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Over time demos, some never-before heard, and live performances will be released and found on this page!
The schedule of these releases is still being determined, so please check back regularly!
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Samples from Simon Townshend CDs available on Stir Music ...
The following are full tracks for your sampling pleasure. There are also a number of short samples within the track listings of each Stir Music CD that is available for purchase online!
| Girl In New York from the CD simontownshend is |
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| Ecstasy Heaven from the CD simontownshend is |
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| I'm The Answer from the CD simontownshend is |
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| simontownshendis CD is also available at Amazon |
| Comeback from the CD Bare Bodies, Bare Assets |
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Some Simon Townshend Demos & Rarities ...
| Somewhere Out There (Live) | I'm Alright (Unreleased Version) | ||
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| Another great one recorded live circa 2000! | This the original unreleased version of the song that was recorded just after finishing the Among Us CD | ||
| Sweet Sound (Live Solo Acoustic) | Rain (Unreleased Studio Demo) | ||
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| This was recorded live circa 2000! | This demo is actually a fully flushed out studio demo! Certainly sounds ready for release - but never happen. | ||
| HTML (Acoustic Demo) | Way It Is (demo) | ||
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| This demo is circa 2000 and was featured on previous incarnations of this website! | This version is actually an acoustic demo. The released version can be found on Among Us. There is also a solo live version on Bare Bodies, and a live band version on simontownshendis! | ||
| Close to Your Heart (unreleased track) |
Next Fly (Acoustic Demo) | ||
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| This is an unreleased track from the 1990's | This acoustic demo is circa 2001. |
Some LIVE Simon Townshend ...
Simon Townshend - Animal Soup Live At The Astoria
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finally here - the first LIVE simontownshend.com - Stir Music internet
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Simon Townshend - Animal Soup Live At The Astoria
01. Our Time
02. When She Sleeps
03. The Way It Is
04. Highness
05. No Angel
06. Somewhere Out There
07. Ecstasy Heaven
08. Goodbye Everything
I remember a few things about the Animal Soup, London Astoria gig...
The glittery, caberet style stars on the backdrop - the massive stage with very little backline filling it - the weak stage introduction given to the band - the closet we were packed in backstage that we were told was our dressing room - and a friend having a huge chunk bitten out of her leg by some crazy security guy's dog just as we were leaving at 2am.These memories do not overshadow how we felt on stage during the show....
Ben, my oldest son, had played many gigs with me but this was by far his biggest and most prestigious. Lindsay his young schoolfriend who knew my songs so well from hanging around at our house jammin' could be trusted to play all my main rhythm acoustic parts leaving me free to play electric. James Hayto playing fantastic wah-wah lead and Phil (Balders Spalders) Spalding, an animal of a bassist, underpinning what was to be one of this line ups last but finest gigs. I think the version of Way It Is, despite the dropped drum beat in the middle, is the best this song has ever been played live. The vocal just happened this way. It had never been rehearsed to be ferocious, we always played it quite laid back. On this occasion, this night, the electric atmosphere took the song down a whole new path and it found its true home. To this day I have never been able to reproduce it but I believe in my heart of hearts that one day I will.
There is more to this show than meets the ear...
I spent a few days dubbing and tweaking the sound of the recording, trying to perfect the imperfections - none of which I was able to do very successfully as 'live' is 'live' is 'live'. There is no hiding. I did however double the odd acoustic part, add a harmony voice in here and there that was too quiet in the original mix... and if I remember correctly, I even padded out the crowd to make it sound like there were more than fifty had stayed behind after the Who convention to see us. That night we were worthy of a stadium crowd. I really hope those of you that go to the trouble of downloading the entire show can close your eyes and relive the night with me in its glorious technicolor. When I listen it brings a tear to my eye - I am proud of the musicians I have around me and this night was no different even with the young blood and highness in the band. I live for the moment, a crescendo so big drags you in fearlessly and screams, "LISTEN"! This is the Animal Soup.
- Simon Townshend, Nov 2005
Download the Show:
[contains 8 mp3's and hi-res artwork]
Astoria-London-simontownshend.zip [61.1MB]
hear a sample track:
[to download: right click - save as]
Ecstasy
Heaven-Live At The Astoria.mp3 [5.82MB]
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