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dEMO#1 - dEUS and all

Side One
1. Jimmy Dean

2. Guzzi

3. With This Song
4. Under Siege
Side Two
1. Violins & Happy Endings
2. Song for a Jacket
3. Big World
4. Waiting for My Man

dEUS were then Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Klaas Janzoons, Mark Meyers (guitar) and Kris Daans (drums). Most songs are written by dEUS, except Waiting for My Man which is a cover of Lou Reed's song. Their manager was already Filip Eyckmans.

 

dEMO#2 - Crazy and Tonedeaf 1

Side One
1. Dea

2. Mute

Side Two
1. Via
2. Teachers

All songs but Teachers written by dEUS, and Dea was later renamed Zea. Teachers is a song by Leonard Cohen.

 
dEMO#3 - Crazy and Tonedeaf 2

Side One
1. Dea

2. Mute

Side Two
1. Manhattan
2. Gregory Peck
3. Right As Rain

Manhattan is another Leonard Cohen cover. The sleeve notes introduce the band like this :
Klaas Janzoons - violin
Mark Meyers - guitar madness
Jules El Diabolo de B. - drums
Stef Kamil Carlens - bass
Tom Barman - voice / guitar

Manhattan and Gregory Peck were recorded 'live in Wommelgem' - live in manager Filip's living room :)

 

dEMO#4 - No More Soda for Clarence

Side One
1. Zea

2. Violins & Happy Endings
3. Right As Rain

Side Two
1. Suds & Soda
2. Great American Nude
3. Mute

Produced by Vermeersch/Vervloesem. At the time Christian Pierre had joined Filip Eyckmans and they managed dEUS as 'Jack and Johnny' until Tom Barman got the idea of 'Musickness'. 'Jack and Johnny' released the first Zea EP and Stef KC's Jintro Travels the Word in a Skirt with his pre-Moondog Jr group called A Beatband.

 

 

 

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Zea - CDS - Jack & Johnny
(c) 1993 Jack & Johnny - CD654321

1. Zea 5:38
2. Right As Rain
4:31
3. Great American Nude
5:43

The Zea EP was produced by Peter Vermeersch and Pierre Vervloesem. This one is an extremely rare version, it's dEUS's first CD. In a common plastic case. 1000 copies were printed.

Zea - digipak - Bang!
(c) 1993 Bang! / Great American Nude Records - BANG! 20501

1. Zea Intro Replica 0:45
2. Zea
4:53
3. Right As Rain
4:31
4. Great American Nude
5:43

Here's what came out of dEUS's first collaboration with Bang!, it's a nice digipak. Zea Intro Replica is Zea's first 45 seconds, uselessly cut in 2 tracks on this version.

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