats Are Grey
Boys Don't Cry
Cold Colors
Heart Attack
Lament (flexidisc version?)
Cloudberry
Old England
uyea sound
Ariel
Seventeen Seconds
Weedy Burton ?? (this is an unlisted track on "three imaginary boys)
World War (only on the cassette of "boys don't cry" -- is there a demo for this?)

all the 20 or so tracks from the hits site.

hey, how is that watching me fall and i'm cold demo?

i can't think of anything you're missing other than 1 or 2 of the lost wishes tracks --i have some catching up to do, it seems.
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smokeverbs said:

It's been a long time since I've listened so I honestly don't remember. I'll have to listen and report back to you. There were several more I was trying to get but I can't remember what those are anymore. Lots of memory problems. LOL.

Weedy Burton is on Three Imaginary Boys? How did I not know this? What track is it?

What's the address to that Greatest Hits Cure site? Are the tracks in MP3 format? What's the quality?

I'm pretty sure they can't go wrong with this set considering they are re-releasing all of the albums remastered with bonus tracks as well.

Moonbeam said:

That's what I'm thinking. I'm sure it'll be perfect. Unlike Eurythmics who are leaving vital things off.

weedy burton is by all accounts the last song on three imaginary boys.


yeah it'd be nice to see a good rythmics rarities collection. alright well nice talkin to ya tron and moon. tron ain't you from the motown area?

smokeverbs said:

Yup. Born and raised.

I'll have to bust out my Three Imaginary Boys now to see. I usually opt for Boys Don't Cry so I need to compare.

Nice talking with you too. It's nice to talk with someone who knows more about The Cure than I do.

smokeverbs said:

Always good to talk to you about the greatest band ever.

Cool. I just checked your profile smokeverbs. I didn't know you were from Detroit. Rock on!

TRON said:

http://curehits.com/


they're 126kbps mp3s. the quality on most of the songs is almost on par with the bloodflowers demos, if you've heard them. a few things are home demos but still decent sound. i mean, nothin approaching how bad the sound on the plastic passion demo (the one that sounds like a night like this)

No fuckin way. Carnage Visors is a waste of 27 minutes of disc space.

i agree i'd rather have the 27 minutes used for other tracks... but i also like Carnage Visors, it's cool music just to chill to. maybe on the Faith reissue.

smokeverbs said:

I haven't heard the Bloodflowers demos. Which ones are there?

And thank you very much for the link.

I guess I can't save target as. It must be one of those temporary internet files deals.

TRON said:

damn. last year, they were downloadable links. now it looks like they just stream. i've got them burned onto a cd if you're that curious we can prolly work somethin out.

TRON said:

out of this world
watching me fall
where the birds always sing
there is no if
the loudest sound
39
spilt milk
lost flower 1
lost flower 2
lost flower 3
lost flower 4
lost flower 5
(these "lost flowers" are untitled demos, one of them turned out to be "just say yes")


these are all instrumental 160ks mp3s, and i'm not a fan of a lot of the instrumental cure demos out there, but these are top notch. there's some amazing things going on behind robert's vocals on the bloodflowers album.

and... here ya go! http://www.substance.ws/a...antingmore

this site has working links, i just tried them! enjoy...
they also have short clips of the wild mood swings demos, ugh.

JonSnow said:

that's exactly what i'm sayin.

smokeverbs said:

Thanks again.

I'll let you know about a trade. Maybe we can swap the demos that each of us doesn't have.

cool. so did you get those bloodflowers demos?

smokeverbs said:

Not yet. They seem to be streaming too.

they aren't, i don't understand why it isn't working for you. they download fine in my download accelerator... hrmm

alright i just tested these links, they work, they aren't streams, they are 160kbps mp3s. hopefully it will work for you "save target as"....


http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
http://www.substance.ws/M...(Demo).mp3
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TRON said:

That is gonna kick ass

smokeverbs said:

Thanks for the links. I wasn't doing it right. I was left instead of right clicking. I'll listen and get back with you.