Jim Steinman - The Dream Engine (Michael Kamen Session, May 1972)

This session was recorded (apparently) on May 15th 1972 by Jim Steinman, a mysterious 'Brian', Bette Middler, and god knows who else. It was recorded at Hit Factory in New York and produced by Michael Kamen during the time of the aborted 1972 production of The Dream Engine. It gives an insight into early Steinmania and our first glimpse at what would eventually become the famous "Heaven Can Wait", although the arrangement here is rather outrageous... Like everything else, this has been made to sound better... Enjoy!
00:00:00 Heaven Can Wait [Jim Vocals]
00:03:27 Train Of Love [Brian Vocals]
00:07:05 Who Needs The Young? [Jim Vocals]
00:10:42 Heaven Can Wait [Bette Vocals]
00:13:48 Train Of Love [Jim Vocals]
Piano, Vocals - Jim Steinman
Vocals - "Brian"
Vocals - Bette Middler

[@michaels247]

Cool, a little bit of Country-Style. Thanks for posting!

[@SamuelNormand_Burgunday]

"Is there anyone left who can kiss, CHOKE HIM" caught me off guard. I never knew that an earlier version had that lyric, I was used to the "spit on him". Thanks!

[@Jackalopods]

I was thinking about this the other day. Train of Love is from 1972 and Meat only recorded that in 2016, 44 years later. Meat and Jim died basically 44 years after the release of Bat Out Of Hell. Quite a coincidence.

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Brilliant, thanks for posting!

[@NekoAKAJeff]

Wow! Where do you find these gems! Crazy! Thank you so much!

[@MLBFCollection]

This was kindly posted on jimsteinman.com after being harvested from the New York library by Ben Miller

[@NekoAKAJeff]

@@MLBFCollection Amazing! Thank you for all your work. This is a treasure trove of ML and JS content. ❤