Mogwai demos '98

back in december, we reported on a mogwai demo tape that had appeared on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110200421294

given the number of 'untitled' tracks, the contents of the tape have been the source of a considerable degree of interest, and that's unlikely to be diminshed by the tracklist:

1. guardians of fitba (2.34)
finished and mixed? re-working of 'guardians of space', complete with crowd noise and cut 'n' splice football commentary samples by john motson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/john_motson for those not familiar with the name). ends with motty announcing 'the score is scotland 6, england 0'. intended for a scrapped chemikal underground world cup ep in 1998. unreleased.

2. helps both ways (5.28)
finished and mixed? sounds like the recording included on promos for the 'no education = no future' ep, which were then withdrawn due to uncleared samples of john madden's american football commentary. listed as 'ex-cowboy' on the tape inlay.

3. ??? (3.06)
unknown and unreleased

4. waltz for jo (3.50)
demo version of 'come on die young' track

5. ex-cowboy (8.06)
demo version of 'come on die young' track

6. xmas steps (6.49)
demo version of 'come on die young' track. original title 'cunt' appears on the tape inlay.

7. rollerball (3.56)
demo version of 'no education = no future' ep track

8. 7:25 (6.40)
demo of a markedly different version of this track, eventually released on the 'zidane' soundtrack in 2006. longer intro and coda, short noise section.

9. root (1.19)
mogwai's contribution to thurston moore's 'root' compilation. titled as 'mogwai w/thurston' on the tape inlay.

10. i can't remember (3.13)
finished and mixed? sounds like the recording included on the 'glasgow' compilation ep.

11. sweet leaf (6.00)
finished and mixed? sounds like the recording included on the 'do the rock boogaloo' split single.