Blood Oranges - Demo Collection c. 1988-1994

Studio Demo Collection

c. 1988 to 1994

various locales & personnel (details in info file) 

soundboard recordings (quality range VG to VG++; 
Vol. 1 is transferred from a master tape source; Vol. 2 source is 2nd-generation)

Volume 1

artwork by Rob-in-Brevard (included in DL, of course!)

First recording session, home demos

01 White Freight Line

02 Shout

03 Little Maggie

04 Shady Grove

  

Fort Apache, Boston, MA 

05 Sally

06 Dig a Hole

07 Shady Grove #2

08 Shout #2

09 Face Up

10 Racehorse

11 Miss It All

12 Fire Escape

13 Incinerator
  

Mark's home studio 

14 Heart of Mud

15 Baby Down

16 Time Takes Away

17 Western Man

18 House Boat

19 This Old Town

Volume 2

Lone Green Valley outtake

01 White Freight Line #2

  

1992 demos

02 How Could You?

03 Hinges

04 Handles

05 Face Up #2

06 Miss It All #2

07 Titanic

08 Here’s to You

09 This Old Town #2

10 Lonesome Too

  

Crying Tree pre-production

11 Shine

12 [untitled Cheri tune]

  

UNRELEASED Christmas single 

13 Spellbound

  

Winter '94 demos

14 Spellbound #2

15 Sweet Lies

16 Everybody Knew (aka Sweetheart)

17 Throwback Bitch

18 Local One

19 Bed of Clowns

ROB SEZ: In the mood for some some excellent alt-country / Americana? If so, check out the late, great Blood Oranges. In its various incarnations, the band sported some talented musicians, including Jimmy Ryan and Cheri Knight. I'd heard these demos existed, but had no access until Realomind (the man of the hour) helped me out. Humongous thanks to him. Please honor Realomind’s request: do not sell these recordings or convert to lossy, except for personal use.

Blood Oranges: (members at one time or another) 
Jimmy Ryan - vocals, mandolin
Mark Spencer - guitar, vocals
Andy Churchill - guitar
Cheri Knight - bass, vocals
Ron Ward - drums
Bob Kendall - bass, vocals
Keith Levreault - drums

NOTE: Others who played with Blood Oranges over the years included Matt Elmes and Lys Wood. BONUS! Andy C. got in touch and sent some demo tape covers from 1988 & '89, which you can find HERE. Thank you kindly, Andy.

WAV lossless files

Learn more about the music of Blood Oranges at Trouser Press & AllMusic