I was on the Cure records site late yesterday and had to leave after finding pictures of some acetate cuts that have exclusive mixes.

I tapped on the Rarest button and was browsing there. I noted that there were a number of interesting South African items and so I looked for more.

I wish I had not; I found pictures of The Drowning Man (Extended) and The Upstairs Room (Extended). 😳

I quit then...

www.thecurerecords.com/record.aspx?id=6056

www.thecurerecords.com/record.aspx?id=6048

😂

I often edit only for syntax or grammar. Sometimes predictive text adds a stray word that goes unnoticed and sometimes I want to add a smiley to adjust tone.

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There are 9 Easy Cure demos in circulation, AFAIK.

4 on bootleg 7" (and elsewhere of course)
3 on TIB Deluxe
2 as 'Shareware' in poor quality.

This 'Malice Records' pressing is available on a torrent tracker.

www.discogs.com/release/16235043-The-Cure-Easy-Cure-1st-Demo-1977-1978

Then there is this:

www.discogs.com/master/397429-The-Cure-Pillbox-Tales-1977-1979

One of a few places where See The Children is available.

you're the only other person on here I've seen who consistently fills in the Reason field when editing a post. kudos! 

1977

OCTOBER

10th
London, Sound and Vision Studios
Easy Cure (now a 4-piece band) recorded their first demos for Hansa. The songs were Meathook, Listen (to be titled Pillbox Tales later), I Just Need Myself, I Want To Be Old, See The Children Fear The Children. Peter O'Toole left on the previous month so Robert Smith took the part and became the band's singer.


NOVEMBER

15th
London, Sound and Vision Studios
Other demos recorded for Hansa : I'm Cold, Killing An Arab, I Saw Her Standing There, Little Girl, Rebel Rebel. Those last 3 tracks being cover versions. This early recording of Killing An Arab is quite surprising : slow and barely a guitar solo. The lyrics were inspired by The Stranger, a novel by Albert Camus.