"Rainbow Rider" - 1992 'rock version' idea demo

There was a brief moment during the recording of “Million Seller” when we nearly upped-Sticks and moved our main recording from Utrecht to Los Angeles. Well, it was considered, and there were phone-calls, but it was a think-phase that didn’t last long and the idea was quickly forgotten. I wasn’t really party to much of it (other room, cats, etc) but it was likely to have involved musicians from The Four Horsemen, apparently. Anyway, with this in mind, over at Esther’s house where we staying at the time, Steve recorded this ‘rock version’ demo of “Rainbow Rider”: this is how it would’ve been done in LA, so he says. As far as I know, it’s the only one of the “Million Seller” tracks which would’ve been ‘different’ in the LA version. Why this one? Don’t know. Do you want me to ask?

The photo above of Apollo, who co-wrote "Rainbow Rider" and is pictured here modelling the "Back In The USA" T-shirt, was taken in Rick Rubin's apartment in New York where we stayed for a few days March 1988.

This one:

... is Apollo's bottom, from the inside of the "Million Seller" sleeve.




"Think Bubble" is an album (LP only) of 1995 demos for an unreleased Pooh Sticks album.
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