SHOES: Double Exposure

Shoes

Double Exposure

© 2007 Black Vinyl Records (048621197921)

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Guitar-driven, melodic rock with a focus on vocals and layered harmonies.

tracks

1 Hangin' Around With You
2 Every Girl
3 Too Late
4 Your Very Eyes
5 Tomorrow Night
6 Take You Away
7 Jet Set (Ver. 1)
8 Cruel You
9 Three Times
10 I Don't Wanna Hear It
11 In My Arms Again
12 Somebody Has What I Had
13 I Don't Miss You
14 Ever Again
15 Now And Then
16 When It Hits
17 Only In My Sleep
18 Yes Or No
19 In Her Shadow
20 Found A Girl
21 She Satisfies
22 The Things You Do
23 A Voice Inside Me
24 Jet Set (Ver. 2)
25 Karen
26 Hopin' She's The One
27 Hate To Run
28 Burned Out Love
29 Girls Of Today
30 Time To Make It

notes

This 2-disc, 30-song set is a compilation of the home-recorded demos that the band made from 1978 to 1980. Recorded on an 8-track recorder, these songs helped the band land a record deal with Elektra Records in early 1979. These formative versions provided the foundation for their first 2 major label albums, "Present Tense" and "Tongue Twister" which were originally released in late 1979 and early 1981 respectively.

Here the songs are boiled down to their essense with a much more basic, stripped-down feel than their eventual, big studio counter-parts. As a result, the songs come off as more personal and raw. Some versions staying fairly close to the eventual finished product and some songs with a completely different lyrical content or structual progression. All the while, demonstrating that trademark SHOES vocal sound and guitar work that characterizes all of their recordings. This is a look behind the curtain that exposes the genesis of their sound and style. A must for the avid SHOES fan!

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  • Shoes rock!
    author: Chris Burch

    30 songs! The hit parade continues. Gotta love the Shoes and their multiple songwriters. Great CD's, worth a "re-issue" of the originals.

  • Ah, thanks for the memories...
    author: Angel Sieg

    When I received the CDs, I couldn't wait to play them. This band takes me back to my youth. Young love/lust and the good times with friends. Interesting hearing the demo's vs the albums that were released from them.

  • Double your pleasure
    author: JO

    I've been a huge Shoes fan since their release of "Present Tense" in 1979. Why the band didn't become a ginormous commercial success is beyond me. Do yourself a favor and turn these demos up. If you don't like "Too Late", "Cruel You", "I Don't Wanna Hear It" and "When It Hits", you just don't get it. With harmonies to die for and guitar licks for the air guitarist in all of us, this stuff rocks!

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