General Public

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Marky- you rule!


Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
koabac wrote:But if this "barter" story is true, what songs did Dave Wakening work on melodies for Mick Jones? Are there any Jones/Wakeling co-writes floating out there?
There are the following demos available but other than what Dave Wakeling suggests above I don't know if Mick plays on them all.

01. General Public (Demo)
02. Tenderness (Demo)
03. Where's The Line? (Demo)
04. Never You Done That (Demo)
05. Hot You're Cool (Demo)
06. Anxious (Demo)
07. Hot You're Cool (Alt. Take)
08. Burning Bright (Unreleased)
09. Where's The Line? (Alt. Take)
10. Day To Day (Demo)
11. Never You Done That (Alt. Take)
12. Where's The Line? (Original Demo)
13. Anxious (Alt. Take)
14. Are You Leading Me On? (Demo)
15. Tenderness (12" Mix)
16. Limited Balance (Unreleased)
17. General Public (Remix)
18. David Jensen (Reprise)
19. General Public (Alt. Take #2)
Where would I look for those demos Marky? I'd like to give them a listen.
By the way, am I correct in thinking I saw Mick on tv with General Public, possibly for the GP single? TOTP?
Well I suppose their is always your friendly neighborhood Marky Dread.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KocywKJR!X5CHsbtZe ... 15MWtjgWH0

Mick's not in any of the tv clips I've seen. There are two tv appearances on Youtube.

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[quote="aza"]Marky- you rule!

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Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
koabac wrote:But if this "barter" story is true, what songs did Dave Wakening work on melodies for Mick Jones? Are there any Jones/Wakeling co-writes floating out there?
There are the following demos available but other than what Dave Wakeling suggests above I don't know if Mick plays on them all.

01. General Public (Demo)
02. Tenderness (Demo)
03. Where's The Line? (Demo)
04. Never You Done That (Demo)
05. Hot You're Cool (Demo)
06. Anxious (Demo)
07. Hot You're Cool (Alt. Take)
08. Burning Bright (Unreleased)
09. Where's The Line? (Alt. Take)
10. Day To Day (Demo)
11. Never You Done That (Alt. Take)
12. Where's The Line? (Original Demo)
13. Anxious (Alt. Take)
14. Are You Leading Me On? (Demo)
15. Tenderness (12" Mix)
16. Limited Balance (Unreleased)
17. General Public (Remix)
18. David Jensen (Reprise)
19. General Public (Alt. Take #2)
Where would I look for those demos Marky? I'd like to give them a listen.
By the way, am I correct in thinking I saw Mick on tv with General Public, possibly for the GP single? TOTP?
Well I suppose their is always your friendly neighborhood Marky Dread.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KocywKJR!X5CHsbtZe ... 15MWtjgWH0

Mick's not in any of the tv clips I've seen. There are two tv appearances on Youtube.
Many a belated Thanks for posting this Marky. I've had problems downloading, so at long last I'll give this a listen.

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dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
koabac wrote:But if this "barter" story is true, what songs did Dave Wakening work on melodies for Mick Jones? Are there any Jones/Wakeling co-writes floating out there?
There are the following demos available but other than what Dave Wakeling suggests above I don't know if Mick plays on them all.

01. General Public (Demo)
02. Tenderness (Demo)
03. Where's The Line? (Demo)
04. Never You Done That (Demo)
05. Hot You're Cool (Demo)
06. Anxious (Demo)
07. Hot You're Cool (Alt. Take)
08. Burning Bright (Unreleased)
09. Where's The Line? (Alt. Take)
10. Day To Day (Demo)
11. Never You Done That (Alt. Take)
12. Where's The Line? (Original Demo)
13. Anxious (Alt. Take)
14. Are You Leading Me On? (Demo)
15. Tenderness (12" Mix)
16. Limited Balance (Unreleased)
17. General Public (Remix)
18. David Jensen (Reprise)
19. General Public (Alt. Take #2)
Where would I look for those demos Marky? I'd like to give them a listen.
By the way, am I correct in thinking I saw Mick on tv with General Public, possibly for the GP single? TOTP?
Well I suppose their is always your friendly neighborhood Marky Dread.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KocywKJR!X5CHsbtZe ... 15MWtjgWH0

Mick's not in any of the tv clips I've seen. There are two tv appearances on Youtube.
Many a belated Thanks for posting this Marky. I've had problems downloading, so at long last I'll give this a listen.
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My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
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We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.

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Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
koabac wrote:But if this "barter" story is true, what songs did Dave Wakening work on melodies for Mick Jones? Are there any Jones/Wakeling co-writes floating out there?
There are the following demos available but other than what Dave Wakeling suggests above I don't know if Mick plays on them all.

