Vanilla Tapes Question

[101Walterton]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

[Marky Dread]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

[Kory]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

They didn't demo much for S! did they? Most of it was written in the studio, I thought.

[BitterTom]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

If only.

[Marky Dread]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

They didn't demo much for S! did they? Most of it was written in the studio, I thought.

Yep but surely there must've been mistakes re-takes etc etc.

[Wolter]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

They didn't demo much for S! did they? Most of it was written in the studio, I thought.

Yep but surely there must've been mistakes re-takes etc etc.

Yeah. It’s called Junkie Slip...

[Marky Dread]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

They didn't demo much for S! did they? Most of it was written in the studio, I thought.

Yep but surely there must've been mistakes re-takes etc etc.

Yeah. It’s called Junkie Slip...

[Heston]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

They didn't demo much for S! did they? Most of it was written in the studio, I thought.

Yep but surely there must've been mistakes re-takes etc etc.

Yeah. It’s called Junkie Slip...

Thank you

[Flex]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

Not me! I would definitely have sold Marky's grandmother to hear the Vanilla Tapes.

[Marky Dread]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

Not me! I would definitely have sold Marky's grandmother to hear the Vanilla Tapes.

You're on my grandmothers hit list now!

[101Walterton]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

Marky I was responding to Red Angel’s post above (should have quoted it) about preferring to have a live show with anniversary edition over Vanilla Tapes.

[Heston]

To clarify, I'm glad they released the Vanilla Tapes and they're an interesting document. Just not something I would listen to often, which is the case with most band's demos. Nice to hear then put away.

[muppet hi fi]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

My feelings exactly. Despite of the dodgy sound of most of it, there are still little (and sometimes big) things here and there that attract, and regularly.

[Marky Dread]

We are being short sighted!! Most of us ( me included) would have sold our Grandmothers to hear the Vanilla Tapes when we thought they were still on the circle line not down the back of Micks couch!!

Nope I love my grandmother more than The Clash.

But I get your point not that I'm being short sighted as I think the sessions are great and I've always wanted to hear them no matter how they sound. Would I be happier if they had been recorded more professionally? yes of course I would but they are what they are and I find them very likeable and I hope we get to hear all of them one day. I wish a tape like this existed for Sandinista!

Marky I was responding to Red Angel’s post above (should have quoted it) about preferring to have a live show with anniversary edition over Vanilla Tapes.

Sure mate i realised that. I was really just agreeing with you other than selling my poor old gran.

[Red Angel]

To clarify, I'm glad they released the Vanilla Tapes and they're an interesting document. Just not something I would listen to often, which is the case with most band's demos. Nice to hear then put away.

Completely agree with you, in a well done edition they had to be a bonus disc: 1. original album 2. a great contemporary live 3. bonus disc (Vanilla Tapes) + DVD. I wanted to criticize the commercial operation that could have been conceived much better, instead of presenting demos as new tracks (a play on words, using working titles).