２０１９年ゲフィン・レコードのA&R、トム・ズータウのロッカーから流出し話題となっていた「CHINESE DEMOCRACY」のＣＤ１９ディスクにも渡る通称「THE VILLAGE SESSIONS」の第２弾が登場！今回は元の１９ディスクの中、１３ディスクに収録された音源を４枚に纏めて収録。今回もクレジット、音源共に手を加えない資料的価値を重視した構成で、１曲のミックス、ヴァージョン違いを複数収録した内容となっており、これらが録音された２００１年までロイ・トーマス・ベイカーがプロデューサーとしてクレジットされております。また当時から情報があった１９９９年？と思われる「WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE」の再録音もインストながら今回初登場で、VOL.１と併せてトム・ズータウのロッカーから流出した音源全て網羅した今年最大の注目タイトル第２弾です！

disc one
New Brain Drums J587 184 6/27/01
1. MADAGASCAR [Drums Up**(Version Tom Likes)]/2. MADAGASCAR [Drums up Instrumental]/3. MADAGASCAR [Drums down 3 dB]/4. MADAGASCAR [Drums down 3 dB Instrumental]/5. MADAGASCAR [Old Josh Drums]/6. MADAGASCAR [Original Brain Drums]/7. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Old Josh Drums]/8. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [New Brain Drums]/9. THE BLUES [Old Josh Drums]/10. THE BLUES [New Brain Drums]/11. RHIAD [Old Josh Drums]/12. RHIAD [New Brain Drums]]

Robin/Tommy demos J587 85 4/3/01

13. INSIDE OUT/14. 3 DOLLAR PYRAMID/15. TOMMY DEMO #1/16. TOMMY DEMO #2

disc two
Chinese Democracy J587 238 9/06/01 Source: New Brain Drums (3rd Time)
1. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Drums and Guitars at Regular Level]/2. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Drums up 1 db]/3. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Drums up 2 db]/4. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Guitars up 2.5 db, Drums at Regular Level]5. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Guitars up 1.5 db]/6. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Guitars up 0.7 db]/7. CHINESE DEMOCRACY [Instrumental with Drums and Guitars at Regular Level]

T.W.A.T. (New Brain Drums) J587 208 8/6/01 Source: Rough Mixes of New Brain Drums

8. T.W.A.T. [Less Ambience on Drums]/9. T.W.A.T. [More Ambience on Drums]/10. T.W.A.T. [Snare Compressed Only]/11. T.W.A.T. [Strings Up]/12. T.W.A.T. [Old Beaven Mix]

T.W.A.T. (Brain Drum Remixes) J587 229 8/27/01 Source: Brain Drum Remix With Snare Sample From "Silkworms"

13. T.W.A.T. [Ambience Down, Mono Room Off]/14. T.W.A.T. [Ambience down with Mono Room]/15. T.W.A.T. [Ambience at Original Level]/16. T.W.A.T. [Snare Sample during Outro Only]/17. T.W.A.T. [First Half with Old Snare, Second Half with Snare Sample Only]

disc three
Atlas Shrugged J587 219 8/20/01 Source: New Brain Drums
1. ATLAS SHRUGGED [Drums at Regular Level]/2. ATLAS SHRUGGED [Drums up 1.5 db]/3. ATLAS SHRUGGED [Drums down 1.5 db]

New Songs J587 277 11/13/01 Source: Straight Analog Downloads (These Are Not Mixes)/

4. PROM VIOLENCE [Take 2]/5. PROM VIOLENCE [Take 3]/6. THREE DOLLAR PYRAMID [Take 2]/7. THREE DOLLAR PYRAMID [Take 4]

Rhiad J587 190 7/11/01 Source: New Brain Drum Takes

8. RHIAD [Original Rough Mix]/9. RHIAD [Final Rough Mix with Compression (Vocals at Regular Level)]/10. RHIAD [Final Rough Mix with Compression (Vocals Up)]/11. RHIAD [Final Rough Mix with No Compression (Vocals at Regular Level)]/12. RHIAD [Final Rough Mix with No Compression (Vocals up)]

The Blues J587 196 7/13/01 Source: New Brain Drum Takes

13. THE BLUES [Vocal at Regular Level]/14. THE BLUES [Vocal Down 1 db]/15. THE BLUES [Instrumental]

disc four
Knockin'/Jungle J587 252 9/29/01
1. KNOCKIN' [(Acoustic Version) W/Axl Take 3]/2. Warmup.../3. KNOCKIN' [(Electric Version) Take 5]/4. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE/5. KNOCKIN' [(Acoustic Version) Take 3 from 10/8/01]

The Rebel J587 278 11/15/01 Source: Straight Analog Download (This is Not a Mix)

6. THE REBEL [take 1]

Madagascar J587 187 7/02/01 Source: Rough Mixes of New Brain Drum Takes

7. MADAGASCAR [With Vocals]/8. MADAGASCAR [Instrumental]

Quick Song J587 250 9/29/01 Source: Bucket Takes

9. QUICK SONG [Full Take Without Vocal]/10. QUICK SONG [Full Take with Vocal]/11~27. Starting from Robins Solo... [Take 0~16]

Demos and Rough Mixes from the Chinese Democracy Sessions

Producer: Roy Thomas Baker Engineer: Caram Costanza Assistant: Ok Hee Kim / Dan Monti


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