Tuesday, December 06, 2011

AOR TREASURES - Demo Projekt Vol.2 (2011)


Second 'Demo Projekt' installment, including some tracks already known by many collectors, some others not.
A2A has recorded an interesting collection of instrumental demos based on oodles of keyboards. The rare edit version of "No Return" is really cool.
Swedish session vocalist Andy Eklund joined wizard Tommy Denander during the nineties for a melodic rock project that never saw the light, but their demos were shared hand to hand by Scandinavian fans.
Swedes Alyson Avenue had better luck, as they recorded their debut in 2000, but were fighting in the underground for years. This good demo was recorded around '92.
I don't know what happened with the band Room Service, as their track "Running Away From It All" is excellent. It even appeared in a demo compilation released by an indie label, but then vanished without a trace.

One of my favorites here is "Don't Give Up" by Cold Heart. This is a great band with so good material that I am thinking to make an exclusive post with their mega rare unreleased pre-production album.
Not sure if "Make Me Baby" by Mariner was officially recorded and released by the band, but certainly this is a demo take. It doesn't matter, it's a very good 80's track and deserves to be here.
One of the gems in this compilation is the uber rare version of "Eye Of The Tiger" recorded by Survivor with former MSG frontman Robin McAuley when Jim Jamison left the band. This joint-venture lasted few months and this is one of the only 3 demos they recorded together.
And there's more interesting tracks, all with a restoring audio job by me to get the best of them.
More to come soon...


01 - A2A - No Return
02 - Andy Eklund & Tommy Denander - Don't You Know
03 - Room Service - Running Away From It All
04 - Alyson Avenue - Walk Away
05 - Cold Heart - Don't Give Up
06 - Sapphire Eyes - I Want You To See Me
07 - Craaft - Highway
08 - Jump - Dreamin'
09 - Mariner - Make Me Baby
10 - A.O.K. - Call Me
11 - House Of Lords - Angel Of The City
12 - Adrenalin - Heaven's A Crime
13 - Survivor (Robin McAuley vocals) - Eye Of The Tiger
14 - John Waite - Standing In The Shadow (demo version)
15 - Peter Yttergren - Emilie
16 - Vince DiCola & Stan Bush - No Risk, No Glory
17 - Bill Champlin - Leap Of Faith
18 - Garrison - Never Let It Go
19 - Shining Line - The Best Thing Inside Of Me
20 - Jaded Heart - Burst Into Tears


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AOR TREASURES - Demo Projekt Vol.2
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12 comments:

  1. Fantastic work Camelblue!!! Thanks so much.


    Love this....

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  2. That's right. Amazing work once more my friend! ;)

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  3. Thank you very much, Camelblue!

    These collections are amazing. I love it!

    Now, i'll to listen the "Demo Projekt Vol. 1".

    See ya

    Hugs from Brazil!

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  4. These just keep getting better and better m8, thanx alot

    A Fan

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  5. I hadn't seen this before, it's a great compilation. THANKS!!

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  6. Hard to miss.

    Thank from Thailand.

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  7. Thank you very much indeed!!

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  8. the link doesnt work ! why?

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  9. @ tinykarpo80s:
    tested & working, please try again.

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  10. fantasticos temas

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  11. Good evening friend, I would like if possible that you put the albums AOR TREASURES - Demo Projekt Vol. 1 and 2 again for download

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