(TV) Part 2 of 3: Disentangling the Three Different Sets of Televisio n Demos

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

Part 2 of 3

Demos I (i.e., Eno-produced) Continued:

Fact (A): 

There were **6** songs done at the Eno demo session, and NOT 5 
(nor 8) as several sources (including the almost infallible Heylin, who wrote 
of only 5).  These 6 were:  1) Prove It; 2) Friction; 3) Venus De Milo; 
4) Double Exposure; and 5) Marquee Moon.  (Did you ever hear the stereotype 
of mathematicians, about how they can't count or balance their check books?)
  
And 6) Blank Generation.  From Hell's Official Bio on his Site: 
 "**1975**  ... Decision becomes easy when Verlaine refuses to play any but 
one ("Blank Generation") of Hell's songs on Brian Eno produced ***six-song*** 
demo for Island Records. .... Hell leaves Television. " (quoted exactly as it 
appears, including the first word '1975' . 

Evidence for Fact (A):
HELL interview by Bryan Swinsky for trakMARX : 
BS: Are there any recordings of that specific era? Other than the 
oft-bootlegged Brian Eno sessions?

HELL: The Eno sessions happened maybe a month before I quit. I'd already been 
more or less squeezed out. There's **nothing of mine on that [Eno demo] tape 
but a lame version of "Blank Generation." **

Fact (B): 
Several sources claim that the version of "Blank Generation" on the various 
versions of the commercial cd boots/cd-rs/vinyl boot, entitled "Double Exposure" 
(and the other boots containing Eno demos, but with different title(s) ), is **NOT** 
the 'Eno-demos' version, but it is instead is a 'live' version from CBGBs, 1975.  
I belong to this school of thought (and I'm pretty sure Keith----at least as 
regards the Carried Away cd-r and the commercial cd (No Label) (Italy), 
No. DE-92-SC, released 1992).

Demos II:  The 'non-Eno-produced' demos 
Fact A: 
The 'non-Eno-produced' demos were produced by Television themselves 
post-July 24-25-Piccadilly gig (probably as Carried Away site seed details 
claims in August 1975).  There were at least 5 demos, and they were 
recorded not in Terry Ork's loft, but in Patti Smith's (rehearsal) loft.   
These demos were: 1) Hard On Love; 2) Fire Engine; 3) Friction; 
4) I Don't Care; and 5) Little Johhny Jewel.

Evidence for Fact (A)  (Note: evidence for titles of demos is not as strong 
as for the Eno-produced demos): 
>From Heylin's book: "They borrowed a simple four-track recorder from the 
Patti Smith Group's drummer, Jay Dee Daugherty, set it up in Patti Smith's 
rehearsal loft and recorded several tracks for a possible 45. Of the songs 
they recorded---which presumably included Hard On Love, Fire Engine, 
Friction, and I Don't Care, all of which we're demoed at this time---the 
seven-minute Little Johhny Jewel, which needed to be divided over both 
sides of a 45rpm single, seemed a most incongruous choice for a debut single." 

So from Parts 1 and 2 of my e-mails, it appears that the Carried Away 
cd-r "Double Exposure" is as follows:  "Description: Must-have disc of 
early material. Includes the 'Eno demos' [Leo suggests adding "late February 
or early March 1975], the August 1975 demos, and live material from CBGBs 
1975. 14 tracks."

1 Prove It **[Leo claims: Begin Eno-produced demos 
from early March 1975]**
2 Friction
3 Venus De Milo
4 Double Exposure
5 Marquee Moon **[Leo claims: End Eno-produced demos 
from early March 1975. Note Well: Demo of Blank Generation 
not present.]**

6 Fire Engine  **[Leo claims: Begin tracks from 
CBGBs' 1975 dateS ]**
7 Blank Generation  (sung by Richard Hell)
8 Double Exposure **[Leo claims: End tracks from 
CBGBs' 1975 dateS ]**

9 Hard On Love  **[Leo claims: Begin August 1975 
demos from Patti Smith's loft]**
10 Friction  
11 Careful (Heylin: aka I Don't Care)
12 Prove It 
13 Fire Engine  
14 Little Johnny Jewel **[Leo claims: End August 1975 
demos from Patti Smith's loft]**
 15 Breakin' In My Heart, Cleveland, The Piccadilly Inn, 
July 25, 1975.
	Leo
PS: Although Part 3 is short, I must send it tomorrow so that I can watch my 
beloved Red Sox. 
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