Item Details
- Item Category:
- Demo
- Artist:
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Format:
- Cassette
- Release Type:
- Promotional
- Release Date:
- 1988.07.??
- Release Country:
- United States
- Manufacture Country:
- United States
- Package:
- Box, Plastic
- Label:
- Private Label
- Release Code:
- N/A
- UPC:
- N/A
- Matrix Code:
- N/A
- Other Code:
- N/A
- RPM:
- N/A
- Amount Pressed:
Additional Information
These pictures are from the (maybe) never officially released Nothing Ever Changes tape. But there are also rumours that there are about a few dozen of these tapes around. We set the date for this tape in the Summer of 1988 (July), as Ron Roesing (ex-The Marked, playing drums only on the first 2 tracks) was for sure not playing with the Pumpkins anymore in July 1988. There is much confusion about Ron Roesing’s involvement in the Pumpkins. He is rumoured to have programmed the drummachine at rehearsels, but some known tracks from this period show very low quality drum programming, that we presume it was mostly done by Billy Corgan himself. But at least we are sure that from July 1988 the Pumpkins start playing their first gigs with a drummachine, and without Ron Roesing ever showing up at any show. D’Arcy on bass was around at the 1988/08/10 Avalon show and Jimmy Chaimberlin on drums played his first live gig with the Smashing Pumpkins at the 1988/10/05 Metro show.
The 4 tracks of this tape have leaked in the shown order and with the shown names. Between () is the name of these tracks as Ron Roesing remembers them when being interviewed about them. The recording date(s) for all tracks are uncertain, but we date them at early 1988 (around March). There are also rumours about a 3 track tape and a 60 minutes tape by the same name, see info below.
For reference, on www.SPFC.org it states:
“-This tape features Billy, James and Ron Roesing (ex-The Marked drummer) on the first two tracks and Billy, James and a drum machine on the last.
-There were allegedly three versions of artwork for this tape created. The single copy known to exist outside the band’s archive has a cover featuring a nun with bleeding hands and eyes. Artwork mock-ups for the other two covers are known to exist, but a description of the actual art is unavailable.
-The number of these tapes created is unknown, but it is very likely an extremely small number. I would be very surprised if it totaled more than 100 copies across the three cover versions.”
Also for reference, this is the information from The Smashing Pumpkins Recording Sessions Version 3.2 – August 2000 (compiled and maintained by Jesse Miller):
“1988 – Billy’s father’s home studio, Chicago
** Breathe
** It Suites Me Well [The Vigil]
** Heart/Cross
NOTE: An early demo called Nothing Ever Changes. The lineup included: Billy, James, and Ron Roesing (formerly of The Marked) on drums; this could be viewed as the very first recording that ceased to be The Marked and became The Smashing Pumpkins. Heart and Cross were originally two separate songs, but were joined together into one. It Suits Me Well is actually The Vigil. Although a tape exists as the aforementioned 3-song configuration, the original Nothing Ever Changes was about 60 minutes in length and was Billy’s first attempt at a full-length album; it contained a combination of songs, spoken word selections (recalled as “bad poetry”), and instrumentals.”
Item Art
Track List
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Nothing Ever Changes
- 1 . The Vigil
Details
Title extra: (aka It Suits Me Well)
Length: 3:35
Additional Info: It Suits Me Well is an early title for The Vigil. Released on the Nothing Ever Changes tape.
MORE +Lyrics
And I saw right through
And though I knew
You know it suits me well
I wait for you
I dream about you
You know it suits me well
Bound by your leaving
I’d since forgotten
I knew it then
But then I closed my mind
To truth, the awful
The awful words
You know my hands are tied
Bound by your leaving
You know my hands are tied
Wishing you were by my side
You know it suits me well
Bound by your leaving
You know my hands are tied
Wishing you were by my side
Well it seems to show
Only when I’m alone
All alone
Only when I’m all alone
It suits me well
- 2 . Nothing And Everything
Details
Title extra: (aka Breathe)
Length: 4:50
Written By: Billy Corgan
BMI Number: 2036421
Additional Info: Released on the Nothing Ever Changes tape.
MORE +Lyrics
Hiding behind my hair today
My eyes dance with fire
The thought of living here
And the bounds I transpire
Walking in this slow-motion town
I seem to think so fast
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
The grave that bears my name
Transpires in a dream
I dream immortality
Yet I fall in vain
Cause as long as I don't breathe
I'll never be like them
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart
Hiding behind my hair today
Wishing I was far away
Walking in this slow-motion town
I seem to think so fast
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
If you go and I would stay
You would call my name
I would die, yes, I would die
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart
- 3 . Holiday
Lyrics
Open up your heart
And let your demons out
Open up your heart
And let your demons out
I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting
Yes it’s true
Gather up your words
And realize your worth
Gather up your words
And celebrate this birth
I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, hesitating
Yes it’s true
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting for you
Hesitating-tating, waiting for you
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
I can’t throw it away
I can’t for another holiday
For another holiday
For another, another holiday - 4 . Cross
Lyrics
Rushing words through sound that’s
Killing words through pain
Question indecision
Rules that we’ll break
The end no more’s a teacher
On his knees
A splinter in Jehovah
Too hopeless, I’m weak
Caution wanes and strengthens
As djehoti speaks
Through spittle and goliath
Protector of me
Misfortune crash you down
Tugging you to the sea
Misfortune stops your heart
Only to heal
Hang me on a cross now
Hang me on a dream
Hang me on my cross to bear
Hang me on a seam
Hang me on my cross now
Hang me on a dream
Hang me on my cross to bear
Hang me on a seam
- 1 . The Vigil
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