Here are some outtakes, samples and some never-before heard music, compliments of The Nails. Enjoy!
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Listen to one of the last tunes recorded by The Nails, Are You My Baby, recorded live in rehearsal summer 2000. Personnel: Marc-Voice, Guitar, Steve-Guitar, George-Bass, David-Organ, Mike-Drums |
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Home of the Brave -
Demo Version 1984 |
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Live at the Holiday Club in Toronto, Summer 1985This 1985 club date is the only currently available live document of the "RCA" incarnation of the band. In the early 2000s, we sold CD-R's of these recordings but stopped when Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams got released on CD and downloading. When we remastered Dangerous Dreams, we put the live version of The Veil as a bonus track. Otherwise, these have been in the vault for awhile ... Engineer: Doug McClement, with special thanks to Phil Evans at CFNY ‘The Edge’ in Toronto. |
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Who
Will Love You (10mb) - Currently unreleased
- formerly released on the live Toronto CD-R. |
Who Will Love You |
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88 Lines about 44 Women
(9mb) - Far from the best version we ever
performed, but it is a document of the times,
warts and all. |
88 Lines about 44 Women |
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Let It All Hang Out/Sex Machine
(12mb) - a blistering cover/medley. As musicians
and "entertainers," it shows The Nails at their
best. |
Let It All Hang Out/Sex Machine |
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Riders on the Storm (12mb) -
The Nails as a jam band, going back to their
musical roots. |
Riders on the Storm |
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Dangerous
Dreams - Things You Left Behind dance mixes
When Dangerous Dreams was remastered we added Things You Left Behind ("Popstand Stylee Remix"), the longest dance mix as a bonus track. There were some who "demanded" that we should have included the two shorter dance mixes as well. We decided to leave these 2 dance mixes off due to their similarity with the longer one. We hereby present them to you right here. Additional
production (besides remixing) consisted mostly
of: replacement of George's bassline with one
by producers, electronic drum pattern and
sampler keyboard added by producers. |
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Things You Left Behind (Jah
Fish Meets Tuta in a Dubb Stylee) (1986) (11mb) |
Things You Left Behind (Jah Fish Meets Tuta in a Dubb Stylee) |
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Things You Left Behind
(Summer Inner City Groove) (1986) (13mb) |
Things You Left Behind (Summer Inner City Groove) |
1981-1982 Hotel for Women SessionsWhen the engineer and I (David K.) listened to tapes, we had different versions of songs, dance mixes, etc. Not all of it made it to the CD ... During our 1982 California Tour we recorded quite a few of our shows. We made a tape of the best stuff so we present you with a sampling. |
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Dirty Money False Success
(7mb) - Live in-studio vocal (different from
album) (1981). |
Dirty Money False Success |
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Just Another Story (Dance Mix)
(aka Just Another Dub) (9mb) (1982) |
Just Another Story (Dance Mix) |
| Ask the Dust (6mb) -
recorded live in California, Autumn 1982 Personnel: Marc-Voice, Steve-Guitar, Dave-Keys, George-Bass, Doug-Sax, Tommy-Drums |
Ask the Dust |
May 1980 Crossfire Studio SessionsThe Young and Wild / Transcontinental Ska single emanated from these sessions. Studio was located on W. 18th Street off Fifth Avenue (New York USA) in the owner's loft. Peter Darmi engineered all the sessions except for overnight Trans. Ska which was engineered by the owner. I believe his name was Barry Ruth. He accidentally wiped the snare drum from Trans. Ska. Tommy came in and banged on the snare drum to make up for this. If you listen closely you can hear the erased snare drum fills caught by the other drum mics ... This is called mic "bleeding" in recording studio terms. |
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Life in
America (4.3mb) |
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This
Could Be the Night (4.9mb) |
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Young and Wild
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Transcontinental
Ska (4.1 mb) |
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1979 "Quartet" SessionsMarc, David, Tommy and George were a quartet after an early stint with Steve who joined for a few months in 1978 then left, to return for good 3 years later. George & I "produced" the sessions on 4-track reel-to-reel. Our cassette demos sounded bad so we decided to go with monophonic with the sound emanating only from one speaker! The demo contained Go Go Boots, I Like Women, Never Get Tired of Living and Real Proof. Perhaps I Like Women/Real Proof would have been our single from this era. In 1979 we toyed with another name since The Nails were not generating gigs. We got a call-back from one of the club owners who was surprised that we were actually The Nails! The quartet was "discovered" (through this mono demo cassette) by the late Patrick Clarke who worked at the E. 15th Street (near Irving Plaza) Tramps club. He allowed us to play fairly consistently beginning December 1979 into 1980. During that time we went "ska," met Douglas and had our first taste of playing in front of larger crowds. |
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Summer Girls (6.3 mb) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, George-Bass, Tommy-Drums (Live in Rehearsal) |
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Let's Have Some Fun (3.4 mb) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, back. vocals, George-Bass, back. vocals, Tommy-Drums |
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Go Go Boots (2.1 mb) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, back. vocals, George-Bass, back. vocals, Tommy-Drums |
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Never Get Tired of Living (5 mb) (simulated stereo) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, back. vocals, George-Bass, back. vocals, Tommy-Drums |
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I Like Women (3.1 mb) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, George-Bass, Tommy-Drums |
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Real Proof (2.6 mb) - Marc-Voice, guitar, Dave-Keys, keyboard bass, back. vocals, George-12-string lead guitar, back. vocals, Tommy-Drums |
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Listen to a live recording by The Ravers, from Denver's Ebbets Field club, Spring 1977. This was located in the Brooks Tower building, at that time, Denver's tallest. Download or Stream High School Days
Click on a song title to hear a sampling of the tune!
Be sure to visit the Nails' Discography Page for some songs not included here!
| Cops Are Punks (1977) | Backstreet Boys (1978-entire song) |
| Transcontinental Ska (1980-entire song) | 88 Lines about 44 Women (Orig. - 1981) |
| Every Time I Touch You (1984) | Home of the Brave (1984) |
| 88 Lines about 44 Women (RCA-1984) | Hello Janine (1986) |
| The Veil (1986) | Things You Left Behind (1986) |
All songs © The Nails except Let It All Hang Out/Sex Machine
and Riders on the Storm, © their respective composers.