Early 1989 Demos

Early 1989 Demos
📅 Released	1989, Released as a bootleg in 1995
🎙️ Recorded	Summer 1989
Studio	Reel Time Studios, Chicago Schwa Productions, Chicago
🤑 Producer	Billy Corgan and James Iha
Smashing Pumpkins chronology
Early 1989 Demos (1989) Gish (1991)
Singles from Gish
"Daydream" "Rhinoceros" "I Am One"

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The Early 1989 Demos refers to a series of self-released cassette demos produced by The Smashing Pumpkins, which were distributed and sold by the band during their early performances in Chicago, Illinois, in 1989. These self-released demos were their final releases until their first single "I Am One" in 1990, and later their first album Gish in 1991. In 1995, these songs were compiled into a commercial bootleg and sold by the record label "Chance Records, Inc."

Tracklist (bootleg)

No.	Title	Origin
1.	"Honeyspider" (Alternate ver.)	Moon Demo
2.	"Spoken"
3.	"With You"	Moon Demo
4.	"Egg"	Moon Demo
5.	"Spoken"
6.	"Rhinoceros" (Alternate ver.)	Moon Demo
7.	"Stars Fall In"	Moon Demo
8.	"Daughter"	Moon Demo
9.	"Spoken"
10.	"Daydream"	Moon Demo
11.	"Spoken"
12.	"Psychodelic"	Moon Demo
13.	"My Dahlia"	Light Into Dark
14.	"Sun"	Light Into Dark
15.	"Snap (If I Could)"	Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios
16.	"Love (pre-Gish demo)"	Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios
17.	"East" (Alternate ver.)	Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios
18.	"Waiting (pre-Gish demo)" (listed as "Mother")	Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios
19.	"C'mon"	Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios

• All songs are written and sung by Billy Corgan, with the exception of "Daughter", where D'arcy Wretzky is credited with writing in the liner notes of the Moon Demo.
• The 4 spoken tracks are poems presented by a woman's voice and are spoken in Spanish, each lasting less than a minute.
• Light Into Dark is a compilation album of various songs by Chicago alternative rock bands, released in 1989 as well. It was the only official release of "Sun" and "My Dahlia" until the 2012 reissue of Pisces Iscariot, with "Sun" being included in the bonus cassette of the deluxe reissue.

Tracklists and albums produced and distributed by the band

The Smashing Pumpkins

1. "Jennifer Ever"
2. "East"
3. "Nothing and Everything"
4. "Sun (remix)"
5. "She (live)"
6. "Spiteface"

Moon

1. "Honeyspider (alternate)"
2. "With You"
3. "Egg"
4. "Rhinoceros (alternate)"
5. "Bye June"
6. "Stars Fall In"
7. "Daughter"
8. "Daydream"
9. "Psychodelic"

"Daydream" and an early version of "Rhinoceros" appeared in their debut album Gish. "Bye June" later appeared in their Lull EP.

The Smashing Pumpkins (promo)

1. "I Am One"
2. "Bury Me"
3. "Not Worth Asking"
4. "Rhinoceros"
5. "Daydream"

Although this release was not meant to be a demo release, but a promotional release, the recordings are all from the 1989 Reel Time sessions, the same sessions that made up the Moon Demo cassette. Around 400 cassettes with handwritten labels were created for booking purposes and distributed to people close to the band as well as at least one radio station.

Notes

• It should be noted that all the information regarding the list of songs was sourced from SPCodex: List of The Smashing Pumpkins Demo Albums and SPFC: Early 1989 Demos
• For more information, visit the Summer 1989 – Reel Time Studios on SPCodex

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