01. General Public (Demo)
02. Tenderness (Demo)
03. Where's The Line? (Demo)
04. Never You Done That (Demo)
05. Hot You're Cool (Demo)
06. Anxious (Demo)
07. Hot You're Cool (Alt. Take)
08. Burning Bright (Unreleased)
09. Where's The Line? (Alt. Take)
10. Day To Day (Demo)
11. Never You Done That (Alt. Take)
12. Where's The Line? (Original Demo)
13. Anxious (Alt. Take)
14. Are You Leading Me On? (Demo)
15. Tenderness (12" Mix)
16. Limited Balance (Unreleased)
17. General Public (Remix)
18. David Jensen (Reprise)
19. General Public (Alt. Take #2)
Where would I look for those demos Marky? I'd like to give them a listen.
By the way, am I correct in thinking I saw Mick on tv with General Public, possibly for the GP single? TOTP?
Well I suppose their is always your friendly neighborhood Marky Dread.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KocywKJR!X5CHsbtZe ... 15MWtjgWH0

Mick's not in any of the tv clips I've seen. There are two tv appearances on Youtube.
I was ready to pour over these to sort out which bits were Mick's, but it seems I'm too late. The link is dead. Anyone nice enough to re-upload it would officially be Big Kindness Dynamite.

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appleseed wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
dave202 wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
koabac wrote:But if this "barter" story is true, what songs did Dave Wakening work on melodies for Mick Jones? Are there any Jones/Wakeling co-writes floating out there?
There are the following demos available but other than what Dave Wakeling suggests above I don't know if Mick plays on them all.

01. General Public (Demo)
02. Tenderness (Demo)
03. Where's The Line? (Demo)
04. Never You Done That (Demo)
05. Hot You're Cool (Demo)
06. Anxious (Demo)
07. Hot You're Cool (Alt. Take)
08. Burning Bright (Unreleased)
09. Where's The Line? (Alt. Take)
10. Day To Day (Demo)
11. Never You Done That (Alt. Take)
12. Where's The Line? (Original Demo)
13. Anxious (Alt. Take)
14. Are You Leading Me On? (Demo)
15. Tenderness (12" Mix)
16. Limited Balance (Unreleased)
17. General Public (Remix)
18. David Jensen (Reprise)
19. General Public (Alt. Take #2)
Where would I look for those demos Marky? I'd like to give them a listen.
By the way, am I correct in thinking I saw Mick on tv with General Public, possibly for the GP single? TOTP?
Well I suppose their is always your friendly neighborhood Marky Dread.

https://mega.co.nz/#!KocywKJR!X5CHsbtZe ... 15MWtjgWH0

Mick's not in any of the tv clips I've seen. There are two tv appearances on Youtube.
I was ready to pour over these to sort out which bits were Mick's, but it seems I'm too late. The link is dead. Anyone nice enough to re-upload it would officially be Big Kindness Dynamite.
Happy to oblige.

https://mega.co.nz/#!nwtyDK6I!ey6SWzUgW ... 6SwXG_q4dw
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Muchos gracias, Marky!

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appleseed wrote:Muchos gracias, Marky!
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Not sure if this has been posted before but just came across this posting on Twitter - One of Mick's tape collections that has a General Public demo and a rehearsal session/performance from September 21, 1983.

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Verrrryyyy interesting.
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I wonder what the tape is with Mickey and Norman on it.

Obviously Mickey Gallagher and Norman Watt-Roy. But I wonder what the tracks are.
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There's something quite endearing that even into the late 1980s MJ is still collecting tapes and spending time on the covers (apart from the Sigue Sigue Sputnik one where he just crossed it out and put Upsetter. I guess top left was an upgrade)
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oliver wrote:
23 Aug 2022, 4:50pm
There's something quite endearing that even into the late 1980s MJ is still collecting tapes and spending time on the covers (apart from the Sigue Sigue Sputnik one where he just crossed it out and put Upsetter. I guess top left was an upgrade)
That's what stood out to me—it's wonderfully dorky teenager kind of stuff from that time.
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Marky Dread wrote:
23 Aug 2022, 3:47pm
I wonder what the tape is with Mickey and Norman on it.

Obviously Mickey Gallagher and Norman Watt-Roy. But I wonder what the tracks are.
Yeah, same here. That honestly caught my eye first over the General Public tapes. Only thing I could guess was something around Sandinista, maybe when they recorded Every Little Bit Hurts? So possibly that + a couple other covers maybe.

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