Newton Abbot demo (demo)
| Muse demo | |
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| Name | Newton Abbot Demos |
| Tracks | 11, 6, 4, 15 |
| Total length | |
| Recorded | Coombeshead Studios, November 1996 – April 1997[1] |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Unknown |
| Format(s) | Cassettes |
| Release date | 1996-1997 |
| demo chronology | |
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This Is a Muse Demo ← Newton Abbot Demos → 1997 Sawmills demo
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Information
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 and Origin of Symmetry, others became B-sides. From these sessions, recorded 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 July 97) and listening to other tracks, decided to bring the Band at Sawmills Studio to record their first EP. The only song released from these sessions was "Balloonatic", on the 1997 compilation Helping You Back to Work volume 1.
The Sessions
The band recorded different songs at each session, these are those known so far:
15th November 1996: recorded for sure Cave, Rain, Agitated, Crazy Days, Falling With The Crowd, Forameus
12th January 1997: recorded for sure Coma, Balloonatic, Boredom, Sober, Jimmy Kane, Ashamed, Connect The Kettle Lead
April 1997: recorded for sure Plug in Baby, Earthquake, Good News, Overdue
Other songs for sure recorded in Newton Abbot: Muscle Museum, Showbiz, The Unfishable.
11 Track Cassette
An untitled cassette featuring 11 tracks that Muse recorded at Coombeshead Studios[2] in Newton Abbot between November 1996 and January 1997.
Samples of the demo tape were shared on Muse fan sites on 8th December 2007 and 24th February 2008.[3] The tape was put up for auction on the 28th of February. A cross-website campaign by members of the Official Muse forum,[4] Muselive.com,[5] MuseWiki and MuseMessenger,[6] spearheaded and bid for by informally elected trustee SpaceDemented,[7] was set up prior to the auction's start.[8] The campaign raised ~£2,500, of which only £740 was needed to win the auction.[9] Digital copies were released on Muselive on the 9th of May, 2008[10] The bid itself hovered at £410[11] 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.[12]
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.
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".[13] On the unused side of the tape, the original owner had recorded a number of songs by various artists.[14] 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". [15]
6 Track Cassette
In January 2009, a 6-track demo tape from the first two sessions in Newton Abbot, 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.[16]
Ruptured Ambitions demo (4 Track Cassette)
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 Abbot demo sessions, although the quality of the tracks on the tape ultimately proved to be better than those on the full demo tape.
15 Track Cassette
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. In the tracklist Sober is named "Soba".
Touring
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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B-Sides | Demo Stages |
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Track list
11 Track Cassette
- Falling with the Crowd
- Agitated
- Coma
- Balloonatic
- Forameus
- Boredom
- Crazy Days
- Sober
- Jimmy Kane
- Rain
- Ashamed
6 Track Cassette
- Coma
- Balloonatic
- Untitled (Sober)
- Boredom
- Jimmy Kane
- Ashamed
4 Track Cassette
15 Track Cassette
- Cave
- Rain
- Agitated
- Crazy Days
- Coma
- Connect The Kettle Lead
- Balloonatic
- Boredom
- Soba (Sober)
- Jimmy Kane
- Ashamed
- Plug In Baby
- Earthquake
- Good News
- Overdue
Audio hashes
Hash tables, first master copy »
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Here are hashes of the pcm audio data.
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Gallery
11 Track Cassette Inside cover and tape – alternative angle
11 Track Cassette Cover
11 Track Cassette Back cover
11 Track Cassette A-side (blank)
11 Track Cassette B-side
4 Track Cassette Inside Cover
4 Track Cassette
4 Track Cassette Spine Cover
References
- ↑ [Scan of the tape]. [verify]
- ↑ [Helping You Back to Work insert]. [verify]
- ↑ Andrew Stone. (2007-12-08). A-Loonatic. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ dannyinacircle. (2008-02-28). Muse demo for sale. Campaign to Obtain.. Muse forum. Retrieved from board.muse.mu.
- ↑ Tom. Muse Demo Tape - 1996. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ chagdi. (2008-02-23). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ Tene. (2008-02-21). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ SpaceDemented/User:۞. (2008-02-25). Muse Demo For Sale - Campaign to Obtain - Please Help!. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ Tom. (2008-03-06). 1996: 11 Track EP Coming Soon. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ paul_nicko. (2008-05-09). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ Kynch. (2008-02-28). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ Michael Stone. (2008-03-05). Muse Ultra Rare Demo Cassette / EP 1996 11 tracks on eBay, also, Cassettes, Music (end time 05-Mar-08 23:37:00 GMT). eBay. Retrieved from http://cgi.ebay.co.uk. [verify]
- ↑ News (2008-11-28). Muse website. Retrieved 2008-11-29 from board.muse.mu. [verify]
- ↑ Michael Stone. (2008-03-25). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ Michael Stone. (2008-03-25). [Forum post]. Muselive. Retrieved from www.muselive.com.
- ↑ catdogmusic. (2009-01-28). MUSE - early demo tape - Coombeshead Studio 1996 on eBay, also, Cassettes, Music (end time 05-Feb-09 13:21:59 GMT). eBay. Retrieved from http://cgi.ebay.co.uk. [verify]
