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BLUR
B-SIDES AND UNHEARD SONGS





They were one of the best bands of the 90's. The antithesis to grunge. Artful but sweaty, clean but laddish...beer swilling but gentlemanly. And they wrote some <i>fantatsic</i> songs. I don't know what happened to them after The Great Escape...they got Britpopped out, I suppose...having said that, the self-titled Beck-wank album is actually pretty good if you've had a couple of beers, and follow-up 13 is, as well, if you've had a couple more. Then Graham left and Think tank came out, which I still can't bring myself to listen to. And now Damon is doing that dreadful Gorillaz thing...my my. It's so sad.

Anyway.

Here are 20 of what I consider to be the cream of the crop of Blur's b-sides, sessions, etc. I could probably -no, I could <i>definitely</i>- scrape together another twenty or so good, solid tracks like these from the archives (Blur has an ungodly amount of non-LP songs and alternate versions) but this stuff is the really essential unheard Blur. In my book. And I think I'm qualified.... I spent 78 percent of 1994 in my bedroom, listening to them.

About the songs...

Everything is chronological. Sing is from 1989, pre-leisure, when they were still called Seymour. It is a different version than the one recorded a year later during the Leisure sessions, which later appeared on the Trainspotting soundtrack. Uncle Love and Mr. Briggs are Leisure outtakes. Into Another, Young and Lovely, Long Legged ,and Let's all Go Down The Strand are from the Modern Life sessions, as is Chemical World, presented here in a different mix (possibly a different recording, but I don't think so.)

Park Life is from an acoustic BBC session, and the three tracks that follow it were outtakes from the Park Life album sessions, later issued as B-Sides. (That's Graham as cowboy on rednecks, I believe.) No Monsters In Me through Ultranol are all excellent tunes that escaped The Great Escape. All Your Life and Death Of A Party are circa 1997 (the self-titled project) and All We Want is a B-side from , I believe, No Distance Left To Run.

Closing number Far Out is a 13-era remake of the Park Life song. It is fantastic...if you listen to nothing else in here, listen to this song.



SING
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/01%20Sing%20%28To%20Me%29.mp3

UNCLE LOVE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/02%20Uncle%20Love.mp3

MR. BRIGGS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/03%20Mr%20Briggs.mp3

INTO ANOTHER
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/04%20Into%20Another.mp3

YOUNG AND LOVELY
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/05%20Young%20and%20Lovely.mp3

CHEMICAL WORLD (alternate mix)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/06%20Chemical%20World%20%28alternate%20mix%29.mp3

LONG LEGGED
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/07%20Long%20Legged.mp3

LET'S ALL GO DOWN THE STRAND
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/08%20Lets%20All%20Go%20Down%20The%20Strand.mp3

PARK LIFE (acoustic session)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/09%20Park%20Life%20%28acoustic%29.mp3

THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY FILM
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/10%20Theme%20From%20An%20Imaginary%20Film.mp3

PETER PANIC
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/11%20Peter%20Panic.mp3

REDNECKS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/12%20Rednecks.mp3

NO MONSTERS IN ME
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/13%20No%20Monsters%20In%20Me.mp3

ST. LOUIS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/14%20St.%20Louis.mp3

ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/15%20One%20Born%20Every%20Minute.mp3

ULTRANOL
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/16%20Ultranol.mp3

ALL YOUR LIFE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/17%20All%20Your%20Life.mp3

DEATH OF A PARTY (demo)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/18%20Death%20Of%20A%20Party%20%28demo%29.mp3

ALL WE WANT
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/19%20All%20We%20Want.mp3

FAR OUT (second version)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/20%20Far%20Out%20%28second%20version%29.mp3

UPDATE: Zip file w/ two extra songs
http://www.sendspace.com/file/f0up4h
 
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Just realized my bandwidth is shot...probably from the Moz links I have posted elsewhere 'round these parts...Filefreak sucks...but supposedly it reloads every day. I get 250 outgoing megs per 24 hours. So keep trying.
 
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Thank you for the tracks!
 
The second my broadband is back up to speed, I'm downloading the lot. "All Your Life" is definitely in my top handful of Blur songs.
 
