FM – Vintage & Rare Volume II (The Demo Collection) [2-CD] (2023), MP3+FLAC

Fronted by talented Steve Overland, FM has been a staple in the British melodic rock / AOR scene since their formation in 1984. With their debut album, Indiscreet, they solidified themselves as one of the leading bands in the genre. Via Naughty Records (their own label) the band has released their own Vintage & Rare CD series that contains indeed rare and unreleased FM music.

Here’s in exclusive at plotn08 “Vintage & Rare Volume II (The Demo Collection)“, featuring awesome demos / pre-production takes of their best songs, including the Indiscreet & Tough It Out album demos, all previously unreleased.
Sound quality is excellent, A+

This second version of Vintage & Rare is a true gem. All these early versions give listeners a glimpse into the band’s creative process and when they were at their peak. Songs like “Crying In The Dark”, “Everytime We Touch”’, “Like Lovers Do”, “Closer to Your Heart”, etc, are all amazing AOR, some are even better – I mean, unpolished yet fresh, vital – than the final versions.
“Vintage & Rare Volume II (The Demo Collection)” seems sold out now, not available at FM’s website anymore.

1-1 Crying In The Dark
1-2 Everytime We Touch
1-3 Like Lovers Do
1-4 Closer To Your Heart
1-5 When Tomorrow Comes
1-6 Rebel Eyes
1-7 Who Do You Run To
1-8 Now She’s Gone
1-9 Stranger Kind Of Love
1-10 Stay With Me Tonight
1-11 Just Can’t Stop
1-12 This Could Be The Last Time
1-13 Do You Love Me Enough
1-14 Living For The Weekend
1-15 Drop The Bomb
1-16 It’s All About The Money
2-1 That Girl
2-2 Other Side Of Midnight
2-3 I Belong To The Night
2-4 American Girls
2-5 Hotwired
2-6 Face To Face
2-7 Frozen Heart
2-8 Heart Of The Matter
2-9 The Dream That Died
2-10 Days Gone By
2-11 That’s My Music
2-12 Show Me The Way
2-13 Forever And A Day
2-14 My Love Bleeds
2-15 Evermore
2-16 Tear From Heaven

Collection of previously unreleased demos
Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 and 2-9 Tough It Out demo
Tracks 1-13, 1-14 and 2-11 to 2-16 original demo
Tracks 1-15, 1-16 and 2-10 Metropolis demo
Tracks 2-1 to 2-8 Indiscreet demo
Track 2-6 contains some audio dropout

Published and copyright date given as 2011 on rear sleeve

CD1 CD2 FLAC for subscr