Feist: The Red Demos
In 2002-2003, after she released Monarch, Feist recorded a set of songs now known as the red demos. While they would all go on to be released on later albums, the Red Demos are still interesting in their production. Essentially, they’re stripped down versions of their later selves. Gone are the jazzy, upbeat elements, replaced by a darker, Cat Power-esque tone. Among the most interesting demos is ‘Leisure Suite’; a name is almost all it shares with the version we know from Let It Die. Also, ‘The Eastern Shore’, while not released on Let It Die, will be present on The Reminder, renamed ‘The Water’. It’s fascinating to see such stark, gloomy versions of songs we know so well.
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zach said,
March 17, 2007 at 11:43 am
thank you very much!
CTel said,
March 18, 2007 at 6:25 am
Bandwidth exceeded
zed said,
March 19, 2007 at 1:57 pm
I’d love to hear these tracks. Get some more bandwidth!
Sean said,
March 19, 2007 at 2:13 pm
1: I think you have just the right amount of bandwidth
2: Thanks for the awesome version of leisure suite
kebove said,
March 19, 2007 at 2:18 pm
These links are still working for you guys, right?
zed said,
March 19, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Nope – still funks out at 28%.
Ctel said,
March 21, 2007 at 10:45 am
Links are a bit flakey and although some d/ls died after 1mb, others did proceed to a successful conclusion. Thanks.
kebove said,
March 21, 2007 at 10:54 am
Sorry, I’ll throw them in a zip later.
richardz said,
May 6, 2007 at 1:55 pm
links are dead. 5/6/07
Shameless Complacency : smartarded said,
May 18, 2007 at 2:32 pm
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Tiff said,
October 16, 2007 at 3:20 pm
You find the Red Demos Intuition at
and the Red Demos Eastern Shore at
http://odeo.com/audio/9228033/view
Just stream and save / record the output, using Audacity or something.
deirdre said,
February 27, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Desperately seeking for the Red Demos for a couple of months already. Can anyone help?
mlbassbg29 said,
February 29, 2008 at 11:47 am
For all still seeking “The Red Demos”, I found them early this morning after searching all night for them. Enjoy!
mlbassbg29 said,
February 29, 2008 at 11:47 am
http://rapidshare.com/files/52357087/Feist__2003__The_Red_Demos.rar
B said,
July 18, 2008 at 5:58 am
please reup that RS file plz
That Guy said,
July 27, 2008 at 3:13 am
Could you get the Red Demos link working again, pretty please?
mlbassbg29 said,
August 8, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Red Demos once again.
zach said,
August 18, 2008 at 3:15 pm
would be great to see a link again.
Teatro Triste del Clown » Blog Archive » 2807. “The Water (Red Demos)” by Feist said,
March 17, 2011 at 4:53 am
[...] The Red Demos are a few tracks that Feist recorded in 2002-03. Among them is a track called “The Eastern Shore,” which was remade as “The Water” on The Reminder, and is included in the iTunes release as a bonus track. [...]
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