Demo Anthology

Demo Anthology
Compilation album by Winger
Publication (s)	2007
admission	1988-1994
Label (s)	Frontiers Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hard rock , heavy metal
Title (number)	19 (CD 1), 18 (CD 2)
running time	146: 59
occupation	Vocals , bass : Kip Winger Guitar : Reb Beach Guitar : Paul Taylor Guitar : John Roth Drums : Rod Morgenstein
chronology IV (2006) Demo Anthology Winger Live (2007)

Demo Anthology is a 2007 collection of demo versions recorded by the American rock band Winger for the preparation of their albums Winger , In the Heart of the Young and Pull . In addition to the demos of songs later published on the albums, Demo Anthology also contains several outtakes , i.e. songs that have not become part of the respective music album .

background

After numerous Winger demos from various sources appeared on the Internet, band founder Kip Winger decided to publish all demo recordings in his possession on CD. At the time when the individual songs were written, a demo recording had a lack of quality in Winger's eyes: The musicians were of the opinion that the technical equipment (amplifiers, recording devices) were not good enough to come close to a professional recording, so that all the tracks were in Studio were re-recorded. In essence, existing titles with different technical features were newly recorded.

The demos of the first album were recorded in an office building in New York City, all tracks were written within six months and were written by Reb Beach and Kip Winger. In preparation for the second album, singer and bassist Kip Winger rented a house in Los Angeles , where the entire band worked on their first demos. The track Miles Away, which was written by Paul Taylor and was released as one of the singles from the album In the Heart of the Young and reached number 12 in the US and 56 in the UK , was written in 1986 and by Taylor, Kip Winger and the then Alice Cooper drummer Ken Mary were recorded as demos.

The demos of some tracks that were released on one of the albums are missing on Demo Anthology , for example the demo for Without the Night from the album Winger. This is because Kip Winger does not have these demos. In this case, the respective song was created during the actual recording work for the respective album in the studio, so there is no demo for it.

Track list

Disc 1

1. "Madalaine" - 4:20
2. "Hungry" - 4:08
3. "Seventeen" - 3:54
4. "State of Emergency" - 3:04
5. "Time to Surrender" - 4:14
6. "Hangin 'On" - 3:21
7. "Headed for a Heartbreak" - 4:39
8. "Only Love" - ​​3:29 *
9. "Can't Get Enuff" - 3:47
10. "Loosen Up" - 3:39
11. "Miles Away" - 4:04
12. "Easy Come Easy Go" - 3:26
13. "Rainbow in the Rose" - 5:17
14. "In the Day We'll Never See" - 3:29
15. "Under One Condition" - 4:31
16. "Little Dirty Blonde" - 3:39
17. "Star Tripper" - 3:37 *
18. "You Are the Saint, I Am the Sinner" - 3:19
19. "In the Heart of the Young" - 3:42

Disc 2

1. "All I Ever Wanted" - 3:30
2. "Skin Tight" - 3:00 *
3. "Someday Someway" - 4:15 *
4. "Never" - 4:52
5. "Blind Revolution Mad" - 5:47
6. "Down Incognito" - 3:56
7. "Spell I'm Under" - 3:42
8. "Hour of Need" - 3:59 *
9. "Junk Yard Dog" - 6:53
10. "The Lucky One" - 4:55
11. "Like a Ritual" - 4:42
12. "In for the Kill" - 4:35
13. "No Man's Land" - 3:30
14. "Who's the One" - 4:53
15. "Written in the Wind" - 4:24 *
16. "Until There Was You" - 3:29 *
17. "Without Warning" - 3:16 *
18. "Give Me More" - 3:21 *
19. "Just Another Face" - ( bonus track of the Japanese edition) *

• * previously unpublished titles

reception

"Frank's favorite posers have rummaged in their archives and all 36 demo songs that were recorded in the wake of the million-seller" Winger "(1988)," In The Heart Of The Young "(1990) and" Pull "(1993) were recorded on this double CD united. It goes without saying that this collection is only intended for fans who want to understand how the pieces have developed (further) in the studio. Besides sleaze smashers like ´Madelaine´, ´Hungry´, ´Headed For A Heartbreak´ , ´Seventeen´. ´Easy Come Easy Go´, ´Can´t Get Enuff´ or ´Miles Away´ there are also ten (not bad at all) songs to discover that didn't make it onto the regular releases back then. Even if some of the demos are already known in fan circles, this has become an official compilation. "

- Mike Borrink : Rock Hard, issue 239 (2007)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Kip Winger in the booklet of the CD
2. ↑ Rock Hard Online Archive