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Tuesday, July 28

Paul Collins' Beat - Untold Story (rarities comp)

'The Untold Story'
1978 to 1981
demos, outtakes, rough mixes & live

sources & sound quality: various, varied

MP3@320

This is ASH Tuesday post #5
All thanks & praise to the late, great ASH music blog 
and Don, its leading light 

DETAILED TRACK LISTING:

1.  Do You Wanna Love Me 2:50 (rehearsal)
2.  You Won't Be Happy 2:46 (demo)
3.  Workaday World 2:57 (demo)
4.  Let Me Into Your Life 2:30 (demo - P. Collins, E. Money)
5.  I Don't Fit In 2:40 (demo)
6.  Rock And Roll Girl 2:52 (live in S.F., CA)
7.  Little Susie 2:46 (live in S.F., CA)
8.  Crying Won't Help 3:42 (outtake from The Beat - P.Collins, P.Stengl
9.  I Met Her Yesterday 3:20 (outtake from The Beat
10. There She Goes 2:46 (outtake from The Beat
11. Will You Listen 2:48 (rough mix from 2nd album - Michael Ruiz: drums
12. Hey DJ 3:13 (rough mix from 2nd album)

13. Callin' On You 3:31 (rough mix from 2nd album)
14. Stay With Your Girl 2:55 (demo)

15. It's Too Bad You're Leaving 3:16 (demo)
16. The Kids Are The Same 3:31 (Andy Johns mix - "Prairie" Prince: Drums) 
17. Let's Go 2:19 (previously unreleased)
18. Baby Don't Go 3:47 (previously unreleased)
19. Gloria 3:22 (previously unreleased) 
20. Runaround 3:13 (previously unreleased - P. Collins, S. Huff) 
21. That's What Life Is All About 2:37 (demo - P. Collins, S. Huff)
22. Give Me The Drugs 3:25 (demo - P. Collins, S. Huff)

All songs by Paul Collins except as noted


Tracks 1 - 5 recorded at 1312 Talmadge Street, East Hollywood, Ca. 1978 

Tracks 6 and 7 recorded live at the Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, Ca. 1979 
Tracks 8, 9 and 10 recorded at United Western Studios, Hollywood, Ca. 1979 
Tracks 11, 12, 13 and 16 recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco, Ca. 1980 
Tracks 14 and 15 recorded at an 8 track studio, San Francisco, Ca. 1980 
Tracks 17 - 20 recorded at Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Century City, Ca. 1980-81 
Tracks 21 and 22 recorded in a 4 track studio, Hollywood, Ca. 1981

PERSONNEL:

Paul Collins: Guitar, Vocals - Tracks 1 - 22 
Peter Case: Guitar, Vocals - Tracks 1 - 4 
Steven Huff: Bass, Vocals - Tracks 1 - 22 , Guitar – Tracks  2 and 5 
Michael Ruiz : Drums - Tracks 2 and 3 and 6 - 11

Brendon Matheson:  Drums - Tracks 4 and 5
Irv Kramer: Guitar - Track 3 
Larry Whitman: Guitar - Tracks 6 - 14 and 16 - 20, Electric Piano - Track 15

Marci Marx: Vocal - Track 10
Charles “Prairie” Prince: Drums - Tracks 12 - 16 , 
Track 8 Studio Owner:  Electric Piano - Track 14
Dennis Conway: Drums - Tracks 17 - 22
Harlan Hollander: Guitar-Tracks 21 and 22 

Paul Collins: Producer -Tracks 2 thru 5 
Steven Huff: Engineer, Producer -Tracks 1 - 5 
Eddie Money’s Sound Man: Engineer -Tracks 6 and 7 
Bruce Botnick: Producer, Engineer -Tracks 8, 9 and 10 and 17 - 20  
Rik Pekkonen: Engineer -Tracks 8, 9 and 10 
John Jansen: Producer, Engineer -Tracks 11 - 16 
Andy Johns: Re-Mix Engineer -Track 16  
8 Track Studio Owner: Engineer -Tracks 14 and 15 
Larry  Whitman:  Producer -Tracks 21 and 22





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