Speaking of early stuff, is it true that the SOS demo tape given to Charlie Gillett had an extra completely unreleased track on it that has never seen the light of day since? Did we ever find any conclusive evidence on that or is the verdict still out?
And it's not included in the Early demos bootleg record which is out there and most of us hear have it or have heard it? But what's the use searching? You know the quests for such "holy grails" is usually in vain,but initiated for the pure joy of the adventurous hunt. Anyway Charlie has left the building of what we call world a couple of years ago, and I don't expect any of the members that probably have the rest demos, not respecting Mark's will, and releasing them, at least not without a good compensation, to worth the risk, and legal cost. But lets face it, we are not that many fans around the globe. Uncut and NME and MOJO and all these nice magazines publish special issues all the time for 10-12 artists: Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin and surprisingly Frank Zappa. No Dire straits, no MK and no other! Where is Eric Clapton, J.J.Cale, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen etc. Probably they will consider such a tribute when they pass on. Shame. But it goes to show that all other artists have a bigger solid fan base, that will buy in the vast numbers, in order to cover the expenses and even make a profit.
So how about doing it ourselves?
