unreleased songs

Available Youth
Backwaxed (early version)
Ball Breaker
Beef Curtains
Billy Goat
Board Meeting
Bunk Spunk
Cold Fever
Concrete Jungle (early instrumental version)
Depression
Don't You Take Me For A Fool
Dream Of It Tonight
Five Knuckle Shuffle (early version)
Going Deaf
Good Love Gone Bad
Hard To Hold
Hot Lust
J7
Kiss Of Death (early version)
Knob Tickler
Local Muff
Minutes, Seconds
Mister Green
Never Deceive Me (early version)
Power Ride
Purple Herman
Racial Hostility (early version)
Ricochet
Rockin' (early version)
Rockin' (there is actually 2 recorded demos, one each with Lips and Dave Allison on vocals)
See Through My Eyes
Senile King (early version)
SFA
Skull Mania Cranium
Stolen (early version)
Straight Between The Eyes (early version)
Street Soldiers March
Sweaty Betty
Taking Control
Tall And Teasin'
The Owl
The Paste
The Shark
Truth Or Consequence (early version)
Turn It Up
We Wanna Rock With You Tonight
Win Or Lose
Worlds Apart
You Don't Want To Be Like Me
You'll Never Put That Collar On Me


Many of these songs were working titles of songs that later appeared on Anvil albums.

"Backwaxed" was later recorded on BACKWAXED. The lyrics were changed slightly.

"Ball Breaker" eventually became "Embalmer" which was recorded on WORTH THE WEIGHT.

"Beef Curtains" is an instrumental.

"Concrete Jungle" is an instrumental. It was later recorded on STRENGTH OF STEEL with lyrics.

"Depression" was recorded during the STILL GOING STRONG sessions.

"Five Knuckle Shuffle" and "Racial Hostility" were later recorded on PLUGGED IN PERMANENT. The lyrics were changed slightly. I have a studio demos of these early versions. See the unreleased demos (1993/1995) pages for details.

"Going Deaf" was later recorded on JUGGERNAUT OF JUSTICE as "Turn It Up" with the 'Turn It Up ' chorus replaced with 'Going Deaf'.

"Mister Green" was later recored on PLUGGED IN PERMANENT as "Smokin' Green". I have a studio demo this track. See the unreleased demos (1995) pages for details.

"Never Deceive Me" was later recorded on FORGED IN FIRE. The lyrics were changed slightly.

"Ricochet" was recorded during the JUGGERNAUT OF JUSTICE sessions for a possible bonus track.

"See Through My Eyes" eventually became "Cruel World" which was recorded on BACK TO BASICS.

"Senile King" was later recorded on POUND FOR POUND. The lyrics changed quite a bit.

"Skull Mania Cranium" was later recorded on STRENGTH OF STEEL as "Flight Of The Bumble Beast". The music was changed somewhat as well.

"Stolen" was later recorded on the Japanese release of PLUGGED IN PERMANENT. The lyrics were changed a little. I have a studio demo of this early version. See the unreleased demos (1995) page for details.

The riff from "Street Soldiers March" was later used at the beginning and end of "The Chainsaw" which was recorded on BACK TO BASICS.

"Straight Between The Eyes" was later recorded on STRENGTH OF STEEL. An extra verse was added to the lyrics. I have a studio demo of this early version. See the unreleased demos (1985) page for details.

"Sweaty Betty" was written for THIS IS THIRTEEN but did not make the final cut.

"Taking Control" was later recorded on BACK TO BASICS as "Fuel For The Fire". Some of the lyrics where changed.

"The Paste" was later recorded on BACK TO BASICS as "The Chainsaw". Lyrics were added.

"Truth Or Consequence" is an instrumental. It was later recorded on PLUGGED IN PERMANENT with lyrics. I have a studio demo of this early version. See the unreleased demos (1995) page for details.

"Turn It Up" was later recorded on JUGGERNAUT OF JUSTICE, shortened.

"We Wanna Rock With You Tonight" was later recorded on STRENGTH OF STEEL as "Cut Loose". The lyrics were changed.

"You Don't Want To Be Like Me" was recorded during the PLENTY OF POWER sessions for a Japanese release which never came to be.

"You'll Never Put That Collar On Me" was later recorded on FORGED IN FIRE as "Make It Up To You". The lyrics were changed.

I have studio demos of "Rockin'" (newer version) and "Worlds Apart". See the unreleased demos (1985) pages for details.

Dave Allison performs lead vocals on "Dream Of It Tonight", "Good Love Gone Bad" and "Worlds Apart".

Lips and Dave Allison share lead vocal duties on "Straight Between The Eyes".


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