The way many songwriters get their songs to the artists who record them is by making demonstration recordings or "demos" of these songs. These demos are not designed to be ever heard by the general public and provide fascinating insights into the creative process of making a hit record. This week Joel features a collection of these very rare demos from the early days of Rock & Roll.

 

Playlist

12:00am

Take Good Care Of My baby

Artist Name	Carole King
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Artist Name	Bobby Vee
Record co./Cat #	Liberty 55354

12:00am

Johnny Angel

Artist Name	Unknown singer
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

Johnny Angel

Artist Name	Shelley Fabares
Record co./Cat #	Colpix 621

12:00am

Dream Lover

Artist Name	Bobby Darin
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

Dream Lover

Artist Name	Bobby Darin
Record co./Cat #	Atco 6140

12:00am

Good Golly, Miss Molly

Artist Name	Little Richard
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

Good Golly, Miss Molly

Artist Name	Little Richard
Record co./Cat #	Specialty 624

12:00am

You Send Me

Artist Name	Sam Cooke
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

You Send Me

Artist Name	Sam Cooke
Record co./Cat #	Keen 3-4013

12:00am

Do The Bop

Artist Name	Danny & The Juniors
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

At The Hop

Artist Name	Danny & The Juniors
Record co./Cat #	ABC-Paramount 9871
Note	First released on Singular 711

12:00am

The Wanderer

Artist Name	Ernie Maresca
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording

12:00am

The Wanderer

Artist Name	Dion
Record co./Cat #	Laurie 3115

12:00am

Just To Be With You

Artist Name	The Cosines
Record co./Cat #	Unreleased demonstration recording
Note	The Cosines are Paul Simon and Carole King

12:00am

Just To Be With You

Artist Name	The Passions
Record co./Cat #	Audicon 102