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| [[File:Newtowndemo-01.png | thumb | right |11 Track Cassette Inside cover and tape]]
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| | Name = Untitled
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| | Tracks = 11, 6, 4, 15
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| | Recorded = Coombeshead Studios, November 1996 – April 1997<ref name="tape">
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| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
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| | Art = -
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| | Format = Cassette
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| | Release = 1996-1997
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| | Chart = -
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| | Previous = This Is a Muse Demo
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| | PreviousLink = This Is a Muse Demo (demo)
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| | Next = 1997 Sawmills demo
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| | NextLink = Muse (EP)#Sawmills demo
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| | Type = demo
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| == Information ==
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| Muse did three recording sessions at [[Coombeshead Studios]] in Newton Abbot between November 1996 and April 1997. They recorded there surely more than 20 songs: some of them, in the following years, entered in the albums [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz]] and [[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry]], others became B-sides. From these sessions, recordet on Adat (Digital Audio Tape), they made various cassettes with different track lists from each other which were given to acquaintances and personalities of the local musical world. One of these cassette arrived to [[Dennis Smith]] who, after seeing them live in concert (at the [[Exeter Cavern Club]] in [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-07 (gig) | July 97]]) and listening to other tracks, decided to bring the Band at [[Sawmills Studio]] to record their first EP.
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| === The Sessions ===
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| The band recorded different songs at each session, these are the those known so far:
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| November 1996: recorded for sure [[Cave (song) | Cave]], [[Rain (song) | Rain]], [[Agitated (song) | Agitated]], [[Yes Please (song)| Crazy Days]]
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| Janwary 1997: recorded for sure [[Coma (song) | Coma]], [[Twin (song) | Balloonatic]], [[Boredom (song) | Boredom]], [[Sober (song) | Sober]], [[Jimmy Kane (song) | Jimmy Kane]], [[Ashamed (song) | Ashamed]], [[Connect The Kettle Lead (song) | Connect The Kettle Lead]]
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| April 1997: recorded for sure [[Plug in Baby (song) | Plug in Baby]], [[Nature_1 (song) | Earthquake]], [[Good News (song) | Good News]], [[Overdue (song) | Overdue]]
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| Other songs for sure recorded in Newton Abbot: [[Muscle Museum (song) | Muscle Museum]], [[Falling With The Crowd (song) | Falling With The Crowd]], [[Showbiz (song) | Showbiz]], [[Forameus (song) | Forameus]], [[The Unfished (song) | The Unfished]].
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| === 11 Track Cassette ===
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| [[File:Newtown Abbot 1996 demo tape auction, eBay 20080305.png | thumb | right | The auction page]]
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| [[File:NAdemobid.jpg | thumb | right | The final bid]]
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| An untitled demo cassette featuring 11 tracks that Muse recorded at [[Coombeshead Studios]]<ref name="hybtwi">
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| desc=Helping You Back to Work insert | doc=:File:Helping You Back to Work - insert.png | type=int
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| }}</ref> in Newton Abbot between November 1996 and January 1997. The only song released from these sessions was "[[Twin (song) |Balloonatic]]", on the 1997 compilation ''[[Helping You Back to Work volume 1 (compilation) |Helping You Back to Work volume 1]]''.
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| Samples of the demo tape were shared on Muse fan sites on 8{{supo|th}} December 2007 and 24{{supo|th}} February 2008.<ref name="ml20071208">
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| title=A-Loonatic | desc=Forum post | date=2007-12-08 | auth=Andrew Stone | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=28519 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> The tape was put up for auction on the 28th of February. A cross-website campaign by members of the [[Official Muse forum]],<ref name="mub20080228">
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| title=Muse demo for sale. Campaign to Obtain. | desc=Forum thread/post | date=2008-02-28 | auth=dannyinacircle | pub=Muse forum | url=http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=52071 | dom=board.muse.mu | type=ext
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| }}</ref> [[Muselive.com]],<ref name="ml20080227">
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| title=Muse Demo Tape - 1996 | desc=Muselive news | auth=Tom | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=29729 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> MuseWiki and [[French official Fan Club|MuseMessenger]],<ref name="ml20080223">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-02-23 | auth=chagdi | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1004956#1004956 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> spearheaded and bid for by informally elected trustee [[User:%DB%9E|SpaceDemented]],<ref name="ml20080221">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-02-21 | auth=Tene | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1001724#1001724 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> was set up prior to the auction's start.<ref name="ebay20080225">
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| title=Muse Demo For Sale - Campaign to Obtain - Please Help! | desc=Forum post | date=2008-02-25 | auth=SpaceDemented/[[User:۞]] | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1007244#1007244 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> The campaign raised ~£2,500, of which only £740 was needed to win the auction.<ref name="ml20080306">
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| {{cite |
