RARE - Nik Kershaw DEMO - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down

[@bobz1736]

just listening to Sodajerker pod cast interview with Nik where he refers to this tape. it wasn't a demo as such but his way of remembering his ideas until he got access to a portable studio and could get the track down proper... worth a listen

[@siew2738]

this is so rare, so special. Thank you for restoring and uploaded it

[@PrincessKetty]

8:22 "Good or bad like it or not it's the only one we've got" - I like this part even more then the original. Thanks for this rare material! Put here everything else what you have on those tapes with Nik, please.

[@עמריארבלי]

Priceless.

[@mrbigbosskojak]

Thanks for this.

[@jvirgo9]

Thanks for the upload :-)

[@apdimaggio]

awesome! thanks for sharing

[@HarmanatorNYC]

The sodajerker interview indicates this was recorded onto a pretty basic compact cassette player as verbal note taking. Not a portastudio as such this is likely as good as it gets on the quality. This is a first piece together for when he got to a portastudio or studio.

[@TheKatsis]

The Bee Gees are also great for inspiration if you make your own music... The way they change key + time signature all over the place! Must be hard for the drummer... Guilty is in 4/4 with a 5/4 bar....and a 3/4 bar.... Erasure also! "Always"...has a 5/4 bar....one extra beat at the end of the chorus...which is odd but great.... I'm writing some music myself and I'm actually using plenty key changes + time sig variations... You can still sound modern and fresh without doing a 4-bar loop

[@EphemeralInspiration]

thanks this is fascinating!!!

[@TheKatsis]

bloody amazing find! :-) I'm proper into some of his early stuff these days! The chord changes + melodies are crazy....he changes key so many times.... By keeping the chords + bass + melodies strong - he gets a lot of mileage out of his arrangements... Stock, Aitken & Waterman have some crazy songs too...although most are ripped off versions of Italian euro disco / hi-nrg classics....even down to the precise melodies and counterpoint stuff....

[@kryptonenz]

I agree, although in a better quality!

[@kevinwalker5521]

What are the intro notes for the right hand only ?