Interested in some long-lost Tragically Hip demos? Listen here.
The Internet is a repository of fascinating artefacts. A fan points us to a long-lost demo recorded by the Tragically Hip from 1986. These recordings were made with Red Rider guitarist Ken Greer and were done about a year before the Hip landed their major label deal with MCA.
Fascinating, really. Listen before someone complains and takes them down.
https://youtu.be/6N8XdsEfkFc
Glad to see some stuff from my channel being shared. I worked on this in my studio for a few weeks to make it a bit more listenable.
You did an excellent job! Hip fans the world over are grateful.
Agreed. These songs are fantastic. You did a brilliant job with these tracks. Hip fans everywhere are grateful.
Alan Cross, could you PLEASE give proper credit to the original poster of this phenomenal recording. John has given all Hip fans an incredible amount of material, and I would truly like to see credit given where credit is due. Thanks!!!!
Check the other comments. He’s been given credit.
I can’t believe these guys were sitting on this stuff since at least 1986! Not sure why this wasn’t on the EP
Is there a way to download these demos?
Not legally, anyway.
Thanks for posting those songs and for getting back to me. Would be great if the Hip did a comprehensive release of all their albums with unreleased and demo material!