...FROM THE DESK OF THE PRODUCER, JOE VIGLIONE
I created Demo That Got the Deal back in 1991, we launched October 6, 1991 with David Minehan of The Neighborhoods on 93.7 FM WCGY when sportscaster Curt Gowdy owned the station. It's now in 2022 Sports Radio WEEI, thirty-one years later.
What's interesting is that the Demo that Got the A & R man for Third Stone/Atlantic, a label owned by actor Michael Douglas, was yours truly. A & R man Steev Riccardo wanted to pitch Enigma Records to work for them. So he drove up from Cape Cod and met in my rock and roll kitchen at 30 Dragon Court, Woburn, and I put him on the phone with Paul Marotta. Paul was willing to give him an interview and said "If he doesn't work out, we're dropping your label" - which, of course, was a joke. But Greenworld Distribution did go bankrupt so I never got paid for the albums, go figure, even though we went Top 10 in Mexico City.
Steev went on to get hired and signed Poison and a bunch of other acts. Then on to Third Stone / Atlantic signing Boston's The Neighborhoods whose first Boston show was opening for yours truly at Cantones back in the 1970s, and opening for me again Dec 2, 1978 at Paradise!
https://clubbohemianews.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-demo-that-got-deal-cd-vol-5.html
Not only did we help get Steev Riccardo the job that got him to sign Poison (Enigma) and
The Neighborhoods (Third Stone/Atlantic,) we interviewed former police commissioner Ed Davis and taped the lecture from Mr. Douglas for Visual Radio!
Michael Douglas with Police Commissioner Ed Davis in Medford, Massachusetts
Photo by (C)2022 Joe Viglione
JOE VIGLIONE'S DEMO THAT GOT THE DEAL INTERVIEW TAPES
1)Ray Manzarek of THE DOORS
Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals
THE DEMO THAT GOT THE DEAL BUZZY LINHART JULY 19, 2012
THE DEMO THAT GOT THE DEAL FOR LAURA NYRO
TOLD BY HER COUSIN ALAN MERRILL
Burton Cummings Station ID for Visual Radio
1:08 in video
THE DEMO THAT GOT THE DEAL FOR
STEVE CATALDO / NERVOUS EATERS
Demo That Got The Deal for Steve Cataldo, Nervous Eaters produced by Ric Ocasek
THE INFAMOUS BAND 'BOSTON' DEMO
Boston - 1975 Demo Tape Rock & Roll Band Life Isn't Easy (Something About You) More Than A Feeling Don't Be Afraid Of Love Peace Of Mind San Francisco Bay (Hitch A Ride)
http://bootlegsworldwide.blogspot.com/2018/02/bootleg-boston-we-found-it-in-trashcan.html
HOW'S THIS FOR A WILD DEMO THAT GOT THE DEAL STORY
the Ramones in the Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-95967
Listen to an Unreleased Early Ramones Demo: ‘I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You’ (Exclusive)
The song comes from the upcoming 40th-anniversary deluxe edition of the band's debut
Forty years ago, four guys from Queens, New York, called the Ramones released their self-titled, debut album – a milestone that would influence generations of musicians and rock fans to come. To celebrate the album’s anniversary, Rhino is releasing a deluxe version that features a slew of unreleased material and new mixes.
The demo for “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” premieres on Speakeasy today.
Fans will notice the demo’s tempo is slightly slower, the bass is turned up and an extra 12 seconds stand out from the original recording. The track was recorded by Tommy Ramone at Dick Charles Recording at 729 7th Avenue in New York City.
hear the demo:
I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You (Demo)
https://youtu.be/oi94VySCIxQ
℗ 2016 Sire Records
Producer: Craig Leon
Bass Guitar: Dee Dee Ramone
Assistant Engineer: Don Hunerberg
Mastering Engineer: Greg Calbi
Vocals: Joey Ramone
Guitar: Johnny Ramone
Engineer: Rob Freeman
Drums: Tommy Ramone
Backing Vocals: Tommy Ramone
Writer: Dee Dee Ramone 
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Pop Singer Fails to Strike a Chord Despite the Millions Spent by MCA
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1014678641479060480
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- Eighteen-year-old recording artist Carly Hennessy is packing up her small apartment. Her promotional posters will go into storage, and the beige rental couch will be returned. A weight-control message that the slender teen scrawled in marker on the refrigerator -- "NO, U R FAT" -- will be wiped clean.
For two years, Vivendi Universal SA's MCA Records paid the rent here while Ms. Hennessy prepared for pop stardom. And that's not all: The label so far has spent about $2.2 million to make and market her new album, an upbeat pop recording called "Ultimate High." "Some people just struggle," she says. "I was very, very lucky."
Billy Roberts "Hey Joe"- first ever recording 1961/62
STEVE PERRY JOINS JOURNEY
FROM THIS DEMO TAPE
if you need me, call me - Steve Perry
https://youtu.be/RnaPrIBjHh0
This is the song that brought Steve Perry into Journey - the rest as they say is history!
RICHIE VALENS, LOST TAPES DEMO
COMPLETE BOB KEANE STUDIO CD
https://youtu.be/eMkK86U_1OI
ELTON JOHN REMASTERS
Sue [Roger's partner]: Is the vinyl of Rock of the Westies from the original tapes [master]?
Gus: Oh yes, but it is the master that has since been lost. Which is unbelievable.
Tour organiser Alan MacCormick: I want to ask a supplementary question. When you did the remastering of 17-11-70 you only added one extra track. There are another six. Why?
Gus: Good spotting. Well I don't like them.
Audience: Ha!
Alan: Well there are a lot of people in this room who do.
Gus: Well, that's their problem! I'm sure you've got it on bootleg somewhere, haven't you?
Audience: Ha!
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