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Can somebody confirm whether or not Tell Me Why was ever issued as a demo

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Chris

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Can somebody confirm whether or not Tell Me Why was ever issued as a demo

Cheers

Chris

 

It was, mono/stereo

Hi Benji, a handful of issues turned up 3/4 yrs ago, flip side is just an ok ballad looks nice tho :yes:  

Hi Benji, a handful of issues turned up 3/4 yrs ago, flip side is just an ok ballad looks nice tho :yes:  

 

thanks. never knew that.

Theres a demo on ebay mono/ stereo which reads 1974 how can there be a demo after a 1973 issue?

Theres a demo on ebay mono/ stereo which reads 1974 how can there be a demo after a 1973 issue?

can't answer that one Chris, our issue is on vinyl and certainly says 1973 on it, all the ones on popsike look like styrene issues, and state 1974...wierd :hatsoff2:

Edited by bri pinch

So then are both demos boots?

i have a stock copy too. i don't remember the ballad side being anything and i collect sweet soul. mine might be styrene, i have to check.

most issues are styrene and say 1974. there is a rarer vinyl issue.....that says 1973....just a typo imo...thats the one i have and the one JM auctioned recently and got a good price for.....ive had 2 of these 1973 stockers one i bought in 1995 at  `pitchers` in rotherham and the one i have now i won on ebay about 8 years ago...i have also had the mono/stereo orig demo and the mono/mono `counterfeit` demo

 

the vinyl is similar to the aristocrats vinyl issue on warner bros. most likely done at same pressing plant

Edited by dave pinch

I had a vinyl issue and it took bloody weeks to shift it, think it went for 70 in the end.  As correctly stated, original demo is stereo/mono, boot is mono/mono

I put  a the thread on here last year about the Demo

 

I quoted that i had a Demo Label said MONO both sides but in fact it had a MONO mix on 1 side and a STEREO mix on the other side

 

 

 

This confuses the theory of the MONO/ MONO Labeled record  :g:

 

atb Kev :hatsoff2:

Edited by Kev John

Could it be the issues were pressed up before the demos were sent out just a thought.

Great record but is hard to sell

Walt Khan ,the records producer, did the instrumental mix of "I'm Not Strong Enough" and when I went to collect the tape at his studio there was a demo of Life framed on the wall. I told him that the record was known about in the UK. He didn't really seem too bothered about this and I didn't ask him much else. It's strange that even the records producer didn't have a stock copy in late 1975.

 

Rick 

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