Been listening to "The Lost Crowes" by the Black Crowes which features previously unreleased ditched earlier versions of two of their albums and it got me thinking about "lost" albums, i.e. albums that were recorded but either never released or only released several years later and out of sequence with their other albums, if you get me.
Smile by the Beach Boys is arguably the most famous, alongside The Black Album by Prince (which did eventually get an offical release)..Simple Minds did an album (Our Secrets Are The Same) in 1999 that never saw the light of day until it was included in a box set in 2004 (probably best place for it, IMHO)
There must be others... I think there was a Bowie one? What are your favourites?
Doesn't matter if the album eventually had an official release or if it only ever made it to bootlegs but the only rule I have is that you must have heard the album and it must exist as more than just a rumour and a couple of demo tracks.
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Then there's Dylan with his Bootleg series of releases, again so much that was just fantastic but never originally saw the light of day for whatever reason....like "Blind Willie McTell" which is a masterpiece.
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result! Here ya go.
http://www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-zombies-time-season
Oh here's some of it at least:
I quite like Hendrix People, Hell And Angels.. Some interesting stuff on there
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Chrome Dreams is one of his that's remained unreleased (bootlegs from '77), but bizarrely he released a sequel, Chrome Dreams II in '07.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Album_(Lewis_Taylor_album)
Also, wasn't the (ahem) Steel Panther premise a great lost 80s hair metal album?
This was the album that Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made that got them the invitation to join Fleetwood Mac.
It was released in '73 and was big in Alabama, but has been out of print for years and never released on CD despite various statements over the years from Lindsey Buckingham saying that he'd like to.
If you like 70s era Mac it's well worth a listen.
You can download it from http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/
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