Great songs never to have been officially released

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If a band is big enough for long enough, then eventually everything gets released, even crappy, poorly-recorded vague sketches for songs, in the case of John Lennon. And yet occasionally a few gems slip through and never seem to see the official light of day.

Prime examples: Pink Floyd's 'Scream Thy Last Scream' and 'Vegetable Man'.

― european son, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Purple Paralellogram" Lemonheads
"Jesus Suck" Jesus and Mary Chain
"Cocksucker Blues" Rolling Stones

Though whether or not you could class them as 'great'...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cure - Ariel

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Always blathering about Levitation, but Meanwhile Gardens 2 would have been pretty great.

Also the 'Yellow' Version of Primary by The Cure.

― mzui, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

johnny marr, shaun ryder and bernard sumner wrote 'colours' together in 1990 but with one thing and another it never got recorded. it was quite a bg deal at the time, but see you had to make your own entertainment in those days.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

primal scream "the orchard"

the game "the addicted man"

― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"Colours" was written by Donovan, back in the day. They never quite got round to recording it, or they did but needed one of theirs input. I guess they have lotsa spare time thesedays...

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I have no idea if they're great, but I'd love to hear the 4 tracks made for Scott Walker's aborted late eighties album. Eno producing, Fripp on guitar. Eno wanted to release them, Walker said no.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

The Tom Waits song "I'll Never Let Go Of Your Hand" is really great, but is only available in the movie American Hearts during the end credits (and no soundtrack was released).

Also Radiohead's "Big Ideas," which has been played live a few times.

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Ariel was a b-side I thought? Cocksucker blues owns this thread.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The Britney-DFA collaboration.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Rarities, Outtakes, Alternative Takes, Bootlegs etc etc. that are ACTUALLY WORTH HEARING rather than just making you look cooler

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like Bob Dylan's "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" on the Bootleg Series.

― Ryon S., Thursday, 13 May 2004 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Speaking of Dylan, howbout "I Shall Be Released"?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 13 May 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

nas - life is like a dice game

― hh, Thursday, 13 May 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Havent' "I shall be released" and "talking john birch paranoid blues" both been officially released? In the latter case now, at least twice?

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 13 May 2004 04:37 (twenty-one years ago)

And isn't the title of the Dylan song incredibly ironic?

― Sym (shmuel), Thursday, 13 May 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Heh heh, right you are, Sym! Citing "I Shall Be Released" was just a (dumb) joke on my part. I thought it was fairly obvious.

In future, I'll add an emoticon: ;)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 13 May 2004 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

The Beatles - Etcetera

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 13 May 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

surely The Mountain Goats own this thread: "Poltergeist", "You're In Maya", et al ...

― doug (doug), Thursday, 13 May 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Search C90: The Unheard Music

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Teeny - Nope, it was played in '82 on some radio session and enjoyed myth status ever since. Think 'Lament'

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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