Suicaine Gratifaction (Rough Mix) album with unheard version of “Whatever Makes You Happy (Alt Version)” is the thing that was worth the wait!!! details below!
Last week someone contacted me who had gotten a “Suicaine Gratifaction (Rough Mix)” tape from before the album came out from a source close to Paul. They asked me not to share their name, but wanted the tracks out there and sent me the FLAC files. There's no "Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves", most of the songs are only a bit different from the album versions and the sequence is also a bit different, but the main attraction is that there's an Alternate Version of “Whatever Makes You Happy” with a somewhat different arrangement and VERY different lyrics to make it a sweet and touching song about unrequited love! It’s a vastly better song than the album version!I really hope it was a label person or Don Was who changed the song, as that change is a crime against music.
With the permission of the person who sent me the Suicaine Roughs, I offered to share early with the person who has “She Looks Like Rain” and “Any Trouble” to get those for everyone and also help them track down what they’d been looking for. Unfortunately, I never heard back from them, but while I was waiting, I manually fixed some defects that came from the digital transfer of the songs from analog to digital (pops and clicks like you might hear with a vinyl transfer) being sure not to remove any part of the songs themselves and playing back to make sure it fixed the bigger defects.
I’m sharing the whole Suicaine Gratifaction (Rough Mix) album in 320 mp3. I'm holding off on sharing the FLAC on the off chance I finally hear back and can possibly get the two missing songs for everyone!
I also went back and added the “Whatever Makes You Happy (Alt Version)” to The Long Resterberg placing it after 33rd of July, because I could see a lot of folks ignoring a rough version of an album and missing out on what is essentially a completely different and better song than the one they know!
As it stands now the rarities set, titled
"The Long Resterberg" has 44 tracks:
Backlash (w/ Joan Jett) (Notorious LP) 91
Waiting For Somebody, Dyslexic Heart, Dyslexic Heart Demo, Waiting For Somebody [Score Acoustic], Blue Heart [Instrumental Version], Lost In Emily's Woods - Singles Soundtrack 92
Seein Her, Man Without Ties (World Class Fad 93)
Can’t Hardly Wait, Left of the Dial, Another Girl, Another Planet, Answering Machine (live ’93 Whiskey a Go-Go, b-side World Class Fad)
Dice Behind Your Shades (Festicle version, b-side of Knockin’ on Mine)93
Sunshine, Stain Yer Blood (Friends Soundtrack) 1994
A Star is Bored (Melrose Place Soundtrack) 94
“Lets Do It” Duet w Joan Jett 95 Tank Girl
Make Your Own Kind of Music (Eventually Bonus Track Japan, BOB , Love Untold 96)
Cheyenne, King of America "Non LP Tracks" In-House Promo CD Tracks 96
I Want My Money Back / Undone (Grandpaboy Single)97
Wonderful Copenhagen (Suicaine Gratification Bonus Track Europe) 98
33rd of July ((Suicaine Gratification Bonus Track Japan) 98
Whatever Makes You Happy (Alt. Version) - Suicaine Gratifaction (Rough Mix) 98
“Don't Go Out Into The Rain” w Laurie Lindeen 1998
Nowhere Man I Am Sam 2001
Diary aka Shopping Bag –PW 02 Mono Demos
“Positively 4th Street” Hard Rain Vol. 2 (A Tribute to Bob Dylan) Uncut Mag 02
**She Looks Like Rain, Any Trouble** 3 Track CD Promo 2002
Everything Goes Wrong CFMT Doc Exclusive -03
Outta My System (Hot Stove, Cool Music) – 04
Be Bad For Me (Folker Bonus Track Europe) 04
"It Takes A Lot to Laugh..." Highway 61 Revisited, Revised Uncut Mag 05
Once Around the Weekend Alt Mix, All That I Had, Cmon Cmon Cmon (Besterberg) 05
“Old Money” as PW And The Honky Heartattax For New Orleans Benefit Comp 06
Wild As I Wanna Be (Replacement Version), I Belong (Piano/Vocal Version) (Songs from Open Season Vinyl 06
This Machine / Foolish Handshake 7’’ as Mr. F 2010
My Road Now (PW Site Self Released) 2012
One More Try w/ The Silks (Stones) 2013
** The tracks from the 3 Tracks Promo CD with the double stars aren't available Yet **
There's a total of 44 tracks with spaces left open for "She Looks Like Rain" and "Any Trouble" when they eventually surface.I also now have the Individual Live and Exclusive Tracks from the Come Feel Me Tremble DVD completed!
