Everyday is Halloween - demo version / alt lyrics
Does anyone recall where this was sourced from? It was a “Song of the Week” many years back. I thought it might show up in Trax! Box / Cleo releases or the Industrial Accident archives, but not yet.
I think a former member forwarded it to bisquit. He might be able to shed some more light on it.
There’s two different versions of this demo, but neither are in pristine shape, which might be why it hasn’t been released yet.
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I wonder why he decided to change the synth solo to the vinyl scratching in the final version.
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I always get confused on what year the song actually came out. During the 1984 shows the crowd always seemed familiar with the song, and they always played it with the synth solo.
The All Day single says 1985, the Twelve Inch Singles comp says 1984. During some 1984 shows, Al introduces All Day as their new single.
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Good question. I think Al also announced “Same Old Madness” as their “next single” at several of their early live shows, and it never was officially released (iirc).
I got it on a tape from the ex wife of one of the keyboardists from the 1984 Era. It had the 2 demos, a version of the chorus, Wait (the unreleased song) and a few live tracks from what I later figured out was the Hollywood 83 show. Sadly, a lot of the tape was taped over, so who knows what else was originally on it. This is still the only source for everything on it other than the live tracks. The song Wait from the Cleo comp was sourced from my Cassette copy.
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This is wild. Thanks for sharing.
The main sequence sounds a little off for some reason to me. anyone else?
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Maybe because Demo version is in different key / lower in pitch? It’s about 125 cents flat (one semitone and a bit more) than the regular single version of the song.
Some of the demos and live recordings from this era were bounced down to consumer cassettes, which over time had issues playing a bit fast or a bit slow depending. Some of them cleaned up better than others.
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