Demo Anthology“, as the title suggests, is a collection of demos by acclaimed US melodic hard rock group WINGER, a 2-CD set featuring a total of 37 songs recorded during the late ’80s and in between their three classic albums: “Winger”, “In The Heart Of The Young” and “Pull”.

As requested, this is the Japanese Edition including an exclusive bonus track, an out of print release. So we have here 38 tracks, 10 of them previously unreleased / not part of the album releases.
Calling these recordings ‘demos’ is diminishing its quality: these are in fact pre-production demos and in the know of Kip Winger being a perfectionist, sound quality is very good.
While for the casual listener some songs later released may sound very similar to the albums versions, they are not. Many of these tracks contain different arrangements, clock in at different times, and are in different keys than the final versions.
And we have the 11 unreleased songs, all good and deserving to have been chosen for the final track lists.

Indeed, “Demo Anthology” is a stupendous collection from Winger 1988-1994. They only disappointing thing with this release is the lack of liner notes – all that’s here is the cover, a 2-page picture inside the booklet, and one page essay / message from Kip Winger. Fans expected dates / sessions when these tracks were taped.
But the essential is here: great music. The hits and the album ‘inside tracks’ in their initial versions, plus the never heard before songs.

Amazing collection.

 

K I N G R E C O R D S JAPAN
KICP ~ 1234/5

Disc I
01 – Madalaine
02 – Hungry
03 – Seventeen
04 – State Of Emergency
05 – Time To Surrender
06 – Hangin’ On
07 – Headed For A Heartbreak
08 – Only Love +++
09 – Can’t Get Enuff
10 – Loosen Up
11 – Miles Away
12 – Easy Come Easy Go
13 – Rainbow In The Rose
14 – In The Day We’ll Never See
15 – Under One Condition
16 – Little Dirty Blonde
17 – Star Tripper +++
18 – You Are The Saint, I Am The Sinner
19 – In The Heart Of The Young

 

Disc II
01 – All I Ever Wanted
02 – Skin Tight +++
03 – Someday Someday +++
04 – Never
05 – Blind Revolution Mad
06 – Down Incognito
07 – Spell I’m Under
08 – Hour Of Need +++
09 – Junk Yard Dog
10 – The Lucky One
11 – Like A Ritual
12 – In For The Kill
13 – No Mans Land
14 – Who’s The One
15 – Written In The Wind +++
16 – Until There Was You +++
17 – Without Warning +++
18 – Give Me More +++
JAPAN BONUS TRACK:
19 – Just Another Face +++

 

+++ Previously Unreleased Tracks

 

Kip Winger – Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Reb Beach – Guitars
Paul Taylor – Guitar, Keyboards
John Roth – Guitar, Keyboards
Rod Morgenstein – Drums

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