More Blur goodies.
Expanded Albums:

Leisure 4 CD bootleg edition

leisurebakww9-1.jpg


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7AQG92CR

Modern Life Is Rubbish 4 CD bootleg edition

mlirbackku6.jpg


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8S0GGD4Z

Thanks and gratitude to Elasticaman :)
 
Bicycle Tragedy said:
Just realized my bandwidth is shot...probably from the Moz links I have posted elsewhere 'round these parts...Filefreak sucks...but supposedly it reloads every day. I get 250 outgoing megs per 24 hours. So keep trying.
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UPDATE...

Added two more songs, and zipped it. Here's the new tracklist plus Sendspace link

SINGTOME
UNCLE LOVE
MR. BRIGGS
INTO ANOTHER
YOUNG AND LOVELY
CHEMICAL WORLD (alternate mix)
LONG LEGGED
LET'S ALL GO DOWN THE STRAND
PARK LIFE (acoustic session)
THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY FILM
PETER PANIC
REDNECKS
NO MONSTERS IN ME
ST. LOUIS
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
ULTRANOL
DEATH OF A PARTY (demo)
ALL YOUR LIFE
POPSCENE (Peel Acres session)
COUNTRY SAD BALLAD MAN (acoustic)
ALL WE WANT
FAR OUT (second version)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/f0up4h
 
wow Carnation, these expanded versions of the 1st two albums are amazing... do you have similar versions for the remaining albums????
 
was never a big fan of blur really but alot of the b-sides sound ace!!!! many are better than album tracks aswell as the 12inch mixes of tracks (there's no other way etc.) many thanks for sharing!!! although every blur fan will have the 1st disco of the first 4 albums...not so much the albums after. ;)
 
Bicycle Tragedy said:
UPDATE...

Added two more songs, and zipped it. Here's the new tracklist plus Sendspace link

SINGTOME
UNCLE LOVE
MR. BRIGGS
INTO ANOTHER
YOUNG AND LOVELY
CHEMICAL WORLD (alternate mix)
LONG LEGGED
LET'S ALL GO DOWN THE STRAND
PARK LIFE (acoustic session)
THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY FILM
PETER PANIC
REDNECKS
NO MONSTERS IN ME
ST. LOUIS
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
ULTRANOL
DEATH OF A PARTY (demo)
ALL YOUR LIFE
POPSCENE (Peel Acres session)
COUNTRY SAD BALLAD MAN (acoustic)
ALL WE WANT
FAR OUT (second version)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/f0up4h
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Yeah, there are tons of wonderful Blur songs hidden away on b-sides. A few more really good ones that I don't think you've mentioned include;
  • Tame
  • Peach
  • Threadneedle Street
  • When the cows come home, and Polished Stone
I went to a one-off Blur concert back in 2000 where they only played their b-sides. A wonderful night.
 
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thanks for these Carnation...looking forward to 13.
Are there multi-disc versions of the self-titled release and Think Tank out there to your knowledge?
 
skellngtn said:
thanks for these Carnation...looking forward to 13.
Are there multi-disc versions of the self-titled release and Think Tank out there to your knowledge?
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I'm really looking forward to the Think Tank one too.
Elasticaman said Blur and Think Tank are coming soon.
We"ll have to wait :)
 
Meanwhile: Blur Parklife Demos 93/94

Tracklist:
To the end
Clover over Dover
Peter Panic
Tracy Jacks
Jubilee
One born every minute
Girls and boys
Badhead
Trouble in the message centre
Far out
The debt collector-waltz
Parklife
Bank holiday
Never clever
Seven days

http://www.megaupload.com/ru/?d=8EE743TZ
 
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Elasticaman rocks!!! thanks for the link carnation. i dont have the blur album 13 or the one album after (i think it was called think tank) but i do have the best of. but listening to the best of now it sounds like there should have been another cd of album tracks & b-sides, do you agree?
here's links to some tracks, enjoy:
Pet Shops Boys Remix Promo
7 inch - https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2ovK0d0OW56RTgwTVE9PQ
12 inch - fade out - https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2ovK0dqVEgwMEZFQlE9PQ

To The End French Single b-side
It Could Be You (Live) - https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2ovK0d0Q1JnYU5jR0E9PQ

Demo misc.
Parklife (demo) - https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2ovK0dnYTJvQnV4dnc9PQ

