10,000 Maniacs – Unknown Location (03/xx/86) – Lost Songs, Demos

10,000 Maniacs
“Lost Songs” (March 1986) demos
Studio recordings (location unknown)

Source: SB > cassette (gen?) received in trade circa 1998 > Nero ROM > Cool Edit > CDR > FLAC
Sound quality: A-

Track list:

1. Thompson’s March
2. Angels of Stone
3. Grosvenor Road
4. G Suspended
5. Folie a Deux
6. Coldest Beer in Town
7. Barricuda Dreaming
8. D Ballad
9. Azalea Festival
10. The Sundial
11. Call Up
12. untitled piano piece (possibly from a different session)

10,000 Maniacs’ “The Wishing Chair” L.P. will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year
(original release date – September 23, 1985). Since it seems apparent that the Maniacs
are not being given the remaster / bonus tracks / box set treatment that they so richly
deserve, I’ve decided to upload all of my 70+ live and rare 10,000 Maniacs recordings
during the coming weeks. Although many of these recordings will be re-seeds of previous
Dime torrents, a substantial number have never appeared on the Dime (and many others
haven’t been shared since the Dime’s previous incarnation as “easytree.org” circa 2005).

Enjoy!

2015 re-seed

Torrent: 192802
Title: 10,000 Maniacs “Lost Songs” (March 1986 studio demos) – SB/FLAC
Size: 193.25 MB
Category: Alternate
Uploaded by: judgesmails

This is a set of 1986 demos that bridge the gap between 10,000 Maniacs’ “The Wishing
Chair” and “In My Tribe” albums. John Lombardo was still with the band at this point,
but he left soon after. Evidently these demos were provided to Elektra Records, who
said ‘thanks but no thanks’. The band returned to the studio and produced “In My Tribe”,
and the rest is history.

Many of these songs were performed live during the Maniacs’ Spring 1986 tour: “Thompson’s
March”, “Angels of Stone”, “G Suspended”, “Folie a Deux”, “Coldest Beer in Town”, and
even “D Ballad” cropped up at one point or another. However, by Fall 1986 all had been
dropped from the set in favor of early versions of “Tribe” songs.

Eventually several of these songs saw the light of day elsewhere. “Angels of Stone”
and “Azalea Festival” each were re-recorded by John & Mary, while “G Suspended” evolved
into “Poison in the Well” and “Folie a Deux” became “The Lion’s Share” (both on the
Maniacs’ “Blind Man’s Zoo” album).