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===October Demos===
===October Demos===
''Post-touring demos at Rivers's home studio. These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Multiple alternate, unused and abandoned takes of each of the below songs exist, representing many days spent working full time in the little studio throughout much of October.''
''Post-touring demos at [[Rivers]]' home studio. These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Multiple alternate, unused and abandoned takes of each of the below songs exist, representing many days spent working full time in the little studio throughout much of October.''


*"[[Hole In Time]]" (10/1)  
*"[[Hole In Time]]" (10/1)  
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*"[[Teenage Victory Song]]" (10/7)  
*"[[Teenage Victory Song]]" (10/7)  
*"[[The Christmas Song]]" (10/20)  
*"[[The Christmas Song]]" (10/20)  
*"[[No More Confusin']]" (AKA "Congratulations")(''not'' [[The Special Goodness]] song!!!)(10/25)  
*"[[No More Confusin']]" (aka "Congratulations") (''not'' [[The Special Goodness]] song!!!)(10/25)  
*"That's The Way" (aka "Hammer Time"; "[[Sugar Booger]]")(10/25)  
*"That's The Way" (aka "Hammer Time"; "[[Sugar Booger]]")(10/25)  
*"[[Ayleen]]" (10/25)  
*"[[Ayleen]]" (10/25)  
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*"[[I Hear Bells]]" (10/29)  
*"[[I Hear Bells]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Sugar Booger|That's The Way]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Sugar Booger|That's The Way]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Dont Let Go]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Don't Let Go]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Photograph|If You Want It]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Photograph|If You Want It]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Crab]]" (10/29)  
*"[[Crab]]" (10/29)  
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===November Demos===
===November Demos===
Continued demos made at Rivers's home studio.  These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Multiple alternate, unused and abandoned takes of each of the below songs exist.
''Continued demos made at Rivers's home studio.  These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Multiple alternate, unused and abandoned takes of each of the below songs exist.''


Christmas Celebration (11/10)(done for the Geffen Promo single-add'l work done at Cello Studios)  
Christmas Celebration (11/10)(done for the Geffen Promo single-add'l work done at Cello Studios)  
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===December Demos===
===December Demos===
More continued demos made at Rivers's home studio.  These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Most of these songs are new attempts at songs demo'd in October and November, with the notable exception of "Island In The Sun", seeing tape for the first time since Rivers's first demo of it in 1999.
''More continued demos made at Rivers's home studio.  These demos are culled from numerous DA-88 8-Track master tapes, and represent the best version recorded at the time. Most of these songs are new attempts at songs demo'd in October and November, with the notable exception of "[[Island In The Sun]]", seeing tape for the first time since Rivers's first demo of it in 1999.''


Break Up (instrumental) (12/3)  
Break Up (instrumental) (12/3)  
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Inside A Smile(12/7)  
Inside A Smile(12/7)  
Crab (12/7)
Crab (12/7)
==Pre-production Demos==
===12/14/00 Rehersal at Swing House Studios===
''Under Ric Ocasek's supervision, various songs were demo'd repeatedly, trying out variations in structure and feel.  Numerous DAT tapes were recorded over the course of about a week, these songs in particular were copied over to review.''
Homely (2 versions)
Starlight (5 versions)
If You Want It (2 versions)
Island In The Sun (3 versions)
O Girlfriend (3 versions)
Gimmie Some Love
===12/21/00 Demo at Rivers's Studio===
''The first of four "last minute demos", made in an attempt to nail down the structures of some songs and try and determine if certain songs were "in" or "out".''
Inside A Smile
Gonna Make My Move
Downtown (Instrumental) (note: this song has lyrics, but not on this demo version)
Gimmie Some Love (Instrumental)
===12/22/00 Demo at S.I.R. Studios, Los Angeles===
''The second of 4 "last minute demo's", made in an attempt to nail down the structures of some songs and try and determine if certain songs were "in" or "out".''
Knock Down Drag Out
Knock Down Drag Out alternate version
Gimmie Some Love
Homely
O-Girlfriend
Sugar Booger
===12/23/00 Demo at S.I.R.===
The third of 4 "last minute demo's", made in an attempt to nail down the structures of some songs and try and determine if certain songs were "in" or "out"
Knock Down Drag Out
Homely
Knock Down Drag Out
Gimmie Some Love
Homely
O Girlfriend
O Girlfriend
Break Up
O Lisa
Starlight
===12/26/00 Demo at S.I.R.===
The fourth of 4 "last minute demo's", made in an attempt to nail down the structures of some songs and try and determine if certain songs were "in" or "out"
Island In The Sun
Don't Let Go
Knock Down Drag Out
Gimmie Some Love
Homely
O Girlfriend
Break Up
O Lisa
Starlight
Cryin' And Lonely


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