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| title=1996: 11 Track EP Coming Soon | desc=Muselive news | date=2008-03-06 | auth=Tom | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=29890 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> Digital copies were released on Muselive on the 9th of May, 2008<ref name="ml20080509">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-05-09 | auth=paul_nicko | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=31512 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref>
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| The bid itself hovered at £410<ref name="ml20080228">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-02-28 | auth=Kynch | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1011919#1011919 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> in the days prior the the bid and £680 on the last day. In the final thirty seconds, it increased by the final £60. The bid ended at 23 minutes to midnight on the 5th of March. A total of 34 bids were made during the auction.<ref name="ebay20080305">
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| title=Muse Ultra Rare Demo Cassette / EP 1996 11 tracks on eBay, also, Cassettes, Music (end time 05-Mar-08 23:37:00 GMT) | desc=Auction page | date=2008-03-05 | auth=Michael Stone | pub=eBay | doc=:File:Muse_Ultra_Rare_Demo_Cassette_EP_1996_11_tracks.jpg | url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Muse-Ultra-Rare-Demo-Cassette-EP-1996-11-tracks_W0QQitemZ220205752826QQihZ012QQ | dom=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk | type=int
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| }}</ref>
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| Three sets of digital copies were made, one in a studio and two by FireSka. The first of these latter two was made using Dolby noise reduction built into the tape deck and the second without.<!--
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| The tape was put up for re-auction on the 2nd of May through eBay. This auction reached over £524 within the first day,<ref name="ml20080502b">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-05-02 | fetch=2008-05-03 | auth=Soulless is everywhere | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1111528#1111528 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> before being cancelled by eBay<ref name="eb20080502">
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| desc=Cancelled re-sale auction page | date=2008-05-02 | fetch=2008-05-03 | auth=FireSka | pub=eBay | doc=:File:Newton Abbot re-sale auction, cancelled first listing.png | url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190219290578 | dom=cgi.ebay.co.uk | type=int
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| }}</ref><ref name="ml20080502a">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-05-02 | fetch=2008-05-03 | auth=FireSka | pub=eBay | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1111025#1111025 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> for the reason of "copyright violation".
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| <ref name="ml20080502d">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-05-02 | fetch=2008-05-03 | auth=FireSka | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1112029#1112029 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> The tape was put up for auction again shortly after.<ref name="ml20080502c">
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-05-02 | fetch=2008-05-03 | auth=FireSka | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1111834#1111834 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref>-->
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| Responding to a question concerning the demo sixth months after the release, [[Christopher Wolstenholme]] joked that Andrew Stone would not get any more concert tickets. He described the resultant feeling as being akin to parents showing baby photos to a "new friend or girlfriend" and thought £700 had been a "bit of a rip off to be honest".<ref>{{cite/museboard20081128}}</ref>
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| On the unused side of the tape, the original owner had recorded a number of songs by various artists.<ref>
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-03-25 | auth=Michael Stone | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1050380#1050380 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref> On the left side of the track list space, there is a tracklisting which has been scribbled out, including The Prodigy's "Breathe" and Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight". <ref>
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| desc=Forum post | date=2008-03-25 | auth=Michael Stone | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=1050372#1050372 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
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| }}</ref>
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| === 6 Track Cassette ===
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| In January 2009, a 6-track demo tape from the same session was listed on eBay. The tape was copied from studio recordings for the seller by [[Matthew Bellamy]]. The original cassette tape contained a recording of Coombeshead College Choir that was copied over by Bellamy, and the B-side of the cassette contains five tracks of the seller's band.<ref name="ebay20090128">
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| title=MUSE - early demo tape - Coombeshead Studio 1996 on eBay, also, Cassettes, Music (end time 05-Feb-09 13:21:59 GMT) | desc=Auction page | date=2009-01-28 | auth=catdogmusic | pub=eBay | doc=:File:Coombeshead1.jpg | url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270335767456&mfe=sidebar | dom=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk | type=int
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| }}</ref>
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| === Ruptured Ambitions demo (4 Track Cassette) ===
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| In 2009 and again in 2010 this cassette was listed on eBay. It had originally been sent to Chris Willsher of Ruptured Ambitions Records, based in Devon, by Muse. It featured four tracks from the Newton Abbott demo sessions, although the quality of the tracks on the tape ultimately proved to be better than those on the full demo tape.
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| === 15 Track Cassette ===
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| A selection of 15 songs chosen by Dom after the last session at [[Coombeshead Studios]] in April 1997. This cassette probably has always remained in the possession of the band who used it in 2019 for the CD "Newton Abbot Demos" contained in the box [[Origin of Muse (box set) | Origin of Muse]]. In the tracklist [[Sober (song) | Sober]] is named "Soba".
