[Audio] The Churchbox Sessions 1996, Secret Samadhi Demo session Options

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These have been circulating in WAV form over the past few years, but I have packaged up the collection by creating a .text file, converting to FLAC, tagging them and including the great artwork designed by ridleybradout.

Mediafire download: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/iy3n8jj69f...ons_1996_(FLAC)

If you want to read about the history of these recordings, check out this thread:
"Secret" Gift for downloaders of Cyberdust app (Churchbox) - Secret Samadhi Churchbox Sessions 1996

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Live
1996-xx-xx
Columbia, PA
The Churchbox Sessions

Source:     WAV files sent via Cyber Dust messaging application
Conversion: Trader's Little Helper > FLAC > foobar2000

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Total Time: (54:34)

01. Rattlesnake                 4:45
02. Freaks  *                   5:19
03. Century *                   4:00
04. Hero ^                      2:49
05. Graze                       6:39
06. Turn My Head                3:55
07. The Dirge Song %            3:58
08. Ghost                       7:31
09. Cheetah                     3:50
10. Mallrat                     5:49
11. Photograph                  5:59
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Notes:

* = alternate lyrics
^ = official title: "Heropychodreamer"
% = official title: "Insomnia And The Hole In The Universe"


Thanks to Chad Taylor for sharing the tracks and to ridleybradout for the artwork.


SECRET SAMADHI CHURCHBOX DEMO, 1996 (Columbia, PA) age, 25yrs.
MEDIA FORMAT: DAT

Throwing Copper changed the game. It was a massive success only
overshadowed by the tour that surrounded it. PJ Harvey (don’t forget the towel),
Veruca Salt, Weezer and Jimmy Chicken Shack were only a few of the openers
to support us as we toured the globe for two years non-stop. I bought a house
(with cash I might add) and moved into a swanky neighborhood in Lancaster, PA
only a few blocks from where Ed had also purchased a home. We were in our
early 20’s with way too much money & fame. We both wanted to chill out and
enjoy the fruits of our hard work. Gracey moved to Portland OR to marry his first
wife and Patrick escaped to the party life of South Beach. The Lancaster clan
continued with the high pace energy of the road while still living in a small town.
The two didn’t mix well as we ate, drank and generally raised hell from bar-to-bar
all in the spirit of celebration. I wrote the riff to Lakini’s Juice on the third floor of my
house, passing out over several bottles of red wine but the vast majority of songs
were assembled at The Chameleon Club. We had arranged with owner & friend
Rich Ruoff to let us write, rehearse and record (still have the cassette) during the
daytime hours when the club was closed. Ed brought in GasHed and I nearly died
it was so good. The first recording, a board tape from The Chameleon is one
million times better than anything on the album! Fuck, I just got chills writing about
it. We were so excite, we called Ken and Jay at the Churchbox and booked some
time to demo the new material. Ghost would feature the churches massive pipe
organ (still better than the album), Freaks, Mall Rat, Photograph and Turn My
Head are a few I can recall. Gary liked the vibe but didn’t think we had the single
and would push us further. In my opinion, this is the greatest creative era of Live
and thankfully, The Churchbox Session are very well documented. I would go as
far as to say that the early energy captured in these demos blows always
anything we captured on the album. The audio quality is amazing.

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