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John Hiatt
Demo Tapes - recorded in the mid 1980s

NO art work.

Thanks to draftervoi for sharing.

1.  Lipstick Sunset    (Bring The Family, 1987)
2.  The Penny Drops    
3.  Learning How To Love You  (Bring The Family, 1987)
4.  New Fingerprints   (1992, Greg "Fingers" Taylor)
5.  Kick Out Of Nothing   
6.  Mercy Doesn't Know My Name  
7.  Think It Over    
8.  Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me  (1989, Marshall Crenshaw)
9.  Real One    (1990, John Doe)
10.  Tennessee Plates   (Slow Turning, 1988)
11.  Everybody's Girl    (1980, Amos Garrett)

1.  Two Hearts Like Ours   (1989, Chris Daniel & the Kings)
2.  Where Is The Next One Coming From  (1985, Mitch Ryder)
3.  Love Gets Strange    (1987, Nick Lowe)
4.  Ride Along    (Slow Turning, 1988)
5.  Blind Faith      
6.  Big Fine Car    
7.  Angel Eyes     (1985, Jeff Healy Band)
8.  That's The Matter With Me   
9.  Confidence Man    (1985, Jeff Healy Band)
10.  Real Emotion    
11.  Right Now    
12.  Inside Job    (1992, Little Village) 


Some of these songs circulated in 2010 as "The Bug Demos."  The story is that Hiatt recorded the tracks as pubishing demos for Bug Music to pitch the songs to other artists. 

I received a cassette of some of these songs back in the late 80s.  My track list wasn't an exact match to the Bug Demos...and my tape was a lower generation.  So... I digitized my cassette and applied a very light hiss reduction.  I haven't done a track-by-track comparison with the Bug Demos, but Learning How To Love You, Think It Over, Real One, Love Gets Strange, Ride Along, Blind Faith, Big Fine Car, That's The Matter With Me, and Inside Job are not on the Bug Demos.

I've also cross-referenced the songs that were officially released (and the names of the artists).