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| === Touring ===
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| At the time of this demo being printed and shortly after, the band toured with twenty-five songs, though this number could be much larger. Based on current knowledge, Muse played the following songs live at the time of this release and just after:
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| | [[File:Muse_-_Showbiz.jpg | center | 60px]]
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| ! [[Showbiz (album) | Showbiz]] and<br>[[Origin of Symmetry (album) | Origin of Symmetry]]
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| ! [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live) | B-Sides]]
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| ! '''Demo Stages'''
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| * [[Muscle Museum (song) | Muscle Museum]]
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| * [[Fillip (song) | Fillip]]
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| * [[Cave (song) | Cave]]
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| * [[Showbiz (song) | Showbiz]]
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| * [[Sober (song) | Sober]]
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| * [[Escape (song) | Escape]]
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| * [[Overdue (song) | Overdue]]
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| * [[Hate This and I'll Love You (song) | Hate This and I'll Love You]]
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| * [[Spiral Static (song) | Spiral Static]]
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| * [[Plug In Baby (song) | Plug In Baby]]
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| * [[Agitated (song) | Agitated]]
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| * [[Ashamed (song) | Ashamed]]
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| * [[Coma (song) | Coma]]
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| * [[Do We Need This (song) | Do We Need This]]
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| * [[Host (song) | Host]]
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| * [[Jimmy Kane (song) | Jimmy Kane]]
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| * [[Pink Ego Box (song) | Pink Ego Box]]
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| * [[Twin (song) | Twin]]
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| * [[Yes Please (song) | Yes Please]]
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| * [[Nature_1 (song) | Nature_1]]
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| * [[Boredom (song) | Boredom]]
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| * [[Falling with the Crowd (song) | Falling with the Crowd]]
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| * [[Forameus (song) | Forameus]]
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| * [[Rain (song) | Rain]]
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| * [[Swm (song) | "Swm"]]
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| == Track list ==
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| === 11 Track Cassette ===
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| # [[Falling with the Crowd (song) | Falling with the Crowd]]
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| # [[Agitated (song) | Agitated]]
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| # [[Coma (song) | Coma]]
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| # [[Twin (song) | Balloonatic]]
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| # [[Forameus (song) | Forameus]]
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| # [[Boredom (song) | Boredom]]
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| # [[Yes Please (song) | Crazy Days]]
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| # [[Sober (song) | Sober]]
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| # [[Jimmy Kane (song) | Jimmy Kane]]
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| # [[Rain (song) | Rain]]
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| #[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]
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| === 6 Track Cassette ===
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| # [[Coma (song) | Coma]]
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| # [[Twin (song) | Balloonatic]]
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| # [[Sober (song) | Untitled]] (Sober)
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| # [[Boredom (song) | Boredom]]
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| # [[Jimmy Kane (song) | Jimmy Kane]]
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| # [[Ashamed (song) | Ashamed]]
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| === 4 Track Cassette ===
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| # [[Agitated (song) | Agitated]]
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| # [[Sober (song) | Sober]]
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| # [[Twin (song) | Balloonatic]]
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| # [[Ashamed (song) | Ashamed]]
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| === 15 Track Cassette ===
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| #[[Cave (song) | Cave]]
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| #[[Rain (song) | Rain]]
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| #[[Agitated (song)| Agitated]]
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| #[[Crazy Days (song)| Crazy Days]]
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| #[[Coma (song)| Coma]]
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| #[[Connect The Kettle Lead (song)| Connect The Kettle Lead]]
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| #[[Balloonatic (song)| Balloonatic]]
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| #[[Boredom (song)| Boredom]]
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| #[[Sober (song)| Soba]] (Sober)
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| #[[Jimmy Kane (song)| Jimmy Kane]]
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| #[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]
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| #[[Plug In Baby (song)| Plug In Baby]]
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| #[[Nature_1 (song)| Earthquake]]
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| #[[Good News (song)| Good News]]
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| #[[Overdue (song)| Overdue]]
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| == Audio hashes ==
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| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Newtowndemo-02.png | 11 Track Cassette Inside cover and tape – alternative angle
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| File:Newton Abbot demo cover.jpg | 11 Track Cassette Cover
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| File:Newton Abbot demo back cover and cassette.jpg | 11 Track Cassette Back cover
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| File:Newton Abbot demo cassette A side.jpg | 11 Track Cassette A-side (blank)
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| File:Newton Abbot demo cassette B side.jpg | 11 Track Cassette B-side
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| File:Insert side 1.jpg | 4 Track Cassette Inside Cover
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| File:Ruptured ambitions cassette.jpg | 4 Track Cassette
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| File:Ruptured ambition spine.jpg | 4 Track Cassette Spine Cover
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| </gallery>
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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| == See also ==
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| * [[User:۞/Muse Demo Campaign | Muse Demo Campaign]]
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| * [[:File:Muse Ultra Rare Demo Cassette EP 1996 11 tracks.jpg | Screen capture of the auction page]]
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