interesting chronology note: The liner notes for Ten Redux say SOLAT and 2,000 miles are labeled "rough mix April 21, 1991." But the Mookie "First Week" demos are all from Oct., 1990. So, obviously, these new leaks aren't the "first" Mookie Blaylock demo. And the "Alive" promo single is from Jan. 29, 1991. So I wonder where these new demos really fit in, chronologically speaking.

I'm not sure why I hadn't heard Wishing Well yet, but that's a good tune.

okay, now that these demos are out there i can FINALLY talk about them and shed some light...so here's the story of what i know about them:

i moved to seattle back in 2001 and quickly became friends with a person who knew members of the band since 1990 (or earlier). one night they played a cassette for me marked OUTTAKES there was NO artwork or song listing on it, but it contained the following songs:

Master/slave (longer version)
Instrumental 1 (which ended up being 'Hold On')
Wishing Well
State of Love and Trust
Touch me Im Sick
Touch me Im Dick
It Aint like That (which i referred to as 'It Ain't Like Abe Vigoda')
Blues Jam (which ended up '2000 miles blues')
Instrumental 2 (which to me sounded like an early version of 'Garden")

i asked this person if there was ANY way i could have a copy and they said "NO". about a week or so went by and the person then asked me if i could burn the tape onto a CD for them, i said of course as long as i could have a copy...they asked me to make an extra copy for them to give to another friend, who i believe lived out of state. i then burned the tape onto a CD and made some adjustments to it. i boosted the volume a bit and tried to clean up the static noise as much as i could.

also, if you notice there is a break around 1:30 of the song 'Wishing Well'. that's how it sounded on the tape, for whatever reason it cuts off for a second or so. at the time i didn't really have the technology to fix it....over the years i have been able to reduce the cut a bit more (the version that has leaked sounds like the original version from the tape). so a few days later i gave the person two CD's and kept one for myself.

to do this day the ONLY person i have ever made a copy of this CD was Tim from 10C a few years back. They were putting together the 'TEN' boxset, and he asked me if i had a specific song they were looking for, so i made him a copy of the CD hoping they might use one or two of the songs on it (as i'm sure they had forgotten about most of them). over the years i have played this CD for a few friends, but again NEVER let anyone borrow or burn it.

so i have NO idea where these demos/outtakes finally came from....perhaps someone else had a copy of the cassette and burned it onto a CD as well, who knows?!?!? bottom line, i am glad that other fans are finally getting to hear these, as they are something special and i feel an important part of the history of the band.....now who wants to hear about the "STUFFINS DEMOS"?????

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Great story. I want to hear about the Stuffins Demos.

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Eddie's song for Sean Penn... the least they could do is give us the pump-organ track.

haha, that's great.

thanks for this.

so its illegally leaked stuff?

bummer.

Well, if PJ's trying to stop it, that speaks toward its legitimacy.

yeah, but i'm bummed its not them actually throwing us a bone.

'Bad Acting Hack' should've made Backspacer.

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i think this is when someone would suggest sending a PM to internet user theplatypus.

aww bummer. i hate being late to the party and missing out on stuff like this. oh well, hopefully it will surface somewhere again someday.

I hope its okay to say that a certain radio station in Seattle, who also shares their name with a Pearl Jam song, is hosting them on their website. PJ hasn't shut that down yet, whatever that means.

wow... completely missed all of this. that's what i get for actually working today, dammit!