FIRST ALBUM DEMOS [2]

RECORDING INFO:

Dates: Early 1984
Players: Flea, Jack Sherman, Cliff Martinez, Anthony Kiedis
Recorded at: Bijou Studios, 1518 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.
Produced by: Unknown, possibly Mark Richardson
Engineered by: Unknown
Mixed by: Tim “Spit Stix” Leitch
Released on: Unreleased

SONGS RECORDED:

• Mommy, Where's Daddy?

• Baby Appeal
  unknown others

NOTES:

The band recorded a demo in early 1984 ahead of the sessions for their debut album. This would be the first session to feature Jack Sherman on guitar and Cliff Martinez on drums. The recordings took place at Bijou Studios, a recording studio managed at the time by Mark Richardson, a friend of Anthony’s father. Tim “Spit Stix” Leitch, Flea’s bandmate in FEAR, who produced the band’s first demo session the previous year, was involved again this time, but only in a mixing capacity.

When asked, Sherman could only remember a recording of “Mommy, Where's Daddy?”, but a large portion of what ended up on the first album (including the tracks that had already been recorded at the earlier demo session) would most likely have been tracked as well, especially the songs that Sherman had a hand in writing, such as “Buckle Down”. 

In their books True Men Don't Kill Coyotes and Fornication, authors Dave Thompson and Jeff Apter state that a version of “Baby Appeal” was recorded at the band's initial demo session, in May the previous year. However, that is impossible, and they are instead mistakenly referring to this session. They also refer to Andy Gill hearing a demo of “True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes”, which would have been recorded at this session.

To date, nothing from these sessions has surfaced officially or unofficially, and they have never been addressed elsewhere by the band.