Along with those, I have the following with individual tracks instead of one long file: 49:00, 3oclockreep, and Grandpaboy's Last Stand
Also...
I created a compilation of mostly Radio Sessions and have called it:
"Left Of The Dial: Sessions and More"
It has the 96 APC Studios songs, Daydream Believer from the July 4th Chicago 96 Show, The 96 KFOG interview and songs which includes covering Bowie's "John, I'm Only Dancing", "No Place For You" and Covering Dylan's "All I really Want To Do" from KCRW in 2002 (This came from a FLAC shared with me, everything else is youtube rips, and sound great, but are only 128), 4 songs from The A-List with Anthony DeCurtis in 2002, WXRT Interview and songs with Bobby Skafish 2002 which includes Paul covering Jackson Browne’s These Days.
PM me, and I can hook you up with any and all of that stuff! I'm passing along via Google Drive for now, so if you have or are up for creating a Gmail address I can share as Google Drive doesn't work with non-gmail email but works great otherwise. Ideally, someone with a better way to share these that gets them from me can post and make it easier for everyone to enjoy! I'll be checking with a few of the better known blogs to see if they want to host some of this and get the songs to more folks, but in the meantime, Google Drive is the way. The last thing I'm working on is a live rarities set that will be mostly covers
“Make the Best of Me” and "Everyone's Stupid" from the Craft show, along with the early version of "Stain Yer Blood" and Paul playing with The Neighbors at a wedding covering Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise" are what I have planned for so far on the Live Covers and Rarities Set.
The idea being it will have stuff that is rarely or maybe even only played once live, (covers, alternate versions etc.) as a result may not have the greatest sound, but will still be there due to their importance and scarcity.
Any of these that folks might have and be willing to pass along will super helpful in putting together this collection: Thanks!
Live Forever (Billie Joe Shaver cover)
I Think I Love You (Partridge Family cover)
Lost Highway (Leon Payne cover)
If I Had a Hammer (Leon Payne cover)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Stones cover)
Turning Japanese (Vapors cover)
Don’t Cry No Tears (Neil Young cover)
Gimme Little Sign (Brenton Wood cover)
Whole Wide World (Wreckless Eric cover)
Different Drum
One of the Boys (Mott The Hoople)
Only a Hobo (Dylan)
Borstal Breakout (Sham 69)
Death of a Clown (Dave Davies)
Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan)
Long Black Veil
Batman Theme
Kansas City Star (Roger Miller cover)
Kentucky Rain (Eddie Rabbitt Cover)
Rebel Rebel (Bowie cover)
Souvenirs (John Prine cover)
(I’d go the) Whole Wide World (Monkees Cover)
Dust My Broom (Elmore James cover)
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (Kitty Wells cover)
Sweet Virginia (Stones)
Wrote a Song for Everyone (CCR cover)
Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
Battleship Chains (Georgia Satellites cover)
Black Diamond (Kiss)
Ask The Dust
Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
Burning Love (Elvis)
Communication Breakdown (Led Zep)
Get Out Of My Way (I’m Drunk)
Gimme Shelter (Stones)
Happy (Stones)
Heart of Stone (Stones)
Hound Dog (Big Mamma Thornton)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Ramones)
I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges)
If I Only Had a Brain (Ray Bolger)
It’s All Over Now (The Valentino’s)
Jesus Just Left Chicago (ZZ Top)
La Grange (ZZ Top)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)
Nowhere Man (Beatles)
Rock and Roll (Led Zep)
Send In The Clowns (Sondheim)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Ten Years Gone (Led Zep)
Whipping Post / Freebird / Round and Round / Voodoo Child