[rockfenris2005]

Thanks Diane. I got some help from some other message-boards too.

Hope this of some help Ryan:

Come Together - Recorded live for ABC's Nightline programme along with Let It Be, as part of a short documentary on Meat at the time of the release of WTTN, so would be around 1995/6.

Is there two versions of this song? The one I have sounds like it was recorded in a studio in the very early 80s. The one from '96 would have the older Meat Loaf voice (like the one I have of Let it Be) whereas the C.T. recording I have indicates a lot younger Meat. I remember also reading that he recorded (both) these songs in 1980 after the death of John Lennon

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning - Produced by Ron Nevison so presumably recorded during the WTTN sessions.

Wonder if that was an outtake from WTTN? It would have been nice to have had that on there. Probably on Side B

Stand By Me - Meat was in England in 1974 to play Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast also recorded the soundtrack to the movie while they were there and Meat was hauled back into the studio to lay down 2 tracks Stand By Me (Ben E. King) and Clap Your Hands And Stamp Your Feet (Richard Hartley & Brian Thompson - musical director/arranger & designer from RHPS). The 2 tracks were pressed onto 7" vinyl, ODE ODS 66304 but not released until 1984 as b-sides on the Nowhere Fast 12" single. Only Clap Your Hands featured on the b-side of the 7" single. Some copies of the original ODE single have "escaped" but, along with the Popcorn Blizzard single Hello/Once Upon A Time, are probably the most elusive (and most expensive!) to track down.

I've heard about this one. But thanks for clarifying all that

RPM - credited as 1986 on the Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries single so I assume a "leftover" from the BBIS album.

Thrashin' only plays during the credits for the movie of the same title and as far as I know a soundtrack was never released. I have never heard a full version of the song anywhere.

Hearts On Fire is from the movie Car Trouble and can be found on the movie soundtrack. This was recorded around the time of Bad Attitude and is very much in that mould. According to the newsletters of Meat's fan club at the time it had been intended to release Hearts On Fire as a single but the idea was shelved.

Sounds like a fair bit of stuff was recorded for B.A. and not used? Take a Number and something else, I'm sure of it.

It's a pity to me that Unsaid and Decadent Wish didn't make it onto CHSIB. Both are strong songs in my opinion.

I really liked what I heard of Decadent Wish. When FUNHOUSE was first announced (seems aeons ago) D.W. was on the reported tracklist with six other songs at the time. The rest had yet to be written. Also, when I did an internet search once (before the release of CHSIB) it was given as the temporary title of MEAT LOAF - JOURNEY. Did you know about that one? Because I've never been able to find that reference since (or on any other sites): also: the duet between Meat Loaf and Christine Aguilera: and a cover of 'I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight'

Yeah, I heard some weird stuff before CHSIB's release

I agree that Lost Love is a really good song and in my opinion would have been a better choice than other songs which were included on MATL&F. I'm not so convinced that it could have been a huge hit single though.

I've made a copy of the album and inserted Lost Love between Promised Land and You Never can be too Sure About the Girl. I've grown very accustomed to this version and never play the original. Pity there weren't anniversary releases for the non-Bat albums: because, like Bat, I'm sure there's a truckload of special features there

I think the "something about" A Time For Heroes is the fact it is such an uplifting song and absolutely ideal for the purpose it was intended. I like this one a lot.

I think you've nailed that one

Meat must have recorded loads of other songs over the years that have never been released anywhere. He's mentioned some titles in interviews. Can't help wondering if one day these may show up somewhere.

The only ones I've heard is a weird song title (can't remember it) of a song Jim Steinman was supposed to write for WTTN; also a title song for WTTN that was meant to take place before Where the Rubber; as well as Shadowlands on CHSIB. And many many many covers

Also, Gregg Fulkerson composed a song for Bat Out of Hell II (Date With Destiny) when Steinman was taking his time on the album. It never got recorded because Jim wanted the album to be his content. When I told Fireball about this song, he had never heard of it. Also: he had completely forgotten RPM (even though his writing credit appears on the song)