Comments on: From the Vaults: Reagan Youth demo

By: jimichirri

jimichirri — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:33:17 +0000

Thanks to you, Al, for all. So the unreleased ratcage ep version of “degenerated” is from the rare third studio sessions with you on bass. Now i know why you call the first album sessions (may, 1983) as the fourth studio sessions (and probably the last) with you playin’ bass. Thank you very much again; for me “reagan youth” circa ’82-’83 was the best band in the world. It’s a shame about Adam Yauch’s death, i know the beasties were big fans and friends with Reagan Youth, they even played R.Y. songs live. R.I.P.

By: Al Pike

Al Pike — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:01:10 +0000

forgot to add..

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUCH CONTINUED INTEREST..

By: Al Pike

Al Pike — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:58:15 +0000

Hello folks
yes plenty ado with that demo !!
It WAS October of 1982
The track listing is right –above…
This was called the “High Five ” session , and yes that tape was lost in the shuffle with Dave sometime in 1983..
What was the best thing about this was the introduction of Steve at the time,really adding the final “punch” to our sound.. he joined us a couple of months before this recording..
Jerry liked when we were recording/mixing this… as it was 5-6 AM.. everyone was gone or asleep and we decided to mess with Brave (the ending- as you hear clicking in between the knob mixing) and my fave USA (thats why I included it on Live and Rare)…Jerry Dave and I decided the 2 vocal tracks were so close it would be up to Dave to choose which one he liked best..Instead of making 2 different mixes, I asked Jerry if he could put one vocal left and another right..he did and the song is the result of that mix..i loved it …Dave said “ok..I have to choose which one i like better..”
Thank You Nicky for that clarification in 2009…
I was told that my bass parts were almost recorded over.. on the first 12 inch
Thank God Paul was in his right mind to persuade Dave to leave it alone..
Oh yes… in this session, we did NOT do Degenerated..that was at a later date.. and Beautiful Day was simply not ready..

By: jimichirri

jimichirri — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:40:27 +0000

i think this is the rat cage records demo, for an ep, never released, october 1982. al pike said (on the live and rare cd) there were 6 songs, well, i can see “acid rain” is unfinished. but in a mrr interview from ’82 the band said they recorded “degenerated” on this sessions, probably it was never finished, in the interview they said that the songs in the ep are: “reagan youth”, “degenerated”, “brave new world” and “go nowhere”. probably they weren’t happy with the recording. has anybody got more information, please?. (sorry, my english is shite).

By: AB

AB — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:36:15 +0000

Thanks a lot, but to bad it’s encoded at 96kbps, the quality is hacked with such compression…
It would be great you re-up it at least at 192kbps… or even 320kbps
Thanks !

By: Trey Oswald

Trey Oswald — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:46:50 +0000

I am looking for the Live at CB’z in 1983 Rat Cage put out back in ’02. Anyone know where this can be found?
Thanx,
Trey

By: Punk Business Manager

Punk Business Manager — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:04:49 +0000

Thanks for both fixing the mp3 links, and for separating the tracks!!

By: Hubbs

Hubbs — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:48:41 +0000

Yeah, the site that was hosting the MP3 is down at the moment… I re-uploaded the songs (as separate tracks) so it should be working now. Enjoy! And thanx for the comments…

By: Punk Business Manager

Punk Business Manager — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:49:41 +0000

The mp3 link in the posting for the Reagan Youth demo is not working- help!

By: Karl Bakla

Karl Bakla — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:01:10 +0000

I wish I had the clit to wear tie dye! My favorite member is the guy playing the Rickenbacker!