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Urban Hymns Demos

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??/??/1996
The Verve
Set 1 1. Space And Time
2. Sonnet
3. Song For The Lovers
4. One Before Dinner
5. Misty Morning June
6. Lord, I've Been Trying
7. Jerusalem
8. The Drugs Don't Work
9. Come On People
10. Crab
11. Little Bit Of Love
12. Lord I Guess I'll Never Know
13. Monte Carlo
14. Oh Sister
15. New York (Siren Mix)
16. One More For The Lovers
17. It Takes Two
18. News excerpt
CommentThese are the legendary "Urban Hymns" demos recorded by Richard Ashcroft during 1996. Verve drummer Peter Salisbury plays drums on most tracks, and most likely Simon Tong plays as well although no one is sure of the lineup other than Ashcroft and Salisbury.

There are 3 songs from "Urban Hymns," two b-sides from that album, 3 tracks that a few years later would appear on Ashcroft's debut solo album, and eight unreleased tracks. Obviously, the absence of Nick McCabe from the proceedings is a negative, but the unreleased tracks and early versions of other songs make a nice addition to the Verve catalog. The last track is a 50-odd second news blip regarding the leak of these tapes, which occured before the release of "Urban Hymns." The website mentioned, I believe, is a still active Verve site called Verve Universe (http://www.odc.net/~ssharma/verve/).
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