British melodic hard rockers SHY have released a bunch of demos from the ’80s, in this case the titled “USA Demos for “Excess All Areas“, the tapes the band recorded in America prior to their awesome 1987’s album Excess All Areas.
It’s great to hear the original takes of anthems such as ‘Emergency’, ‘Can’t Fight the Nights’, ‘Talk to Me’, or ‘Breakdown The Walls’ (here still titled “Last Chance”). And even more a version of ‘Emergency’ with Michael Bolton singing lead vocals, and “Breakdown The Walls” with Don Dokken.We have as well tapes from Birmingham, UK, sessions, and while the sound quality varies, it’s pretty fan-damn-tastic these tapes have been finally made available.
01 – EMERGENCY
(’86 demo)
02 – LAST CHANCE
(before it became Breakdown The Walls)
03 – CAN’T FIGHT THE NIGHT
(’86 demo)
04 – SHE’S NOT SO INNOCENT
(Recorded by SHY at Zella Studios Edgebaston Birmingham)
05 – JUST LOVE ME
(’86 demo)
06 – TALK TO ME
(’86 demo)
08 – SHE’S NOT SO INNOCENT
(Original Version by writters in America)
09 – LAST CHANCE
(This is the actuall Don Dokken version recorded at Don Dokken’s Studios in LA)
10 – EMERGENCY
(With Michael Bolton singing lead vocals)
11 – STRANGE FASCINATION
(Witten with writters in America, this track never got used)
12 – CANT FIGHT THE NIGHT
(Basic first version)
13 – RUN FOR COVER
(Recorded at Zella Studio’s Edgebaston Birmingham)
14 – TELL HER ITS OVER
(Recorded at Zella Studio’s in Edgbaston Birmingham)
15 – WALK AWAY
(Recorded at Zella Studio’s Edgbaston Birmingham)