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1992 Demo Recordings, Plus .​.​.

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1.
Speed 03:44
2.
River 06:01
River come tow me away I'm finding it hard to turn away Flowing so easily Drunk all my certainty Pleasure is mine And I'm carried away ...
3.
Nausea 04:14
... headway to space ... it's so funny when you're words away and ethereal sounds come dripping down ... when you're near farther brings you closer to me but not near enough for me to tell I'd hold you now if I knew how finally just to affect you I'll never get you tracer ... too fast and narrow ... why try to put myself out when I don't feel it coming back from you?
4.
Slowburn 05:21
(first voice) carry on my willing son I hope it's easy keep on pushing on I hope your wisdom brings the fall of all that got us pushed under it all (second voice) first I walked with you holding on I will realize the force you gave for this I care for you I will realize, anticipate ... (first voice) now the cradle is undone all shall await it can't wait for too long carry on my willing son don't fear the timing dislocate it all all shall await it can't wait for too long all shall await I can't wait for you now ...
5.
6.
Jump on down ... Jump on down ...
7.
Now 02:20
8.
And I Will 02:34
9.
Vellum 01:49
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11.

about

Tracks 1-4 were mastered in 2014 by Bob Weston, at Chicago Mastering Service.

There were 2 versions of Vine's demo tape. The first one was distributed on analog cassette, and included only River and Nausea. It was played on college radio in Toronto in late 1992 and early 1993, and intended to help the band book live shows. Vine then broke up in January of 1993. After the breakup, a management team attempted to convince Vine to reunite, by signing the band to a record label. A digital tape (DAT) was distributed to various people, including Geffen Records. 4 songs were on that DAT: Speed, River, Nausea and Slowburn.

The tracks were recorded and produced by the band itself, and considered to be demos only. Thus the demo tape was never put into stores. A handful of friends had copies of the original 2-song demo tape. The band broke up before being able to record a full album.

The cassette cover and spine of Vine's demo tape are displayed above. The artwork was done by Aphrodite, Bill's girlfriend at the time.

Track 1 (Speed) is the only track here that wasn't played by all the members of Vine. It was originally recorded in early 1991, in London, Ontario, as a school project. Bill (later the bassist in Vine) was studying recording engineering at Fanshawe College, and Speed was recorded for one of his classes. Paul played everything but the drums, which were played by a friend of Bill's, who's name has unfortunately been forgotten for the moment. He was awesome. Only one take was needed. Unfortunately, all the guitars had to be clean for the school project. No distortion. So we knew that one day in the future we would probably want to re-record the electric guitars. That day came one night in early 1992, in Toronto, soon after Vine formed. Paul re-recorded the electric guitars and re-sang the song. William added some guitar in the background as well. It was all mixed very quickly, and is obviously a bit flawed, but many people considered it to be their favourite track on the Vine demo tape, so it's included here, even though the full band didn't play on it.

Tracks 2-4 were recorded in October, 1992, in Toronto. They were recorded and mixed by the band itself, for free, during studio downtime.

Track 5 was recorded at Lee's Palace in Toronto, in 1992.

Tracks 6 to 11 were recorded during the summer/fall of 1992, in the basement of the house that the members of Vine all lived in. These tracks were recorded with a camcorder, using the camcorder's built-in microphone. Video footage of the band playing these tracks can be seen on both YouTube and Vimeo, along with some other tracks. See the links on the right.

NOTE: This album can also be found on Paul's own Bandcamp page. He goes by the name of The Undecidable. There's a link to The Undecidable Bandcamp page on this page, below the artist bio on the right. Some recordings by The Grendels are also available there (3 of the 4 members of Vine had previously played together in The Grendels).

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released September 20, 2017

Bill Hermans - Bass
Asif Quadir - Drums
William Shin - Guitar
Paul Waliczky - Guitar, Vocals

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Vine Toronto, Ontario

Vine was a band from Toronto. A 2-song cassette of River/Nausea was played often on college radio in Toronto in late 1992, early 1993. Their last live show was in January of 1993. Paul now goes by the name of The Undecidable. William plays bass in Seam. Bill is a music engineer. Asif drums here and there. Paul, Bill and Asif had previously played together in The Grendels (88/89) ... more

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