Live misc.
Niteclub (Terry Hall with Blur Live Ireland) FM Rec : https://www.yousendit.com/download/Y2ovK0dqays4Q1N4dnc9PQ
 
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Bicycle Tragedy said:
BLUR
B-SIDES AND UNHEARD SONGS

They were one of the best bands of the 90's. The antithesis to grunge. Artful but sweaty, clean but laddish...beer swilling but gentlemanly. And they wrote some <i>fantatsic</i> songs. I don't know what happened to them after The Great Escape...they got Britpopped out, I suppose...having said that, the self-titled Beck-wank album is actually pretty good if you've had a couple of beers, and follow-up 13 is, as well, if you've had a couple more. Then Graham left and Think tank came out, which I still can't bring myself to listen to. And now Damon is doing that dreadful Gorillaz thing...my my. It's so sad.

Anyway.

Here are 20 of what I consider to be the cream of the crop of Blur's b-sides, sessions, etc. I could probably -no, I could <i>definitely</i>- scrape together another twenty or so good, solid tracks like these from the archives (Blur has an ungodly amount of non-LP songs and alternate versions) but this stuff is the really essential unheard Blur. In my book. And I think I'm qualified.... I spent 78 percent of 1994 in my bedroom, listening to them.

About the songs...

Everything is chronological. Sing is from 1989, pre-leisure, when they were still called Seymour. It is a different version than the one recorded a year later during the Leisure sessions, which later appeared on the Trainspotting soundtrack. Uncle Love and Mr. Briggs are Leisure outtakes. Into Another, Young and Lovely, Long Legged ,and Let's all Go Down The Strand are from the Modern Life sessions, as is Chemical World, presented here in a different mix (possibly a different recording, but I don't think so.)

Park Life is from an acoustic BBC session, and the three tracks that follow it were outtakes from the Park Life album sessions, later issued as B-Sides. (That's Graham as cowboy on rednecks, I believe.) No Monsters In Me through Ultranol are all excellent tunes that escaped The Great Escape. All Your Life and Death Of A Party are circa 1997 (the self-titled project) and All We Want is a B-side from , I believe, No Distance Left To Run.

Closing number Far Out is a 13-era remake of the Park Life song. It is fantastic...if you listen to nothing else in here, listen to this song.



SING
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/01%20Sing%20%28To%20Me%29.mp3

UNCLE LOVE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/02%20Uncle%20Love.mp3

MR. BRIGGS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/03%20Mr%20Briggs.mp3

INTO ANOTHER
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/04%20Into%20Another.mp3

YOUNG AND LOVELY
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/05%20Young%20and%20Lovely.mp3

CHEMICAL WORLD (alternate mix)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/06%20Chemical%20World%20%28alternate%20mix%29.mp3

LONG LEGGED
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/07%20Long%20Legged.mp3

LET'S ALL GO DOWN THE STRAND
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/08%20Lets%20All%20Go%20Down%20The%20Strand.mp3

PARK LIFE (acoustic session)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/09%20Park%20Life%20%28acoustic%29.mp3

THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY FILM
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/10%20Theme%20From%20An%20Imaginary%20Film.mp3

PETER PANIC
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/11%20Peter%20Panic.mp3

REDNECKS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/12%20Rednecks.mp3

NO MONSTERS IN ME
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/13%20No%20Monsters%20In%20Me.mp3

ST. LOUIS
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/14%20St.%20Louis.mp3

ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/15%20One%20Born%20Every%20Minute.mp3

ULTRANOL
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/16%20Ultranol.mp3

ALL YOUR LIFE
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/17%20All%20Your%20Life.mp3

DEATH OF A PARTY (demo)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/18%20Death%20Of%20A%20Party%20%28demo%29.mp3

ALL WE WANT
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/19%20All%20We%20Want.mp3

FAR OUT (second version)
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/76513/20%20Far%20Out%20%28second%20version%29.mp3

UPDATE: Zip file w/ two extra songs
http://www.sendspace.com/file/f0up4h
Click to expand...


Think Tank's pretty good. Much better than 13.
Also, the Good Bad Queen album is excellent both musically and lyrically. Not a big fan of 'The Gorillas' but some good songs.
Plus 'Get the Cool Shoe Shine' could be the best single of the 21st century...
 
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