The first tapeIn 1998 or 1999 I got my first copy of these recordings. It was a nondescript cassette tape, certainly a copy of a copy of a copy if not a lesser generation.
The recording was of not-so-great quality, but it had all songs in their entirety, in this order:
01. Wicked Garden
02. Only Dying
03. Naked Sunday
04. Fast As I Can
05. Spanish Flies
06. Scary Area
07. Piece Of Pie
08. Love Machine
09. Dirty Dog
10. Old Dixie
11. Where The River Goes
The second tapeIn 2000, I received a second tape, 'STP-Complete Demos' it was labeled. It was a second generation, a copy from the original cassettes, I was told. I recorded the tape to PC, split the tracks and encoded them at 256kbps.
**here is where I made a mistake. I kept the track listing of the tape mentioned above and re-ordered the song files to fit the original tape that I had received previously.
Track list:
01. Wicked Garden (unfortunately incomplete, intro is cut)
02. Only Dying
03. Naked Sunday
04. Fast As I Can
05. Spanish Flies
06. Scary Area
07. Piece Of Pie
08. Love Machine
09. Dirty Dog
10. Old Dixie
11. Where The River Goes
http://www.belowempty.com/discography.php?do=showrelease&type=albums&id=15**Update May 10th, 2015: I unearthed this cassette from my collection. It's a nondescript TDK cassette tape. But! Upon closer inspection, I lists the following on the *inside* of the track listing paper:
Piece Of Pie / Love Machine / Dirty Dog / Old Dixie: 1989/1990
Fast As I Can / Spanish Flies / Scary Area / Where The River Goes: 1991
Wicked Garden / Only Dying / Naked Sunday: 1992
This makes total sense now and fits with the description Dean and Eric gave. My assumption is that 'Piece Of Pie' from the 1989/1990 demo is the (only) song they had Dean come in on, since the guitar solo on there is signature Dean and if you ask me, the rest of the guitar work is as well, it sounds so different than the other Swing songs.
2003 Tape:In 2003, I got a copy of a 4-track demo that sounded slightly better than the 2000 version. It only had 4 songs, in order:
1. Piece Of Pie
2. Love Machine
3. Dirty Dog
4. Old Dixie
With the information of today, this appears to be a copy of a Swing demo tape.
The images of this 4-track cassette come from eBay, I don't have it:
http://www.belowempty.com/discography.php?do=showrelease&type=albums&id=162010 Tape: Original 'Mighty Joe Young' 1992 DemoThen in 2010, I received what I was told to be a genuine copy of the demo that got the band signed to Atlantic in 1992. Even though it doesn't look like an 'official' demo, this is what Scott apparently gave to the guy who sold it to me. The seller in question is a Los Angeles musician and photographer with a more than OK career, whose name I won't mention here until I get an OK to do so.
Track list:
1. Where The River Goes
2. Wicked Garden
3. Piece Of Pie
4. Naked Sunday
This is it:
http://www.belowempty.com/discography.php?do=showrelease&type=albums&id=17Swing information from the Copyrights DatabaseAdditional information from the Copyrights database:
Swing
Type of Work: Musical work
Registration Number / Date: PAu001084835 / 1988-04-29
Date of Creation: 1988
Title: Swing.
Description: 1 sound cassette + lyrics.
Copyright Claimant:
Scott Weiland, Corey Hickok & Robert DeLeo
Notes: Collection.
Authorship on Application:
music & arr.: Corey Hickok & Robert DeLeo.
Names: Robert DeLeo 1966- / Corey Hickok 1967- /Scott Weiland 1967-
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&SC=Author&SA=Hickok%2C%20Corey%2C%201967-&PID=vsHogf4Gvp0gofFkMlgKT6L9IVyDl6u&SEQ=20150510102514&SID=2Swing (tape II)
Type of Work: Musical work
Registration Number / Date: PAu001239017 / 1989-06-05
Date of Creation: 1989
Title: Swing (tape II)
Description: 1 sound cassette + lyrics sheets.
Other Title: Swing (tape 2)
Copyright Claimant: Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland & Corey Hickok
Notes: Collection of words & music. Title on lyrics sheet: Swing (tape 2)
Authorship on Application: Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland & Corey Hickok.
Names: Corey Hickok 1967- / Scott Weiland 1967- /Robert DeLeo 1966-
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=Swing%20%28tape%202%29&Search_Code=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=XsO3RR9CQA_fSEblQHH3y8CEHWKi4KN&SEQ=20150510102432&SID=1Piece of pie
Type of Work: Musical work
Registration Number / Date: PAu001442002 / 1990-08-06
Date of Creation: 1989
Title: Piece of pie / DeLeo, Weiland.
Copyright Note: C.O. correspondence.
Copyright Claimant: Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland
Authorship on Application: music & arr.: Robert DeLeo.
Names: Scott Weiland 1967- Robert DeLeo 1966-
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&SC=Author&SA=DeLeo%2C%20Robert%2C%201966-&PID=6FG4lx-KE9RBe8EO-3hoYLsX_-QZnzw&SEQ=20150510102540&SID=3Love machine
Type of Work: Music
Registration Number / Date: PAu001442003 / 1990-08-06
Title: Love machine.
Copyright Claimant: Robert DeLeo, Scott Weiland
Date of Creation: 1989
Authorship on Application: words & music: Scott Weiland; music & arr.: Robert DeLeo; music: Eric Kretz.
Copyright Note: C.O. correspondence.
Names: Weiland, Scott, 1967- / DeLeo, Robert, 1966- / Kretz, Eric, 1966-
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&SC=Author&SA=DeLeo%2C%20Robert%2C%201966-&PID=6FG4lx-KE9RBe8EO-3hoYLsX_-QZnzw&SEQ=20150510102540&SID=3SummaryThanks to Tyrant for bringing this subject up. With all the information combined, it is my assessment that the timeline is as follows:
1989/1990: (in all likelihood 'Swing (tape 2)')Swing - Piece of Pie (ft. Dean DeLeo)
Swing - Love Machine
Swing - Dirty Dog
Swing - Old Dixie
1991Mighty Joe Young - Where The River Goes
Mighty Joe Young - Fast As I Can
Mighty Joe Young - Scary Area
Mighty Joe Young - Spanish Flies
1992:Mighty Joe Young - Wicked Garden
Mighty Joe Young - Naked Sunday
Mighty Joe Young - Only Dying
Conclusion: Two bands, three sessions, three demo tapes. The original tape that surfaced online was a combination of the three demos and because of the wrong track order, it seeped subsequently into Below Empty's archives. I have some updates to do and changes to make in the discography.