DEMO TAPES
The The early ASH demo tapes are very sought after by collectors and there are very few copies circulating amongst them. Little is known about the quantity in which the demo tapes were made. The Pipe Smokin' Brick compilation is the only one that's widely available amongst fans but finding the original is next to impossible.
Some of the less professinal demo recordings were made at Tim's house. The "official" demo tapes were all recorded at Cosmic Ray Valentine's studio in Strangford , County Down, Northern Ireland (the demo tapes recorded there were done by Gary Aiken).
- thanks to Tav for this info
Here's a list of what is circulating amongst fans:
title: SOLAR HAPPY (demo tape)
city + venue: Cosmic Ray's
date: june 1992 (one week after Rick joined)
time: 45 minutes
soundquality: 9+
cover: Yellow/Black, designed and drawn by Mark
setlist: Two/ American Devil/ Goog Gegg/ Solar Happy/ Sorry Friend/ No More/
Two (different take)/ American Devil (different take)
source: Studio recordings
title: SHED (demo tape)
city + venue: Cosmic Ray's
date: september 1992
time: 45 minutes
soundquality: 9+
cover: Red/Black, designed and drawn by Mark
setlist: Jack Names The Planets/ Cruelty Street Contest/ Little Duck/ Different Today/ Old Guy/ Waterfall/ Get Out/ Chorus Pedal/ Here/ Things/ Intense Thing/ Goodbye Traigor
source: Studio recordings
title: HOME DEMOS (extra tracks on Garage Girl demos)
city + venue: Downpatrick, Tim's House
date: november 1992
time:15 minutes
soundquality: 8-
cover: no cover
setlist: Ex-Bon Jovi (slow long one)/ Rick's Riff/ A Song/ Intense Thing #2/
Don't Talk To Them
source: Home recordings from the band
title: GARAGE GIRL (demo tape)
city + venue: Cosmic Ray's
date: februari 1993
time: 50 minutes
soundquality: 9-
cover: Black/White, designed and drawn by Mark
setlist: La La La/ Petrol/ Only Friend/ Garage Girl/ Don't Know/ Coasting/
Rick's Riff/ Unlike You/ Obscure Thing/ The Little Pond/ Jazz'59/ Jack Names The Planets/
Intense Thing
source: Studio recordings
title: no title (extra track on Garage Girl demo tape)
city + venue: Downpatrick, Tim's House
date: september 1993
time: 03 minutes
soundquality: 8-
cover: no cover
setlist: Raptor
source: Home recording from the band
title: no title (tape)
city + venue: Novatech studio
date: november 1993
time: 06 minutes
soundquality: 9
cover: no cover
setlist: Don't Know/ Jack Names The Planets
source: Studio recordings (the same that ended up on the debut 7" single)
note: Tim and Mark made 10 tapes of these recordings with a spoecial cover, never used again.
title: PIPE SMOKIN' BRICK (demo compilation)
city + venue: Cosmic Ray's
date: 1993
time: 50 minutes
soundquality: 9
cover:designed and drawn by Mark
setlist: La La La/ Jack Names The Planets/ Cruelty Street Contest/ The Little Pond/ Obscure Thing/ Waterfall/ Get Out/ Petrol/ Intense Thing/ Don't Know/ American Devil/ Don't Talk To Them
source: Studio recordings
note: this is a 'best of...' demo tape and contains songs that also appear on Solar Happy, Garage Girl and Shed
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