List of Unreleased Songs (updated 8/10/2025)

realmdemagic · August 10, 2025, 10:16pm

It’s been a while since this list has been updated. A few tracks have since appeared on “Ultimate Rarest Trax!” and Jason Pettigrew’s LORAH 33 1/3 book has shed some light on a handful of things.

Here’s a list of all known unreleased tracks, sorted by year:

LEGEND

(+) Surfaced in trading circles

(*) Hasn’t surfaced, but a recording exists

(-) Hasn’t surfaced, more info is needed

1980

Cold Life (demo sessions) - (Lee Poppa claims to have a copy of this tape, which he describes as Al recording with various items in his apartment, including pots and pans to demonstrate ideas for the song.)

1981

First True Love Affair (Jimmy Ross Cover, Live) *

Make Up Your Mind (Live) *

Jodie Foster (Live) *

Orangotango (Live) *

1982

The Urge To Runaway (Live) +

Be Mean To Me (early version of “I Wanted To Tell Her”) *

She’s Got A Cause (early version with alternate lyrics) [Live version has been released on “Ultimate Rarest Trax!”, but a studio version exists]

1983

Foxhole Trot (with Shay Jones) - (This is the likely the source for the dub track “A Walk In The Park”, the session tracks are presumably lost)

So So Life (Live) + (a pro-audio recording exists from Hollywood Palladium 1983 show)

007 Theme (John Barry cover, used as a live intro to Overkill) +

1984

Hopeless Days (A snippet appears in the Industrial Accident film) *

Everyday Is Halloween (two demo versions with alternate lyrics) +

Hizbollah (early version) +

Do You Even Like It? +

Oceanside Away (with Patty J) -

The Harmonica Song -

1985

We Believe - (featuring an alternate bass line by Jah Wobble from PiL, see notes below)

Twitching - (likely an early title for "Twitch Version I or II, see notes below)

The Children - (likely an early title for “Playground” see notes below)

Isle Of Man (Version 1) [Unofficially appeared on “Twitched”] +

Twitch (Version 1) [Unofficially appeared on “Twitched”] +

The Angel (Short Version) [Unofficially appeared on “Twitched”] +

Abortive (Early Version) [Unofficially appeared on “Twitched”] +

My Possession (Extended Version) [Unofficially appeared on “Twitched”] +

The Angel (Remix, with new instrumentation and vocals) *

What’s My Mission Now? (Vocal version, instrumental later given to Tackhead) -

1986

Revolting Cocks-We Shall Cleanse the World (Original vocal, basis for Razormaid version) -

Thrill Kill Kult (later reworked into Lead Into Gold’s Hatred) +

The Eyes of Christ (later reworked into 1000 Homo DJs’ Apathy) +

1987

Revolting Cocks-Cattle Grind (Demo)+

1988

Ingrate- (likely an early version of “The Missing” or “Deity”, see notes below)

I’m Sick- (see notes below, this later became “Destruction” but is unknown if it’s identical to “Self Annoyed”)

“Tape Editing Experiments” (“Destruction” comes from these sessions. These recordings were found by Charlie Clouser who is now the band’s archivist and mentioned in the LORAH 33 1/3 book.)

Stigmata LP (early version of LORAH album) Stigmata/Abortive/Ingrate/Apathy/The Idiot/See More Spine/I’m Sick/The Idiot (Version)/Blackened Heart. [Breakdown and notes in the post below].

1989

Drums Song Unfinished (Martin Atkins and Bill Reiflin; from a March 1989 Master Tape on display at Martin’s museum)

Lard-Hairy Midget (from the April 30th, 1989 Master Tape on display at Martin’s museum)

Lard-Should Have Stayed Home (from a 1989 Master Tape)

Loose Jam #1 (listed on the Master Tape box from the “Smothered Hope” B-side sessions)

1990

?

1991

Revolting Cocks-Chickenshit (John Cale cover) +

1992

NWO (Bonus Beats Remix -appeared on a white label promo, but not on an official release) +

1993

Revolting Cocks-Crackin’ Up (Demo Version)+

1994

Midnight Cowboy (John Barry cover live) +

1995

Filth Pig: An alternate version of the entire album (rumored) -

Lion’s Mouth (Vocal version) -

Welt (possibly from the Welt sessions, this isn’t Noreen, but the The Fall’s piano sections originated here) -

Witchita Lineman (Glen Campbell cover, not sure if it was recorded, but it was dropped in favor of Lay Lady Lay) -

1996

?

1997

?

1998

Ambient Album (Happy Dust originated from this, along with other titles such as Yes You Are, Tinsel, Monkey Brains and Indian) -

1999

Supermanic (Demo version with samples not in final version) +

Step (Extended) +

Nursing Home (Extended) +

2000

?

2001

Dead Practice (instrumental, later became “Animosity”) *

Paydirt * (instrumental, later became “Lockbox”)

Scartown * (instrumental, later became “Unsung”)

Scartown with Anthem * (instrumental, later became “Unsung-Alternate Mix”)

2002

Crucial Bitch (early version of “Piss”) -

Trailer Smell (early version of “Broken”) -

2003

?

2004

Zero (an early version of WKYJ with alternate lyrics) *

Wasted (an early version of Worthless with alternate lyrics) *

2005

?

2006

?

2007

?

2008

?

2009

?

2010

?

2011

Double Tap (long version) *

2013

Cats in the Microwave

realmdemagic · August 10, 2025, 10:38pm

8/10/2025 removed “Hardman” and demos for “Here We Go”, “Say You’re Sorry” and “What He Say” since those have now been released on “Ultimate Rarest Trax!”

Some interesting information on other tracks has come to light from Jason Pettigrew’s excellent The Land of Rape and Honey 33 1/3 book. If you haven’t picked this up yet, you need to. It’s essential reading.

The book answers a lot of questions about an early draft of LORAH (then titled “Stigmata”) Wax Trax shared the below image on their Instragram some time ago, but now, there’s an official break down of these tracks.

Stigmata (appears on the final version of LORAH)
Abortive (appears on the final version of LORAH)
Ingrate (Al nor Paul remember much about the track, but Paul thinks it might be an early version of “The Missing” or “Diety”)
Apathy (appears on the first 1000 Homo DJ’s 12")
The Idiot (appears on the first Lead Into Gold 12")
See More Spine (a play on words on Sire Records’ Seymour Stein’. This is the same track as “Show Me Your Spine” but the tracklist above has Al noted on vocals and not Ogre)
I’m Sick (confirmed from Al and Paul as being the basis for “Destruction”. It wasn’t mentioned if this is the same track as “Self Annoyed”)
The Idiot (Version) (Al or Paul can’t recall what this version was, but is likely “Hatred” as this song and the “Idiot” share elements from an earlier track called “Thrill Kill Kult”)
Blackened Heart (appears on the first Lead Into Gold 12")

The book also mentions a small section on an early incarnation of Twitch. Warner Bros. had an internal publication called the “The Guide” and the 1986 issue mentions Twitch including songs called “Twitching” (which is more than likely an early title of the song “Twitch”) and “The Children” (which Al has no recollection on, and is likely the track “Playground” which has the word “Children” in the lyrics)

There’s also mention of “We Believe” featuring an alternate bass line by Jah Wobble from PiL. I’m guessing this in the unique bass line featured in the live versions. The new version featured on “The Squirrely Years Revisited” has the bass line, and since the Twitch tracks are technically remixes from the source tapes, it very well could be Jah’s performance featured.