Billy's Gravity Demos I

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Billy's Gravity Demos I
Liner that came with the cassette
Bootleg of
ReleasedApril 2000
Recorded1994
StudioGravity Studios
Length1:35:23

Billy's Gravity Demos I is a bootleg by The Smashing Pumpkins. It contains 29 songs from the 1994 Gravity Studios sessions. It was given to a fan by Billy Corgan on April 15, 2000 after a Aragon Ballroom concert in Chicago. The fan was instructed to circulate it online. Originally Corgan was going to provide what became The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, but reportedly he screwed up the tape and this collection is what was produced instead.[1]

The bootleg is known for its sound quality and inclusion of songs that later formed "Pastichio Medley". All recordings are electric instrumentals except for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" which had a raw vocal track.[1]

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jellybelly" 3:04
2."Ugly" (Beautiful One) 3:01
3."Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (scratch vocal) 3:56
4."Weeping Willowly" (No Escape) 2:47
5."To Forgive" (To Forgive For Nothing Less) 3:59
6."Blast" 4:13
7."Mouths of Babes" (Descendo) 3:57
8."Pennies" (And I Stumbled Onto You) 2:14
9."Dizzle" 2:10
10."A/Ab/E/B/F#" 2:45
11."Rings" 3:57
12."So So Pretty" (James Complex Song)James Iha3:14
13."With Longing" 3:18
14."Love" (Straight Ab) 3:45
15."Set The Ray To Jerry" 2:34
16."Galapogos" (The Innocents) 4:08
17."Speed" (A Drone) 3:46
18."Lucky Lad" (Busy Downtune Bb/G) 2:41
19."Jackboot" 5:04
20."New Wave A to G" 3:16
21."A/B/G Drop A" 2:59
22."Marquis in Spades" (Glamey Glamay) 4:07
23."Walking Country" 2:32
24."Tonight, Tonight" (in C) 2:07
25."The Groover" 5:13
26."Germans in Leather Pants" (New Wave Echo) 2:57
27."Millieu" (Pretty Drop A) 1:36
28."E-drone E/C#/A" 2:48
29."The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" (Disconnected) 3:48
Total length:1:35:23

Release history[edit | edit source]

Released Label Catalog ID Format Country External sites
April 15, 2000 Cassette MusicBrainz [1]
April 2000 CD-R MusicBrainz [1]

More releases: MusicBrainz

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