The first Rats Tape

http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/bands/boomtownrats.html

I just read about a demo tape from the Rats pre-record contract. Interesting that the only songs to ever make it to record were Neon Heart and Born to Burn. Menage A Trois did get an airing on BBC Radio 1 back in 1979, but there are few unknown Rats songs. It is also possible that these tracks changed names and are familiar. However, I don't have any idea on that.

I guess no one has this. Do they? You know it's Christmas soon? Should you have it or a copy, let me know. But don't expect me to pay for it, I've given out plenty of rare MP3s/videos so I'm due some payback!

You can get a flavour of the tape from the originals. Use Spotify to construct a playlist, unless you happen to have all the tracks. I bought Burnin' by the Wailers yesterday, so bar a couple of tracks I have most of them somewhere.

There are 22 tracks on the tape with seven Rats originals. Dave Moloney (of Vipers fame) plays drums on the first 10 tracks, Simon Crowe on the rest.

In general, I have gone for the version The Rats are most likely to have copied rather than the true original.

Side One
Rolling Stones (Original Chuck Berry)	Little Queenie
Little Walter	My Babe
Boomtown Rats	Gettin' Back To Me
Wailers	Get Up Stand Up
Boomtown Rats	New Wave (New Age)
Boomtown Rats	Neon Heart
Chuck Berry	Promised Land
Ronnie Wood	I Can Feel The Fire
Rolling Stones (Original Nat King Cole)	Route 66
Boomtown Rats	Born To Burn
Boomtown Rats	Jesse James
Side Two
Eddie Cochran (Original Clyde McPhatter song)	Money Honey
Dr. Feelgood	All Through The City
Rolling Stones (Original Chuck Berry)	Carol
The Who	My Generation
Dr. Feelgood	Riot In Cell Block #9
Little Walter	My Babe
Dr. Feelgood (Original John Lee Hooker)	Boom Boom
Dr. Feelgood	Don't You Just Know It
Boomtown Rats	Getting Back To Me
Boomtown Rats	Menage A Trois
Rolling Stones (Original Chuck Berry)	Little Queenie